Long-term Workhouse Inmates in New Forest Union, Hampshire, 1861
In 1861, the Poor Law Board published a return of the name every adult pauper who had been a workhouse inmate for a continuous period of five years or more, together with the duration of their residence (in years and months), the reason for it, and whether they had been brought up in a District or separate Workhouse School. It was noted that the term 'District School' had been widely misinterpreted by respondents as meaning any school in the local area, such as a national or private school, and that there was only one instance in the whole report of an inmate actually having been in such a school.
| Name | Yrs | ms. | Reason | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Hatch | 20 | 0 | Of weak mind | no. |
| George Weston | 16 | 0 | Cripple | workh. school. |
| William Broomfield | 23 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| William Eckton | 15 | 0 | Ruptured | no. |
| Charlotte Broomfield | 15 | 0 | Of weak mind | workh. school. |
| John Chase | 13 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Thomas Rogers | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Lancelot Lotten | 10 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | workh. school. |
| Charles White | 9 | 0 | Weak eyes | no. |
| William Head | 9 | 0 | Infirmity and rupture | no. |
| Sarah Eckton | 8 | 0 | Of weak mind | no. |
| Benjamin Gregory | 7 | 0 | Cripple, and subject to fits | workh. school. |
| Thomas Hallett | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Stephen Cull | 6 | 0 | Imbecile, and subject to fits | no. |
| John Cooper | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Henry Bottomley | 5 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Richard Mason | 16 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Maria Butler | 23 | 0 | Of weak mind | no. |
| Joseph Baker | 15 | 0 | Deafness and infirmity | no. |
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