Long-term Workhouse Inmates in West London Union, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Anns | 15 | 0 | Deformed, has been a lunatic | no. |
| Elizabeth Butcher | 18 | 0 | Partial imbecility | no. |
| Sarah Burnett | 5 | 6 | Debility | no. |
| Julia Bresnan | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Basterfield | 9 | 0 | Bad leg | no. |
| Catherine Brennan | 15 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| James Battye | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Brendall | 5 | 6 | Partially blind and epileptic | no. |
| John Bulmore | 12 | 0 | Partially blind | no. |
| William Bulmer | 9 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Richard Brandfield | 40 | 0 | Partial imbecility | no. |
| Thomas Bates | 7 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Ellen Condon | 6 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| James Condon | 12 | 0 | Epileptic and paralysed | no. |
| Stephen Costello | 7 | 0 | Bad leg | no. |
| Michael Connor | 6 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Ann Collett | 7 | 0 | Partial imbecility | no. |
| Maria Clarke | 18 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
| Margaret Divett | 12 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| John Desmond | 5 | 6 | Paralysed | no. |
| Martha Drew | 15 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| John Eady | 7 | 0 | Very deaf | no. |
| William Franklin | 6 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Sarah Groves | 5 | 6 | Old age | no. |
| Caroline Glover | 17 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| George Giles | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Green | 5 | 3 | Bad legs | no. |
| Fanny Gaskill | 13 | 0 | Bed-ridden | no. |
| Martha Gamble | 6 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Susannah Hart | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Caroline Harrison | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Healey | 17 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| Elizabeth Hyett | 23 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| George Hemans | 15 | 0 | Age and infirmity, asthmatic | no. |
| Martha Hemans | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Hurly | 10 | 0 | Partially imbecile | no. |
| Margaret Holland | 5 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Charlotte Howell | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Matilda Hilleary | 5 | 3 | Epileptic | no. |
| Thomas Holman | 6 | 0 | Partially blind | no. |
| Ann Hawkes | 14 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Mary Hunt | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Hollins | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Hall | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ellen Hogan | 6 | 0 | Very ill, phthisis | no. |
| John Ince | 12 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
| Benjamin Johnston | 9 | 0 | Partially deaf | no. |
| William Jackson | 6 | 0 | Paralytic | no. |
| Matilda Jackson | 6 | 0 | nurse to the sick | no. |
| Thomas Kilham | 6 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Mary Kirk | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Robert Kendall | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Christiana Kelly | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Lucas | 20 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Ann Liberty | 15 | 0 | Employed as a nurse | no. |
| Mary Lewis | 5 | 6 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Jemima Lloyd | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Lewis Lewis | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Lambert | 8 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
| John Lowe | 17 | 0 | Non-retention of urine and weakness in the bladder. | no. |
| Sarah Miles | 6 | 0 | Debility | no. |
| Mary Monk | 9 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Alexander McDonald. | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Bridget McManus | 15 | 0 | Partial imbecility | no. |
| Julia McDonald | 6 | 0 | Lost use of her legs | no. |
| Thomas Marle | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Mawby | 6 | 0 | Ditto | no. |
| George Nunn | 17 | 0 | Epileptic and paralysed | no. |
| Benjamin Norton | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth O'Callaghan | 6 | 0 | Rheumatic | no. |
| Margaret Price | 10 | 0 | Tumour in her stomach | no. |
| Eliza Phillips | 11 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Ann Powell, | 7 | 0 | Age, &c. | no. |
| Mary Puncheon | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Redgrave | 40 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Ellen Rearden | 6 | 0 | Ageand infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Sweeney | 21 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Swetman | 16 | 0 | Bad leg | no. |
| Henry Steel | 17 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Jane Scott | 16 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Mary Smithers | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Simpson | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Stanton | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Temour | 6 | 0 | Blind in one eye, partially in the other | no. |
| William Thompson | 10 | 0 | Partially imbecile | no. |
| Elizabeth Turner | 10. | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Louisa Tatler | 20 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Elizabeth Underhill | 6 | 0 | Partially imbecile | no. |
| Margaret Vaughan | 11 | 0 | Debility and constipation of the bowels | no. |
| Sarah Weaver | 6 | 0 | Diseased liver | no. |
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