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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