Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Whitechapel Union, Middlesex, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Welch | 11 | 0 | Infirm | ? |
| Mary Jenkins | 12 | 4 | ditto | ? |
| Elizabeth Phelan | 9 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Martha Stillwell | 7 | 6 | ditto | ? |
| Mary Lane | 7 | 0 | Cripple | ? |
| Mary Reynolds | 9 | 0 | Infirm | ? |
| Hannah Downes | 11 | 0 | Imbecile | ? |
| Mary Chandler | 9 | 0 | Infirm | ? |
| Honors Leary | 7 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Mary Willson | 5 | 1 | ditto | ? |
| Susan Noble | 7 | 6 | ditto | ? |
| Margaret Loney | 36 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Susannah Spurgeon | 6 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Susan Harrison | 7 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Ann Carr | 6 | 9 | ditto | ? |
| Ann Allen | 5 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Elizabeth Nethercliff | 12 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Ann Jacobs | 10 | 2 | ditto | ? |
| Mary Bulmer | 7 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Mary Richmond | 23 | 4 | ditto | ? |
| Frances Worth | 6 | 0 | Idiotic | ? |
| Julia Jackson | 8 | 0 | Cripple | yes. |
| Sarah Dawtry | 7 | 0 | Infirm | ? |
| June Handy | 10 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Jane Roberts | 13 | 3 | Imbecile | ? |
| Mary Crawley | 10 | 0 | Infirm | ? |
| Sarah Langley | 5 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Catherine Pounceby | 7 | 9 | Blind | ? |
| Ann Baker | 7 | 6 | Infirm | ? |
| Elizabeth Harriss | 6 | 8 | ditto | ? |
| Ann Belitho | 5 | 6 | ditto | ? |
| Elizabeth Waller | 6 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Catherine Welch | 6 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Georgian Davidge | 6 | 3 | ditto | ? |
| Ann Buckeridge | 10 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Charlotte Jeffcott | 5 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Elizabeth Smith | 7 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Eleanor Mantle | 23 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Martha Jackson | 5 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Mary Garrett | 34 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Ellen McGurke | 10 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Hannah Greenleaf | 12 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Margaret Rook | 40 | 0 | Blind | ? |
| Ann Munro | 8 | 6 | Infirm | ? |
| Johanna Ragan | 20 | 0 | Deaf and Dumb | ? |
| Sarah Day | 20 | 0 | Idiot | ? |
| Mary Johnson | 27 | 0 | Infirm | ? |
| Mary Ann Stevens | 6 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Isabella Ratcliff | 6 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Ann Druce | 7 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Johanna Callaghan | 20 | 0 | Imbecile | ? |
| Jane Pagencraft | 12 | 0 | infirm | ? |
| Martha Camel | 11 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Jane Holloway | 8 | 0 | Imbecile | ? |
| Sarah Jones | 20 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Susan Hurt | 9 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Catherine Brice | 12 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Eleanor Murphy | 25 | 0 | Imbecile and cripple | ? |
| Martha Townsend | 19 | 0 | Imbecile | ? |
| Mary Ann Cummins | 15 | 9 | ditto | ? |
| Ann Spinks | 6 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Elizabeth Duffield | 6 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Catherine Hill | 5 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Israel Israel | 23 | 0 | Idiot | ? |
| Aaron Kemp | 20 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Thomas Walker | 30 | 0 | Imbecile | ? |
| Charles Titehouse | 8 | 6 | Infirm | ? |
| Charles Franks | 6 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| John Cantor | 7 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| John Collins | 5 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| William Collins | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | ? |
| John Beck | 6 | 0 | Infirm | ? |
| Joseph Dickenson | 9 | 0 | Idiot | ? |
| David Bain | 13 | 10 | Infirm | ? |
| William Humphrey | 12 | 4 | Idiot | ? |
| Henry Smith | 11 | 1 | Infirm | ? |
| Robert Taylor | 5 | 4 | Cripple | ? |
| Isaac Detnon | 5 | 8 | ditto | ? |
| George Ellis | 6 | 9 | Infirm | ? |
| Lambert Harford | 5 | 6 | ditto | ? |
| Samuel Manshee | 6 | 3 | ditto | ? |
| Robert Melsom | 5 | 1 | ditto | ? |
| William Cummins | 5 | 0 | Idiot | ? |
| William Heath | 18 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| John Chance | 7 | 0 | Infirm | ? |
| Edmond Atkinson | 16 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Thomas Miller | 18 | 0 | Cripple | ? |
| Robert Church | 12 | 0 | Idiot | ? |
| William Jackson | 5 | 0 | Infirm | ? |
| Sarah Hicks | 10 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Elizabeth Curtis | 5 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Dennis Hindle | 10 | 0 | ditto | ? |
| Jeremiah Conolly | 6 | 0 | Infirm | ? |
Note - with regard to inmates having being brought up in a workhouse school, this return noted that 'Most of theparties are imbecile or childish, and it is impossible to procure this information.'
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