Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Barnet Union, Hertfordshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Turner | 8 | 1 | Permanent lameness | no. |
| Jan Young | 7 | 7 | Partial loss of vision | dist. school. |
| John Brill | 21 | 10 | Deformity of lower limbs | no. |
| George Anthony | 15 | 3 | Idiotcy | no. |
| Richard Chalker | 14 | 9 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Edwin Childs | 5 | 9 | Disease of hip joint | workhouse. |
| Caroline Kirby | 13 | 0 | Paralysis | dist. school. |
| Sarah Ward | 5 | 5 | Infirm from old age (90 years) | dist. school. |
| Mary Gray | 10 | 8 | Disease of the womb | dist. school. |
| Ann Clapham | 18 | 3 | Idiotcy | dist. school. |
| Phoebe Prosser | 17 | 2 | Weak intellect | dist. school. |
| Ann Bush | 12 | 9 | Old ulcer of leg | dist. school. |
| Mary Dean | 14 | 8 | General debility | no. |
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