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Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Dartford Union, Kent, 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.

NameYrsms.ReasonSchool
William Clifford90Rheumatismdist. school.
George Corduroy70Crippledist. school.
William Blacksall100Old age and rheumatismdist. school.
John Fielder70Rheumatismdist. school.
Richard Ware70Loss of sightdist. school.
John Clements90Crippledist. school.
John Funnell50Spasmodic affectiondist. school.
Thomas Brown50Rheumatismdist. school.
Michael Dixon50dittodist. school.
George Shaves60Paralysisdist. school.
Thomas Stoneham140Deaf and dumbno.
Mary Ann Gibbons100Widow, and destitutedist. school.
Susan Maxwell160dittodist. school.
Mary Wiffin150dittodist. school.
Charlotte Terry50Rheumatismdist. school.
Sarah Jarrett50Widowdist. school.
Mary Wise80Crippledist. school.
Susan Pearson80Blindno.
Ann French140Rheumatism; widowdist. school.
Maria Singleton200Idiot.no.
Ann Jackson60ditto.no.
Elizabeth Welsh130ditto.no.
Charlotte Paine60Widow; fitsdist. school.

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