Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Malling 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.
| Name | Yrs | ms. | Reason | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Squires | 15 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Francis Pett | 9 | 0 | Debility from old age | no. |
| John Sanders | 10 | 0 | Irreducible hernia | no. |
| Thomas Dunton | 6 | 0 | Debility from old age | no. |
| William Webster | 6 | 0 | Asthma | no. |
| James Skinner | 11 | 0 | Debility from old age | no. |
| Thomas Evenden | 15 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| James Rolfe | 5 | 0 | Debility from old age | no. |
| William Waghorn | 6 | 0 | Ulcerated legs | no. |
| Letitia Baker | 6 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Elizabeth Parramore | 24 | 0 | Ulcerated legs | no. |
| Mary Ann Clements | 15 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| Peggy Hubbard | 24 | 0 | Chronic hepatic disease | no. |
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