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Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Plomesgate Union, Suffolk, 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
Hannah Curtis140Imbecileno.
Amos King150dittono.
Edward Woods210Idiotno.
William Turner100Imbecileno.
Emily Durrant60Idiotno.
John Stannard60Old ageno.
Hannah Bridges70Sicknessno.
Richard Garrett150Imbecileno.
Lucy Garrett60dittono.
Mary Davis140Old ageno.
Samuel Richardson60Scrofulano.
Maria Ward70Spinal affectionno.
William Burleigh200Imbecileno.
George Dunn80Blindnessno.
Sarah Baldry110Sicknessno.
Charlotte Brown120Idiotno.
Henry Newson70Old ageno.

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