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Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Bethnal Green, 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
Elizabeth Alder100Insaneno.
Louisa Aller80Illness and destitutionno.
Sophia Amos120Destitutionno.
Elizabeth Agar80Agedno.
Sarah Adams50Destitutionno.
George Barrett180Agedno.
James Bhone400dittono.
Edward Bentley400Aged, and blindworkh. school
Edward Bailey200Destitutionno.
George Bartrice130Agedno.
Catherine Brackett70dittono.
Sophia Borson110Destitutionno.
Louisa Baugh70Aged, and destitutionno.
William Boison70no.
Charles Bennett70Ruptureno.
Elizabeth Brooks50Broken armno.
John Budmore90Illnessno.
Elizabeth Bennett70Aged, and illnessno.
John Bramah90dittono.
Thomas Bardon50dittono.
William Cox160dittono.
Sarah Crawley220Aged and infirmno.
Mary Castel120Destitutionno.
Elizabeth Clay100Aged, and afflicted with goutno.
Edward Clare90Agedno.
Samuel Crook70dittono.
Charles Cecil70Aged and asthmatic.no.
George Clark90Aged.no.
Robert Crawley130Aged, and deafno.
Samuel Collins60Unable to walkno.
Jane Cox140Destitutionno.
Ann Clark70dittono.
Elizabeth Derine140dittono.
Eliza Douglas70Paralysisno.
Mary Downs70Agedno.
Ann Eastman110Bed-riddenno.
Mary Evans70Destitutionno.
Phcebe Ellison60dittono.
Eliza Fulcher80dittono.
Mary Ann Flawn50Insaneworkh. school
Susannah Gill100Destitutionno.
John Godfrey100dittono.
Ann Gallaway90dittono.
John Gallaway90dittono.
Elizabeth Griffiths70dittono.
Joseph Grisley90Agedno.
George Grey120Agedno.
Mary Guest50Aged, and partially blindno.
Elizabeth Ghent160Imbecileno.
James Hammersley80Agedno.
Ann Hayes110dittono.
Charles Harris80dittono.
Maria Hull110Destitutionno.
Amelia Hart120dittono.
Sarah Harmer70dittono.
Mary Junis640Aged, and blindno.
Jane Jones140Destitutionno.
Mary Johnson110Infirmno.
Clara Jenkins90Destitutionno.
M. A. Kenny50dittono.
Ann Kenny180Blindno.
Harriett Messer100Destitutionno.
Ann Merit90Paralysisno.
Charlotte Mason200Destitutionno.
Ann Mills70dittono.
Isaac Mallindine70dittono.
George Marslin80dittono.
Ann Marriott70Infirmno.
Maria May70Destitutionno.
James Mason130dittono.
James Martin70dittono.
Sarah Nadall50Insaneno.
Ann Naughton120Destitutionno.
Louisa Nelson100dittono.
Maria Newdick200no.
Elizabeth Newman50Deaf and dumbno.
Elizabeth Potts100Destitutionno.
James Paine110dittono.
Mary Parker110dittono.
Richard Perryman70dittono.
William Paine100dittono.
Mary Quince70dittono.
Samuel Rebeck80dittono.
Thomas Ripley120dittono.
Thomas Simmons120Agedno.
M. A. Saunders170Aged, and infirmno.
Mary Smith60Lameno.
William Simpson80Lost use of limbsno.
Sarah Saint110Destitutionno.
Emma Sutton110Fitsno.
Sarah Soul60Illnessno.
William Smith80Destitutionno.
Mary Smith150dittono.
Moses Scannels60Illness, and destitutionno.
Aaron Scannels60dittono.
Stephen Stokes50Destitutionno.
Mary Smith70dittono.
Ann Short70dittono.
James Taberdaux130Old ageno.
Joseph Titchener130Old age, and infirmno.
Charlotte Trander80Destitutionno.
Susan Thorn100dittono.
Henry Taylor90Destitutionno.
William Turrier110Infirmno.
John Tyler60Bad legsno.
Catherine Vardin60Old ageno.
Susan Vandon50Imbecileno.
Henry Wright140Destitutionno.
John Whittenbuck70Paralysisno.
William Walker200Destitutionno.
Sophia Wood200Insaneno.
Elizabeth Witton200Destitutionno.
Elizabeth Williams90Illness, and destitutionno.
William White60Lame, and destitutionno.
Ann White60Destitutionno.
Hannah Warhruck70Illness and destitutionno.
James Wilson60Infirmno.
Elizabeth Westwood170Blindno.
Nathaniel Wynes50Destitutionno.
Richard Wright120dittono.

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