Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Paddington, Middlesex, 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 Pritchard | 13 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Sophia Jones | 13 | 0 | Addicted to drink | no. |
| Elizabeth Downes | 13 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Elizabeth Wakeman | 13 | 0 | Bad health | no. |
| Sarah Miller | 13 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
| Elizabeth Barnes | 13 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Sarah Marshall | 13 | 0 | Injured spine | no. |
| Elizabeth Scott | 13 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Ann Barrett | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Ely | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Wilson | 12 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
| Elizabeth Watkins | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Stride | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Bugden | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Rebecca Bell | 11 | 0 | Heart disease | no. |
| Thomas Bees | 11 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Elizabeth Whittington | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Nlaria Edmonds | 9 | 0 | Addicted to drink | no. |
| Mary Ann Spencer | 9 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| James Douglass | 8 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| Mary Davies | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| William Bayley | 8 | 0 | Fistula | no. |
| Mary Adamthwaite | 7 | 0 | Debility | no. |
| Edward Manning | 7 | 0 | Injury to hip-joint | no. |
| Sarah Hillier | 7 | 0 | Paroxysmal mania | no. |
| James Bubb | 7 | 0 | Bad health | no. |
| Jane Ivison | 7 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
| William Baker | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Broadbridge | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Broadbridge | 6 | 0 | Deafness | no. |
| Ann Sorrell | 6 | 0 | Debility | no. |
| Elizabeth Priest | 6 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
| George Birch | 5 | 0 | Debility | no. |
| James Kent | 5 | 0 | Partial blindness | no. |
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