Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Sudbury 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.
| Name | Yrs | ms. | Reason | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Deeks | 9 | 10 | Fits | no. |
| John Gardener | 5 | 7 | Idiot | no. |
| Abraham East | 6 | 9 | Paralysis | no. |
| Robert Salter | 6 | 8 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Fox | 5 | 1 | ditto | no. |
| Robert Sargeant | 10 | 3 | Paralysis | no. |
| Rebecca Rowland | 7 | 1 | Defective sight | no. |
| Mary Bryant | 23 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Sarah Debenham | 23 | 0 | Idiot and age | no. |
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