Workhouse Tour
Current location: Padded Cell |
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Even after the setting up of county lunatic asylums in the 1840s and 1850s, some mentally ill paupers still ended up in workhouses where they were placed in special lunatic blocks. For the seriously disturbed, a padded cell might be needed.
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Padded cell in a London workhouse c.1900. |
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