List of Long term Residents of Epsom Union Workhouse in 1861
On 29th June 1860 The House of Commons ordered that the name of every adult pauper in each workhouse, in England and Wales, who had been an inmate for a continuous period of 5 years or more was to be recorded. The report was printed on 30 July 1861 and listed 14,216 adults. When compared with the total workhouse population of approx 67,800 adult workhouse inmates (excluding vagrants) the percentage of long term inmates was just over 21%.
Breakdown of National Total by Reason
| Reason | No. Of Inmates | Percentage of Total |
| Old Age and Infirm | 3331 | 23.43 |
| Infirm | 2565 | 18.04 |
| Bedridden | 36 | 0.25 |
| Total for Old Age and Infirmity | 5932 | 41.73 |
| Epilepsy | 175 | 1.23 |
| Fits | 205 | 1.44 |
| Idiot | 1565 | 11.01 |
| Imbecile | 997 | 7.01 |
| Insane | 325 | 2.29 |
| Lunatic | 210 | 1.48 |
| Palsy | 21 | 0.15 |
| Paralysis | 465 | 3.27 |
| Weak mind | 1026 | 7.22 |
| Total for Mental Disease | 4989 | 35.09 |
| Asthma | 62 | 0.44 |
| Brain Fever | 4 | 0.03 |
| Cancer | 7 | 0.05 |
| Chronic Disease | 32 | 0.23 |
| Dropsy | 13 | 0.09 |
| Fistula | 10 | 0.07 |
| Illness | 493 | 3.47 |
| Lumbago | 1 | 0.01 |
| Rheumatism | 133 | 0.94 |
| Scrofula | 42 | 0.3 |
| Spinal Disease | 23 | 0.16 |
| Syphilis | 5 | 0.04 |
| Ulcerated Legs | 99 | 0.7 |
| Total for Bodiliy Disease | 924 | 6.5 |
| Bad Sight | 165 | 1.16 |
| Blind | 428 | 3.01 |
| Cataract | 1 | 0.01 |
| Cripple | 386 | 2.72 |
| Deaf and Dumb | 197 | 1.39 |
| Deformed | 59 | 0.42 |
| Lame | 292 | 2.05 |
| Loss of Limb | 36 | 0.25 |
| Rupture | 55 | 0.39 |
| Total for Bodily Defect | 1619 | 11.39 |
| Bad Character | 9 | 0.06 |
| Females having Bastard Children | 141 | 0.99 |
| Imtemperance | 28 | 0.2 |
| Prostitute | 4 | 0.03 |
| Total for Moral Defects | 182 | 1.28 |
| Disserted by husband | 25 | 0.18 |
| Destitute | 375 | 2.64 |
| Laziness | 4 | 0.03 |
| Orphan | 45 | 0.32 |
| Want of Work | 54 | 0.38 |
| Widow | 67 | 0.47 |
| Total for Other Causes | 570 | 4.01 |
| Grand Total | 14,216 |
List of longterm residents of Epsom Union Workhouse
| Name of every Adult Pauper who has been an Inmate of the Workhouse during a continuous Period of Five Years. | The Amount of Time each of such Paupers shall have been in the Workhouse. | The Reason assigned why the Pauper in each case is unable to maintain Himself, or Herself. | Whether or not the Pauper has been brought up in a District or Workhouse School | Additional information from Census Returns | ||||
| Last Name | First Name | Years (no months recorded) |
Age | Marital Status |
Occupation | Comments | ||
| ANSELL | James | 5 | Infirmity | No | 65 | Unmarried | Labourer | |
| APTED | Lucy | 17 | Weak intellect | No | 54 | Unmarried | ||
| ARTHUR | Sarah | 22 | Weak intellect | No | 57 | Unmarried | ||
| BEAGIER | Harriet | 11 | Widow; one illegitimate child | No | 52 | Widow | Servant | |
| BORER | Susan | 8 | Infirmity | No | 78 | Unmarried | Servant | ? Boorer |
| BROWN | John | 14 | Infirmity | No | 81 | Unmarried | Gardener | |
| BULLEN | Thomas | 22 | Infirmity | No | 57 | Unmarried | Labourer | |
| CORBETT | Henry | 15 | Infirmity | No | 74 | Unmarried | Labourer | |
| ELSON | William | 16 | Idiotic | No | 49 | Unmarried | ||
| HAZELL | Sarah | 5 | One illegitimate child | No | 41 | Unmarried | Servant | |
| HEASMAN | Edward | 5 | Infirmity | No | 64 | Widower | Stone Sawyer | |
| HINES | Ann | 9 | Weak intellect | No | 30 | Unmarried | ||
| JEFFERIES | Mary | 6 | Infirmity | No | 60 | Widow | Dressmaker | |
| JELL | William | 5 | Idiotic | No | 18 | Unmarried | ||
| LEANEY | Mary | 8 | Weak intellect | No | 52 | Widow | Servant | |
| LINNETT | John | 12 | Infirmity | No | 84 | Widower | Servant | |
| MILES | Emma | 10 | Weak intellect | Workhouse School | 19 | Unmarried | ||
| MILLER | James | 22 | Paralytic | No | 47 | Unmarried | ||
| NEAL | Sarah | 18 | Infirmity | No | 70 | Unmarried | Needlewoman | ? Neale |
| NICHOLLS | John | 18 | Infirmity | No | 76 | Widower | Cooper | |
| NICHOLLS | Lucy | 5 | Infirmity | No | 75 | Widow | Servant | |
| OSMAN | John | 9 | Infirmity | No | 87 | Widower | Labourer | |
| PACEY | William | 22 | Idiotic | No | 50 | Unmarried | ||
| PALMER | Eliza | 9 | Weak intellect, and one illegitimate child |
No | 39 | Unmarried | Servant | |
| PARDNIE | Ann | 18 | Infirmity | No | 82 | Unmarried | ? Parduice or Parduche | |
| REED | Sarah | 22 | Weak intellect | No | 70 | Unmarried | ? Reid | |
| SAKER | Robert | 17 | Infirmity | No | 86 | Unmarried | Sawyer | ? Richard |
| STAMMERS | Charles | 15 | Infirmity | No | 84 | Unmarried | Labourer | |
| STENT | Susan | 22 | Weak intellect | No | 53 | Unmarried | ||
| STEVENS | William | 11 | Infirmity | No | 76 | Unmarried | Shoemaker | |
| STURT | Mary | 22 | Paralytic | No | 57 | Unmarried | ||
| TATE | William | 15 | Infirmity | No | 43 | Unmarried | Farm Labourer | ? Taite |
| TEEL | Henry | 13 | Infirmity | No | 87 | Widower | Papermaker | |
| TERRY | Charlotte | 8 | Weak intellect, and one illegitimate child |
No | 40 | Unmarried | ||
| WATERS | Ann | 22 | Weak intellect | No | 63 | Unmarried | ||
| WATERS | Robert | 22 | Weak Intellect | Workhouse School | 52 | Unmarried | ||
| YOUNG | William | 5 | Infirmity | No | 68 | Widower | Carpenter | |
e.& o.e.
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