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East Ward Union
Kendal Union
West Ward Union
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Westmorland Workhouses
The Poor Law Unions classified within Westmorland include
East Ward,
Kendal and
West Ward
Census Statistical Volume 1901 Summary of Results
Workhouses.
Pauper inmates of Workhouse establishments in the Registration County number 366
persons of all ages, 269 Males and 97 Females.
These represent approximately 0.57% of the general population.
At advanced ages the proportion is far higher; at 55 years and upwards the % is
2.24% and at 65 years and upwards is 2.72%.
The Blind, Deaf and Dumb
The number of persons returned as Blind is 52, and of these 1 is deaf also.
Deaf and Dumb persons including 5 returned simply as Dumb, number 39, and of
these 2 are also feeble-minded.
Lunatics
Lunatics number 7, and the Imbecile and Feeble-minded 97, including 2 otherwise
afflicted. The total of these classes is
104.
Of the 104 persons returned as mentally deranged, 48 were the inmates of
Workhouses and the remaining 56 were residing with relatives or in unlicensed
houses.
The 48 mentally deranged persons enumerated in Workhouses, 7 were returned as
Lunatics and 41 as Imbecile, or Feeble-minded; and of the 56 not enumerated in
Institutions were all returned as Imbecile or Feeble-minded.
Source:
County of Westmoreland in PP 1903 Vol LXXXVI Cd 1,431. Submitted by Alan Longbottom
Records
Kendal Record Office
County Offices
Strickland Gate
KENDAL
Cumbria
LA9 4RQ
Telephone:- U.K. 01539 773540
E-mail: kendal.record.office@cumbriacc.gov.uk
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August 06, 2007
by Rossbret
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Westmorland Workhouses