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Question - Workhouse 1891 Brighton- Update: Answer
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Elizabeth Anne | Report | 11 Jan 2007 21:13 |
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I found a relation as a Pauper, St. Peters, Brighton, on 1891 census, occupation milkman, no deficincies mentioned as with the other inhabitents on the census. His wife and adult children were all living together in Brighton in the house they had lived in all their married life. My question is : Is the workhouse a type of hospital? Why would he have been living there and not at home? Elizabeth |
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Devon Dweller | Report | 11 Jan 2007 21:15 |
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It was a workhouse and now the General Hospital and was used in WW1 as a hospital for the Indian forces |
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Elizabeth Anne | Report | 11 Jan 2007 21:39 |
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Thank you Sheila for your help. Elizabeth |
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Madmeg | Report | 11 Jan 2007 21:46 |
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Elizabeth Anne, Lots of Workhouses had hospital sections, if you think about it there was no widespread national health service back in the 1800s. Similarly, mental institutions didn't always contain nitwits, some were just unfortunate paupers fallen on difficult times. No therapists or anti-depressants in those days. Margaret |
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Elizabeth Anne | Report | 11 Jan 2007 22:02 |
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Thank you Margaret. I did not realize that a Workhouse was also used as a hospital. Elizabeth |
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