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Member Since: November 2008 Posts: 39,699 Send Message	PatinCyprus	Report	10 Jul 2015 10:50
	My husband's aunts and uncles were in and out of the local workhouse the early years of their lives. Their parents weren't and other than on 1 occasion went individually. Once 2 of the girls were in together. They were discharged after a few days to their parents. One, the eldest son, was sent off to a hospital some distance away. We know he had heart trouble from a child until he died of the problem aged 67. It is obvious, although the records don't state it, they were in the infirmary. As said earlier, the medical help for the poor.
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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 12,081 Send Message	Andrew	Report	10 Jul 2015 10:07
	She may have been in the workhouse infirmary rather than the workhouse itself as this was frequently the only medical help available, if she had a difficult birth. USD = Urban Sanitary District. An early form of local government. Andy
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 90 Send Message	Paul	Report	10 Jul 2015 08:54
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 90 Send Message	my wifes grandmother apears to have been born in the workhouse in liverpool were it say liverpool workhouse the letters u-s-d appear can anyone tell me what they meen thanks Paul