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A calculation of the different number of inmates housed and the proportions of each domination. Good study and preparation to expand how different church following was tolerated.
Again presented in graph format – pie chart with numbers of each religion.
A calculation of the different number of inmates housed and the proportions of each domination. Good study and preparation to expand how different church following was tolerated.
Again presented in graph format – pie chart with numbers of each religion
This article relating to how Christmas was celebrated at the Stoke-upon-Trent workhouse compared with that of the Wolstanton and Burslem workhouse which was situated in the north of the city at Chell.
Each Christmas was almost a re-run of the previous year. The height of the day would be roast beef and plumb pudding. Ar the Stoke workhouse, this was served by the govenor and staff, whist at Chell they always celebrated Christmas on the 26th why – because the staff wanted the day off with their families. A gift for the women would be a small packet of tea and sugar while the men had tobacco. The young children had a mixture of treats normally donated by the shop keepers of the nearby town.
The afternoos is where entertainment was brought into the workhouse, which provided a much needed rest from the normal works of the day. As usual the govenor finished the day off with prayers in addition to saying Grace before the meal was served.
Two pages A4
This government report is a major contribution to the health issues of the times and the state of the potteries. A huge contribution to the social and health issues of the potteries and the industrial illnesses and deaths as a result of the time.
On the Sanitary State of the Staffordshire Potteries, with especial reference to that of the Potters as a class, their Mortality, and the Diseases ;prevalent among them. By J. T. Arlidge, M.J3. and A.13 Lond., M.K.C.P. Lond., Senior Physician to the ‘North Staffordshire Infirmary, formerly Physician to the West London Hospital,
Great help to Humanities students and social working conditions.
Report PDF Fifteen Pages
Few if any historians have approached this subject on the basis that few workhouses had little provision for the sick. At Stoke upon Trent workhouse as early as 1842 provision was made both for inmates but also for the parish community outside as no other facility had yet been provided. The Stoke upon Trent Hospital was erected in a central position with the workhouse and the building still remains as listed by English Heritage.
The study starts from the first thoughts of providing this facility, the number and descriptions of rooms and wards. Focus is made on one report that has survived and stored in the National Archives. It’s a complaint by someone in the community who wrote to the poor law in London to complain how he had been treated. Mention was made of his time in a lunatic ward, having to share a double bed with five other sick inmates – the list is endless and would make good reading for all who are keen to learn of the early years of medicine and the treatment of patients in workhouses.
two x A4 pages
A most unusual record was maintained under the Poor Law Act 1834 that the religion of each inmate was recorded at the time of admittance. The religion of the guardians often had influence on how inmates were treated and therefore is an important contribution to the social and religious history of workhouses. Sadly, the question of religion was a huge issue of the time whereby, one religion did not accept the others creating a high level of animosity between inmates. This is a subject area that no other historian has previously studied despite religion being one of the most contentious issues of workhouse life and therefore a huge contribution to the flavour of workhouse life. Perfect for A level or Humanities students.
Graph format pie chart
Poor Law Lunes were collected by the parish and charged to every property within the parish. This is the only copy to have survived for the district of Stoke West. It’s a comprehensive list of all property owners, tenants, property description, factory, house etc. and charge made. This was done to offset the cost of maintaining the poor. It covers the area of Penkhull and Boothen, Clayton, Seabridge, Hanley and Shelton.
The whole process of the collection of Church Lunes is explained and its purpose and how the system operated. The results are fully tabulated, and summaries given. Its uses to social and economic history of the area are invaluable. The contents would make an ideal project for educational purposes and projects.
This book has been transcribed and contains every entry of the original work. Packed full of detail and statistics of every home on the west side of the River Trent. Perfect for a college or university study.
PDF 103 pages
Surprisingly this building still stands within the middle of the Royal Stoke University Hospital and now used as offices. The building is listed by English Heritage. It was built to provide assistance for the sick, both to resident inmates, but importantly to the people of Stoke-upon-Trent.
Male and Female wards for general cases. Wards for the elderly and infirm. Fever, Itch and Smallpox wards. There were also wards provided for Lunatics and Midwifery and finally a Nursery sick ward. In addition, the general items were also listed, Surgery, Nurses’ rooms, and the important water closets something the vast majority of the parish working classes had never experienced. In fact. It was quite a comprehensive hospital at the time catering probably all the needs of the general population of the parish.
This article reflects on when it was bult, its design and importantly how many rooms/wards and what uses they were put to. Gives one of the earlies insights to the early facility of medical treatment and is the only work that has been researched and compiled on its history and use since it was opened in 1842.
1 x A4 page
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