Hello, I am researching my Worton roots and only recently discovered (through the UK Lunacy Patients Admission Registers on Ancestry.co.uk) that my great grand uncle, Zaccheus Worton, born 1871 Arnold, Nottingham, was admitted 3 times to the Nottingham Borough Asylum. The first two admissions (7 May 1902 and 7 Jan. 1906) he was discharged about 6 months later. However the record for his admission on 15 June 1907 indicates that he died there 20 years later, 22 Nov. 1927. I was shocked to learn this. Before this series of admissions he worked as a joiner, probably with his father, Zaccheus Worton. He never married and still lived at home in the 1901 census. In the admission entry it states "M Pauper" which I take to mean Male, Pauper. I would like to know the circumstances of his admission to the asylum, would it have been a workhouse for the poor, or was there some medical condition? I haven't been able to find a census entry for him in the 1911 census. Were the residents of the asylum not enumerated? Any suggestions would be most gratefully received. I live in Ottawa, Canada. I asked my mother about this but she had no knowledge of this, clearly it was never spoken of in her family.
