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Offline zetlander

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1921 Census - a surprise.
« on: Thursday 13 January 22 13:58 GMT (UK) »
Found my mother aged 10 months with her father (my grandfather) staying with relatives on a farm about 10 miles from their home.

Took a bit of searching and found my grandmother a 'patient' in a 'Poor Law Institution' near the farm.

My grandfather was a local Methodist minister - they lived in a large manse and were reasonably financially comfortable.

Any suggestions why would someone like my grandmother - financially o.k. with close family be in a 'Poor Law Institution' - I'm assuming it wasn't a hospital?

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Re: 1921 Census - a surprise.
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 13 January 22 14:03 GMT (UK) »
As she was termed a "patient" then it is more than likely that she was just that, and that the hospital was attached to/part of the Poor Law Institution.

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Re: 1921 Census - a surprise.
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 13 January 22 14:47 GMT (UK) »
By that time many of the PL institutions were also hospitals. My great grandfather died of pneumonia  in a local hospital attached to the local poor law institution in 1919.

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https://www.workhouses.org.uk/life/medical.shtml
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Re: 1921 Census - a surprise.
« Reply #3 on: Friday 14 January 22 13:29 GMT (UK) »
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