{"id":38,"date":"2009-05-29T11:47:28","date_gmt":"2009-05-29T11:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/margaretdrinkall.co.uk\/MD\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2015-07-05T09:26:50","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T09:26:50","slug":"murder-and-mayhem-in-rotherham","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/margaretdrinkall.co.uk\/MD\/?page_id=38","title":{"rendered":"Rotherham Workhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rotherham Workhouse front cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rotherham Workhouse<\/strong> looks into the lives of the people who entered the workhouse either as inmates or staff. There is the process of entry, which is deliberately demeaning as a deterrent. The book describes the day to day lives of the workhouse officers, who because of the rules and regulations are as much prisoners of the systems as the paupers themselves. A list of some of the inmates is included. Published September 2009<\/p>\n

Chapter List<\/h1>\n

Chapter One The Poor Laws and Life in the Rotherham Workhouse
\nChapter Two The Board of Guardians
\nChapter Three The Medical Officers of Health
\nChapter Four The Workhouse Chaplain
\nChapter Five The Master and Matron
\nChapter Six Teachers and Education in the Workhouse
\nChapter Seven Giving Birth and Children in the Workhouse
\nChapter Eight Imbeciles and Lunatics
\nChapter Nine Mismanagement and Allegations
\nAppendix One Some of the Inmates of the Workhouse<\/p>\n

Extract from the book<\/h1>\n

Immediately upon admission, the new inmate\u2019s were separated from their families, men from wives and children from their parents. Their clothing was removed, disinfected and stored until they left the workhouse. Paupers were admitted into the receiving wards where they were searched for any money, alcohol, cards or dice. They then washed themselves and were required to put on workhouse clothing. This was institutionalised clothing which was functional and basic. Studying the lists of provision for clothing, which changed very little over the years, the standard wear seemed to consist of men\u2019s and boy\u2019s worsted jackets, \u2018trowsers\u2019 and shirts. For women, materials such as gingham and checks were bought, possibly worn as aprons over dresses of unbleached calico. The usual footwear for men and boys were hob nailed boots, for women and girls they had shoes. On entering the house the pauper\u2019s hair would be cropped by the workhouse barber, the same haircut given to men and women. Men would also be shaved by the barber on a regular basis as no sharp implements such as scissors or razors were allowed in the house. Applications for tenders for the barber was advertised in the local newspaper. The paupers would then be examined by the medical officer of health and if they showed any sign of illness they would be admitted into the hospital, otherwise they would be directed into the segregated day rooms and given work to do. This completed the hated initiation into the walls of Rotherham workhouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rotherham Workhouse looks into the lives of the people who entered the workhouse either as inmates or staff. There is the process of entry, which is deliberately demeaning as a deterrent. The book describes the day to day lives of the workhouse officers, who because of the rules and regulations are as much prisoners of … Continue reading Rotherham Workhouse<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":967,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-38","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/margaretdrinkall.co.uk\/MD\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/margaretdrinkall.co.uk\/MD\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/margaretdrinkall.co.uk\/MD\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/margaretdrinkall.co.uk\/MD\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/margaretdrinkall.co.uk\/MD\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"http:\/\/margaretdrinkall.co.uk\/MD\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":789,"href":"http:\/\/margaretdrinkall.co.uk\/MD\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions\/789"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/margaretdrinkall.co.uk\/MD\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/margaretdrinkall.co.uk\/MD\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}