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Surrey / Re: Epsom Workhouse "Middle House" in 1941
« on: Sunday 02 March 25 20:45 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Bookbox.  I was wondering more when the name was changed to Middle House & found the answer in the 'Lost Hospitals of London' .  My father was born there in 1924 and it took us years to realise that this was the workhouse. 

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Surrey / Re: Epsom Workhouse "Middle House" in 1941
« on: Sunday 02 March 25 14:44 GMT (UK)  »
Not sure if anyone is still following this as it was started many years ago but just found this on the web:

In 1904 the Registrar-General recommended that the address for births at the workhouse be given as Middle House or 49 Dorking Road to avoid stigmatising the child by association with the workhouse (deaths were similarly registered after 1919).

https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/epsomdistrict.html

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