Union Workhouse, Tonbridge, Kent, Women's Ward

Interior of a women's ward in the Tonbridge Union workhouse, Kent. Five inmates can be seen, with two of them in wheelchairs. They are wearing the uniform of long skirt, blouse, shawl, and bonnet. A nurse stands in the background. The room is decorated with pictures and vases of flowers. The floor is bare apart from a mat running along the centre of the ward. The workhouse buildings later became part of Pembury Hospital

Beds Dormitory Inmates Legislation Pauper Paupers Pembury Tonbridge Vagrant Vagrants Vases Wheelchairs

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