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| | Wokingham Workhouse |
 | | County of Berkshire: Arbourfield [Arborfield], Barkham, Broadhinton Liberty, Earleigh (Earley) Liberty, Finchampstead, Newland Liberty, Ruscomb, Sandford and Woodley, Shinfield (2), Sonning, Swallowfield [2 parts] (2), Wargrave (2), Whistley Liberty, Winnersh Liberty, Wokingham (3). |
 | | The new Wokingham Union initially made use of the former Wargrave parish workhouse, for the upgrading of which the Poor law Commissioners authorized an expenditure of £1,390. |
 | | However, a report by Edwin Chadwick in 1846 found that conditions were too cramped to allow proper segregation of the different classes of inmate, rooms were damp and badly ventilated, and there was a lack of infirmary and fever wards. |
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