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Prisoner 4099
People called "enumerators" collected all the census information. It was only in 1891 that women were allowed to do this job as well as men.
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| Street | Name | Role | Status | Age | Job | Type | Place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Flavell Road | William R. Towers | head | Married | 41 | Bricklayer | Worker | Chelsea, Middx |
| Louisa Towers | wife | Married | 40 | Launderess (wool) | Working at home | Pimlico, London | |
| Louisa | daughter | 16 | Launderess (wool) | Working at home | Battersea | ||
| Thomas | son | 14 | Greengrocer's assistant | Worker | Wandsworth | ||
| Bertha | daughter | 12 | |||||
| Minnie | daughter | 12 | |||||
| Daisy | daughter | 9 | |||||
| Edwin | son | 7 | |||||
| Walter | son | 3 |
William’s wife Louisa works as a laundress. Can you imagine what it would have been like working at home washing other people's dirty clothes?
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