Tag: Local Government Board
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Non-residents
Non-Residents and the Poor Law Commissioners In this issue about non-residents, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: A new class of persons arises in the documents after 1834, namely those who are not residing in the parish or union to which they apply for relief. There had […]
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Workhouse
The Workhouse and the 1834 Report In this issue about the workhouse, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: With regard to the workhouse, the whole emphasis of the Report is upon classification of the inmates according to their needs; and classification, not in separate parts […]
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Emigration
Emigration and the 1834 Report In this issue about emigration, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: Without laying much stress upon emigration, the Report recommends that any vestry should be empowered to pay for it out of the poor rate, in the case of persons (apparently […]
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Emigration
Emigration and the 1834 Report In this issue about emigration, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: Without laying much stress upon emigration, the Report recommends that any vestry should be empowered to pay for it out of the poor rate, in the case of persons (apparently […]
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Children
The Children and the 1834 Report In this issue about the children, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: Apart from apprenticeship, the Report deals only incidentally with children. It is assumed throughout that children go with their parents, both with regard to the […]
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Vagrants
History of Vagrants The following concept of Vagrants may be usefull here:Able-bodied people who were unemployed (generally without a master). Vagrancy Acts were passed to control the unemployed. Vagrants could face criminal charges, and be pressed into military service or transported to the […]
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Persons of Unsound Mind
Persons of Unsound Mind and the Poor Law Commissioners In this issue about persons of unsound mind, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: A separation of lunatics from the other inmates of the workhouses had been suggested in the Report of 1834. But it was in the course of […]
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Local Government Board
Local Government Board History Set up in 1871 it took over responsibility for all aspects of local government from various ministries and the Poor Law Board. Succeeded by the Ministry of Health in 1919. In this issue about local government board, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as […]
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Women
Women and the 1834 Report In this issue about women, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: With regard to the treatment of women, it cannot be said that the Report of 1834 afforded much guidance to the Central Authority. Whether or not the Commissioners meant to propose the […]
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Aged
The Aged and Infirm and the Poor Law Commissioners In this issue about the aged and infirm, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: As with the sick, so with the aged and infirm, neither the Report nor the Act of 1834 had suggested any change in the current policy of outdoor…
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Sick
The Sick and the 1834 Report In this issue about the sick, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: In contradistinction to the revolutionary proposals of the Report of 1834 with regard to the able-bodied, it is extraordinary that it suggested absolutely no change with regard to […]
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Co-operation With Voluntary Agencies
Co-operation with Voluntary Agencies and the Poor Law Board In this issue about co-operation with voluntary agencies, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: A noteworthy feature of the very end of this period was the emphasis suddenly laid upon the importance of systematic […]
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Relief on Loan
Relief on Loan and the 1834 Report In this issue about relief on loan, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: The Commissioners recommended that under regulations to be framed … parishes be empowered to treat any relief afforded to the able-bodied, or to their families, and […]
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Defectives
Defectives and the Poor Law Commissioners In this issue about defectives, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: We must note the beginning of a new class, only just mentioned in the Report and Act of 1834, viz. that of the physically defective, at first only those who were […]
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The Able-bodied
The Able-bodied and the Local Government Board In this issue about the able-bodied, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: National Uniformity In the absence of new Statutes, and of alterations in the General Orders relating to the relief by boards of guardians of the […]