Tag: Poor Law 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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Infirm
The Aged and Infirm and the Poor Law Board In this issue about the aged and infirm, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: We have shown that neither the Report of 1834 nor the Central Authority between 1834 and 1847 even suggested any departure from the common practice of […]
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The Sick
The Sick and the Poor Law Board In this issue about the sick, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: We have shown that, between 1834 and 1847, it was not contemplated that persons actually sick would be received in the workhouse, and that there was no trace in the documents of…
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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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Position in 1871
The Position in 1871 and the Poor Law Board In this issue about the position in 1871, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: In 1867 the Poor Law Board, which had been continued from time to time by temporary statutes, was made permanent, and in 1871 it was merged in a…
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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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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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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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Poor Law Board
In this issue about poor law board, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: We have seen that between 1834 and 1847 the Central Authority settled down to a certain empirical policy as to the administration of relief, which was embodied, as regards workhouse management throughout […]