Tag: Poor Law Commissioners
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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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Position in 1847 Compared With the Principles of 1834
The Position in 1847 Compared With The Principles of 1834 and the Poor Law Commissioners In this issue about the position in 1847 compared with the principles of 1834, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: The proposals and recommendations of the Report of 1834 fall under five […]
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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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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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Poor Law Commissioners
In this issue about poor law commissioners, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: It had, as we have seen, been left to the Poor Law Commissioners to formulate their own policy, with the guidance of the Report of 1834. This policy is, during the ensuing thirteen years, to be […]
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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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Able-bodied
The Able-Bodied and the 1834 Report In this issue about the able-bodied, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: Apart from a few stray suggestions, it might almost be said that the Report of 1834 was entirely directed to the treatment of the adult able-bodied labourer, with the […]