Tag: Poor Laws
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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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Problem of Destitution
The Moral Factor in the Problem of Destitution and the Majority Report of the Royal Commission of 1905-1909 In this issue about the moral factor in the problem of destitution, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: There are those who see in this proposal to break up the Poor […]
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Problem of Destitution
The Moral Factor in the Problem of Destitution and the Majority Report of the Royal Commission of 1905-1909 In this issue about the moral factor in the problem of destitution, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: There are those who see in this proposal to break up the Poor […]
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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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Impotent
The Aged and Impotent (or Infirm) and the 1834 Report In this issue about the aged and impotent (or infirm), the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: An almost similar absence of proposals is to be noted with regard to the aged and impotent. The current practice was to deal with […]
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Impotent
The Aged and Impotent (or Infirm) and the 1834 Report In this issue about the aged and impotent (or infirm), the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: An almost similar absence of proposals is to be noted with regard to the aged and impotent. The current practice was to deal with […]
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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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Contrast between1834 and 1907
The Contrast between 1834 and 1907 and the Principles of 1907 In this issue about the contrast between 1834 and 1907, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: It is not without interest to contrast the three principles of 1834 with the three principles of 1907. In both cases the […]
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Departures From the Principles of 1834
The Departures From the Principles of 1834 and the Principles of 1907 In this issue about the departures from the principles of 1834, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: The principles of the 1834 Report, to which different people will assign different degrees of scope or […]
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Departures From the Principles of 1834
The Departures From the Principles of 1834 and the Principles of 1907 In this issue about the departures from the principles of 1834, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: The principles of the 1834 Report, to which different people will assign different degrees of scope or […]
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Principle of Prevention
The Principle of Prevention and the Majority Report of the Royal Commission of 1905-1909 In this issue about the principle of prevention, the book English Poor Law Policy [1] reads as follows: From the Minority Report proposals, thus succinctly put, we have so far omitted what is really the […]