Development of the Poor Law
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- Created on: 28-11-18 13:32
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- How did the Poor Law develop?
- 1847 - Turning Point
- Initial problems dealt with
- Opposition died down
- Those seeking relief knew what to expect
- Those paying, knew what they were paying for
- Andover Scandal - Brought a new poor law system to Parliament's attention
- Administrative Changes?
- Provided a trigger for the abolition of the poor law commission
- Poor Law board were made accountable
- Could only lead inspections 1 or 2 times a year due to the large districts
- Unofficial Variation
- Local Government Takeover
- Government became increasingly aware of the issue at hand
- Gave more people the vote (Expanded the franchise)
- Dependent on local authority for enforcement
- Shift in attitude towards the poor and poverty
- Growing belief that society had a duty of care
- Did it cost less?
- Union Changeability Act 1865
- Placed financial burden on Union not the Parish
- Cost of relief dropped from £7 million to £4 million due to the PLAA
- Treatment of the poor
- CHILDREN
- Separated from adults
- Education was key in preventing needing the workhouse
- SICK AND MENTALLY ILL
- illness of main breadwinner major cause of poverty
- Sick paupers treat in hospital, not the workhouse
- Separation between pauperism and illness
- London 1882 - 6 Fever hospitals, 4 mental asylums and 20 infirmaries
- 1900 - The poor law was providing state-funded medical care for the poor
- CHILDREN
- 1847 - Turning Point
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