Regional Differences (3.3)

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Gloucestershire

  • baker introduced rigorous reforms and within two years the number of paupers fell from 977 to 125
  • he abolished outdoor relief and made the workhouse so dreadful that only that desperate would seek admission
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Cookham, Berkshire

  • when the able-bodied poor applied for relief, they were offered work at a lower rate than that which was generally paid in the parish
  • claimed that 63 long-term recipients immediately left the parish
  • Parishes in cities like London, Bristol and Norwich adopted similar policies
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