Rules and discipline in the workhouse

medical inspections upon arrival of the workhouses were mandatory
families were separated
children were sent to workhouse schools until 10 years old then apprenticed
men given razors to shave but monitored by staff so no bodily harm and to make it feel like a prison
given a uniform, regardless if it fit or not
boring and monotomous work
aimed to rehabilitate the paupers so they could work again outside
mainly women and children had to work in the kitchen and laundry room
some work would involve unravelling rope, chopped wood and ground animal bones
the diet was lacking in nutrition and often not cooked properly
the Commissioners set a standard diet for workhouses to follow
until 1842, all meals were eaten in silence
before 1830s, most workhouses didn't have cutlery so people had to scoop their food
workhouses were…

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