Death, Illness, Unemployment, Disability and Large Families
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What was the Poor Law?
This was the only form of government help and was provided by local officials in on e of two ways, indoor and outdoor relief.
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What was Indoor Relief?
Indoor relief meant going to the workhouse. This was a harsh place where people were given help but treated badly.
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What was Outdoor Relief?
Outdoor relief was given to people in their own home. Food, money or help would be given to people while they still lived at home. It still carried great shame,
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How did people find out about the poor?
There were social investigations, the most famous being done by Charles Booth and Rowntree.
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What did Rowntree do?
Published his work on the life of the poor. He said that peopled needed 21s per week to live. He said people lived below the poverty line. People could help being poor, they were not paid enough to live on.Large families were the main cause in York
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What did Charles Booth do?
He wrote a number of studies. He carried out interviews with poor people, doctors, teachers and priests. He also collected data on the way the poor people lived. He said that people living in poverty were not responsible for their conditions
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Why did the Liberal Party win the 1906 election?
They were keen to help the poor and give the government more power. They ran a good election campaign.
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What was the first reform brought in in 1906?
Free School Meals- provides a free school meal for children of a poor family.
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What reform was brought out in 1907?
School Medical Inspections- Doctors and nurses went into school to provide a free compulsory medical check
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What reform was brought out in 1912?
School Clinics- These clinics were set up to treat children who had been diagnoses as having an illness
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What reform was brought out in 1908?
The Children's Act- it made it illegal to neglect or abuse children. Children under 14 were banned from pubs. Illegal to sell tobacco to children under 16.
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What was the Old Age Pension Act in 1908?
This gave a weekly pension from government funds to the elderly. From January 1909 almost everyone over the age of 70 was eligible for a state pension. Single people had 5s per week and married couples 7s 6d per week.
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What was the National Insurance Act 1911?
This was the main reform that set out to help the sick and the unemployed. it was in two parts. Part one dealt with sickness an part two dealt with unemployment
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What was the labour Exchange Act 1909?
This act set up the first job centres. They were aimed at getting mean into jobs as quickly as possible so they would not be without wages.
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Why did the labour party oppose the reforms?
They wanted more reforms and said the Liberal Reforms were too limited
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Why did the Conservative Party oppose the reforms?
they said it was wrong to use taxes to help the poor- benefits would make them lazy and unwilling to work
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Why did rich people oppose the reforms?
they had to pay the taxes to fund the reforms
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Why did the working class oppose the reforms?
They disliked being told how to bring up their children and hated having to pay National Insurance Contributions
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What was the Poor Law?
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This was the only form of government help and was provided by local officials in on e of two ways, indoor and outdoor relief.
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