Poverty&Public health

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What does ABSOLUTE poverty mean?
Lack of income and cant meet basic needs
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What does RELATIVE poverty mean?
Less than 60% average income
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What does LAISSEZ FAIRE mean?
Let it be
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What was the governemtns attitude in C19?
poverty wasnt their responsibillity
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what did 'too much help' believed lead to in C19?
no incentive to work
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who are the DESERVING poor?
Elderly, Children and sick
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Who are the Undeserving?
Beggers/Criminals
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what does PROVENANCE mean?
Origins of the source
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What does the WEIGHT of a source mean?
How useful
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What was in 1858?
The Great Stink
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How was the event caused?
Overflowing Cess pits
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Who invented the imporved sewage system?
Bazelgette
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Who are Paupers?
poeple who cant afford basic needs and recieve support
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Who was responsible for paupers?
The Parishes
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Who funded poor Relief?
Tax from the Landowners
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Who was the overseeker of the poor?
Landowners took turns
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What is outdoor relief?
Support for poor in their own homes
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What were the 3 houses?
work house, poor house, house of correction
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3 problems with the old law?
No consistent system, not all parishes could afford 3 houses, could be corrupt
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What year were the SETTLEMENT ACTS?
1662.1697
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What was the first settlement act?
Legal Settlement from birth, marriage, apprentiship and inhertience
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What was the 2nd settlement act?
Settlement certificate is needed
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What was the Knatchball Act?
Parish officers could buy buildings to use as Workhouses and could apply to do the workhouse test
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What was the Workhouse test?
To see how desperate the person needed support
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Why did most parishes continue with Out door relief?
Cheaper
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What was the Gilberts Act?
Allowed parishes to join into unions
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What was the statistics for the Gilberts Act?
1834=67 unions
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Speenhamland system?
Change of support depending on the price of bread and the number of children
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Labour Rate?
Rate to cover the able bodied and set a wage for the unemplyed
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Roundsman system?
Able-bodied would be sent around parishes until they were employed and would be paid an agreed wage
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What does RELATIVE poverty mean?

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Less than 60% average income

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What does LAISSEZ FAIRE mean?

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What was the governemtns attitude in C19?

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what did 'too much help' believed lead to in C19?

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