Poverty&Public health

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1. Speenhamland system?

  • Once a month eavh Parish would hold a buffet for all families
  • Change of support depending on the price of bread and the number of children
  • Each family would get a certain amount of meat depending on the families number
  • each family would be given a picnic basket every sunday.
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2. What was the Gilberts Act?

  • a new kind of support
  • Allowed parishes to join into unions
  • Gilbert was the first to be an overseeker of the poor
  • support for children

3. What does ABSOLUTE poverty mean?

  • Lack of income and cant meet basic needs
  • All parishes
  • Has some money and are able to buy basic needs
  • people in the work house

4. Who was responsible for paupers?

  • The Towns priest.
  • The Parishes
  • They were responsible for themselves
  • The government

5. What does the WEIGHT of a source mean?

  • How much text is involved
  • How creative
  • How useful
  • How much detail there is
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