Under the new Act‚ the threat of the Union workhouse was intended to act as a discouragement to the able-bodied pauper. This soon became known as the "workhouse test". This meant that poor relief would only be granted to those that were desperate enough and brave enough to face entering the revolting conditions of the workhouse. Another aspect of the workhouses which discouraged people was if an able-bodied man entered the workhouse‚ his entire family had to go into the workhouse with him. However
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Elizabethan Poor Laws and the Unworthy Poor Tara McFadden Indiana University School of Social Work Abstract Beginning in the Elizabethan Era‚ unworthy poor was a label placed on able bodied people that appeared to choose to not work. They were often treated harshly and in extreme cases‚ put to death (Shelly‚ 2011). In today’s society such treatment would be unheard of. The act of even labeling this group of people or other groups is discouraged and even against the NASW’s The Code of Ethics
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angered many people as a large number of them did not attend church and did not feel they should be paying this tithe‚ often the fee for the tithe was far greater than what a poor person could afford. The modification of the Poor law angered many laborers‚ this meant that many of the unemployed could no longer claim the poor rates. There was also the new King‚ William IV who was much more liberal minded than his predecessor which created a great demand for political reform and eventually a general
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Chadwick Poor Law Public health Success failures Able bodied poor should be kept in workhouses. This way‚ only the desperate would ask for relief Commission of enquiry; he was a committed benthamite. Commissioners devised three different questionnaires. Questions were badly phrased‚ were they seeked the response they wanted. He was seen as a tireless investigator who insisted on seeing for himself the effects of poverty and the operation of the poor laws. Chadwick was made
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Conditions in1800’s The conditions in the 1800s were really bad as there was a poor sewage system which caused diseases‚ street doctors who walked around with dead bodies in the street. There were also piles of dirt on the street what the children would play in; they would also start playing with rats that was attracted by the dirt and rubbish that was on the street. People would hang their washing out in the street which made it easier for them to catch diseases. Also there where a low amount of
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Evidence showed that 30% of the urban population could be classified as poor‚ and 10% of the British population were living below the poverty line. Britain had experienced a massive rise in population‚ with populations in areas such as London‚ Lancashire and the West Midlands nearly doubling. Industrialisation also led to the rise of conurbations – densely populated urban areas. These results proved that the old system of the Poor Law could no longer cope. The Liberal Party sought after ‘National
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estimated that the population of Ireland stood at approximately eight million. By this time‚ some 40% of the population were dependant on the potato for food and even employment. When the blight hit Ireland in September 1845 the consequence for the Irish poor would be devastating‚ but as the famine of 1782-84 demonstrated‚ manageable‚ provided the government responded in the correct way . By late 1846 famine conditions were spread throughout Ireland‚ but most notably the famine had took on a regional
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of great industrial change throughout much of the United Kingdom‚ Ireland was widely regarded as a poor‚ destitute country with many people already suffering from extreme poverty even before the famine. The economy in Ireland was weak and almost totally dependant on agricultural production with 66% of all families in pre-famine Ireland making their living from the land. Consequently‚ just one poor harvest could lead to arrears of rent‚ the threat of the bailiff and even eviction. This already difficult
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act‚ in 1837 there was a petition by the London Working Men’s Association for another electoral reform which was supported by many radical MPs. This then led to the ‘Peoples charter’ which was a 6 point plan of what they wanted. The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 was also a contribution to Chartism as this act punished poverty as people would have to go into a workhouse to earn their money‚ this was not received well by the working class and was seen as another burden on them. This led to the
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shillings to stay out of poverty. This was important because their surveys identified the percentage of people that were living below the poverty line‚ mainly due to illness or unemployment. However‚ some MP’s still challenged their surveys and argued that poor people wasted their money on insufficient items such as alcohol so they did not do much change. Booth and Rowntree were only responsible for the Liberal reform to an extent‚ as there were other significant motives such as the national security. Britain
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