indoor relief systems were more
effective than outdoor relief
systems in relieving the conditions
of properties in the year 1780 to
1832
Tags
intro:
indoor and outdoor relief were provided in 1780 to 32 to relieve the poor
they categorised support and settlement laws were essential in providing specific help
outdoor relief was more widely used right through the 1800s, and could be argued with
more effective
measures of relief can be judged by how many were helped and what was available for
the paupers in society
main body:
1) when examining indoor relief systems, it is important to regard the new changes
from the 1780s govt realize that the relief from outdoor systems was too widespread and
to limit numbers of claimants they introduce systems under workhouses in order to make
them deterrence and to consider and account for relief
eg the 1782 Gilberts Union Act was a key act that aimed to change relief (try to
combine unions)
930 parishes were combined to form 67 Gilbert unions
only focus was to help the deserving poor
shown through examples such as Gloucestershire and Plymouth
regional variations occurred with styles or deterrent with attempts to remove outdoor relief
eg Lowe in Northampton
the numbers of people helped by indoor relief was also significantly less than outdoor
more than 1 million were relieved through outdoor systems compared to 600,000
indoor at the start of the 1800s
indoor relief systems were more effective than outdoor relief systems in relieving the conditions of properties in the
1
year 1780 to 1832
effective than outdoor relief
systems in relieving the conditions
of properties in the year 1780 to
1832
Tags
intro:
indoor and outdoor relief were provided in 1780 to 32 to relieve the poor
they categorised support and settlement laws were essential in providing specific help
outdoor relief was more widely used right through the 1800s, and could be argued with
more effective
measures of relief can be judged by how many were helped and what was available for
the paupers in society
main body:
1) when examining indoor relief systems, it is important to regard the new changes
from the 1780s govt realize that the relief from outdoor systems was too widespread and
to limit numbers of claimants they introduce systems under workhouses in order to make
them deterrence and to consider and account for relief
eg the 1782 Gilberts Union Act was a key act that aimed to change relief (try to
combine unions)
930 parishes were combined to form 67 Gilbert unions
only focus was to help the deserving poor
shown through examples such as Gloucestershire and Plymouth
regional variations occurred with styles or deterrent with attempts to remove outdoor relief
eg Lowe in Northampton
the numbers of people helped by indoor relief was also significantly less than outdoor
more than 1 million were relieved through outdoor systems compared to 600,000
indoor at the start of the 1800s
indoor relief systems were more effective than outdoor relief systems in relieving the conditions of properties in the
1
year 1780 to 1832