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Poverty and Public Health
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- 1What was the Poor Law commission replaced by after is was abolished in 1847?the Poor Law Board
- 2What were the Poor Law Board's Priorities up until 1953?Transfer unemployed to Urban Areas & Protect urban rate payers from sudden surge in demand
- 3What did the Poor Law Commission have 3 of?Commissioners
- 4Who was secretary of the Poor Law Commission?Edwin Chadwick
- 5What types of Poor are there?Deserving Poor or Undeserving Poor
- 6Who did pressure for reform come from?Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham, Robert Owen, Thomas Malthus
- 7Old Poor Law negativescorruption, local crisis could affect relief, variations of fairness & effectiveness, diversity
- 8Old Poor Law positivesPoor are known as individuals, greater humanity and sensitivity to the poor
- 9What is indoor relief?relief inside the workhouse, regulated lives
- 10When was the Old Poor Law established?end if the 16th Century
- 11Where did the money for outdoor relief of the Old Poor Law come from?The Poor Rate
- 12When did the Whigs come into Power?1831
- 13When was the Commission of Inquiry into the Poor Laws?1832
- 14When did the The Commission into the Poor Law publish its findings?1834
- 15How many places did the Poor Law Commission take information from?3,000
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- A level History (Condition of England) Flashcards on Poverty and Public Health, created by elenamaymartin on 16/03/2014.
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