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Changes at Gressenhall workhouse 1800-1900 Question 1 Under the old poor law the people were classified as idle poor or deserving poor, in this case the idle poor (fine, healthy, ableboided) were meant to be sent to house of correction, while the deserving poor (old or sick) were meant to be sent to a workhouse where they receive food, shelter, for doing a little work. The old poor law said that each parish is responsible for their own poor and money spent on them was received from the households (usually rich). In practise most of this rule was not followed as parishes preferred to provide outdoor relief where the poor got money for bread and social needs and stay in their homes rather than going to a workhouses or house of correction. However, by 1662, the acts got harsher and the act of settlement was made, this act said that...

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