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How effective was the Poor Law Amendment act in the years 1834 to 1841 in solving the problems identified by the Royal Commission on the Poor Law of 1832-1834?
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How effective was the Poor Law Amendment act in the years 1834 to 1841 in solving the problems identified by the Royal Commission on the Poor Law of 1832-1834? The poor law was originally implemented into Britain's society in 1601 whereby each parish was responsible for its poor by collecting poor rate and give minuet amount of money to the 'impotent poor', such as the elderly and the blind; and to provide workhouses for the 'poor by casualty', such as the sick and the senile. Orphans were to be given an apprenticeship. Only the 'idle poor', the so-called 'sturdy beggars', were to be whipped and returned to their place of birth. The 1601 Poor Relief Act did not end poverty, but it remained the basis of England's poor law system for two centuries, and supplied for the first time a basic 'safety-net' for some of those who had fallen on hard...
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