Development of the Welfare State since Poor Law Amendment Act 1834

Development of the Welfare State since Poor Law
Amendment Act 1834
Course name: BSc (Hons) in Health and Social Care
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Module Code: HSO4002
Module Title: Social Policy
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1.Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834 It allowed the people who were able to
prove themselves poor into the workhouse
as there was no help outside the workhouse
for the able-bodied poor.
2. The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1845 It allowed the people who were disabled,
widow, children and deserted wives into
poorhouse. The able-bodied poor were not
allowed in poorhouse without working but
were not forced to work either.
3.The Public Health Act, 1848 This act made it possible to build sewers in
order to allow the authorities to do
something rather than being compelled
(Gulland, 2019). It excluded the London
with opposition of construction of sewers
that was done on the grounds of cost.
4. The Sanitisation Act, 1866 This act led to the making of 'local boards of
health'. It brought Scotland in 1867
5. The Education Act, 1870 This act provided free and compulsory
education to children at the age of 12 years
to later 14 years.
6. The Public Health Act, 1872 The Poor law authorities was used as there
was no one in the rural area to take on the
new responsibility which further defined the
role of either town councils or Poor Law
Boards of Guardians.
7.The Public Health Act, 1875 This act was a consolidatory measure.
8. The Unemployed Workmen Act, 1905 The grants were made available to
businesses or local authorities in order to
hire more workers (Newdick,2018).
9. The Education Act, 1906 It provided free meals in schools through

this act.
10.The Medical Service, 1907 It allowed free medical services to children
in schools with consideration of their health
and safety.
11.The Old Age Pensions, 1908 The pension provided to old aged people
was non-contributory but prevented such
service to paupers.
12.The Labour Exchanges, 1909 It introduced new job centres through labour
exchanges (Parker, 2018)
13. The National Insurance Act, 1911 This act covered and managed the area of
medical care and unemployment.
14. The Addison Act, 1919 It introduced the first major finance for
council housing.
15. The Government of Ireland Act, 1920 This act allowed home rule in order to cut
off independence as there were devolved
powers that were retained by Northern
Ireland in order to continue the hold of
Republic of Ireland that was left by the UK.
16. Widows, Orphans and Old Age
Contributory Pensions Act, 1925
This act replaced the insurance system for
the widows, orphans and old age people.
17. The Local Government Act, 1929 The local authorities replace the Poor Law
Boards of Guardians where the local
authorities had the responsibility of the
hospitals.
18. The Local Government Act, 1929 The Poor law infirmaries were managed
with the responsibility that was transferred
from the Poor Law that was further
administered to local authorities