BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care: Welfare State & Poor Law 1834

This report provides an overview of the development of the Welfare State, with a specific focus on the impact of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. The report analyzes the key provisions of the Act, including the establishment of poor law unions, the conditions within workhouses, and the provision of outdoor relief. It explores the historical context, including economic conditions, the rise of industrialization, and the influence of social reformers. The report also examines the evolution of social policy, including the Education Act of 1872 and the introduction of charitable work and voluntary help. The report highlights the contributions of scholars and socialists, such as Charles Booth and Seebohm Rowntree, in shaping the concept of public welfare. The evolution of the poor law commission and its replacement by the poor law board is also discussed. Finally, the report examines how the local government act 1929 abolished workhouses and boards of guardians and transferred their powers to the local and national government bodies.

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. According to poor law
Amendment act 1834, this
act was less eligible in
order to use independently.
The poor law Amendment
act 1834 are necessary to
considered worse than
previous act which became
the government. Also, act
is based on local parishes
into poor law unions that
are under 600 locally
elected boards of
Guardians.
This is also ensured that
the poor were housed in
workhouses, clothed and
fed. Further, there are law
remained on the primary
form of poor relief in
Ireland until the
1920s.This act is
implemented full rigours
of intended system were
never applied in Northern
industrial areas
(ARMSTRONG, 2022).
2. Poor labourer outside
by the policy that is
become less eligible
despite having as lot of
people sickness. This is
based on worker which
is unemployment and
orphans work-hours are
increased by receiving
meal that are made
them to sick having
indigestion. The
women, men and
children are living
separately by allowing
for spend a brief
amount of time a week
with parents. There
were most of the
children are workhouse
were orphans by which
everyone spelt in large
dormitories.
Also, children are
survived the first year
of infancy which may
have been sent out of
school that also run by
poor law union. This is
apprenticeships or
arranged for teenage
boys that could learns
as trade and become
less of burden to rate
years
3.In 1601, England was
experiencing an economic
depression and there was
largescale of unemployment.
Queen Elizabeth has
introduced new set of laws
in order to maintain the
development of the
Kingdome the English poor
law. All these laws remained
in force for more than 250
years and it has divided
people on three bases such
as vagrant, unemployed and
involuntary. Although the
law has established local
government acting through
an overseer of the poor
appointed by local official.
The poor laws have allowed
local government to raise
taxes as needed and use the
capital in maintaining alms-
houses to provide indoor
relief for old age,
handicapped as well as
making use of tools and
material require to put the
unemployed to work.
4. The old poor laws were
implemented during the
year of 1750-1850 and at
this stage there was
growing, immigration and
urbanization. Although
Public Health Act was
responsible for any medical
advising by General board.
Moreover, the Local
government act 1871-1929
was not involved in
growing and developing the
economy as well as in
providing good condition
for the welfare of citizens.
The act gives there were
many charitable
organizations such an
Octavia hill and Peabody
etc (Moseley, 2021). The
local government act 1972
has recognized system of
administrative countries
like wales and England. It
has created a metropolitan
country of Greater
Manchester and divided
into metropolitan including
the city of Manchester
5.
In addition to this, the
education act 1872 was
established to give
compulsory education for
children age between 12 to
14 and to give them
opportunity of training so
that it can develop their
knowledge and able to
enhance their career. The
act allowed voluntary
schools to establish system
of school boards to build
and manage educational
institutional in areas where
it needed.

6.
The Health Act was
introduced in 19 centuries
because of poor law as there
were limited health care centre
and this act has introduced the
charitable work and voluntary
help to the sick people in order
to give the good quality of life
and it to fulfil the
responsibility of welfare state.
7.
Moreover, scholars and
socialist such as Charles
Booth 1892 and Seebohm
Rowntree 1901 during this
period has introduced the
concept of developing
premises for public welfare
as majority of citizens were
unemployed and it was
affecting economy of the
country (West, 2022).
8.
Although the new poor
law amendment act
1834 has overruled the
system of providing
support to the poor in
August 1834. The Act
grouped local people
into creating Poor law
unions under which 600
people were locally
elected by Boards of
Guardians. Moreover, it
was controlled by the
Poor law commission act
that was responsible for
administrating new
system of providing
relief to the poor
9.
Outdoor relief was also
given to the person that was
unable to work because of
their old age or incapability.
Workhouse has provided
support to sick, mentally ill
and unmarried mothers by
giving them opportunity to
work good.
10.
. The poor law
commission was replaced
by the poor law board in
1847 with the intention of
improving accountability to
parliament. Workhouses
and Boards of Guardians
was abolished in 1903 by
Local government Act 1929
and their powers and
responsibility were passed
to local and national
government bodies.
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