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Primary source materials documenting the interactions between government policy and public philanthropy in Victorian and early twentieth-century society. Covers a shift in welfare reform and the social tensions surrounding poverty and public welfare.
Additional Information:
Covers the complex social climate of nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain between the introduction of the New Poor Law in 1834 and the eventual abolition of the workhouse system in 1930. Includes materials covering the conditions of workhouses and the administration of the new poor relief system through the official government correspondence of the Poor Law Office, documenting conditions and providing reports of healthcare, diet, sanitation and employment within the institutions.
Coverage: 1830s-1930s
Vendor: Adam Matthew
Producer: National Archives at Kew, the British Library and Senate House Library
Interlibrary Loan Type: Secure Electronic Transmission Permitted
Simultaneous User Limit: Unlimited simultaneous users