Unit 34.2 - Poverty, public health and the state in Britain, c1780-1939
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1601
● Poor Law- parishes become the administrative unit for raising money for poor relief and
for distributing such relief
1662
● Settlement Act - Individuals could be returned to the parish of their birth in order to
receive relief
1697
● Settlement Act- Strangers could be denied entry to a parish unless they could produce a
Settlement Certificate stating their parish of origin would take them back if they needed
relief
1782
● Gilbert's Act -Parishes could combine to build a workhouse and so share the cost of poor
relief
1789
● Publication of An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy
Bentham- lays the foundations of Utilitarianism
1795
● Speenhamland system, and variations in use in some southern and eastern counties of
England.
● Roundsman system and Labour Rate also used
● Formation of Manchester Board of Health
1796
● Jenner's work with the dairymaids and relation of cowpox and smallpox
1798
● Publication of An Essay on the Principle of Population by Thomas Maltus- suggests
abolition of the poor laws.
1802
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