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The impotent poor (people who could not work) were to be cared for in an almshouse or a poorhouse. In this way, the law offered relief to people who were unable to work, mainly those who were elderly, blind, or crippled or otherwise physically infirm. [citation needed] The able-bodied poor were to be set to work in a House of Industry.
It replaced the 1847 års fattigvårdförordning and was in effect until the Poor Care Law of 1918. In 1847, the first Swedish social help system separate from the church had been organized by the Poor relief regulation of 1847. It was adjusted only to a very minor degree by the 1853 års fattigvårdförordning.
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The Poor relief regulation of 1847 (Swedish: 1847 års fattigvårdförordning) was a Swedish Poor Law which organized the public poor relief system in Sweden. With some alterations in 1853 and 1871, it established the basis for the poor relief system until the Poor Care Law of 1918 was passed.
The Poor Relief Act 1601 [1] (43 Eliz. 1.c. 2) was an Act of the Parliament of England. The Act for the Relief of the Poor 1601, popularly known as the Elizabethan Poor Law, the "43rd Elizabeth", [a] or the "Old Poor Law", [b] was passed in 1601 and created a poor law system for England and Wales.
The Poor Relief Act 1601; The Poor Relief Act 1662; The Poor Relief Act 1691; The Poor Relief (Ireland) Acts 1838 to 1892 is the collective title of the following Acts: [1] The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 56) The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1839 (2 & 3 Vict. c. 1) The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 92) The Poor ...
The Act for the Relief of the Poor 1597 was a piece of poor-law legislation in England and Wales. It provided the first complete code of poor relief and was later amended by the Poor Relief Act 1601, which formed the basis of poor relief for the next two centuries. The Act established overseers of the poor. [1]
The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 56) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created the system of poor relief in Ireland. The legislation was largely influenced by the English Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. [2] Following its enactment, one hundred and thirty Poor Law Unions were established throughout the country.