Britain in 1900 Problem of Poverty in

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Britain in 1900 • Problem of Poverty in 1900 • Changing attitudes • Liberal Reforms • Assessment of reforms

Britain in 1900 Huge slum tracts in the big cities testified to the social divide • Rich and Powerful country due to industrial revolution • Politics dominated by Conservative and Liberal Parties • wealth in the hands of small group

Working class housing in Liverpool in the early 1900 s

The Gorbals: Small children by midden in back court

Role of the government • ‘laissez faire’- the state should not interfere in the lives of the people or in the economy • Small role to: • Provide limited education, health, help for the poor control of Tenement housing in Whittle Street, Liverpool 1902 workplace

http: //news. bbc. co. uk/1/hi/england/1917452. stm The Poor Law System • Government did not provide much help to poor people • Help for the poor was called relief • Outdoor relief: help given in their home • Indoor relief : help given in the workhouse or poorhouse Tonbridge workhouse women's ward, c. 1897

Tonbridge workhouse female inmates 1897.

The Poor Law System • You had to prove you were poor • Life was made harsh so that it was less likely to be chosen over the lowest paid job • No help for able bodied (fit)

Brighton Workhouse Day Breakfast Dinner Supper Sunday Milk Porridge Boiled Beef or Pork Cheese & Butter Monday Gruel Soup of leftovers Milk Porridge Tuesday Milk Porridge Beef Pudding Cheese & Butter Wednesday Gruel Boiled Beef or Pork Milk Porridge Thursday Milk Porridge Soup of leftovers Cheese & Butter Friday Gruel Meat pudding Milk Porridge Saturday Milk Porridge Irish Stew Gruel

Was the Poor House successful? Workhouse near Glasgow • Could not cope with the rising unemployment or poverty • Hated by the poor most shunned the poor house (90%) • Work inside was boring, disciplined • Families separated

Why was it so harsh? • Should encourage the poor to look for work • Forced to look after themselves • Those in poverty must be idle, spending to much or drunk • http: //www. workhouses. org. uk/ Close, No. 157 Bridgegate, Glasgow

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