Old Poor Law

Target entity: Old Poor Law
Context triple: [Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, reformOf, Old Poor Law]

• A. Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
  The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 was a major British social reform that overhauled the system of poor relief by centralizing administration and promoting workhouses to reduce outdoor relief to the poor.
• B. Poor Law Board
  The Poor Law Board was a 19th-century British central authority responsible for administering and overseeing the Poor Laws and the relief of the poor in England and Wales.
• C. Additional Act of 1834
  The Additional Act of 1834 was a constitutional amendment in the Brazilian Empire that decentralized power by granting greater autonomy to provincial governments during the Regency period.
• D. Statute of Labourers 1351
  The Statute of Labourers 1351 was a landmark English law enacted after the Black Death to cap wages and restrict workers’ mobility in an effort to preserve pre-plague economic and social structures.
• E. Public Health Act 1848
  The Public Health Act 1848 was a landmark British law that established a central authority and local boards to improve sanitation and combat disease in rapidly industrializing towns and cities.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Old Poor Law
Target entity description: The Old Poor Law was England and Wales’s pre-1834 system of parish-based poor relief that provided local, often inconsistent support to the destitute through taxes on property owners.

• A. Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
  The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 was a major British social reform that overhauled the system of poor relief by centralizing administration and promoting workhouses to reduce outdoor relief to the poor.
• B. Poor Law Board
  The Poor Law Board was a 19th-century British central authority responsible for administering and overseeing the Poor Laws and the relief of the poor in England and Wales.
• C. Additional Act of 1834
  The Additional Act of 1834 was a constitutional amendment in the Brazilian Empire that decentralized power by granting greater autonomy to provincial governments during the Regency period.
• D. Statute of Labourers 1351
  The Statute of Labourers 1351 was a landmark English law enacted after the Black Death to cap wages and restrict workers’ mobility in an effort to preserve pre-plague economic and social structures.
• E. Public Health Act 1848
  The Public Health Act 1848 was a landmark British law that established a central authority and local boards to improve sanitation and combat disease in rapidly industrializing towns and cities.
• F. None of above. chosen