Andover workhouse scandal

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The Andover workhouse scandal was a notorious 1840s British public scandal in which horrific conditions and abuse of paupers in the Andover Union workhouse exposed the failures of the New Poor Law system and led to major reforms in its administration.

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instanceOf British scandal
historical event
public scandal
appliesTo Andover Union workhouse
cause abuse of paupers
horrific workhouse conditions
mismanagement by workhouse officials
country United Kingdom
describedAs notorious example of workhouse cruelty
turning point in public opinion on the New Poor Law
followedBy administrative reforms of the Poor Law
genre social reform controversy
hasEffect exposed failures of the New Poor Law system
parliamentary inquiry
public outcry over workhouse conditions
reform of Poor Law administration
replacement of Poor Law Commission by Poor Law Board
historicalContext Victorian era
investigatedBy House of Commons committee
Poor Law Commissioners
linked to: Poor Law Commission
location Andover
England
Hampshire
mainSubject New Poor Law
workhouse system
notableFor evidence of starvation among paupers
reports of inmates gnawing on bones meant for crushing
sexual abuse allegations against workhouse master
relatedTo British social reform movement
New Poor Law of 1834
Poor Law Board
Poor Law Commission
parliamentary oversight of welfare
workhouse test
significantPerson Edwin Chadwick
linked to: Nassau W. Senior

George Munday
Lord Ashley
Poor Law Board
Poor Law Commissioners
linked to: Poor Law Commission

Thomas Wakley
Thomas Whiting
startTime 1845
timePeriod 1840s
topic poor relief in 19th-century Britain
public health and welfare policy
treatment of paupers
workhouse discipline

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Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 notableEvent Andover workhouse scandal