Poor Law Amendment Act 1847

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Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legislation
gptkbp:addressed healthcare_for_the_poor
gptkbp:aimsTo improve conditions in workhouses
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:England_and_Wales
gptkbp:criticism insufficient reforms
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
National Assistance Act 1948
gptkbp:established medical inspections in workhouses
gptkbp:focusesOn health and sanitation in workhouses
gptkbp:hasAuthorityOver provide medical care
gptkbp:hasLegalStatus improve living conditions
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Poor Law Amendment Act 1847
gptkbp:impact increased funding for workhouses
gptkbp:includesProvisionsFor medical care for the poor
gptkbp:influenced future welfare policies
gptkbp:influencedBy social reform movements
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Lord_John_Russell
gptkbp:is_aimed_at public health issues
gptkbp:isChallengedBy some local officials
gptkbp:isCitedIn House of Commons
the context of economic changes
gptkbp:isConsidered a response to public outcry
contemporary lawmakers
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor bureaucratic inefficiencies
gptkbp:isDiscussedIn historical debates on welfare
social reform circles
gptkbp:isEngagedIn socioeconomic studies
address poverty issues
gptkbp:isEvaluatedBy historians
gptkbp:isExaminedBy scholars
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy earlier Poor Law Acts
shaping modern welfare state
gptkbp:isKnownFor a necessary reform
gptkbp:isLinkedTo industrialization effects
gptkbp:isLocatedIn various local authorities
provide better care for the needy
gptkbp:isReflectedIn subsequent welfare legislation
gptkbp:isVisitedBy public health crises
gptkbp:led_to workhouse_administration
gptkbp:ledTo government oversight of workhouses
increased public debate on poverty
gptkbp:opposedBy some_members_of_Parliament
gptkbp:partOf Poor Law system
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Poor_Law_Commission
gptkbp:renovated gptkb:Poor_Law_Amendment_Act_1834
gptkbp:requires reporting of workhouse conditions
gptkbp:resultedIn establishment of medical officers in workhouses
gptkbp:supportedBy some social reformers
gptkbp:wasEducatedAt reducing poverty levels
gptkbp:wasPartOf gptkb:House_of_Lords
19th-century welfare reforms
the evolution of social policy
the legislative response to social issues
Victorian_social_policy_reforms
the_Poor_Law_Amendment_Act_series
gptkbp:wasSupportedBy some medical professionals
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1847