The Huddersfield workhouse scandal concerned the conditions in the workhouse at Huddersfield, England in 1848. The problems included overcrowding, disease...

The Andover workhouse scandal of the mid-1840s exposed serious defects in the administration of the English 'New Poor Law' (the Poor Law Amendment Act)...

"The Andover Workhouse scandal, 1845–6". Victorianweb.org. 12 November 2002. Retrieved 17 May 2009. "The Huddersfield workhouse scandal: 1848". History...

The Scottish poorhouse, occasionally referred to as a workhouse, provided accommodation for the destitute and poor in Scotland. The term poorhouse was...

is abolished and replaced by the Poor Law Board 1848 - The Huddersfield workhouse scandal occurs. 1865 - The Union Chargeability Act 1865 is passed 1867...

treason to felony punishable by penal transportation. May – Huddersfield workhouse scandal: an inquiry reveals the poor conditions in which inmates have...

Commission Poor Law Board Local Government Board Andover workhouse scandal Huddersfield workhouse scandal Union Chargeability Act Decline and abolition Liberal...

Conditions had to be worse than those for the poorest labourer outside the workhouse, so that people would not want to claim relief. This would decrease the...

pre-anaesthesia surgery, and safety in childbirth. It is housed in a former workhouse next to St James's Hospital. The museum closed temporarily in 2019 for...

History Richard III: King in the Car Park (Channel 4) Secrets From The Workhouse (ITV) The Story of the Jews (BBC Two) International Game of Thrones (Sky...

losses. The South Sea Bubble was a business enterprise that exploded in scandal. The South Sea Company was a private business corporation supposedly set...