SECTION V. The Relief of the Poor

THE RELIEF OF THE POOR

1. Settlement Law, 1662 647

2. Defoe's Pamphlet "Giving Alms no Charity," 1704 649

3. The Workhouse Test Act, 1722 650

4. Gilbert's Act, 1782 652

5. Speenhamland "Act of Parliament," 1795 655

6. The Workhouse System, 1797 657

7. Two Varieties of the Roundsman System of Relief, 1797 660

8. Another Example of the Roundsman System, 1808 660

9. A Report of the Poor Law Commission, 1834 661

10. The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834 663

11. Outdoor Relief Prohibitory Order, 1844 664