Edexcel A Level History - Poverty, Public Health and the State in Britain c.1780-1939 - Depth 1

Covers entirety of Depth 1 in Edexcel A level history specification.

Paupers and pauperism, 1780–1832

● The organisation of the parish-based relief system; the
problem of the ‘able-bodied pauper’; outdoor relief systems
– Speenhamland, Roundsman and the Labour Rate.
● Indoor relief in poorhouses, workhouses and houses of
correction; the impact of Gilbert’s Act 1782 and the
Sturges-Bourne Acts 1818 and 1819.
● Pressures for change: financial and ideological arguments;
the influence of Bentham’s Utilitarianism.