Poverty, old age and outdoor relief in late-Victorian England
Poverty, old age and outdoor relief in late-Victorian England
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维多利亚时代晚期英格兰的贫困、老年和户外救济
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10.1080/03071022.2024.2281127
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发表时间：
2024
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Heritage T
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作者：
Heritage T
虽然19世纪英国新济贫法下的老年贫困程度研究有所增加，但在详细研究户外救济与济贫院人口相比方面仍然存在差距。使用很少咨询户外救济申请和报告书的三个穷法联盟在19世纪80年代初（奥尔顿联盟，汉普郡;赫特福德联盟，赫特福德郡;和里彭联盟，约克郡西骑马），本文提供了估计比例的老年人户外救济报告书与人口普查材料。它还审查了单身和已婚个人规定的津贴的差异。首先，老年人在英格兰南部更有可能获得户外救济相比，他们的北方同行，与现存的文献概述了“南北”划分的福利提供。其次，里彭联盟的津贴出奇的慷慨。对于已婚夫妇，津贴是其他地方记录的平均数的两倍，反映了根据1908年《老年养恤金法》给予的津贴。最后，强调了在《新济贫法》的后期和《老年养恤金法》的开始之间对待老年申请人的连续性，特别是在里彭等北方济贫法联盟的背景下。
While studies dedicated to the extent of poverty in old age under the New Poor Law in nineteenth-century England have grown, gaps still exist in terms of a detailed examination of outdoor relief compared with workhouse populations. Using rarely consulted outdoor relief application and report books for three Poor Law Unions in the early 1880s (Alton Union, Hampshire; Hertford Union, Hertfordshire; and Ripon Union, Yorkshire West Riding), this article provides estimated proportions of older people on outdoor relief by linking the report books with census materials. It also examines variations in allowances prescribed to single and married individuals. Firstly, older people in southern England were more likely to receive outdoor relief compared with their northern counterparts, consistent with the extant literature outlining a ‘north–south’ divide of welfare provision. Secondly, allowances were surprisingly generous in Ripon Union. For married couples, allowances were double the average documented elsewhere and reflect those granted under the Old Age Pensions Act of 1908. In conclusion, continuity in the treatment of older-age applicants between the later years of the New Poor Law and the start of the Old Age Pensions Act is emphasised, especially in the context of northern Poor Law Unions such as Ripon.
通往福利国家的曲折之路：英国的经济不安全与社会福利政策
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发表时间：
2022
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Social history (London)
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作者：
S. Shave
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S. Shave