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United Kingdom legislation
Relief of the Poor Act 1782
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title
An Act for the better Relief and Employment of the Poor.
Citation
22 Geo. 3. c. 83
Other legislation
Repealed by
Statute Law Revision Act 1871
Status: Repealed
The Relief of the Poor Act 1782 (22 Geo. 3. c. 83), also known as Gilbert's Act,[1] was a British poor relief law proposed by Thomas Gilbert which aimed to organise poor relief on a county basis, counties being organised into parishes which could set up poorhouses or workhouses between them.[2] However, these workhouses were intended to help only the elderly, sick and orphaned, not the able-bodied poor. The sick, elderly and infirm were cared for in poorhouses whereas the able-bodied poor were provided with poor relief in their own homes. Gilbert's Act aimed to be more humane than the previous modification to the Poor Law, the Workhouse Test Act. During the 1780s, there was an increase in unemployment and underemployment due to high food prices, low wages and the effects of enclosing land. This caused poor rates to increase rapidly, which wealthy landowners found unacceptable.
The Act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1871.
^"1782 Poor Relief Act". 4 June 2011. (with link to the full text)
^Polanyi, Karl (28 March 2001). The Great Transformation. Beacon Press. pp. 99—100. ISBN 9780807056431.
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