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What are sweated trades?
Jobs or trades where workers worked for extremely long hours in poor conditions for poor pay. Examples are: Tailoring Matchbox Makers Coal Backers
Why were workhouses introduced?
In Britain, work houses were introduced after the Poor Act. Originally, the poor of an area was the responsibility of the parish (i.e. the church), and were cared for using donations from local parishioners. Clearly, the standard of care for people varied wildly, with some people housed in monasteries and convents, while others were more or less left to starve. After the industrial revolution, huge numbers of people flocked to the cities to man the machines in factories. This left the small parishes unable to cope, and so the Poor Act established workhouses as prisons for the poor. And prisons they were: they were almost always segregated, keeping husbands, wives and children apart under pain of strict punishments. Beatings were common, and food and rations were so poor that inmates frequently starved. An oft-quoted example is Andover Workhouse, where food was so scarce that inspectors found inmates in the mortuary eating the bone marrow of their deceased peers!
What impact did housing nutrition and disease have on the lives of slaves between 1820 and 1860?
It would probably vary a great deal depending on who the slaves were owned by. Some would be better fed and housed than others depending on how conscientious or how well off their owners were. The average black slave was probably no worse off than the average working-class white person, most of whom worked long hours for poor wages and had a poor standard of living.
How many people visit a Ralph's supermarket in one day?
Only Ralph. Poor, poor Ralph.
How many poor countries are they?
t is the best country
Who in the 'A Christmas Carol' was sent to workhouses?
The poor and destitute
Where does Scrooge think the poor belong?
Workhouses. or prisons
Why were there Victorian workhouses?
In a Victorian work house children, adults and elderly went to work in a workhouse if they were poor or badly ill. If they broke the rules then they would be put in a cage in a dark room, fined of even put into prison!
Are there no......asked Scrooge?
Are there no workhouses? Are there no prisons? And the treadmill is that still employed.
Where did the poor children live in the Victorians time?
workhouses or the streets
Who lived and worked in a work house in Victorian times?
Workhouses were where poor people who had no job or home lived. They earned their keep by doing jobs in the workhouse. Also in the workhouses were orphaned (children without parents) and abandoned children, the physically and mentally sick, the disabled, the elderly and unmarried mothers.
What is like in a workhouse?
workhouses were ment to be harsh so people didn't want help from them. The workhouses were ment for people who were sick,poor,orphans,etc.
Where does Scrooge want the poor to go?
Scrooge wants the poor to go to workhouses or prisons, suggesting that they are better off there than on the streets. He believes that those institutions are the appropriate places for the poor to seek help or relief from their difficulties.
What is the workplace where employees worked long hours in poor condition for low pay?
a sweatshop
Why were workhouses needed?
because it was hoped that it would get rid of poverty and people living on the street.
What does the treadmill and the poor law are in full mean?
it means that the treadmill (union workhouses) and poor laws (see wikipedia) are still going/have not stopped
What was a Victorian pauper?
a Victorian pauper was a very poor person who worked 14 hours a day
