Allowance system
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The allowance system was a system of poor relief in Britain
during the 1800s. The allowance system allowed the able-bodied poor to get allowance to boost their wages.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom during the period when what is now the Republic of Ireland formed a part of it....
during the 1800s. The allowance system allowed the able-bodied poor to get allowance to boost their wages.
Source
- Rosemary Rees, Poverty and Public Health 1815-1949, London, Heinemann (2001)