Huddersfield workhouse scandal

Когда

май 1848 г.

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53.66° N, 1.79° W

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Huddersfield workhouse scandal: an inquiry reveals the poor conditions in which inmates have been kept.

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Huddersfield workhouse scandal: an inquiry reveals the poor conditions in which inmates have been kept

UK 1848 poor law scandal

The Huddersfield workhouse scandal concerned the conditions in the workhouse at Huddersfield, England in 1848. The problems included overcrowding, disease, food, and sanitation, among others. A report, for instance, described the workhouse as "wholly unfitted for residence for the many scores that are continually crowded into it, unless it be that desire to engender endemic and fatal disease.

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