Whig Governments + Reforms 1833-1841 Flashcards
1833 grant to education
previous education with religion
commission
1833 grant £20,000 renewed annually until 1838 (further grants)
why was factory reform necessary?
insufficient safety precautions dangerous long hours, fall asleep, beaten pressure for intervention (10hr movement) previous intervention weak
arguments against factory reform
benthamites
low profits + wages (adults impacted)
production costs
long hours in agriculture
1833 Factory Act
no under 10s register of children employed 9-13s no more than 9hrs 13-18s no more than 12hrs no under 18s working at night 1hr 30min lunch break 2hrs education a day 4 inspectors
was factory act successful
adults long hours
fake certificates
4 inspectors not enough, 1 died
fines small (educate not punish though)
before 1834 poor law
1601 Elizabethan Poor Law
why a demand for poor law reform
benthamites system inefficient humanitarian movement able bodied worker dependent on charity speenland system criticised
poor law commission 1832-1834
Chadwick led
1834 Poor Law Amendment Act
no outdoor relief for able (some cases for sick)
separate workhouses and as a last resort
results of poor act
reduced poor rates £7mill 30-34 to £4.5mill 35-39
blamed poor
no outdoor relief caused hardships
outdoor relief in north because of trade recession
1834 workhouses not separate (poor + children + criminals + prostitutes + lunatics)
“Bastilles” split families
Whig contempt for working class
Properties Tories upset
Municipal Corporations Act 1835 + rural police forces
strengthen security
appoint constables
1839 County Police Act
railways + telegraphy help
register of births, marriages, deaths 1836
not compulsory
replaced doctor + church certificates but still in circulation
