Work

Question 1

Work had to be available in locality of workhouse

Answer 1

had to be possible to do it inside confines of workhouse

Question 2

Philosophical stance of commissioners made situation even more difficult

Answer 2

said work done inside workhouse could not pay more than cost of maintaining a pauper, otherwise no incentive for pauper to return to labour market

Question 3

Some paupers (women and children) worked to help maintain workhouse

Answer 3

worked in laundries, kitchens and sink rooms, worked as cleaners, attendants, childminders and slippers-out

Question 4

If work that was economical and easy to perform in workhouse couldn’t be found

Answer 4

monotonous work given to paupers e.g. chopping wood and smashing limestone into small pieces to make roads