Parish union

…The New Poor Law of 1834 was based on the documents of the Chadwick Commission of Inquiry and aimed to exclude able poor people and restrict relief for them. The administrative unit was expanded to parish unions. It was based on the principle of harsh workhouse confinement, which prohibited able poor people from being kept in their homes, and the principle of less eligibility, which limited relief to a level lower than that of the lowest class of independent laborers. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "parish union" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…1834年の新救貧法は，チャドウィックらの調査委員会資料に基づいて，有能貧民を締め出し，それへの救済を制限しようとするものである。行政単位は教区連合parish unionに拡大された。有能貧民の居宅保護を禁止する過酷な労役場収容の原則，救済を最下級の独立労働者の生活以下に抑える劣等処遇less eligibilityの原則などの上に立っている。…

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