Workhouse Test Act

Japanese: Workhouse Test Act(英語表記)WorkhouseTestAct
Workhouse Test Act

…At the same time, in the second half of the 17th century, the idea of ​​putting the poor in workhouses to give them jobs and increase national wealth became widespread, and in fact workhouses were used intermittently in various places until the Industrial Revolution for the production of weaving, spinning, and other products. In addition, the 1722 Act (Workhouse Test Act) made incarceration in a workhouse a condition for relief, restricting freedom and instilling hatred or fear in people, in an attempt to suppress applications for relief. At the same time, the Act allowed the implementation of the Poor Law on a contract basis, so in parishes where it was implemented, poverty meant fear and punishment. …

*Some of the terminology mentioned in the Workhouse Test Act is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…それと同時に,17世紀後半には貧民を労役場に収容して職業を与え,併せて国富を増大しようとする意見が盛んとなり,実際にも労役場マニュファクチャーは織布,糸紡ぎ,その他の生産のために産業革命期まで各地で断続して行われた。また,1722年法(労役場テスト法Workhouse Test Act)は労役場への収容を救済の条件とし,その自由を束縛し,嫌悪あるいは恐怖を与えて,救援申請を抑制しようとした。それとともに,同法は救貧法の実施を請負制とすることを認めたので,これが実施された教区では,貧困は恐怖と刑罰を意味することとなった。…

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