Guardians of the poor


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the members of a board appointed or elected to care for the relief of the poor within a township, or district.

See also: Guardian

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Part of the land was sold to the Guardians of the Poor in Manchester in 1855 as the site for a new workhouse.
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From these six dietaries the local board of guardians of the poor selected the diet "most suitable to the circumstances" of each establishment.
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In 1819 the Birmingham guardians of the poor began to make use of the parish land on Birmingham Heath - what we would now call Winson Green - "to set the poor to work".
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With no Welfare State as a safety net, the hungry turned for help to the Guardians of the Poor. Their cry for help went unheeded in Birmingham.
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It was a harsh time for people but often guardians of the poor tried their best to do what was best for people."
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Pereira found that the local boards of the guardians of the poor had a choice of six "workhouse dietaries", one of which they could choose according to the circumstances of each establishment.
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The attack was also manifested in efforts by Philadelphia's Guardians of the Poor to serve individuals willing to reform their sex lives and to coerce those who relapsed into the pleasure culture.
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