Andover workhouse scandal

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The Andover workhouse scandal was a notorious 1840s British public scandal in which horrific conditions and abuse of paupers in the Andover Union workhouse exposed the failures of the New Poor Law system and led to major reforms in its administration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British scandal ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
public scandal ⓘ
appliesTo Andover Union workhouse ⓘ
cause abuse of paupers ⓘ
horrific workhouse conditions ⓘ
mismanagement by workhouse officials ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
describedAs notorious example of workhouse cruelty ⓘ
turning point in public opinion on the New Poor Law ⓘ
followedBy administrative reforms of the Poor Law ⓘ
genre social reform controversy ⓘ
hasEffect exposed failures of the New Poor Law system ⓘ
parliamentary inquiry ⓘ
public outcry over workhouse conditions ⓘ
reform of Poor Law administration ⓘ
replacement of Poor Law Commission by Poor Law Board ⓘ
historicalContext Victorian era ⓘ
investigatedBy House of Commons committee ⓘ
Poor Law Commissioners ⓘ
linked to: Poor Law Commission
location Andover ⓘ
England ⓘ
Hampshire ⓘ
mainSubject New Poor Law ⓘ
workhouse system ⓘ
notableFor evidence of starvation among paupers ⓘ
reports of inmates gnawing on bones meant for crushing ⓘ
sexual abuse allegations against workhouse master ⓘ
relatedTo British social reform movement ⓘ
New Poor Law of 1834 ⓘ
Poor Law Board ⓘ
Poor Law Commission ⓘ
parliamentary oversight of welfare ⓘ
workhouse test ⓘ
significantPerson Edwin Chadwick ⓘ
linked to: Nassau W. Senior

George Munday ⓘ
Lord Ashley ⓘ
Poor Law Board ⓘ
Poor Law Commissioners ⓘ
linked to: Poor Law Commission

Thomas Wakley ⓘ
Thomas Whiting ⓘ
startTime 1845 ⓘ
timePeriod 1840s ⓘ
topic poor relief in 19th-century Britain ⓘ
public health and welfare policy ⓘ
treatment of paupers ⓘ
workhouse discipline ⓘ

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Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 → notableEvent → Andover workhouse scandal ⓘ