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thumb|right|300px|Former workhouse in Nantwich in [[Cheshire, dating from 1780]] In Britain and Ireland, a workhouse (, lit. "poor-house") was a total institution where those unable to support themselves financially were offered accommodation and employment. In Scotland, they were usually known as poorhouses. The earliest known use of the term workhouse is from 1631, in an account by the mayor of Abingdon reporting that "we have erected within our borough a workhouse to set poorer people to work".
Research
308 papers- Workhouse or asylum? Accommodating pauper lunatics in nineteenth-century England.Medical history · 2023
- Workhouse Waste.The Hospital · 1920
- Workhouse Diets.The Hospital · 1900
- Workhouse Infirmaries.The Hospital · 1898
- Workhouse Nursing.British medical journal · 1902
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- residential building
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- Workhouses
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Article · Português
Na história britânica, uma workhouse era um lugar onde as pessoas pobres que não tinham com que subsistir podiam ir viver e trabalhar. O exemplo mais antigo de workhouse data de 1652 em Exeter, embora existam provas escritas da presença de instituições similares anteriores a essa data. Alguns documentos escritos referem uma workhouse em Abingdon por volta de 1631.
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