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The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 (PLAA) known widely as the New Poor Law, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Whig government of Earl Grey. It completely replaced earlier legislation based on the Poor Law of 1601 and attempted to fundamentally change the poverty relief system in England and Wales (similar changes were made to the poor law for Scotland in 1845). It resulted from the 1832 Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws, which included Edwin Chadwick, John Bird Sumner and Nassau William Senior. Chadwick was dissatisfied with the law that resulted from his report. The Act was passed two years after the 1832 Reform Act extended the franchise to middle class men. Some historians have argued that this was a major factor in the PLAA being passed.
The Act has been described as "the classic example of the fundamental Whig-Benthamite reforming legislation of the period". Its theoretical basis was Thomas Malthus's principle that population increased faster than resources unless checked, the "iron law of wages" and Jeremy Bentham's doctrine that people did what was pleasant and would tend to claim relief rather than working.The Act was intended to curb the cost of poor relief and address abuses of the old system, prevalent in southern agricultural counties, by enabling a new system to be brought in under which relief would only be given in workhouses, and conditions in workhouses would be such as to deter any but the truly destitute from applying for relief. The Act was passed by large majorities in Parliament, with only a few Radicals (such as William Cobbett) voting against. The act was implemented, but the full rigours of the intended system were never applied in Northern industrial areas; however, the apprehension that they would be contributed to the social unrest of the period.
The importance of the Poor Law declined with the rise of the welfare state in the 20th century. In 1948, the PLAA was repealed by the National Assistance Act 1948, which created the National Assistance Board to act as a residual relief agency.
Afternoon all,
We moved into new house (around 25 years old) recently. It's a gravity fed system (cold tank in loft, hot cylinder in airing cupboard upstairs). Pressure from all taps upstairs both hot and cold are fine. However the mixed tap in the kitchen has poor hot pressure (cold comes from...
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I have two bathrooms at home, both upstairs but one has an issue with water pressure whilst the other is fine. Both bathrooms were newly fitted just before I moved in a year ago, but I believe the previous owner did this himself (he was a painter/decorator so naturally thought this...
I had a plumber in to change a basin and thermostatic shower in my bathroom, the flow coming out of my hot basin tap is poor but the water is hot!!! (Previously it was good) and the shower is hot for about 15 seconds then goes cold , the pipework is all correctly installed as he showed me...
Hi all,
I have a combie boiler (kitchen) and a shower room in a loft conversion. The previous owners put in a basic electric shower (Triton Aquatronic 3 Ultra).
The issue is two things - first off, the pressure there is poor anyway but second, any time any other taps are running the water...
I'm an Englishman living in Sweden on a house boat with a simple set up. My old pump died so last night I installed a nice new Gardena 5000/5 eco pump (pressure tank unit). The boiler is made by Tesy.
Before changing pumps everything with the water was fine! Now with the new pump the pressure...
robertstewart22
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Hi guys, I have been asked to go and have a look at a Triton power shower in the morning.
I don't know the model, if it's tank fed etc.
What things should I be looking for or have in mind to check before I get there?
Pump needed?
Flange needed?
Blockage/restriction somewhere.
Anything...
Hi guys can I pick your brains if I may
Auntie has bought a new house (well new to her) and says the hot and cold water isn't very good upstairs and that when the taps are opened on cold,HW comes through for a bit before it goes cold. I was up in the loft yesterday and it seems there are 2...
Hi guys
went to a job today no hot water, immersion was gone so I replaced. Was also informed that the pressure on the electric shower was poor and it was too hot.
The property is a pub and they have two boilers - im back in a week or so to redo pipework and rejig the system. I think...
Hi guys, a friend of mine has told me that they have the above problem. The water is just a trickle out of the hot on the bath (not mixer just single separate cheapo taps). The hot tap in the kitchen is ok. I said it most likely the tap valve needs replacing. Does that sound about right...
Alright lads,
Heres what I have here.
Unvented Heatrae Sadia Megaflow cylinder with "temprmental" pressure problem. It seems to randomly either be normal (good) pressure or sometimes poor pressure. During this, the cold water main pressure is perfect and flowing consistent...
I cleaned the...
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hi all got a baxi 130 he combi three bed house 1 family bathroom 1 ensuite 1 wc problem is the pressure on the hot when the bath is running on full is poor and even worse when another outlet is called for whilst bath is running ie toilet washing machine etc there is a prv on the incoming cold mains
jambo
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Ok now I know I cant offer an opinion based on knowledge on the following but please hear me out,
I keep seeing all this news about too many plumbers not enough wok etc or at least its harder to find work.
All of the people who i hear say this though are self employed. I can understand...
jono1987
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hiya, i have a an indirect combination water cylinder in my house, obviously i have very poor hot water pressure from this. my question is can i just add in a header tank in the loft to increase hot water pressure?
many thanks
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Hi all, I have a hole house pump EPS CRV with a brio 2000m pressure switch. the thing is it pulsates when only one shower used but ok when all 3 showers used, if i reduce the pressure setting poor pressure when all showers used, am i stuck with this annoying blip in the spray?
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Customer currently has combi, but poor pressure to showers (only about 1.5 bar on incoming main.)
Wants to change complete system.
Doesn't want any loft tanks, although happy to have water storage in adjacent garage.
What would be the best system to give good shower pressure?
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Ok, very poor pressure on shower, wc and basin taps in ensuite (Both H & C). Took up boards to look at pipes. Found:-
1 x 22mm Dia feeding HOT shower outlet and HOT tap
1 x 15mm Dia feeding COLD tap and WC Cistern
1 x 15mm Dia feeding COLD shower.
Is this the way it should be acc to Regs? I...
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