The Conditions of Workhouses for Children After the Poor Law Amendment Act
Source Based
In this essay I will be finding out how useful source J, K and L are
in helping to understand how terrible conditions were for children in
workhouses subsequent to the Poor Law Amendment Act.
Firstly I will be using source J. Source J is an extract from a minute
book of the Board of Guardians from Gressenhall workhouse and was
written in 1841. This source contains information of a meeting, which
was held at Gressenhall. This source should be an accurate account of
what happened at Gressenhall workhouse, as it was written in the
workhouse, and it was written in that present time, and also in the
time that I am studying. On the other hand the Board of Guardians
minute taker wrote it, so it may have a positive spin to it, also this
source is thanking the master and matron of their kindness, as they
were retiring. This may also contribute to the source being vaguely
biased. The purpose of this minute book was to write down the
discussion topics and details, to show what was being spoken about at
that meeting. The topic of this source is that the board of Guardians
was thanking a couple named, Mr. and Mrs. Pinson for preparing more