Able-bodied, the, attendance at classes as condition of relief,94;not to be allowed out to look for work,80;but so allowed,260;beer granted to,246-247;classification of,32-33;detention of,268,291;definition or want of definition of,4,11,13,15,22-23,32,51,90,discrimination among,3-4,259;disfranchisement of,261;under Distress Committees,260-262;emigration of,260;employment of, under Poor Law,4-6,10,28,74-75,121,133,246;employment of, at wages,29,83,260-261;families of,28,158-159,170-171,184;in Farm Colonies,260;in 1834 Report,3-6,11,13,236;Ins and Outs among,288;ineligible for relief in Scotland,95,356-361;industrial and reformatory institutions for,235;labour test for,36,84,154,156-158,259-262;luncheon allowed to,246;under Majority Report,275;Manchester rules as to,152;mental trainer for,260,265;migration of,260;under Minority Report,297;and Modified W.T. Order,158-159,170-171;and non-resident relief,53;outdoor relief to,4-8,13,15,22-32,51,54,83-87,90-91,130,149,152-158,167,257-259,260-262;at Poplar,260;power of Central Authority to regulate,12-13,21;and Principle of Curative Treatment,265;and Principle of Less Eligibility,3-11,83-84,259-261;and Principle of National Uniformity,3-4,83,90-91,257;relief in kind for,39,42,43,130;relief on loan,11;in Scotland,95,356-361;Test Workhouse for,159-164,243,358-359;women as,3,15;and the workhouse,5-6,9-10,32-33,61,74-75,83-85,91,121,128,134,140;151,154-160,165,235-236,244-247,259-260,262,268;See alsoUnemployedandVagrants;----Test Workhouse,159-164,170,243,358-359;Aged and infirm,3,8-9,12,51-53,89n.,128-130,132,148,229-240,265,271;definition of,51,52;grant of outdoor relief to,6-7,8-9,15,18,51-52,65n.,84,128-130,131n.,149-153,207,229-235,258,262,265;in workhouse,56,61,71-72,79,84-85,134,222,235-240,242,243;separate building for,6,9,52, 83,85,121n.,236,258;employment of,67,74,237n.,246;diet of,68,69,138,139n.,237n.,240,242;married couples, separate accommodation for, in workhouse,65-66,81,236n.,238;application of workhouse test to,52-53,85-86,150,152,229-230,258;boarding out of,232n.,241;in workhouse of another Union,161;no national uniformity in treatment of,84,234,258;statistics of,130-131n.,233n.,235n.;Bill for establishment of District Infirmaries for,49,52;for establishment of Cottage Homes for,226;----Poor, Royal Commission on,231,232;Alcohol for paupers,19,68,218,246-247;Alcoholism,304-306;Allowance system,24,87;Almshouses for deserving aged,258;Anstie, Dr.,119;Apprentices, obligation of householders to receive,17;Apprenticeship,4,8,12,17,45-46,113n.,200-203;to sea service,17,202-203;payment of premiums for,45,46,50,265;"outdoor,"110;----orders,45-46,113n.Arnold, Sir Arthur,94n.Aschrott, Dr. P. F.,vi;Assistant Commissioners. SeeCommissioners, Assistant;Association for the Cure of Tuberculosis,217-218n.;----for Improving the Condition of the Sick Poor,119;----of Poor Law Unions,249;Asylums for houseless poor,14,35,97;for insane,50,89n.;for sick,89n.,121;of Metropolitan Asylums Board, for idiots,224-225;Aubin, Mr.,44,108n.;Auditor, disallowance by, of toys for sick children,189;of beer,247;Bagenal, Mr.,221,233n.,234n.;Baines, Mr.,117n.;Baker, Mr. T. Barwick L.,96n.,100n.;Balfour, Mr. Gerald,169n.;Band of Hope, donation by guardians to funds of,190;"Barrack Schools,"112,114,186,258;See alsoSchools, Poor Law;Bastardy, recommendations of 1834 Report about,7;Berrington, Mr.,203;Beveridge, Mr. W. H.,356;Blind,128n.,184,227;relief to,18,50,228-229;institutional treatment of,8,50,127-128,227,241;apprenticeship of,45,50;See alsoChildren, Defective;"Block system,"186;Board of Education,195;----of Guardians. SeeGuardians;----of Trade,202;Boarding-out, orders for,130;declared to be outdoor relief,232n.;See alsoAged, Children, andUnsound Mind, Persons of;----Committee. SeeCommittee;Boards, District,166,168,213;Bone-pounding,75;Bosanquet, Mrs. B.,274;Bosanquet, Prof. B.,280,350;Bowen, Mr. John,132n.;Boyle, Mr. Courtenay,228n.;Boys in workhouses,61,66-67,76,110-111;at Norwich Homes,110-111;working home for, at Keighley,202;Bridges, Dr. J. H.,139n.,186n.;Buchanan, Dr.,119n.;Bulkley, Miss M.,ix;Buller, Mr. Charles, 95,96n.,99,107;Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry,167;"Canary Wards,"76;Carr, Dr.,119;Casson, Mr. W. A.,199n.,202n.,206n.,217n.,218n.,229n.,240n.,241n.,245n.,247n.,250n.;Casual labourers, excluded from Lancashire relief works,166;----Poor Act (1882),174n.,245n.;----wards,33,35-36,64,80,96-99,133,163n.,172,173n.,174n.;See alsoVagrants;Central Authority, establishment of,2;regulations made by,6,8,11,12,13,15,16,17-18,18-19,21;powers of,12,54-55,89n.;approval by, of grant of outdoor relief to able-bodied,13,29,30,31,43-44;of emigration of poor persons,19;of married couples living together,65;See alsoLocal Government Board,Poor Law Board, andPoor Law Commissioners;Certified Schools Act (1862),111n.;Chadwick, Sir Edward,282;Chamberlain, Mr. Joseph,164-165,166,167,168,261;Chance, Sir W.,vi,vii,253n.;Chaplain, workhouse,77-78;Chaplin, Mr. Henry,164n.,199,231,232n.,233,238;Charge and recovery,7,198n.,295,361,363;Charity, function of, in Majority Report,281-283;in the Minority Report,307-311;to deal with hard cases,4,230;overlapping of,103;Charity Organisation Society,274,282;Chevalier, Mons. E.,vi;Children, classed as able-bodied,90n.;adoption of,196,203-206,268;apprenticeship of,17,45-46,200-203,265;baptism of,79n.;boarding out of,80,84,114-115,130,184,195-206,227,232n.,241,258;in certified schools,203,206;defective,46,226-227;deserted,12n.,142,195-196,250-251,268;detention of,204n.,268;education of,7,12-16,73,82-83,104-106,109,121n.,146,180n.,191-195,264-269;emigration of,142,250;farming out of,44,108,187n.;illegitimate,16,196;imbecile,224-228;in industrial schools,261-262;institutional provision for,83-85,104,106-114,133n.,184,187-195,203,236,258,262-265;ophthalmic, 189,192n.;orphan,3,12n.,80,83-84,104-106,114,142-143,195-196,250-251,268;out-relief to,16,43-44,179-188,195-199,203,206,258,265;parental authority over,268;under pauper care,125n.,188,190;and Principle of Less Eligibility,109,114,146-149,187,192,200,250,261-262,265;and Principle of National Uniformity,258;and relief on loan,143,253;religious teaching of,16,77-78,191,193,204-205;on remand,192n.;Roman Catholic,241;school fees for,44,104-106;and stigma of pauperism,262;underfed at day school,183-184,253;in the workhouse,7,9,12-16,43-45,71-72,80,82-83,106-107,112-113,121n.,133-134,138,160,177,181-182,185,188-192,195-196,224-226,238,242-243,259;See alsoInfant