CHAPTER IV

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The Able-bodied--National Uniformity--The Workhouse Test--The Labour Test--The modified Workhouse Test Order--The Test Workhouse--The Provision of Employment--The Farm Colony--Vagrants--Women--Children (i.) on Outdoor Relief; (ii.) in Poor Law Schools; (iii.) the Workhouse Children; (iv.) The Education of the Indoor Pauper Child; (v.) Boarding-out; (vi.) Apprenticeship; (vii.) Adoption--The Sick--Domiciliary Treatment--Institutional Treatment--The Municipal Medical Service--Persons of Unsound Mind--Defectives--The Aged and Infirm--Outdoor Relief--Indoor Relief--Non-Residents--The Workhouse--Emigration--Relief on Loan--Co-operation with Voluntary Agencies.