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October 5, 1845
The New York Herald
New York, New York County, New York
What is this article about?
Heart-rending exposé of abject wretchedness in England's Andover workhouse: inmates fought for putrid bone scraps, sick robbed, women assaulted amid years of cruelty by governor, overlooked by guardians; contrasts with American poor.
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The Poor House System of England.
WRETCHEDNESS OF THE MASSES.—A most heart rending exposé of the misery—the abject wretchedness of the English poor. has recently been made in the course of an investigation into the conduct of the governor of the work-house of a place called Andover. The most sickening details of the sufferings of the unhappy wretches confined in this "bastile" are given in the evidence. It appears that the poor creatures were daily in the habit of fighting for the putrid fragments of cartilage that adhered to the bones which came from the "governor's" table! The sick were robbed of their necessaries—the female inmates subjected to beastly assaults—and a systematic course of outrage and cruelty perpetrated for years under the very noses of the "guardians of the poor!" And this is only a sample—one solitary case—of the abject poverty and misery of the English masses. What a contrast to the condition of the same classes in this country!
WRETCHEDNESS OF THE MASSES.—A most heart rending exposé of the misery—the abject wretchedness of the English poor. has recently been made in the course of an investigation into the conduct of the governor of the work-house of a place called Andover. The most sickening details of the sufferings of the unhappy wretches confined in this "bastile" are given in the evidence. It appears that the poor creatures were daily in the habit of fighting for the putrid fragments of cartilage that adhered to the bones which came from the "governor's" table! The sick were robbed of their necessaries—the female inmates subjected to beastly assaults—and a systematic course of outrage and cruelty perpetrated for years under the very noses of the "guardians of the poor!" And this is only a sample—one solitary case—of the abject poverty and misery of the English masses. What a contrast to the condition of the same classes in this country!
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Poor House Misery
Andover Workhouse
English Poverty
Systematic Cruelty
Guardians Negligence
Where did it happen?
Andover, England
Story Details
Location
Andover, England
Story Details
Investigation reveals extreme misery in Andover workhouse: poor fight for putrid bone scraps from governor's table, sick robbed of necessaries, females assaulted, systematic cruelty by governor under guardians' noses; example of English poor's poverty contrasting American conditions.