The able-bodied poor were instead either given outdoor relief or found employment locally.

The condition was never implemented and outdoor relief continued to be given.

Compromises were imposed and "outdoor relief" survived for the time being.

Famine victims on outdoor relief peaked in July at almost 840,000 people.

From the 1870s it was considered preferable for the elderly to receive outdoor relief.

Gilbert's Act was passed in 1782 to combat the excessive costs of outdoor relief.

However, outdoor relief was still used to help the able-bodied poor.

These venues were open for several hours a day providing outdoor relief.

Many of these workers were provided with outdoor relief.

If a widow had an illegitimate child, outdoor relief was likely to be stopped altogether.