If this was not met then the rest had to be made up by the parish's poor relief.

He was also a member of several public committees, including the school board and the poor relief.

In 1580, the land was being used to finance local poor relief.

He was also engaged in social matters such as education and poor relief.

Unemployment at this time meant that people had to fall back on poor relief.

There was wide variation in the amount of poor relief given out.

Women were more likely than men to be dependent on poor relief.

However, help was only available to those considered deserving of poor relief.

This act replaced the earlier system of poor relief, dating from 1601.

At the time, the leather trade being in recession, over half its population was on poor relief.