Statute Law Repeals - Law Commission - Ministry of Justice

Hull Poor Relief Act of 1824
8.75 The Hull Poor Relief Act of 1824 78 was passed to provide relief for the poor living
in the town of Kingston-upon-Hull. In particular the 1824 Act repealed earlier poor
relief enactments which had proved unsatisfactory. New powers were given to
the local guardians of the poor to run the existing workhouse which had been
built at Whitefriargate in 1697. The existing workhouse remained in use until 1852
when it was closed.
8.76 The 1824 Act became unnecessary following the abolition of parish-run poor
relief by the Local Government Act 1929 and its repeal is proposed on that basis.
Stow Poor Relief Act of 1824
8.77 The Stow Poor Relief Act of 1824 79 was passed to provide relief for the poor
living in the hundred of Stow (today known as Stowmarket) in Suffolk. The 1824
Act placed all the poor people within the hundred of Stow under the management
of local guardians who were authorised to find apprenticeships for poor children,
run the existing workhouse and levy rates to cover their costs arising under the
Act.
8.78 The powers provided by the 1824 Act were used to operate an existing
workhouse that had been built at Onehouse (near Stowmarket) in 1781. The
Stow Poor Law Union took over the running of the workhouse in 1835. 80 The
1824 Act became unnecessary following the abolition of parish-run poor relief by
the Local Government Act 1929 and its repeal is proposed on that basis.
South Lynn Poor Relief Act of 1824
8.79 The South Lynn Poor Relief Act of 1824 81 was passed to improve the system for
raising the moneys needed to provide relief for the poor living in the Norfolk
parish of South Lynn, near King’s Lynn. The preamble to the 1824 Act recorded
that payment of the poor rate in the parish of South Lynn had been “greatly
evaded, by reason that many of the Houses within the said Parish are let out in
Lodgings, or in separate apartments”.
8.80 Accordingly the 1824 Act provided that landlords should be treated as the
occupiers of their premises and, as such, liable to pay the poor rate chargeable
on the premises. Moreover, the churchwardens and overseers of the poor were
authorised to buy land and build a workhouse in the parish and to borrow no
more than £3000 to cover their costs.
78 5 Geo.4 c.xiii.
79 5 Geo.4 c.xviii.
80 The workhouse was later used as a hospital (the Stow Lodge Hospital) which closed in
1991. The site has since been converted to residential use.
81 5 Geo.4 c.xli.
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