Poor relief and the county house of refuge system in Ontario, 1880-1911

Auteurs :
PARK, D. C.
WOOD, J. D.

Description :
At the end of the nineteenth century, there was a province-wide system of relief institutions in the Houses of Refuge Act. About the same time, welfare policy was developing rapidly and a wide range of care-giving agencies appeared. The Wellington County is taken as a case study, and its population is analysed in terms of distance of former residence from the refuge, rate of admissions from urban and rural parts, and age and gender composition.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Journal of historical geography, issn : 0305-7488, 1992, vol. 18, n°. 4, p. 439-455, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : en notes

Date :
1992

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, London ; New York, NY ; San Francisco, CA, Academic Press