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Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act 1864
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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The Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. 116) was a short-term piece of legislation that imposed a legal obligation on Poor Law unions in London to provide temporary accommodation for "destitute wayfarers, wanderers, and foundlings".[1] The Metropolitan Board of Works was given limited authority to reimburse the unions for the cost of building the necessary casual wards, an arrangement that was made permanent the following year by the passage of the Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 34).[2]
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to make Provision for distributing the Charge of Relief of certain Classes of poor Persons over the whole of the Metropolis. |
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| Citation | 27 & 28 Vict. c. 116 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 29 July 1864 |
| Commencement | 30 September 1864[b] |
| Expired | 23 March 1865[c] |
| Repealed | 1 October 1927 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act 1865 |
| Repealed by | Poor Law Act 1927 |
| Relates to | Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act 1865[d] | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to make the Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act perpetual. |
| Citation | 28 & 29 Vict. c. 34 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 2 June 1865 |
| Commencement | 2 June 1865[e] |
| Repealed | 1 October 1927 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act 1864 |
| Amended by | Statute Law Revision Act 1875 |
| Repealed by | Poor Law Act 1927 |
| Relates to | Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Most provincial Poor Law unions followed London's example, and by the 1870s, of the 643 then in existence, 572 had established casual wards for the reception of vagrants.[3]
Legacy
The whole act was repealed by section 245(1) of, and the eleventh schedule to, Poor Law Act 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 14).