poorhouses in English

noun
1
an institution where paupers were maintained with public funds.
And the reality was, that without some kind of financial support, the widow and the children would end up in the poorhouse , and that was the basis for the legislation.

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1. The Archives has census records of inmates in Almshouses and poorhouses for the period 1826-1921, the bulk of which date from 1875-1921 (series A1978)

2. The Tenth Annual Report of the State Board of Charities of the State of New York, released in 1877, reported 64 poorhouses and Almshouses in the state housing 12,614 residents

3. Cratchit was what was known as an "almshouse Chiseler," which means he was always getting money from poorhouses under the system of socialism that was prevalent in England before Mrs.

4. Poorhouses (Almshouses were simply the same thing with the old English word “alms” for charity used) started out rather small, sometimes in private homes, and at first were scattered in America.

5. Chapter 140 of the laws of 1875 required Almshouses and poorhouses in New York State to keep records on individual inmates and to send copies of these records to the State Board of Charities each month