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Descriptor English: Workhouses
Descriptor Spanish: Hospicios
Descriptor workhouses
Entry term(s) asilos de pobres
poorhouses
Scope note: Establecimientos destinados a prestar ayuda a las personas pobres e indigentes de una zona, financiados con el impuesto local de ayuda al pobre, que proporcionaban algún tipo de combinación de alojamiento comunitario y requisito de que los alojados, en particular los sanos, realizaran algún trabajo. (Traducción libre del original: http://workhouses.org.uk, consultado el 11/12/2019).
Descriptor Portuguese: Casas de Trabalho
Descriptor French: Hospices
Entry term(s): Poorhouse
Poorhouses
Workhouse
Tree number(s): I01.880.787.190.500.500
J03.340.030.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000082483
Scope note: An establishment offering relief for the destitute poor in an area, funded from the local poor tax, which provided some combination of communal accommodation and a requirement for inmates, particularly the able-bodies, to perform work. (from Workhouses.org.uk accessed 12/11/2019).
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 2021; see Poorhouses (1996-2020)
History Note: 2021; use Poorhouses (1996-2020)
DeCS ID: 59335
Unique ID: D000082483
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Date Established: 2021/01/01
Date of Entry: 2020/07/07
Revision Date: 2020/04/29
Workhouses - Preferred
Concept UI M000676541
Scope note An establishment offering relief for the destitute poor in an area, funded from the local poor tax, which provided some combination of communal accommodation and a requirement for inmates, particularly the able-bodies, to perform work. (from Workhouses.org.uk accessed 12/11/2019).
Preferred term Workhouses
Entry term(s) Workhouse
Poorhouses - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000676585
Scope note An establishment offering relief for the destitute poor in an area, funded from the local poor tax, which provided some combination of communal accommodation and a requirement for inmates, particularly the able-bodies, to perform work. (from Workhouses.org.uk accessed 12/11/2019).
Scope note An establishment offering relief for the destitute poor in an area, funded from the local poor tax, which provided some combination of communal accommodation and a requirement for inmates, particularly the able-bodies, to perform work. (from Workhouses.org.uk accessed 12/11/2019).
Preferred term Poorhouses
Entry term(s) Poorhouse



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