Temporary_Relief_Act

Temporary Relief Act 1847

Temporary Relief Act 1847

United Kingdom legislation


The Temporary Relief Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 7) also known as the Soup Kitchen Act was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in February 1847.

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The Act allowed the establishment of soup kitchens in Ireland to relieve pressure from the overstretched Poor Law system, which could not adequately feed people suffering from the Great famine.[1][2]

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  1. [1]
    Gwendolyn Mink and Alice O'Connor (2004). Poverty in the United States. ABC-CLIO. p. 321-323. ISBN 1-57607-597-4.
  2. [2]
    Campbell Bartoletti, Susan (2001). Black potatoes: the story of the great Irish famine, 1845-1850. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 75. ISBN 978-0-618-00271-9. Soup Kitchen Act 1847.


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