title: Allowance system
text: # Allowance system
  
  The allowance system was a system of poor relief in Britain during the 19th century. The allowance system allowed the able-bodied poor to get allowance to boost their wages.
  
  ## Sources
  
  * Rosemary Rees, Poverty and Public Health 1815-1949, London, Heinemann (2001)
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