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The Poor Law Officers' Journal was a journal published in England and Wales which kept Poor Law officials up to date with changes in the laws relating to Poor Law administration. The journal was set up in Rochdale, a large market town in Greater Manchester, and published from 1892 to 1929. It changed its name to the Public Assistance Journal and Health & Hospital Review which became the Health Service Journal in 1986.

The Editors of the Journal produced a number of guidebooks:

• Law Relating to the Relief of the Poor. 1924.
• The Poor-Law Institutions Order, 1913, and the Poor-Law Institutions (Nursing) Order, 1913, Together with the Local Government Board's Circular Letter Thereon.
• Provisional Proposals Of Minister Of Health For Poor-Law Reform Together With The Maclean Report. 1924.
• Law Relating to the Relief of the Poor. Poor-Law Publications. 1924.
• The Government Bill To Consolidate The Enactment Relating To The Relief of The Poor in England and Wales. n.d.
• The Local Government Act 1929. Law & Local Government Publications. 1930.

References

1. "The Poor Law: Government Reforms after 1906". institutions.org.uk. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009.
2. "The Editors of the Poor Law Officers' Journal". Abe Books. Retrieved 15 December 2013.

v t e Poor laws of the British Isles
Poor laws by territory	England and Wales Scotland Ireland Isle of Man	Nantwich workhouse
Old Poor Law	Vagabonds and Beggars Act 1494 Tudor poor laws Poor Relief Act 1597 Poor Relief Act 1601 Poor Relief Act 1662 Relief of the Poor Act 1696 Poor Relief Act 1722 Relief of the Poor Act 1782 House of correction Overseer of the poor Poor rate Poor relief Buttock mail
Relief systems	Outdoor relief Speenhamland Labour Rate Roundsman Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor
New Poor Law	Royal commission (1832) Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845 Less eligibility Workhouse Workhouse test Board of guardians Outdoor Labour Test Order Outdoor Relief Prohibitory Order Poor law unions Opposition Book of Murder Scottish poorhouse
Changes after 1834	Poor Law Commission Poor Law Board Local Government Board Andover workhouse scandal Huddersfield workhouse scandal Union Chargeability Act
Decline and abolition	Liberal welfare reforms Royal Commission (1905–09) Majority Report Minority Report Interwar poverty National Assistance Act 1948
Other	Christmas Day in the Workhouse Historiography of the Poor Laws Timeline of the English poor law system Poor Relief Act List of poor law unions in England List of poor law unions in Wales List of Irish poor law unions

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