Previously, when Disraeli went to Gottingen for a trip, he had harshly criticized the "New Poor Law" to Arthur, but looking at it now, the actual situation might be even worse than Disraeli had imagined.
When Arthur was still a policeman at Scotland Yard, the poor and homeless in the East District could receive about 3 pennies in relief each week, but after the New Poor Law was passed, this amount quickly dropped to 1 penny, and this money was only for those poor with a certain income.
If you want to rely entirely on parish assistance, I'm sorry, you must now go to the Poorhouse.
However, life in the Poorhouse might not be much better. The newly established Central Poor Law Commission's main requirement for the Poorhouse heads was to control the budget and reduce financial expenditure, and the easiest way to achieve this was certainly to cut down staff numbers, lower personnel quality, and reduce the supply of living materials.
