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The beggar depot
Jean-Baptiste Fresez1816-1851
Chambre des Députés, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
The circular on the organization of public welfare from 1846 provides for the establishment of a beggar depot in the former Hospice St. Jean in Pfaffenthal. This depot is intended to take on the following tasks: a penal and reform house for judicially convicted beggars, a workhouse and prevention facility for temporarily unemployed or impoverished individuals, and a poorhouse for the elderly, sick, and infirm who do not receive home support.
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- Title: The beggar depot
- Creator: Jean-Baptiste Fresez
- Date Created: 1816-1851
- Rights: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, CC0 1.0
- Depicted Topic: Vagrancy, Criminality, Repression, Charitable Relief
- Inventory Nr.: RP-P-1912-1198
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