out-relief

But they would not live at all, were it not for the fact that their inadequate wages are supplemented, directly, in many cases, by out-relief, and indirectly by numerous forms of charity.

Constructive Imperialism Viscount Milner

The manner of giving out-relief was pretty much of a piece with that in the Workhouse, though had it been administered by efficient and independent officers it would have been both humane and sensible, as based upon the principle of helping those who helped themselves.

Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King Alfred Kingston

In many villages the expenditure in out-relief -- chiefly in orders upon village shops for flour, clothes, butter, cheese, &c. -- amounted to from

Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King Alfred Kingston

The object of out-relief seems to have been to help all sorts of people in all sorts of ways to tide over a temporary difficulty, but unfortunately these temporary difficulties multiplied so fast on the hands of the parish

Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King Alfred Kingston

This reversal of policy encouraged out-relief to poor persons in their own homes and the cost of relief rose with frightful rapidity until it reached in 1818 the sum of £7,870,000.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

A few weeks ago the whole parish of St. Jude, Whitechapel, with a population of sixty thousand, provided only four applicants to the Board of Guardians for out-relief.

Darkest India A Supplement to General Booth's "In Darkest England, and the Way Out" Commissioner Booth-Tucker 1891

So Linden, feeling utterly crushed and degraded, swallowed all that remained of his pride and went like a beaten dog to see the relieving officer, who took him before the Board, who did not think it a suitable case for out-relief, and after some preliminaries it was arranged that Linden and his wife were to go into the workhouse, and Mary was to be allowed three shillings a week to help her to support herself and the two children.

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell 1890

III, c. 23) was passed, repealing an act of 1722 which restricted out-relief.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913