| The Poor Law Amendment Act appointed three commissioners to put
the new system into effect. The commissioners grouped parishes into
600 Poor Law 'unions' and appointed boards of guardians to oversee
workhouses. The Act was hated by the poor, and the process of centralisation
made the commissioners unpopular. In 1847 the Commission was replaced
by the Poor Law Board, under ministerial control.
HLRO HL/PO/PU/1/1834/4&5W4n220 (1834)