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                  What do the terms ‘indoor relief’ and ‘outdoor relief’ mean?

                  ‘Indoor relief’ meant admission to a poorhouse. ‘Outdoor relief’ meant another form of poor relief, usually a single or regular money payment, but sometimes outdoor relief was in the form of medicine, clothing or the payment of school fees.