[212] Instructional Letter of 5th February 1842, in Eighth Annual Report, 1842, p. 111.
[213] Consolidated Order for the Administration of Relief in Town Unions, 7th March 1836, sec. v. art. 15, in Second Annual Report, 1836, p. 90; art. 10 of General Order of 5th February 1842, in Eighth Annual Report, 1842, p. 82; repeated in art. 99 of General Consolidated Order of 24th July 1847.
[214] Instructional Letter of 5th February 1842; in Eighth Annual Report, 1842, p. 110.
[215] Art. 111 of General Consolidated Order of 24th July 1847.
[216] Art. 10 of General Order of 5th February 1842, and Instructional Letter of the same date, in Eighth Annual Report, 1842, pp. 81, 110. In 1847 "casual poor wayfarers" were to be kept in "a separate ward" (General Consolidated Order, 24th July 1847, art. 99).
[217] Letter, 1st April 1839, in Special Report on the Further Amendment of the Poor Law, 1839, p. 293.
[218] Official Circular, 24th December 1840, No. 10, p. 143.
[219] Instructional Letter of 5th February 1842, in Eighth Annual Report, 1842, p. 108.
[220] General Consolidated Order, 24th July 1847, art. 99.
[221] General Order of 5th February 1842, art. 10; in Eighth Annual Report, 1842, p. 80. It is, we think, not incorrect to infer from the restricted terms of this rule, that the Central Authority was clinging to its former policy in the face of public pressure. Such an inference is supported by the terms in which the covering letter of 5th February 1842 refers to the new proviso, and by the broad hint therein conveyed that "the guardians can allow outdoor relief to any aged couple whom it may be inexpedient to separate" (Instructional Letter of 5th February 1842, in Eighth Annual Report, 1842, p. 109).