Round 1: Tossup 20

Many of these places were built to the cross and Y-shaped designs of Sampson Kempthorne. They’re not the Magdalene Laundries, but under the Earl Grey Scheme, thousands of Irish girls were taken from these places to Australia. An 1845 scandal concerned (-5[1])the use of an iron rammer to crush bones in one of these places (10[1]-5[1])in Andover. (-5[1])These places, which were the main site of indoor relief, were nicknamed “the spike” (10[1])after equipment used to pick fibres out of oakum. Similarly to in (10[1])prisons, (10[1])men were often made (10[1])to break up rocks (10[1])in these places following the passage of the 1834 Poor Law. For 10 points, name these institutions where destitute Victorians were made to labour. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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