Medical Charities Act 1851

Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1851

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to provide for the better Distribution, Support, and Management of Medical Charities in Ireland; and to amend an Act of the Eleventh Year of Her Majesty to provide for the Execution of the Laws for the Relief of the Poor in Ireland.
Citation	14 & 15 Vict. c. 68
Dates
Royal assent	7 August 1851
Other legislation
Amends	Poor Relief (Ireland) (No. 2) Act 1847
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1875

The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1851^[1] (14 & 15 Vict. c. 68), sometimes called the Medical Charities Act 1851^[2] and commonly called the Medical Charities Act,^[3] was an Act of Parliament passed in 1851 by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It granted the Poor Law Commission powers over the dispensary system in Ireland.^[4]

See also

• Irish Poor Laws

References

1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
2. George Thomas Barrett Vanston. The Grand Jury Laws of Ireland. E Ponsonby. Grafton Street, Dublin. 1883. p 76.
3. Thomas Stevenson and Shirley F Murphy (eds). A Treatise on Hygiene and Public Health. J & A Churchill. New Burlington Street, London. 1894. Volume 3. p 408
4. Local government in Ireland By Mark Callanan, Justin F. Keogan, Institute of Public Administration (Ireland), Institute of Public Administration (Ireland), p23