Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act 1864
1864 UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND ACT OF PARLIAMENT 27 & 28 VIC C. 116
Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act 1865
The Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act 1864 (27 & 28 Vict c. 116) was a short-term piece of legislation that imposed a legal obligation on Poor Law unions in London to provide temporary accommodation for "destitute wayfarers, wanderers, and foundlings".