The Poor Law Board was established in the United Kingdom in 1847 as a successor body to the Poor Law Commission overseeing the administration of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. The board was abolished in 1871 and replaced by the Local Government Board.The new body was headed by a president, and with the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the Home Secretary and the Chancellor of the Exchequer now added to the board as ex officio members.
Una and Her Paupers Florence Nightingale & Anon, Diggory Press
. William Rathbone VI. Local taxation and poor law administration in great cities. 1869. J.B. Nichols and Sons. Westminster.