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Health Care Economics and Organizations > Organizations > Charities > Almshouses
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Welfare > Charities > Almshouses
Non-Medical Public and Private Facilities > Housing > Almshouses
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Environment, Controlled > Housing > Almshouses
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Environment, Controlled > Housing > Almshouses
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Demography > Residence Characteristics > Housing > Almshouses
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Residence Characteristics > Housing > Almshouses
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Residence Characteristics > Housing > Almshouses
... > Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Residence Characteristics > Housing > Almshouses

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Almshouses  

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Definition

  • Privately endowed or publicly funded institutions receiving and supporting the aged or infirm poor. They sometimes functioned as centers of health care before the establishment of formal hospitals.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-BVP56HBR-9

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