Denna uppsats handlar om fattigvården i Borgstena socken under 1854-1863 och syftar till att undersöka hur fattigvårdsorganisationen såg ut, vilka som bestämde i socken, vilka de fattiga var samt i vilken utsträckning vården svarade för gällande nationell fattigvårdsförordning. För att avhandla detta har källor i form av fattigvårdsstyrelseprotokoll, sockennämndprotokoll och husförhörslängder sammanställts och därefter kompletterats med hembygdsföreningen i Borgstenas framtagna sockenbok som gavs ut 2011. Med detta material har fattigvårdsstatistik samt aktörer och deras livsberättelser blivit till, och med hjälp av dessa har frågeställningen kunnat besvaras. Slutsatserna som uppsatsen utmynnat i är att de som satt i fattigvårdsstyrelsen var de som ägde sin gård och ibland hade unika ställningar i socken. Det fattiga karaktäriserades av kvinnor i högre grad än män, av torpare eller av före detta torpare och av individer främst från gruppen som var över 61 år. Fattigvårdsförordningen gav socken mandat att bestämma och det kan tolkas ske utan kontroll från högre organ då vissa händelser talar för att fattigvårdsstyrelsen tummade på reglerna.

In this essay I will analyze how the poor relief was used in Eskilstuna during the years of 1883 to 1913. In the records over who took allowance from the authorities it will also be mention the year of birth, which block the person lived in, sometimes if that person had any children, and if the person was a women it was often written down what profession the (often dead) husband have had when he was alive, or as an alternative what the fathers profession had been and finally its notified how much the person had every month in allowance. I want to see how the poor relief changed over time. I will do four close checkups, i choose the years 1883, 1893, 1903 and 1913. I will read in the records and compare how many it was that needed the poor relief for that year and further on I will mark out where these people was living in Eskilstuna city. For that propose I will use a map from 1890 and mark out every block in town that received the allowance. It will also be apparent how many persons that received the money from every block. With these maps I will create a easy overlooking view over which areas over Eskilstuna that was the most needed for poor relief. And then I can compare over time if a certain area of Eskilstuna always was poor or if it changed. And also I will be able to see if the number of people that needed that allowance increased when times got worse and the number decrease when times get better, in short - if the number of needed followed with the national economics situation in general. Further on I will look how much each person did receive in average and if possible try to go down to a individual level.

This essay examines the contact between the poor service and chronically and physically ill women during the first half of the 20th century at the Maria Magdalena parish at Södermalm in Stockholm. At the time the district was home to a substantial, poor population. Three years have been studied: 1906, 1916 and 1926 to investigate whether the amended Poor Care Act of 1918 affected the situation of the sick women. Through my results, I have not been able to see any real change except that fewer woman, in percentage terms, after 1918 were allowed to take part in the poor welfare support. The philanthropy was an important element in the lives of the poor women which diminished as time went by. My findings show that modern, medical science played a significant role in the lives of the sick women. The study also confirms that the women's behavior was the basis for the support they received from the poor service and that most of them were permanently supported and thus deprived of their right to vote. The study problematizes the stigma that the sick, poor women lived under, expectations based on gender roles connected to the possibility to receive help as well as the importance of paid work for participation in the community and a full citizenship. What is presented through the essay is that poor, sick women struggled with their livelihood during the examined period and that this group of people still do in our time in Sweden today.