The workhouse was once the last place anyone would want to set foot. These miserable, disease-ridden hellholes were dumping grounds for the destitute in Victorian England (and lasted well into the 20th century). In exchange for manual labour, vagrants received crude shelter and food.
濟貧院(workhouse)曾經是英國人最不想踏足的地方。這些骯臟破敗、疾病肆虐的維多利亞時代的地獄般場所是收容窮人的地方（它們在進入20世紀后仍持續了幾十年）。在這里，流浪者用自己的勞動力換取簡陋的住所和劣質的食物。
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