What was an urgent necessity?---Anything! It had been used to excuse everything from the complete reintroduction of the allowance system, to relief on account of the frost and snow. Any sickness was a provision which allowed teething, bruises, even measles(!)to validate claims for relief, not to speak of M.O.s like that of Windsor who allowed legs of pork as medical relief! Upon the exception relating to widows he poured a withering vitriol of contempt, paraphrasing it with a snort as: 'for the more effectual abrogation of all motives to forethought in respect of marriages, It says, "Spend all you have, the State will take care of you"'.

F 189-190.