This paper aims to trace the history of the formation of welfare measures since the middle age in England—how it dealt w摘要本文旨在探讨英国自中世纪以来寻求处理流浪、贫穷及福利依赖的种种措施，因凡此各项法令规章随著时日推移，从而逐渐演变爲后来政府的济贫方法社会福利行政。