Fill in the Blanks Life in the workhouseOnline version fill in the blanks by Akerke Bolatbekkyzy 1 Life in the Workhouse In Victorian London , there were lots of very people who had no money or family to take of them . Those who didn ? t have a job had to go to a workhouse . Children lived in other workhouses from their parents , where they had to work in conditions . Each workhouse had a who told everyone what to do and also served the food . The food was always the , and it often wasn ? t enough so they were . The children did not get any education and when they the workhouse , they often could not get good jobs . It was very difficult to change their situation , so when they became adults , a lot of them had to go back to the workhouses to work and earn money .