The Elberfeld system was a system for aiding the poor in 19th-century Germany. It was a success when it was inaugurated in Elberfeld in 1853 and was adopted by many other German cities, but by the turn of the century an increasing population became more than the Elberfeld system (which relied on volunteer social workers) could handle, and it fell out of use.[1]
- ^ Wolfgang R. Krabbe (1989). "Die deutsche Stadt im 19. und 20.Jahrhundert". Göttingen. p. 101. Retrieved 6 December 2015.