飢饉の年には多くの貧民が都市へ流れ込んだ。
In famine years, many of the poor flooded into the cities.
彼は私財を投じて貧民の救済に尽くした。
He spent his own fortune on relief for the poor.
当時の政府は貧民対策に十分な予算を割かなかった。
The government of the time did not set aside enough money for measures to help the poor.