Answer:
A. Workhouse authorities were extremely careless in their duties
This is because the passage doesn't say anything about children being weak due to poor nourishment nor parishioners wrongly criticizing their own officials, and if the legal system carefully monitored parish affairs then children wouldn't be getting scalded to death or overlooked.
To do this we need to see the passage of the novel
you must think about how you can apply your knowledge to every day life
Service is being an active helper in the community and taking action that can be of benefit.
