From the end of the 18th century Moss Jernverk had a fund for education of the children and care for the poor (skole- og fattigkasse), each of the workers contributed around 2% of their pay for this and they also received free medical care and drugs, but only for themselves, not the rest of the family.
Moss Jernverk havde fra slutningen af 1700-tallet "skole- og fattigkasse", arbejderne blev trukket omtrent 2% til dette, de fik da fri lægehjælp og medicin, men kun for sig selv, ikke for familien.