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... relief to the poor . The separate enume- ration of charities giving such relief , fills 336 folio pages . That the large amount of money thus distributed would , if it formed part of the ordinary fund for the relief of the poor , be of ...
... relief to the poor . The separate enume- ration of charities giving such relief , fills 336 folio pages . That the large amount of money thus distributed would , if it formed part of the ordinary fund for the relief of the poor , be of ...
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... relief of the poor people . " † The next source of relief , for our existing pauperism , is found in the various hospitals , infirmaries , and other charitable * Report , 20th February , 1834 , p . 361 . † An Ordinance of the King of ...
... relief of the poor people . " † The next source of relief , for our existing pauperism , is found in the various hospitals , infirmaries , and other charitable * Report , 20th February , 1834 , p . 361 . † An Ordinance of the King of ...
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... relief bestowed under the poor law , amounts to from 3,000,000l . to 4,000,000l . yearly . * Lastly comes the relief of paupers under the poor law ; and here we have a vast expenditure , respecting which official statistics give us ...
... relief bestowed under the poor law , amounts to from 3,000,000l . to 4,000,000l . yearly . * Lastly comes the relief of paupers under the poor law ; and here we have a vast expenditure , respecting which official statistics give us ...
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... relief of the poor , was little more than 28. per head on the whole population : it is now nearly three times as great . And in several years , between 1840 and 1850 , it has exceeded 6s . per head on the population , on the average of ...
... relief of the poor , was little more than 28. per head on the whole population : it is now nearly three times as great . And in several years , between 1840 and 1850 , it has exceeded 6s . per head on the population , on the average of ...
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... relief of the poor , ) is always a much larger sum than that expended in relief . Thus the amount so levied , for the year which ended at Lady - day , 1850 , was 7,270,4931 . ; while the sum expended in relief , for the same year , was ...
... relief of the poor , ) is always a much larger sum than that expended in relief . Thus the amount so levied , for the year which ended at Lady - day , 1850 , was 7,270,4931 . ; while the sum expended in relief , for the same year , was ...
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25th March administration agricultural counties agricultural labourer alms amount Annual appears average number bishop century chargeable charity Charles II Church classes clergy cloth condition cottages destitution Dorset Edition England and Wales Engravings evils existing expended half-year Henry VIII History houses impotent poor In-door increase inhabitants JANE MARCET justices justices of peace labour Lady-day land landowners law of settlement legislation London Lord lunatic ment metropolis morocco nearly number of paupers number of persons order of removal out-door relief overseers parish parliament parochial paupers relieved persons relieved Poor Law Board Poor Law Commissioners poor persons poor-rate population Post 8vo present proportion provision quarter ratepayers receiving relief reign rental repeal Report residence respect serf settlement and removal Stafford West statute of Charles statute of Elizabeth THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY towns union vagrant villein whole number Woodcuts workhouses Worksop