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Page 9
... residence in the workhouse was greater than it had been previously . " In the year ended 25th September , 1850 , the highest number of inmates of workhouses in Ireland , at any one time , was in the week ended 22nd June , when it was ...
... residence in the workhouse was greater than it had been previously . " In the year ended 25th September , 1850 , the highest number of inmates of workhouses in Ireland , at any one time , was in the week ended 22nd June , when it was ...
Page 40
... residences have been converted ) , now cover the ground in parishes where the poor can no longer reside . ‡ The ... resident popu- lation has diminished , and a large proportion of the working people of the City of London is now ...
... residences have been converted ) , now cover the ground in parishes where the poor can no longer reside . ‡ The ... resident popu- lation has diminished , and a large proportion of the working people of the City of London is now ...
Page 41
... residence . " * It will also appear , hereafter , that a similar inequality in the distribution of the burden of pauperism is found in country districts , where it is denounced , even still more loudly than in great cities . Much of ...
... residence . " * It will also appear , hereafter , that a similar inequality in the distribution of the burden of pauperism is found in country districts , where it is denounced , even still more loudly than in great cities . Much of ...
Page 91
... resident , besides the two already mentioned , capable of assisting it . In the third parish , " the lord of the manor , and his tenant , made a small donation to the building , but each has refused further sup- port . " * Human nature ...
... resident , besides the two already mentioned , capable of assisting it . In the third parish , " the lord of the manor , and his tenant , made a small donation to the building , but each has refused further sup- port . " * Human nature ...
Page 94
... resident magistrate , " can scarcely write their names , and few can keep accounts ( witness the returns made to parlia- ment ) , and are so ignorant or inattentive to the magistrate's orders , wishing to slip through their half - year ...
... resident magistrate , " can scarcely write their names , and few can keep accounts ( witness the returns made to parlia- ment ) , and are so ignorant or inattentive to the magistrate's orders , wishing to slip through their half - year ...
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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