Pauperism and Poor LawsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852 - 428 pages |
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able-bodied agricultural counties alms amount Annual appears assessed average number bishop boards of guardians century chargeable charity Charles II Church classes clergy cloth condition cottages destitution district Dorset duty Edition Eliz England and Wales Engravings evils existing expended France funds half-year Henry VIII HISTORY houses impotent poor improved 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 obtained 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 ratepayers receiving relief rental repeal Report residence respect serf settlement and removal statute of Charles statute of Elizabeth THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY tion towns union settlement vagrant whole number workhouses
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