19th Century · English
Poor Law Commissioners' Report of 1834
Poor Law Commissioners' Report of 1834, by Edwin Chadwick and Nassau William Senior (1800–1890 / 1790–1864), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
Chapters
- 01Administration and Operation of the Laws for the Relief of the Poor. Report of Commissioners. To the King's Most Excelleprose
- 02[Part I.] Progress of the Lawprose
- 03[Part I, Section 1] Administration of the Lawprose
- 04I. Out-door Relief of the Able-bodied, 1. Out-door Relief of the Able-bodied in Kind.prose
- 05In House Roomprose
- 062. Out-door Relief of the Able-bodied in Money, I. Relief Without Labour.prose
- 07II. Allowance.prose
- 08III. The Roundsman System.prose
- 09IV. Parish Employment.prose
- 10V. The Labour-rate System.prose
- 11Widows.prose
- 12II. Out-door Relief of the Impotent.prose
- 13General Remarks on Out-door Relief.prose
- 14[Part I, Section 1, (Administration of the Law, continued):] IN-DOOR RELIEF.prose
- 15[Part I, Section 2] Progressiveness of Burdenprose
- 16[Part I, Section 3] Objections to Amendment, 1. On the part of labourersprose
- 172. On the part of Employersprose
- 183. On the part of Proprietorsprose
- 19I. Effects on Owners of Property.prose
- 20II. Effects on Employers of Labourers, 1. Of Agricultural Labourersprose
- 212. Of Manufacturing Labourersprose
- 22III. Effects on Labourers, 1. Effects on Those Not Actually Relieved.prose
- 232. Effects on Labourers Actually Relieved.prose
- 24[Part I, Section 5] Character of Persons Who Distribute and Award Reliefprose
- 25I. The Overseers, 1. Annualprose
- 262. Assistant Overseers.prose
- 27II. Vestries, 1. Open Vestries.prose
- 282. Representative Vestries.prose
- 293. Self-Appointed Vestries.prose
- 30III. Magistrates.prose
- 31[Part I, Section 6] SETTLEMENT.prose
- 32[Part I, Section 7] BASTARDY.prose
- 33[Part I, Section 8] Legislative Measures Considered, but Not Recommended:prose
- 34I. National Chargeprose
- 35Occupation of Land by Labourers.prose
- 36Labour-rate.prose
- 37[Part Ii] Remedial Measures, [Part II, Section 1] Principle of Administering Relief to the Indigentprose
- 38Specific Effects of the Application of the Principles in the Case of Able-Bodied Paupersprose
- 39General Effects Displayed in the Case of Non-Settled Parishionersprose
- 40[Part II, Section 2] Principle of Legislationprose
- 41Further Effects of the Application of the Above-Mentioned Principle of Administering Reliefprose
- 42[Part II, Section 3] Agency for Carrying into Effect the Intentions of the Legislature—a Central Board of Controlprose
- 43Grounds for Its Establishmentprose
- 44Instances of the Regulations which the Central Board Only Can Transfer from District to District and Enforceprose
- 45Powers and Duties of the Central Boardprose
- 46[Part II, Section 4] Further Legislative Amendment, Settlementprose
- 47Bastardyprose
- 48Emigrationprose
- 49Ratingprose
- 50Militia Men's Familiesprose
- 51Charitiesprose