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    19th Century · English

    Poor Law Commissioners' Report of 1834

    Edwin Chadwick and Nassau William Senior

    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
    51
    Variants
    51
    Genre
    Economics
    Difficulty
    Advanced

    Chapters

    1. 01Administration and Operation of the Laws for the Relief of the Poor. Report of Commissioners. To the King's Most Excelleprose
    2. 02[Part I.] Progress of the Lawprose
    3. 03[Part I, Section 1] Administration of the Lawprose
    4. 04I. Out-door Relief of the Able-bodied, 1. Out-door Relief of the Able-bodied in Kind.prose
    5. 05In House Roomprose
    6. 062. Out-door Relief of the Able-bodied in Money, I. Relief Without Labour.prose
    7. 07II. Allowance.prose
    8. 08III. The Roundsman System.prose
    9. 09IV. Parish Employment.prose
    10. 10V. The Labour-rate System.prose
    11. 11Widows.prose
    12. 12II. Out-door Relief of the Impotent.prose
    13. 13General Remarks on Out-door Relief.prose
    14. 14[Part I, Section 1, (Administration of the Law, continued):] IN-DOOR RELIEF.prose
    15. 15[Part I, Section 2] Progressiveness of Burdenprose
    16. 16[Part I, Section 3] Objections to Amendment, 1. On the part of labourersprose
    17. 172. On the part of Employersprose
    18. 183. On the part of Proprietorsprose
    19. 19I. Effects on Owners of Property.prose
    20. 20II. Effects on Employers of Labourers, 1. Of Agricultural Labourersprose
    21. 212. Of Manufacturing Labourersprose
    22. 22III. Effects on Labourers, 1. Effects on Those Not Actually Relieved.prose
    23. 232. Effects on Labourers Actually Relieved.prose
    24. 24[Part I, Section 5] Character of Persons Who Distribute and Award Reliefprose
    25. 25I. The Overseers, 1. Annualprose
    26. 262. Assistant Overseers.prose
    27. 27II. Vestries, 1. Open Vestries.prose
    28. 282. Representative Vestries.prose
    29. 293. Self-Appointed Vestries.prose
    30. 30III. Magistrates.prose
    31. 31[Part I, Section 6] SETTLEMENT.prose
    32. 32[Part I, Section 7] BASTARDY.prose
    33. 33[Part I, Section 8] Legislative Measures Considered, but Not Recommended:prose
    34. 34I. National Chargeprose
    35. 35Occupation of Land by Labourers.prose
    36. 36Labour-rate.prose
    37. 37[Part Ii] Remedial Measures, [Part II, Section 1] Principle of Administering Relief to the Indigentprose
    38. 38Specific Effects of the Application of the Principles in the Case of Able-Bodied Paupersprose
    39. 39General Effects Displayed in the Case of Non-Settled Parishionersprose
    40. 40[Part II, Section 2] Principle of Legislationprose
    41. 41Further Effects of the Application of the Above-Mentioned Principle of Administering Reliefprose
    42. 42[Part II, Section 3] Agency for Carrying into Effect the Intentions of the Legislature—a Central Board of Controlprose
    43. 43Grounds for Its Establishmentprose
    44. 44Instances of the Regulations which the Central Board Only Can Transfer from District to District and Enforceprose
    45. 45Powers and Duties of the Central Boardprose
    46. 46[Part II, Section 4] Further Legislative Amendment, Settlementprose
    47. 47Bastardyprose
    48. 48Emigrationprose
    49. 49Ratingprose
    50. 50Militia Men's Familiesprose
    51. 51Charitiesprose