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Unemployment

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  • Many unemployed doctors sitting by the roadside waiting for a possible road accident and some work. Wood engraving by L. Wood, 1907.
  • A drunken man sits at home with his family who must pawn their clothes to pay for his habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • Many unemployed doctors sitting by the roadside waiting for a possible road accident and some work. Wood engraving by L. Wood, 1907.
  • In darkest England, and the way out / by General Booth.
  • A drunken man sits at home with his family who must sell clothes to pay for his habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
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Catalogue

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    Final report / Royal Commission on Unemployment Insurance.

    Great Britain. Royal Commission on Unemployment Insurance. | Date: 1932
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    The prevention of unemployment.

    National Committee for the Prevention of Destitution. | Date: [1910?]
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    Occupational misfits : a comparative study of north London boys employed and unemployed / by Sheila Bevington ; with a foreword by Charles S. Myers.

    Bevington, Sheila, 1895- | Date: 1933
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    The National Insurance Act at work : what it is effecting and where it needs amending / by Sidney Webb.

    Webb, Sidney, 1859-1947. | Date: [1913]
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    Sick or disabled : a guide to benefits for people who have a physical or mental illness or disability, including children - and people who look after them / produced by the Benefits Agency Communications and Customer Liason Branch.

    | Date: 1998
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