Poor - England - Early works to 1800
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Society for bettering the condition of the poor . The following Rules to prevent Infectious Fevers, have been extracted from a manuscript of Dr. Haygarth's, with his permission. They are intended to enable medical and clerical visitors of the sick to perform their important duties with safety to themselves, and are printed by the Society with a view to their being distributed, so that a printed copy may be put up in every house where there is an infectious fever.
Society for bettering the condition and increasing the comforts of the poorDate: [1800]- E-books
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An act for erecting of hospitals and work-houses within the city of Bristoll, for the better employing and maintaining the poor thereof
England and WalesDate: 1714- E-books
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An humble proposal, for advancing both the landed and the trading interests of the nation and more fully imploying the poor thereof, by a more general circulation of mony.
J. D.Date: 1714?]- E-books
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An abstract of some important parts of a bill , now depending in Parliament, intituled, "A bill for the better support and maintenance of the poor;" with some practical observations on the effects that will probably be experienced in many parishes, particularly those that are large and populous, if the said bill is passed into a law. Prepared by a committee of the joint vestry of the united parishes of St. Giles in the Fields and St. George Bloomsbury; and printed by order of the said vestry.
Saint Giles in the Fields and Saint George, Bloomsbury (London, England : Parish)Date: 1797- E-books
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At a numerous and respectable meeting, held at the Crown tavern, Clerkenwell Green ... 29th January, 1798 ... taking into consideration the situation of the distressed mechanics ..
Date: 1798]