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An old beggar with a wooden leg moves with the aid of two crutches and holds his hat in his left hand. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

A gentleman giving alms to two lame beggars by leaning over an inscribed banner. Etching by Jan Georg van der Vliet, 1632.

Eastern-Dispensary for Relief of the Poor : Great Alie Street, 179 : having been received as a patient under the care of.

A man and woman carrying barrels of water on their heads: Conference on water sanitation for the urban poor in Kenya. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, 2006.

A woman carrying a basket of eggs looks at a poor old man who is working as a chiffonnier and picking up rubbish with a stick: she exclaims that they were once lovers. Lithograph by H. Bellangé, 1826.

An itinerant salesman in ragged clothes selling toasting forks, files, skewers and other implements. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

A woman begging with three children, one of them a naked infant, under the arch of a town-wall. Lithograph.

A study of the trend of mortality rates in urban communities of England and Wales, with special reference to "depressed areas" / by E. Lewis-Faning.

Paper of business for Monday, 31st March, 1930, being the final meeting of the board / [Edward R. Woodward].

The London poor and their medical needs / by Conrad W. Thies.

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A study of the trend of mortality rates in urban communities of England and Wales, with special reference to "depressed areas" / by E. Lewis-Faning.

Paper of business for Monday, 31st March, 1930, being the final meeting of the board / [Edward R. Woodward].

An itinerant salesman in ragged clothes selling toasting forks, files, skewers and other implements. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

A woman carrying a basket of eggs looks at a poor old man who is working as a chiffonnier and picking up rubbish with a stick: she exclaims that they were once lovers. Lithograph by H. Bellangé, 1826.

The London poor and their medical needs / by Conrad W. Thies.