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The destitute wait for welfare assistance; an old man is told by an official that he will have to come back in eight days. Colour reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

An old wet nurse; symbolising France as nanny-state and public health provider. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, 1901.

An act to amend the laws relating to the removal of the poor / Jellinger C. Symons.

Charities Act 1992 : Chapter 41.

Charities Act 1993 : Chapter 10.

Private action, public benefit : a review of charities and the wider not-for-profit sector / [Strategy Unit ; with a foreword by Tony Blair].

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An act to amend the laws relating to the removal of the poor / Jellinger C. Symons.

Charities Act 1992 : Chapter 41.

Charities Act 1993 : Chapter 10.

Private action, public benefit : a review of charities and the wider not-for-profit sector / [Strategy Unit ; with a foreword by Tony Blair].

The destitute wait for welfare assistance; an old man is told by an official that he will have to come back in eight days. Colour reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.