A treatise on indigence; exhibiting a general view of the national resources for productive labour; with propositions for ameliorating the condition of the poor, and improving the moral habits and increasing the comforts of the labouring people ... / by P. Colquhoun.
- Patrick Colquhoun
- Date:
- 1806
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A treatise on indigence; exhibiting a general view of the national resources for productive labour; with propositions for ameliorating the condition of the poor, and improving the moral habits and increasing the comforts of the labouring people ... / by P. Colquhoun. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. Reasons assigned for undertaking this Work Page 5 to 7 Preliminary Observations. Poverty an indispensable and necessary Ingredient in civil Society — — — 7 Indigence the only Evil to be guarded against 8 The Distinction between Poverty and Indigence explained —- — — — 8 General Observations on the Causes of In- digence — — — 9, JO Innocent and culpable Causes of Indigence de- tailed — — — — ] 1 General Reflections on the Causes of Indigence 12 to 14 Observations on the Wages of Labour, particu- larly in Agriculture — 14 to 16 Farming Capital greatly increased in 1800 and IS01 — '— — 14 to 16 Division of Income from agricultural Labour 17 Rental of real Property in England and Wales ^38,000,000 — — — 18 Those who have surplus Labour in Store bound to support the Indigent — — 18 An equal Distribution of the Burden of support- ing the Indigent suggested — 18 The national Loss arising from culpable Indi- gence estimated, for deficient Labour alone, at ^4,000,000 annually — — 10 a](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22037500_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
