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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![The Resources of England greater than those oj any other Country in Europe for the Employ- ment of her Population Page 19 and 20 si general View of Society in England and lVales in 1088, framed by Mr. Gregory King, con- trasted with a similar View in 1803, with Observations upon the Tables — 20 to 25 A brief Account of the different Sources of In- dustry, from whence the national Income is derived — — — 26 to 31 Recapitulation, shewing that ^222,000,000 are acquired by the Labour of different Classes of the Community, invigorated by Capital and Skill, in the Course of each Year — 32 General Observations immediately applicable to Indigence, and the marked Difference between the Expense of relieving Paupers 1 15 Years ago, compared with that incurred at the pre- sent Period — — — 33 Much of the Evil imputable to immoral and vicious Habits — — 34, 35 Table, shewing the progressive Rise of the Poor Rates, Revenue, and national Debt for 130 Years — — — — 36 Observations arising out of the Subject 37 1,040,7 lO Paupers relieved in 1S03 37 A collected View of Paupers, Mendicants, Va- grants, and criminal Offenders, amounting to ] ,320,7J 0, living upon the Industry of others in 1803, in England and Wales 38 to 43 General Vew of the criminal Offenders com- mitted in each County, in England and Hales, for Trial in 1805, with their various Offences and Punishments — — 43 to 47 Observations arising out of the Subject, shewing how far a State of Indigence is connected with criminal Offences — — 48, 40](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22037500_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
