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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![CHAPTER I. A brief View of the State of Indigence in England and lVales, from the Reformation to the present Period.—The Rales increased from ^£‘200,000, on a Population of 5,000,000 of People, in ] ()01, to 267,965, on a Population of 8,872,980, in 1803.—Specific Statements of the Expenses of supporting Persons in Distress, at different Pe- riods.—Supposed to amount to seven Millions a Year, including private Benevolence.—General Observations on the unfavourable Results produced by the present System of Management.— Con- cluding Observations — Page 50 to ()4 CHAPTER IE On the Subject of Mendicity and Vagrancy.—A brief View of the different Modes pursued by the Legislature to suppress Vagrancy in early Times. —The existing legislative System explained.—Its Imperfections detailed. Vagrancy intimately connected with the Pauper System.—Suggestions with a View to Improvements.—A summary View of Remedies proposed — 65 to 78 CHAPTER III. A superintending Agency necessary to correct the Evils of the Pauper System.—A Board of pau- per and general Police suggested as the only Means of controlling so gigantic a Design.— Functions of the proposed Board explained.— Measures proposed, through the Medium of a Police Gazette, and other Regulations, calculated to reduce the Number of Paupers, to diminish a 2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22037500_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
