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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![practical Operation of these Acts during a Period of 140 Years.—The great Abuses which they have generated.—The Expense of Litigations at three different Periods, as stated in the Parliamentary Returns.—The total Expenses, unconnected with the actual Relief of Paupers, during the last Century.—A general Revision of the Law of Settlements necessary, with a View to the Re- moval of numerous Evils which appear to have had their Origin from this Source Page ] /Q to 215 CHAPTER VIII. A Review of the Causes which led to the Adoption of the System of Parish Workhouses.—The Laws applicable to those Establishments considered.— The Expectations formed of a Saving from pro- ductive Labour in those Establishments have been disappointed.—The Hopes also of reforming the Manners of the Poor, through this Medium, have been equally disappointed.—A severe Punishment to virtuous Indigence and an Encouragement to the vicious and depraved.—The Number of JFork- houses in England and Wales, and the Accom- modation they afford.—Amount of Earnings and the Cost of raw Materials.—The Expense of each Pauper in and out of Workhouses, according to the Parliamentary Returns. Workhouses un- necessary in the Country.—Suggestions offered for improving the System in Towns 216 to 22Q CHAPTER IX. A brief View of the .Manners and Habits of the labouring People of England.—The Effects of the Pauper System in generating Profligacy.—.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22037500_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
