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
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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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    APPENDIX. General Observations on licensed public Houses.— The estimated Number in England and iVales. —Their evil Tendency in corrupting the Morals of the working Classes.—The Quantity of ]\Ialt Liquor brewed in the Metropolis in one Year (1805 and 1806).—An Estimate of the Value of Beer and Spirits sold in Alehouses in the Course of a Year. The different Classes of licensed Alehouses detailed.—The evil Tendency of Liquor .Shops.—Illegal by 17 Geo. II. cap. i 7- —Alehouses with insufficient Sales to support them numerous in the Metropolis. Highly in- jurious to Brewers, Distillers, Occupiers, and 'the labouring Classes.—This Topic elucidated and explained.—The Number of Houses licensed annually much greater than the public Accommo- dation requires. — The Evils arising from this Source.—The Losses sustained by Publicans in and near the Metropolis, by Pewter Pots annually stolen, estimated at ^100,000. A strong Proof of the Extent of petty Offences, and the shocking State of Morals in vulgar Life.—The Advantages likely to result from appropriate Regulations for the good Government of Alehouses in every Division and Hundred in England and JVales.—General Rules and Orders suggested in licensing Alehouses.— Rules and Orders proposed for regulating the Conduct of Publicans in gene- ral.—A brief Abstract of the existing Laws ap- plicable to Alehouse Keepers, in so far as they relate to the Morals of the People Paffe *283 to 302 C TREATISE,
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