The state of the poor; or, an history of the labouring classes in England, from the conquests to the present period. In which are particularly considered, their domestic economy, with respect to diet, dress, fuel, and habitation; and the various plans which, from time to time, have been proposed, and adopted, for the relief of the poor: together with parochial reports relative to the administration of work-houses, and houses of industry; the state of friendly societies; and other public institutions ... / With a large appendix containing a comparative and chronological table of the prices of labour, of provisions, and of other commodities ... an account of the poor in Scotland, etc. By Sir Frederic Morton Eden.

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Credit: The state of the poor; or, an history of the labouring classes in England, from the conquests to the present period. In which are particularly considered, their domestic economy, with respect to diet, dress, fuel, and habitation; and the various plans which, from time to time, have been proposed, and adopted, for the relief of the poor: together with parochial reports relative to the administration of work-houses, and houses of industry; the state of friendly societies; and other public institutions ... / With a large appendix containing a comparative and chronological table of the prices of labour, of provisions, and of other commodities ... an account of the poor in Scotland, etc. By Sir Frederic Morton Eden. Source: Wellcome Collection.