Poverty : a study of town life / by B. Seebohm Rowntree.

  • Seebohm Rowntree
Date:
1902
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Credit: Poverty : a study of town life / by B. Seebohm Rowntree. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    encouragement of thrift, have undoubtedly had a good effect upon the habits of the working classes. (/) Friendly Societies and Life Insurance Note.—The whole of the figures in this section refer to the year during which the main inquiry dealt with in this volume was made (1899). (a) Friendly Societies These may be divided into two classes:— 1. Registered Societies, i.e. societies registered pursuant to the Friendly Societies Act. 2. Non-Registered Societies.—Under this head are classed the host of small Sick and Benefit Clubs which centre round various Workshops, Religious and Social Institutes, etc. The absence of any official list of the latter makes it difficult to obtain full and correct infor- mation regarding them; but great care has been given to the collection of the figures set forth in this chapter, and it is believed that the statement presented of the membership in the various Friendly Societies and Sick Clubs in York is practically com- plete.