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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    Philadelphia, dietaries of labourers in, 257 Pittsburg, U.S.A., average number of persons per acre in, 167 Playfair, Lord, quoted, 92, 93, 205 Playgrounds, cost of, 385 Plymouth, average number of persons per acre in, 167 percentage of population overcrowded in, 171 number of “on” and “oft”’ licenses in, 308 Police, expenditure on, 384 Government grant for, 384 Police Court fines, city’s share of, 384 Poor relief, particulars as to, 40 (foot- note), 41, 42, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132, 364-375 total number of different persons re- ceiving, 365 Population of York, history and descrip- tion of, 6 et seq. Irish element in, 9 proportion of, falling within scope of inquiry, 26 classification of, 31 proportion of, in public institutions, 31, 81 percentage of, in various classes, 32, 47, 60, 65 proportion of, living in “ primary ” poverty, 111, 112, 120, 297 proportion of, living in “secondary” poverty, 117 proportion of, overcrowded, 170 number of paupers in, 365 relation of urban to rural, 301 (and footnote) density of. See under “Overcrowd- mg Poverty, in Class “A,” 40, 41, 45, 46 in Class “B,” 54 iu Class “C,” 61 Mr. Charles Booth’s method of esti- mating, 27, 29 estimation of total number and per- centage of persons living in, 115- 118, 377 definition of “primary,” 86 estimation of number of persons living in “primary,” 87 et seq., Ill, 137 immediate causes of, 119 et seq. classification of families into sections according to cause, 119, 120 definition of “secondary,” 86 estimation of number of persons living in, 115 et seq. Poverty, immediate causes of, 140, 142- 144 relation of poverty to physical effi- ciency, 132 et seq. relation of, to whole social question 145 relation of, to housing, 152 et seq. relation of, to overcrowding, 176 relation of, to health, 182 et seq., 199, 202, 205, 206, 209, 211, 212, 214, 302 age distribution and percentage of persons in, 377, 381 persons in, compared with age dis- tribution and percentages, of total population of York and of England and Wales, 377, 381 number of persons under 15 years of age in, 377, 381 number and percentage of persons over 65 in “primary,” 378 number and percentage of persons over 65 in “secondary,” 378 total number and percentage of per- sons over 65 in, 378 total number of persons directly affected by pensions in, 379 total number of persons directly or indirectly affected by pensions in, 379 total possible reduction by pensions of persons living in, 380 (footnote) “ Primary ” poverty. See under “ Poverty ” Prisoners, Government grant for con- veyance of, 384 Private works, money repaid for, 385 Property, Guildhall, Offices, and Mansion House, cost of, , expenses on other City, 385 Prosecutions, Government grant for, 384 Protein, definition of, 88 (footnote) functions of, 89, 226, 227 (and foot- note) relation of, to quantity of food re- quired, 89 amount of, required daily, 92, 97. 228 amount of, in selected dietaries, 102 amount of, in diets examined in present inquiry, 232, 233, 234, 235, 247, 249, 253, 254, 257, 258, 260, 261 (footnote) physiological results of scanty supply of, 236 relation of, to selection of foods, 236, 243