Reports of special assistant poor law commissioners on the employment of women and children in agriculture.

  • Great Britain. Poor Law Commissioners.
Date:
1843
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Credit: Reports of special assistant poor law commissioners on the employment of women and children in agriculture. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. Report from the Poor Law Commissioners to the Secretary o£ State for the Home Department Report on the counties of Wilts, Dorset, Devon, and Somerset, by Alfred Austin, Esq Locality in which his inquiries were made—Wilts, Dorset, Devon, and Somerset ......... **•*••• Limitation to particular districts in those counties Reasons for such limitation .... Subjects of inquiry. ......... Women ' * l Kinds of agricultural work in which employed Relative degrees of laboriousness in the different kinds . . . Dairy-work the most laborious Ages at which employed Wages Amount dependent partly on the woman’s capacity, partly on the farmer’s character, and other circumstances ... Statements of different rates obtained .... In cider counties, paid partly in cider Hours of work. ....... Physical condition Effect upon the health— Page xiii 1-55 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 Of out-door farm-work—generally beneficial Exception as to girls under 20 years of age . . . Of dairy-work Of mode of living, especially as to food, clothing, and lodging Mode of living dependent generally upon the collective resources of the family to which the woman belongs Inquiry as to these resources Money-wages of head of family Other advantages derived from the master—grist, &c. . . Allotments potato-grounds—gardens—pigs .... Earnings of wife and children—gleaning Button and lace making ....... Food—quantity Quality—kinds ‘ ’ is ' ‘ 10 11 12 12 13 13 13 14 15 16 16 17 18