Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. : Appendix Volume XIX. Report by Mr. Cyril Jackson and Rev. J.C. Pringle on the effects of employment or assistance given to the "unemployed" since 1886 as a means of relieving distress outside the Poor Law.

  • Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress 1905-09
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1909
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Credit: Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. : Appendix Volume XIX. Report by Mr. Cyril Jackson and Rev. J.C. Pringle on the effects of employment or assistance given to the "unemployed" since 1886 as a means of relieving distress outside the Poor Law. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ ] Consideration Arising in the Course of the Et^qviKY—continued. PXGB Machinery displacing hand labour . - - - r . . - 131-132 [147-148] Relief works, whether natural or local, do not solve the problem and are probably positively harmful - - - - - 132 [148] Work on the land should be given to the country bred 132 [148] If the ' right to work' means the right to easy work, the industrious are discouraged - 132 [148] The Act of 1905 has established a system of recording cases of unemployment - - 133 [149] No remedy adequate which does not aim at steadying ordinary employment - - 133 [149] The Government and municipalities not model employers - - - - 133-134 [149-150] The beneficial action of trade unions in steadying employment by ahortening hours - 134 [ISO] Insurance against unemployment by out-of-work benefit 134 [150] The question of State supplementation of trade union funds 135 [151] The isolation of the unemployable and Poor Law classification 135 [151] Checking deterioration by early training 135 [151] Labour bureaux 135 [151] Emigration - 136 [152] Concluding remarks 136 [152] APPENDIX No. I. PART I.—PARLIAMENTARY AND OTHER REPORTS. APPENDIX A to PART L, i. (a).* Note on Return—Pauperism and Distress, 1886 143 [7] Sources of information contained in the Return 143 [7] Apparent pre-suppositions of the President of the Local Government Board - . . . 143 [7] Review of Memorandum by the Secretary to the Local Government Board 143 [7] Evidence used in the Memorandum 144 [(§] Further information contained in the replies sent to the Board—by Boards of Guardians - - 144 [8] Replies received from Vestries and District Boards of Works 145 [9] Significance of the action of the Local Government Board 145 [9] State relief works not recommended 146 [10] Report of the Engineer to the Local Government Board 146 [10] Recommendations of the Secretary to the Local Government Board 146 [10] Reply of the Metropolitan Board of Works 147 [11] Information received from Secretaries of Trade Unions :— Bakers 147 [11] Boilermakers 147 [11] Boot and shoe rivetters and finishers 148 [12] Brassfounders 148 [12] Carpenters and joiners 148 [12] Compositors 148 [12] Engineers 148 [12] Glass-blowers - - - 149 [IS] Typographical Association - - 149 [IS] Substance of Trade Union Evidence 149 [13] Conclusion— Commentary on the Circular of March 15tb, 1886 149 [IJ] The principle afl[irmed 149 [IS] The principle embodied in the Report of 1834 150 [I4] Details interesting in the light of subsequent experience 150 [I4] Table showing chief points in the replies of Metropolitan Local Authorities to the Circular of the Local Government Board, Feb., 1886 151-155 [15-19] Table showing information about unemployment in London, supplied to Royal Com- mission on Depression in Trade and Industry, 1886 156-157 [20-21 * This refers to llie Memorandum defining the I{lnquiry which Investigators are appointed to undertake. tForMemorandum see p. 13 of Report.)
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