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

Date:: 1909

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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$Barnesley, Relief in, Ai^p., p. 290, and Table, p. 202. 1893. Mayor's Fund, raised to meet distress caused by the lockout at the collieries. 1904. Work provided by the corporation. 1906. Distress Committee. No work provided. Statement showing number of applicants in receipt of weekly alloA^-ances from various sources. Ages of applicants, App., p. 45-49. Occupations of applicants, App., p. 67. Barnet, Work provided. 1905-6, App., p. 189. Barrow-in-Furness, Relief in, App., p. 203. Ages of aiDphcants to Distress Committee, 1905-6, App., p. 45-49. Occupations of applicants, App., p. 67. Battersea, Relief in, 1904-5 and 1905-6, App., pp. 128-130. 1904- 5. No Joint Committee formed. Statement as to relief from Last Year's Un- employed. 1905- 6. Distress Committee appointea. Insufficient investigation of cases under the Distress Committee. Method of selecting men for relief, p. 128. Work provided; rates of paJ^ Character of the men employed; correspondence between the borough council and the central body, p. 129-130. Work subsidised by Central (Unemployed) Body for London, 1905-6, App., p. 100, and Table, pp. 101, 105. Municipal Rehef Works, 1904-5, Ajjp., p. 120; 1905-6, App., p. 121. Ages of Applicants, App., p. 38. Occupations of applicants, App., p. 62. Recurrent cases. Report, p. 56. Membership of Trades Unions and Benefit Societies, Report, p. 70. Poor Law Relief, Report, p. 77. Work undertaken to relieve the labour market. Report, p. 120. Labour exchange at, App., p. 386-390. BenefltTSocieties and Trade Unions, iMembership of, by applicants to Relief Committees, 1905-6, Report, pp. 70-74, see under Trade Unions. Benefit Societies, Membership of by apphcants to Rehef Committees, Uethnal Green, 1903-4, App., p. 134. Bristol, 1905-6, Table showing membership of Benefit Societies, etc., of applicants to the Distress Committee, App., p. 320. Norwich, 1904-5, App., p. 363. Bermondsey, Relief in, 1903-4. 1904-5, 1905-6, App., pp. 131-134. 1903^. Special Committee appointed by borough council in December, 1903. Work provided. Deputation received b\' borough council from Bermondsey and Rotherhithe Trade and Labour Council, November, 1904. Special Committee appointed. Work provided, p. 131. Table showing number of days work allowed to each man. Table showing normal, anticipated and actual cost of labour, p. 132. 1904-5. Special Committ«e made a joint committee under Mr. Long's scheme. Grant of £400 from London Unemployed Fund, 1904-5, App., p. 89. Bermondsey—^ymK 1905-6. Formation of Distress Committee. Investigation made by the Distress Committee. Particulars as to number of applications received and relief given. Work subsidised by Central (Unemployed) Body for London, 1905-6, App., p. 100, and Table, pp. 101. 105. Municipal Relief Works, 1904-5, App., p 120 190.5-6, App., p. 121. Ages of applicants in 1905-6, App., pp. 36-44. Occupations of applicants, App., p. 62. Recurrent applications. Report, pp. 51 and 56. Membership of Trades Unions and Benefit Societies, Report, p. 70. Poor Law Relief, Report, p. 77. Labour exchange, App., pp. 388-390. Bethnal Green, Relief in, 1903-6, App., p. 134. 1903- 4. Local committee formed under Mansion House Committee on the Unemployed 1903-4, see also p. 73. Investigation of cases. ' Number relieved, App., p. 76. 1904- 5. Joint committee appointed, November 190i. Investigation ; work ])rovided. Extra places allotted by Loudon Unemployed Fimd, 1904-5, instead of a money grant App., p. 89. 1905- 6. Distress Committee appointed, October. 1905. Investigation ; work provided. Municipal Relief Works, 1904-5, App., p l-^Q. 1905-6, App., p. 121. Ages of applicants, App., pp. 36-44. Occupations of applicants, App., p. C2 Membership of Trades Unions and Provident Societies, Report, p. 70. Poor Law Relief, Report, p. 77. Regular men displaced by the unemployed. Report, p. 117. Labour Exchange, App., pp. 389, 390. Birkenhead, Relief in, App., p. 290, and Table, p. 204. 1904. Relief Committee. Labour Bureau opened. Work provided to January 31st, 1906. 1906. February. Distress Committee. Work pro- vided. Emigration. Unemployment caused by slackness in the shipbuilding trades. Ages of api^licants, App., pp. 45-49. Occupations of applicants, App., p. 67. Cost of Relief Work, Report, p. 127. Birmingham, Relief in, App., pp. 291-292, and Table, p. 204. 1885. Mayor's Relief Fund. Stoneyard opened. Other relief provided. 1885. Fund. Tickets for groceries and coal given. Qualification for relief. Percentages of appli- cants in various trades. Other funds raised, no details. 1893. Proposals and discussions on the subject of relief works by the City Council. 1895. Lord Jlayor's Fund. Unsatisfactory. 1896. General Council of Birmingham and Suburban Relief Societies formed. 1904- 5. Fund. Character of applicants compared with those of 1886. Classification of applicants. Work provided. 1905- 6. Distress Committee. Investigation. Clas- sification. Work provided. Character of men employed. No exceptional unem- ployment. Subsequent condition of forty- one men who had been given work. NOTE.—References made in this Volume and in the Reports of the Commission to the pcu/t- in this Volume are$