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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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE Moniorandum defining the Enquiry which the Investigators are aj^pointed to undertake - - [xxiii-mv] Preface [15-16] PAET I. Eesults of previous enquiries 1-6 [17-48] (.'()—The recurrence of periods of distress which have led to unemployment . . - 1_6 [17-22] (a)—Periods during which an unusual number of wage-earners were unemployed - 1-3 [17-19] Eeference to monthly unemployment chart in Labour Gazette ... 1 [17] Reference to Board of Trade collection of charts for New Zealand Exhibition- 1 [i7] Chart I. of Mv. Boveridge showing ratio between Board of Trade unemployment curve and pauperism cui'ves Chart II. of Mr. Beveridge analysing unemployment curve - - - - 1 [17] Eeference to chart of Mr. G. H. Wood in vol. Ixii. Proceedings of Royal Statistical Society - - 2 [IS] Comparison of unemployment curve with trade returns - - . . 2 [IS] Seasonal unemployment, illustrated by two charts by Mr. Beveridge - - 3 [19] (l)—Accepting the years 1885-8, 1892-5, and 1902-5 as periods of unusually scanty employment, was unusual distress proved to exist in those periods 3-5 [19-21] Evidence of various reports : — 1885-8 3 [i.9] 1892-5 i [20] 1902-5 4-5 [20-21] Substance of evidence found in reports 5 [21] Important point brought out by evidence 5-6 [21-22] {b)—The predominant causes of distress at such periods 6-7 [22-33] General Statement 6-7 [22-2S] Description of the irregular labour market 7-9 [23-25] Difficulty of insuring against ir-regularity ........ 9-10 [25-26] How people come to enter irregular occupations 11 [27] Boy labour 11-12 [27-2S] Why they do not leave them 1 12-13 [28-2ff] The family budget 12-13 [28-29] The action of municipalities 13-14 [29-30] The employers' attitude : maintenance of a large margin of unemployed - 15-16 [31-32] Effects of irregularity on the workers and their homes ------ 16-17 [32-33] <lc)—Summary of the results arrived at in enquiries into the means adopted for dealing, apart fromthe Poor Law, with unemployed persons, by voluntary or other associations, local authorities or other public bodies 17-18 [33-41] Classification of Agencies :— I.—Official, outside the Poor Law - 18 [34] Official temporary methods of making work ------- 18 [34] Relief works undertaken by local authorities ...... 18-19 [3^-35] Favourable opinions of this form of relief 19-20 [35-36] Unfavourable opinions of this form of relief 20-24 [36-40] II._Voluntary 24 [40] Temporary (1) for finding work 24 [40] (2) for making work 24 [40] Relief funds 24-25 [4o-41] Introduction to {>!) and (/) 25-27 [41-43] {d)—Results of enquiries into the extent and adequacy of the investigation and enquiry into individual cases adopted in various systems for dealing with the unemployed - - 27-29 [43-45] Official 27-28 [43-44] Voluntary 28 [44] Adequacy of inquiry 28-29 [44-45] ,(/)—Co-operation between bodies dealing with the unemployed 29-32 [45-48] Official by local authorities 29 [45] (a) with boards of guardians 29-30 [45-46] (h) with other bodies 30-31 [46-47] 429-B. 2,000—Wt. T.L. 313. 8/09. Wy. & S. 4339r. A