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

  • 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. B. Report by Mr. Cyril Jackson on the effects of employment or assistance given to the "unemployed" since 1886 as a means of relieving distress outside the Poor Law in Ireland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAG K Memorandum defining the Enquiry wliich Investigitors are appjintad to undertike v Part I.—Parliamentary and other Keports 1 [^] Part II.—Particulars as to the Unemployed 2 [7] A. —Ages 2 [71 B. —Recurrent Cases 3 [c?j;. C. —Causes of Unemployment - - 4 [.9];i D. —Artisans and Labourers -------- ---5 [10\ . E. —Membership of Trade Unions and Banefit Societies 0 [11 \ , F. —Voters G [11] G. —Poor Relief <) [11] Part III.—Agencies for dealing with or providing against Unemployment 7 [1:2] ' A. -^The Unemployed Workmen Act, 1905 - 7 [12] (a) Rural Distress Committees 9 [^^] , B. —Corporation Relief Works 11 [16] , C—Trade Unions - 13 [75.] . D.—Other Agencies - - 17 [22]^i Part IV.—Effect of Providing for the Unemployed - - - 19 Concluding Remarks - - -20 [2o] Appendix - 22 A—Migratory Labourers 24 [26] B. —Wages. Prices and Rents in the Irish Towns 27 [29] C. —Notes on various Irish Towns 29 [31] I 429 -B. 2003-Wt. T.L. 313. 10/09. Wy. i S. 4339r. A