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English Poor Law Policy

by Sidney and Beatrice Webb

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2English Poor Law Policy
  3. 3Chapter I — The Revolution of 1834
  4. 4The 1834 Report
  5. 5The Act of 1834 and Its Amendments
  6. 6Chapter II — The Poor Law Commissioners
  7. 7Chapter III — The Poor Law Board
  8. 8E — The Sick
  9. 9F — Persons of Unsound Mind
  10. 10G — Defectives
  11. 11H — The Aged and Infirm
  12. 12I — Non-Residents
  13. 13J — The Workhouse
  14. 14K — Emigration
  15. 15L — Relief on Loan
  16. 16M — Co-operation With Voluntary Agencies
  17. 17N — The Position in 1871
  18. 18Chapter IV — The Local Government Board
  19. 19Chapter V — The Principles of 1907
  20. 20Chapter VI — The Majority Report of the Royal Commission of 1905-1909
  21. 21The Principles of 1907
  22. 22The Plea for a Single Destitution Authority
  23. 23The Reversion to 1834
  24. 24The Mutual Incompatibility of the Proposals of the Majority Report
  25. 25Chapter VII — The Minority Report of the Royal Commission of 1905-1909
  26. 26The Principle of Prevention
  27. 27The “Moral Factor” in the Problem of Destitution
  28. 28The Sphere of Voluntary Agencies in the Prevention of Destitution
  29. 29Chapter VIII — Summary and Conclusion
  30. 30Appendix A
  31. 31Appendix B
  32. 32Contents
  33. 33Contents
  34. 34Contents

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