Report from His Majesty's Commissioners for Inquiring Into the Administration and Practical Operation of the Poor Laws |
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able-bodied labourers according acres administration adopted agricultural labourers allotments allowance amount appears applied arable arable land assessment assistant overseer bastard burthen character child Cholesbury churchwardens consequence considered Cookham cottages districts ditto earnings effect employ employers employment evidence evil expense farm farmers frequently give given habits Henfield hired idle impotent poor increase independent labourer industry inquiry instances Irish justices justices of peace labour-rate labouring classes land less living magistrates marriages married master means ment mode neighbourhood neighbouring obtain occupiers out-door relief paid parish officers parishioners parochial paupers persons Poor Laws poor-rate poor's-rates population portion present Princes Risborough principle proportion Pulborough rate-payers receive relief refused rent Report respect says scale select vestry settlement subsistence surplus labourers Sussex Swallowfield tion tithes town week weekly whole wife woman workhouse workmen