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administration of relief to vagrants by,100;Poor Law Acts Amendment Act (1834),1,2,11-20,21-22,33,46,50,51,54,77,85-87,321;----areas, list of,321-342;cost of,v;----Royal Commission on (1832-1834),1,2-11,85-87;(1905-1909),274-319,343-363;----attempt to restrict operations of,145-146;revival of public interest in,147-148;----(Apprentices) Act,113n.;----Board,25n.,88-146;establishment of,86,87;made permanent,146;abolition of,130,146,147;----Certified Schools Act,128n.;----Commissioners,21-87,95,99,140,141.See alsoPoor Law Inquiry Commissioners;Poor Law Conferences,151,152-153;----Inquiry Commissioners,159;Report of,1-11,12,19,21,22,27,33,36,42,46,49,50,51,52,54,55,57,59,74,75,82-83,84-85,88,95,106,112,115,118,121,128,131,141,148,160,210,229n.,232,236,239,242,256,257,258,259,262,263,267,268;----Loans Act,185n.i;----Schools. SeeSchools, Poor Law----(Schools) Act,108n.;Poor Relief, Committee of House of Commons on,97,117;of House of Lords on,174Preston, Mr. J. W.,215n.;Preston-Thomas, Mr. H., v.,179n.,216,221n.,225-226,246n.Prevention, different meanings of,308----of destitution,346-349----of Cruelty to Children Acts,180-181,184Principles of 1834,1,11,36,82-87,88,91,148,149,151,164,256-262,267,269,270,271,272;abandonment of by L.G.B.,237-273;repudiation of by Royal Commission of 1905-1909,275Privy Council, General Rules of Central Authority disallowable by,21;Committee of, on Education,107n.,109n.;public health service of,146Provident dispensaries. SeeDispensaries----sick clubs,48Public Assistance Authority, only for the undeserving,282-283;argument for and against,350-363Public Health Acts,213n.,219-220----Authorities,92,94,213,262;service of Guardians as, in rural districts,212n.,219-220;medical service of,219-221Quatt School,113Quinine, supply of,117"Rate in aid of wages,"27,37,41-42,102Ratepayers, consent of required,19,54Rathbone, Mr. W.,120Rawlinson, Sir R.,93n.,94n.Relatives, contributions from,126,150,152,229,261Relief in kind,4,25----on loan,10-11,16,20,143,153,176,183-184,251-253----works, for unemployed,90,92-94,164-169,172Relieving officer,96,103,119,128,145,157,173,199,209,214,217,231,252;Remand children. SeeChildren on remandRent, payment of for paupers, prohibited,25n.,123Revising barristers,217n."Revolvers,"244Ritchie, Lord,166,200n.,203,204n.,237n.Röntgen rays,218n.Roscoe, Sir Henry,94Salt, Mr.,290n.Salvation Army,171Sanitary Act (1868),220n.Sanitation,123n.,266,267,271Scattered Homes for Children,185-187,191,258School districts, Act for,107-108;combination of parishes into,16;in Metropolis,108,186Schoolmasters for pauper children,73,107-109,113Schools, certified, 111,147,185,195,241,255,258----District,16,45,108,111-112,133,185-188,193,264----industrial,187,241,262----maintenance of, for children on out-relief,104,105n."Schools for Mothers,"310----separate Poor Law,16,45,107-114,133,185-188,190,193-195,243,264----workhouse,10,16,113,185,193Sclater-Booth, Mr.,208,210Scotland, Minority Report for,343-363;overlapping in,344;proposed introduction of Principle of Less Eligibility into,357-358;application of Minority Report to,361-363Scottish National Committee to Promote the Break-up of the Poor Law,343Senior, Mr. Nassau,282Sick in 1834 Report,6-8,84,210;almost ignored in orders of Central Authority,82;asylum districts formed for,89,121,161,215;attendance on and nursing of,67,136,146,160,211-219,242-243,262;beer for,218;compulsory removal of, to workhouse,209-210;definition of,211;detention of,268;deterrence abandoned with regard to,217,261-263;dietary for,68-69,138,242;disfranchisement of,217,264;domiciliary treatment of,6-8,15-17,46-48,63,84-85,115-119,131,143,149-153,155,207-211,229,251-252;Mr. Goschen's proposed gratuitous treatment of,207-208,219,266;use of hospitals for,49,63;illustrated books for,218;institutional treatment of,47-49,56,62-63,67-69,71,85,116-123,133-134,136,138,146,150,160,207-208,211-219,236,242-243,258,261-263;separate institutions for,160,211-219,236,242,262-263;members of friendly societies,48;under Metropolitan Asylums Board,212-213,216,243;nursing of outdoor,210,264; out-relief to,6-8,15-17,46-48,63,84-85,115-119,131,143,149-153,155,207-211,229,251-252;Principle of Curative Treatment applied to,263-264;Principle of Less Eligibility not applicable to,3,117-118,121-122,212,215,261-263;Principle of National Uniformity not applied to,258;under Public Health Authorities,219-221;relief on loan to,143,251-252;statistics of,89,122,216;suggested free medical attendance for,207-208,219,266;tea for,218;treatment of, in cholera panic,116,119;in workhouses,47-49,56,62-63,67-69,71,85,116-123,133-134,136,138,146,150,160,207-208,211-219,236,242-243,258,261-263"Sixpenny Doctor,"118Smart, Professor W.,94n.Smith, Dr. E.,134n.,135n.,137,235n.,242n."Special Orders,"21-30,51,69Spencer, Mrs. F. H.,ixSprigge, Mr. S. Squire,117n.,132n.Stansfeld, Mr.,148,151,208Stevens, Mr.,37Stone-breaking or pounding as task,75,157,161,246Stoneyards,84,157-158"Sudden or urgent necessity,"13,29,37,42,60,214n.,252Sunday Schools, children sent to,191Surgical appliances,264Tea,69,139,238-240Test workhouse,159-164,170,243,270,358-359Tobacco,237-239Tools, provision of,25,144Torrens, Mr. W. T. M'Cullagh,94n.Town Councils, relief by,90,92-94,167Training ships,112Trollope, Sir John,129Tufnell, Mr. E. Carleton,45n.,108n.,264Underfed children. SeeChildrenUnemployed, the,90,92-96,98-99,148-172,164-169,250,257,261-262;in Scotland,356-361;how the Majority Report deals with,275-279,282,291;how the Minority Reportdeals with,306,317,358-360.SeeAble-bodiedUnemployed Workmen Act (1905),169,250,257-258,261,297,312-313,317;in Scotland,344Unions, list of,321-342Universal Provision, Principle of,263,266-272;in Majority Report,277;in Minority Report,298-299Unsound mind, persons of,49-50,62-63,80,123-127,133,138,143,146,188,221-228,242,268,270,279,297-299,312;in Scotland,354-355,362Vaccination,266-267Vagrancy, Departmental Committee on,174,312Vagrant Acts,14,34,77,81,89,184,244Vagrants,6,13-14,33-36,62,64,80,89,95-100,133,171-174,257,259,262,266-267,281,288,297,312;in 1834 Report,6,13-14,259;in Departmental Committee Report of 1904-1906,174,312;in Majority Report,281,288;in Minority Report,297;in Scotland,344;Acts as to,13-14,34,77,81-89,184,244;orders as to,36;


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