asylums for,14,35;casual wards for,64,133,259;classification of,62,64;detention of,14,35,88,95-96,100,172-174,257-259,267;dietary for,36,98-99;discrimination, policy of,95-99,172,174,259;labour colonies for,171;Principle of Curative Treatment not applied to,266;Principle of Less Eligibility adhered to,172,257,259,266;Principle of National Uniformity aimed at,257,259;task of work for,14,33,35,95-96,99,172-173,257,259.See alsoCasual WardsVestries,10,12; Metropolitan,166,168,213Vestry of Liverpool,112,120,146,237Villiers, Mr. C. P.,134n.,140,142Visiting Committee. SeeCommittee, VisitingVoluntary Agencies, sphere of; co-operation of,144-146,255;proper sphere of,307-311----Aid Committee in Majority Report,281;purpose of,282Wakley, Mr. Thomas,117,132Watts, Dr. John,94n.Weekly, Mr. John,188n."Weighting the alternatives,"318Wethered, Mr.,234n.Widows,6-7,12,15-16,23,36-38,40,42,79,85,101-104,115,130,149,153,176-179,183,207,229,241;in 1834 Report,6-7,36;with illegitimate children,37,115;statistics as to,103,176-179Wilson, Miss,120n.Wives,6-7,12,15,36-42,83,89,101,143,175-178;of absentee husbands,6-7,15,36,40-42,89,101,175-176;accompanying husbands,6,36,39,41,83,178;deserted,6-7,12,15,40,175-176;of prisoners,176-178;of soldiers and sailors,6-7,15,36,41-42,176,178;test work for,39-40Wodehouse, Mr.,103,148Women,6-7,9,15-16,23-24,27,29,30-31,36-43,64-65,67,74,76,79,83-85,89-91,100-104,134,136,138,143,149,152,154,162,174-179,196,254,257,258,261;in 1834 Report,6-7,9;whether ever "able-bodied,"3,6,23-24,27,30,36,83;dietary for,138;discrimination as to character among,27,42,64-65,76,134,136,258;oakum-picking for,162,164;and Principle of Less Eligibility,261;statistics as to,100-101,178-179;rate in aid of wages to,37-38,42,100-102,254;task of work for,31,42,162,164,178;in the workhouse,6,9,43,64-65,67,74,76,79,134,136,196.See alsoWivesandWidowsWorkhouse, the, in 1834 Report,5-19;under the Poor Law Commissioners,21-87;under the Poor Law Board,95-146;under the Local Government Board,152-240;able-bodied in,5,83-85,128,235,242;admission to,60-61,71,80,247;aged in,5,9,83,219,222,235,237,240-242,258;alcohol in,19,68,218;children in,5,7,83,106,113,181,222,236,258;detention in,19,80,82,164,209-210,268,244-245,276,289-292;dietary of,67-70,137-139,171,237,240,242,245-246,248-249;punishments in,19,76,82;religion in,19,77-79,82;sick in,8,62,116,118-119,122,134,136-137,209-210,216,219,222,235,242,245,277;smoking in,74;statistics as to,45,132,140,235,242;vagrants in,95-97----system, the,11,256,261,271----test, the,33-34,52-53,132,150,154-156,158-159,165,258;modified,158-159,170-171Workmen's Compensation Act (1900),177n.