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The complete parish-officer; containing, I. The authority and duty of high constables, Petty Constables, Headboroughs, and Tithingmen, in every Branch of their Duties, pursuant to Acts of Parliament: With the High Constables Precepts, Presentments, Warrants, &c. II. Of Churchwardens; how cho-chosen; their Business in repairing of Churches, &c. and assigning of Seats; the Manner of possing their Accounts, and the Laws concerning the Church in all Cases; and an Abstract of all the Acts for building Churches in London and Westminster. Also of Sidesmen, and their Duty; and Vostrymen, &c. III. Of Overseers of the Poor, and their Office; their Power in relieving, employing, and settling, &c. of poor Persons; the Laws relating to the Poor, and Settlements, and the Statutes concerning Masters and Servants. IV. Of Surveyors of the Highways, and Scavengers; how elected; their Business in amending the Ways, &c and the Duty of others, with the Methods of Taxation, and Laws of the Highways. V. Of watchmen, their Original and Power. Together with the new Statutes relating to Hackney Coaches and Chairs, Watermen, &c. The sixteenth edition, revised and corrected, with numerous additions; particularly the Abstracts of all the Acts of Parliament for building and repairing Churches; maintaining the Poor; providing a Watch; paving, cleansing, enlightening, and adorning the several Squares, Streets, and Places within the respective Parishes of England, to the 11th Year of K. George III. inclusive, not to be met with in any other Book of the Law hitherto published. To which is added, The office of constables, written by Sir Francis Bacon, Knt. in the Year 1610, declaring what Power they have, and how they ought to be cherished in their Office.
Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744.Date: 1772- Pictures
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Groups of people with different trades and professions making demands for more pay and better working conditions. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 31941i- Books
Darwin's unfinished symphony : how culture made the human mind / Kevin N. Laland.
Laland, Kevin N.Date: [2017]- Pictures
A man collecting human faeces to be used as manure: with a wooden barrel on his back, carrying a scoop and a lantern. Watercolour by Zhou Pei Qun, ca. 1890.
Zhou, Pei Qun, active approximately 1890.Date: 1890Reference: 571517i- Books
West Riding of Yorkshire sanitary lectures, 1901.
Date: [1901]- Books
Lesser beasts : a snout-to-tail history of the humble pig / Mark Essig.
Essig, Mark, 1969-Date: [2015]- Books
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The theory and practice of hygiene (Notter and Firth). : Revised and largely re-written / by R.H. Firth.
Notter, J. L. (James Lane), 1843-1923.Date: 1908- Books
The last human : a guide to twenty-two species of extinct humans / created by G.J. Sawyer and Viktor Deak ; text by Esteban Sarmiento, G.J. Sawyer, Richard Milner ; with contributions by Donald C. Johanson, Meave Leakey and Ian Tattersall.
Sawyer, G. J. (Gary J.)Date: [2007]- Books
The work of the dead : a cultural history of mortal remains / Thomas W. Laqueur.
Laqueur, Thomas WalterDate: [2015]