Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. : Appendix Volume XXI. Report to the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress on an inquiry in certain unions into cases of refusal of out=relief / By Miss G. Harlock.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress.
Date:
1910
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Credit: Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. : Appendix Volume XXI. Report to the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress on an inquiry in certain unions into cases of refusal of out=relief / By Miss G. Harlock. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Relieving Officeb's Report. Name of Applicant and Dependent Children. Age. Address. Occupation. Income of Self or Family. Character. Why was House not accepted 1 Remarks. S. H. - - 80 Widow Housework Uncertain Not satis- factory. Lives with daughter, Eleanor Carr, who does wash- ing, etc., and with grandson who goes out hawk- ing. No. 5.—A. L. Gone to the workhouse. Relieving Officer's Report. Name of Applicant and Dependent Children. Age. Address. Occupation. Income of Self or Family. Character. Why was House not accepted 1 Remarks. A L. - 52 Widow Gharing Uncertain Altogether unsatis- factory, morally, (i'c, Had two illegitimate children. Left the Shelter ; whereabouts, uncertain. No. 6.—Mrs. M. O'H. Gone to the workhouse. Relievtng Officer's Report. Name of Applicant and Dependent Children. Age. Address. Occupation. Income of Self or Family. Character. Why was House not accepted 1 Remarks. M. O'H. 68 Widow Housework Daughter, M. A. E., a deserted woman, had two illegiti- mate children Goes out as a servant, income uncertain. Not satis- factory. House otiered several times. Now IN Receipt of Out-relief. There are eight cases under this heading :— 7. —J. B. (62). 11.—M. G. (77). 8. —A. B. (71). 12.—M. F. H. (61). 9. —R. C. (73). 13.—M. M. (56). 10.—M. C. (66). 14.—H. M. (51). No. 7.—J. B. Income, . Rent, . Two persons. J. B. (62) is out of work. He looks as if he had been very unsteady, and remarked that he knew he liad not always been just as he should, but that he meant to do better if only he could get some work. He talked extremely indistinctly, so that it was difficult to follow the thread of what he had to say. This took the form of a bitter tirade against children not being allowed to work before they were fourteen. He started work when he was seven and earned 3s. 6d. per week, and was all the better for doing it. Then he greatly objected to children being turned into soldiers when they ought to be book-learning—young men being put on to sweep the roads, which was work he could do—and aliens being allowed to land at our seaports.