Inquiry into the educational and other conditions of a district in Ancoats : report of the committee, read at a meeting of the Society held November 15th, 1865 / by Henry Carne Oats.

  • Manchester Statistical Society (Manchester, England)
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[1865]
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Credit: Inquiry into the educational and other conditions of a district in Ancoats : report of the committee, read at a meeting of the Society held November 15th, 1865 / by Henry Carne Oats. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MANCHESTER STATISTICAL SOCIETY. Inquiry into the Educational and other Conditions of a District in Ancoats. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE, Read at a Meeting of the Society held November 15th, 1865, By Henry Carne Oats, LL.B., Honorary Secretary of the Committee. The Sub-Committee appointed by this Society in the course of last year, to carry out an Inquiry into the condition of the people in a district in the neighbourhood of Deansgate, having completed that work, recommended that a similar inquiry should be instituted in another of the more populous districts of Manchester. The Society, deeming it desirable that the recommendation of their Committee should be carried into effect, accordingly voted the necessary funds, and requested the gentlemen who had comprised the former Com- mittee to undertake the second Inquiry. Since the close of last Session, your Committee have completed their task, and now desire to lay their Report before the Society. The Inquiry was commenced June 26tb, and finished August 19tb. The district they have taken forms a part of one of the most densely-populated portions of Manchester; and though only a small part of an extensive district, is probably a fair specimen of the con- dition of the people in that neighbourhood. It is bounded by Great Ancoats-street, Union-street, New Islington, and Canal-street, and encloses an area of about 98,900 square yards, or 20G3 acres. Part of this area is covered by a portion of the Rochdale Canal, by fac- tories, and open yards, particularly at its north-western corner, and