A scheme for the better relief and employment of the poor ; humbly submitted to the consideration of His Majesty and two Houses of Parliament / By a Member of Parliament [i.e. Thomas Gilbert].

  • Gilbert, Thomas, 1720-1789.
Date:
[1764]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A scheme for the better relief and employment of the poor ; humbly submitted to the consideration of His Majesty and two Houses of Parliament / By a Member of Parliament [i.e. Thomas Gilbert]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [6] ently may be, to the Number of Poor with¬ in the Diftrid; to be ufed for the following Purpofes: As a Hofpital for the Reception and Main¬ tenance of inch aged, fick or infirm Perfons and young Children as are not able to work. As a Work-houfe for the Reception, Main¬ tenance and Employment of fuch poor Per¬ fons as are able to work. And as a Houfe of Correction for the punching and keeping to hard Labour fuch poor, idle, vagrant and diforderly Perfons, who being able, fhall refufe to Work, or ©therwife mifbehave themfelves. To be called, The House of Industry. That the Directors do caufe the Buildings to be furnifhed in a manner fuitable to the Occafion, and provide a convenient Stock of Hemp, Flax, Wool, Cotton, Thread, Iron, Stone, Wood, Leather, or other Materials, as they fhall judge moft proper, for the Em¬ ployment of the Poor to be received there. That the Money for fuch Purchafes, and for tlie erecting, furnifliing and flocking the Buildings, be borrowed by the Directors, and fecured with Intereft by Affignrnent of the Poors Rates within each Diflrict. The Affignrnent to be made by not lefs than Nine Directors under the common Seal of the Corporation, in a fhort Form to be in¬ ferred in the Act, without Stamps; the Ex- pences of each Affignment not to exceed T wo