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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    .HEADS 4 PROPOSED For an AEl of Parliament for the bet ter Government, Maintenance and Employment of the Poor in the feve- ral Counties in England and Wales, and for repealing the prefent Laws relating thereto, and for reducing the : whole into o?te AEl. T^HAT every County (hall be divided . into convenient Diftri&s, each Dif- tridl to comprehend a Number of Parishes and extraparochial Places, which lie conti¬ guous to each other* . OBSERVATION* \The prejent Parochial Diftriffs are generally found too [mailfor the Purpofes of employing the Poor, and putting them under fuch Government and Regulation as may be necefjary• B Counties