Metropolitan workhouses and their inmates.

Date:
1857
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Metropolitan workhouses and their inmates. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    not of the public, of many persons, and all the words which have been spoken upon this sub¬ ject do not seem to have been in vain. We are beginning to see that it is one worthy of our attention and care; and not only is the condi¬ tion of the inmates of our Workhouses con¬ tinually spoken of, but it has even been thought sufficiently important to occupy the attention of Parliament, the subject having been brought before the House of Commons by Lord Paynham on the 25th of June.* Had it not been so late in the Session, there is little doubt that it would have excited very con¬ siderable interest, but, under these circum¬ stances, the consideration of the subject was postponed till the next Session. There were but two amongst the speakers who did not agree in the necessity of an inquiry into the subject, and some from their own personal experience spoke of the harshness with which the law is administered. And whilst I write this, I see another proof of the progress this cause is making. A proposal has just been made (originating, it * See Appendix, p. 66.