Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. : Appendix Volume XXIX. Report from General Assembly's Committee on Church Interests, with appendix.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress.
Date:
1910
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    COUNTY OF BANFF-co?i<. Pabish of Keith. Population 6,828. 1. Little poverty except what is due to drunkenness. 2. Yes. 3. Drunkenness. Vague socialistic ideas of State in- tervention in the interests of the individual. Lack of sense of obligation in children towards parents in distress. 4. Parish Trusts. Coal Fund. Clothing Clubs. 5. Yes. b. Kirk Session. District visitors distribute clothing;. 7. No. 8. Parish relief is not too generous, but is supple- mented by charities. 9. No. 10. No. 11. No reply. Parish of Kikkmichael. Population 1,035. 1. Not much. 2 and 3. No replies. 4. Aid is given. 5. Yes. 6. Minister and Kirk Session. 7. No. 8. One or two cases. 9. No. 10. No reply. 11. Yes. Parish of Maunoch. Population 2,851. 1. Not more than in parishes with a large village to which poor go. 2. No. 3. Village attracts poor persons. 4. Church and private charity. 5. Yes. 6. Minister ard Kirk Session. 7. No. 8. No. 9. No. 10. No. 11. No reply. Parish of Mortlach. Population 3,426. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No reply. 4. Old-age Pensions, Cottage Hospital, Sick Nurse (all gifted to parish By a private donor). Cloth- ing Societies. Soup Kitchen. Church Charity. Gifts of coal. 5. Yes. 6. Kirk Session. 7. I do not think so. 8. I do not think so. 9. No. 10. No. 11. Local knowledge and co-operation. Parish of Ordiquhill. Population 642. 1. No. 2. No; it is decreasing. 3. No reply. 4. No ; assistance is usually given by neighbours. 5 and 6. No replies. 7. No. 8. No. 9. No. 10. No. 11. No reply. Parish or Bathven. Population 14,064. 1. No ; except in Buckie. 2. No reply. 3. Very much self induced. 4. Nurse. Several coal funds. Woman's Guild. 5. Yes. 6. Kirk Sessions, Ministers, and Woman's Guild. 7. Fair number of cases of reluctance to apply. Aged woman and a widow refuse through pride, but COUNTY OF BANFF-cow«. Parish of Rathven—cont. 8. No ; the relief given is above the average, 9. No. 10. No. 11. Ministers of Rathven and Seafield are Parish Councillors. Parish of Rothiemay. Population 1,252. 1. No ; painful destitution is rare. 2. No ; decreasing. 3. What might have been saved spent in drink. Breadwinners dying and leaving widows and families unprovided for. 4. Yes ; Kirk Session has funds for (aged) poor; also for sick and destitute. 5. Yes. 6. Minister and Elders. 7. I do not think so. 8. I do not think so. 9 and 10. No replies. 11. Most testators leaving money for poor have barred those in receipt of parochial relief. COUNTY OF BERWICK. Parish of Abbey St. Bathans. Population 213. 1. Almost none. 2 and' 3. No replies. 4. Kirk Session have small fund (poaching fines). 5. Yes. 6. Ministers. 7. No. 8. No. 9. No. 10. No. 11. No reply. Parish of Ayton. Population 1,629. 1. No. 2. No reply. 3. Death of bread winners among farm hands. Old 4. Dorcas society (undenominational). Money raised by Kirk Session and congregation at Christmas. (Legal poor included.) 5. Yes. 6. Kirk Session. 7. I believe there is no reluctance. Rather regarded as a right, even by those who have paid no rates. 8. I do not think there is any such distress. 9 and 10. Not of such a nature as to occasion abuse or call for special attention. 11. No reply. Parish of BrraniLE and Preston. Population 629. 1. No poverty. 2 and 3. No replies. 4. No special methods. Kirk Session occasionally give to a sick person. 5. Yes. 6. Kirk Session (occasional). 7. No. 8. No. 9. No. 10. No. 11. No reply. Parish of Channelkirk. Population 568. 1. No, one case. 2 and 3. No replies. 4. No; but Kirk Session at close of year give a little money and coal. 5. Yes. 6. Kirk Session. 7. None. Independent spirit is dying or dead. 8. Generally no. 9. No. 10. No.