The pauper farming system. A letter to the Right Hon. Lord John Russell ... on the condition of the pauper children of St. James, Westminster; as demonstrating the necessity of abolishing the farming system / by T.J. Pettigrew.

  • Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph, 1791-1865
Date:
1836
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Credit: The pauper farming system. A letter to the Right Hon. Lord John Russell ... on the condition of the pauper children of St. James, Westminster; as demonstrating the necessity of abolishing the farming system / by T.J. Pettigrew. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    My Lord, It will, no doubt, be in your Lordship's recollection, that on the 2d of March last, I addressed a letter to your Lordship to acquaint you with the condition of the Infant Paupers belonging to the Parish of St. James, Westminster, and at that time in the workhouse in Poland Street. That this com¬ munication made known to your Lordship the fact of their melancholy state and the ravages that disease had inflicted among them ;—that I was disposed to attribute this to the particular manner in which these children had been treated, and that notwithstanding the reports which had been made of the very sad condition of the health of the children, the Parochial Board had not taken those steps which the urgency of the case appeared to require, to put a check to the disorder with which they were affected, or adopt those measures which were calculated to arrest the progress of the fatality amongst them. It was not until the evening of the Jtl\, that I received any acknowledgment of the receipt of my communication, when I learnt by an official letter from Mr. Pliillipps, that the statement had been received and that your Lordship had “ made a com¬ munication to the Poor Law Commissioners on the subject, for the purpose of obtaining any information which they may have received.” Not having received any notice to attend the Commissioners, and having