Social work of the London churches : being some account of the Metropolitan Visiting and Relief Association, 1843-1937 / prepared under the direction of the Executive committe of the association and in co-operation with the London Association of Voluntary School Care Committee Workers, by J.C. Pringle.

  • Pringle, John Christian, 1872-1938.
Date:
1937
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Credit: Social work of the London churches : being some account of the Metropolitan Visiting and Relief Association, 1843-1937 / prepared under the direction of the Executive committe of the association and in co-operation with the London Association of Voluntary School Care Committee Workers, by J.C. Pringle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGE I Preface Chapter I THE PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: NEED FOR PAROCHIAL SERVICE TO MAKE THEM EFFEC¬ TIVE : AS SHOWN IN OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . 11 i. The Handicapped and the Social Problem Group . 16 ii. The Uncivilized . . . . . . .19 iii. The Call for More and Better Parochial Service for the Mothers . ...... 20 iv. Mothers Unmotherly ...... 24 v. The Mothers who Die in Childbirth . . .27 vi. The Toddler ....... 30 vii. The School Child . . . . . . 31 viii. The Adolescent . . . . . . *37 ix. The Unemployed . . . . . .41 Occupation Centres. Placing in Employment Vocational Guidance. Industrial Misfits. The Unemployment Assistance Board. x. Local Government and Parochial Service . . 57 xi. The Aged, the Widow, the Orphan, Savings, and Housing ....... 58 xii. The Sick: the Enigma of Medicine To-day . . 65 xiii. The Needy: the Enigma of the Poor Law . . 66 xiv. Misfortunes ....... 69 ‘The Backward Child’. The Mentally Deficient. The Epileptic. The Cripple and the Invalid. Workmen’s Compensation. The Blind. The Deaf and Deafened. The Mentally Afflicted. The Delinquent.