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Reference Numberb496.5 BA9360/A19/Box 3/2
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/13/1/1
TitleAbstract of Expenses of Maintenance of the Poor
DescriptionAbstract of the Answers and Returns Made pursuant to an Act, passed in the 43rd Year of His Majesty King George III, Intituled 'An Act for procuring Returns relative to the Expence and Maintenance of the Poor in England". Organised by English county and then parish. Gives total money raised by rates for 1803; comparisons with money raised in the 1770s - 1780s; amount of rates; total money expended on maintenance, removal, relief and employment of the poor, broken down into catagories; total expenditure by the parish or place; income generated from the poors' labour; number of people relieved; numbers of aged, disabled or infirm paupers; and the numbers of friendly societies in the area. With observations.
Date1804
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