Format:
332 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
,
24 cm
ISBN:
1783270403
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9781783270408
Content:
Governance, economy, society -- Poverty -- Beginnings of parochial poor relief -- Outdoor relief, mid-eighteenth to mid-twentieth centuries -- Self-help and voluntary charity -- Overview -- Infirmary and lunatic asylum -- People -- Daily life -- From parishes to states -- Appendices: 1. Writings on peasant proprietorship in Guernsey -- 2. Poor rates, indoor and outdoor relief spending, St Peter Port, 1724-1924 -- 3. Parochial poor relief in other channel islands -- 4. Average year-end head-counts and average annual admissions and discharges, town hospital, 1700s-1900s -- 5. Adult admissions ascribed to illness and accidents, town hospital, 1852-1919 -- 6. Relative proportions of men and women in year-end head-counts and annual admissions, town hospital, 1750-1919 -- 7. Annual averages of child admissions and year-end numbers, town hospital, 1756-1919 -- 8. Over-60s as a proportion of all inmates, and composition by sex of over-60s cohort, town hospital, 1756-1911 -- 9. Average weekly amounts purchased per head, town hospital, 1760-1917 -- 10. Timeline: developments in poor relief and social security, 1700-2010
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Keywords:
Guernsey
;
Armut
;
Soziale Wohlfahrt
;
Armenhaus
;
Lebensbedingungen
;
Fürsorge
;
Geschichte 1560-2015
