A scheme for the better relief and employment of the poor ; humbly submitted to the consideration of His Majesty and two Houses of Parliament / By a Member of Parliament [i.e. Thomas Gilbert].

  • Gilbert, Thomas, 1720-1789.
Date:
[1764]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A scheme for the better relief and employment of the poor ; humbly submitted to the consideration of His Majesty and two Houses of Parliament / By a Member of Parliament [i.e. Thomas Gilbert]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Juftices, for their Contribution to the Expences of that Diftrict. -v OBSERVATIONS Concerning fome preparatory Steps which appear necejjary for the Con/ideration of this Scheme the next Sejjions of Parliament* To have Plans of every County in England and Wales, deferibing every Parifh and Town- Imp which maintains its own Poor, and alfo every extraparochial Place. An accurate Survey by Admeafurement would be too tedious and expenfive, but if done by cccular Survey and deferibed in a Map by a Scale of a Mile in an Inch, as near* as it can be conveniently done, fuch Maps might foon be procured at a moderate Ex¬ pence. If in large Counties a Perfon was to be employed in each Hundred, and afterwards all the Hundreds to be united by one Hand, it would facilitate the Bufinefs. Every Perfon employed in this Work might at the fame time collect from the Parifh Officers an Account of the Number of Poor, and of the Money paid for their Ule, within every Pariffi, Townfhip or Place in each of the Four lad Years, and alfo an Account as near as conveniently can be had, of the whole Number of Inhabitants in every fuch Pariffi,