| Description |
1 online resource (332 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
Frontcover; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Conventions, Note on currency; Introduction; I. Context; 1 Governance, Economy, Society; 2 Poverty; II. Welfare; 3 Beginnings of Parochial Poor Relief; 4 Outdoor Relief, Mid-Eighteenth to Mid-Twentieth Centuries; 5 Self-Help and Voluntary Charity; III. Town Hospital; 6 Overview; 7 Infirmary and Lunatic Asylum; 8 People; 9 Daily Life; IV. Twentieth Century and Beyond; 10 From Parishes to States; Conclusion; Appendices; 1. Writings on Peasant Proprietorship in Guernsey |
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2. Poor Rates, Indoor and Outdoor Relief Spending, St Peter Port, 1724-19243. 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 |
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8. Over-60s as a Proportion of all Inmates, and Composition by Sex of Over-60s Cohort, Town Hospital, 1756-19119. Average Weekly Amounts Purchased per Head, Town Hospital, 1760-1917; 10. Timeline: Developments in Poor Relief and Social Security, 1700-2010; Bibliography; Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Poverty -- history.
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Almshouses -- history.
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Delivery of Health Care -- history.
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History, Early Modern 1451-1600.
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History, Modern 1601-.
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Public Assistance -- history.
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Social Conditions -- history.
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Social Welfare -- history.
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Poor -- Services for -- Guernsey -- History
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Public welfare -- Guernsey -- History
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Workhouses -- Guernsey -- Saint Peter Port -- History
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Aide sociale -- Grande-Bretagne -- Guernesey (GB) -- Histoire.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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Pauvres -- Protection, assistance, etc. -- Grande-Bretagne -- Guernesey (GB) -- Histoire.
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Poor -- Services for.
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Public welfare.
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Workhouses.
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Guernsey. |
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Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies -- Guernsey.
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Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies -- Saint Peter Port (Guernsey)
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1782046135 |
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9781782046134 |
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