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352 OPEN COUNCIL.
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¦ ««»~ To The Editors Of The English Wom...
612 , To enable persons whose time is much , occupied by professions or other works active duties of charity , as well under as fixed those regulations who have more . leisure , to co-operate in ei 1
satisfactory Those persons recommendation only will s , be or admitted are ascertaine for relief d to be who fit objects bring , with on careful them means unless inquiry of upon by ascertaining the satisfactory council or its recommendation officers real merits of the such institution from as the persons . parochial No who case clergy have is entertained had district the
visitorsmedical menand officers of , public institutions ; or else , upon the personal , investigation , of some of the members of this association . snch temporal " The offices relief assistance of personal given , accompanied will kindness consist advice with of food sp and iritual and instruction lod counsel ging , and and as each other comfort , individual needful , and
, , , case may require . " able The person report s in goes London on to , - say whom ; " temporary There are aid very , such many as is distressed afforded " throug but resp h e this
cthouse along , with rescue the s from relief impending of their temp and oral irretrievable necessities , pauperism useful advice ; and , moral to whom and want religious of such instruction temporary , and aid the consolations are known of reli to g > ion fall , can from be afforded a respectable . For
the position workhouse to one . of At hopeless the same misery many time , with it is oftentimes hoped , that no in prospect thus lifting of relief up and but usefulness relieving the for deserving many who poor , from , there their would occupations be found , or an other acceptable causes sp , here cannot of
own seek command out proper of objects so effectuall of ch y ar supp ity for lying themselves their wants , or . have no means at their management officiating ci To carry both is out confide as these warden d views to an , and elected the House chap warden lain of ; Charity and in the council was former establi , the capacity shed same , and person being its
responsible for the ordinary government of the house , and in the latter for other the sp business iritual instruction the council of the meet inm once ates a . we For ek , on the Fridays admission at _& ve of p inm . m . ate ; urgent s and '
who causes cases are are of fo distress und dealt , to with be and proper the by prospects the obj warden ects of are the in admitted app the licants interim ; their are . considered The time character is , ordinaril and those and y the rules drthe usual term of
residence limited to has one been month restricted , ( since to a fortnig were ht , ) but awn in sp up ecial , cases requiring it , aid prevent their which term their may the dependin be warden prolonged g on and the . council Care house is , can taken at the command to same rouse time their is that afforded own " all energ . necessary ies All and are
expected lwith , according the rules to their the infraction capacity , of to share which in is the punished wprk of with the house dismissal , and .
comp The inmates y at all proper , times , have leave to go in search of employment , and such of , the children as are fit for it , are sent to the adjacent parish
schools . " Attention is called to the following , from the rules for the reception of inmates : — be admitted unless the rinted
( ( 4 1 . . ) ) and form That That effectuall of no no recommendation case persons " relieved be admitted by be , the except properl , Poor whose provisionall Law y fille case authorities d would up . y , be of more their properl j _> y -
tive parishes , y ' or whose admission may appear likely to entail respec any ( 5 ) burden That all on sick the and pari diseased sh of St . persons Anne ' s , previous Soho . to admission be seen
. by a medical associate , who will report on their cases to the council "
In addition to the . above-mentioned class of cases , it has been proposed to for anotherviz
make " Aged some or provision infirm persons who can Ib y themselves or their friends contribute
352 Open Council.
352 OPEN COUNCIL .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1860, page 352, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011860/page/64/
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