Life and Labour of the People in London: Population classified by trades

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Charles Booth
Macmillan and Company, 1896

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Page 257 - The period of employment, exclusive of meal hours and absence from work, shall not exceed, for children, ten hours, for young persons, twelve hours, for women, fourteen hours, in any consecutive twenty-four hours ; nor a total for children of thirty hours, for young persons and women of sixty hours, in any one week, in addition to such overtime as may be allowed in the case of women.
Page 257 - A young person or woman in a non-textile factory and a young person in a workshop shall not be employed continuously for more than five hours without an interval of at least half an hour for a meal.
Page 179 - To form a body which shall be thoroughly representative of all grades of teachers, and shall be able to speak with knowledge and authority on all matters of education ; (2) to obtain for the whole body of teachers the status and authority of a learned profession ; (3) to enable teachers, by union and co-operation, to make a better provision for sickness and old age, and, by the same means, to do all such other lawful things as may conduce to their own welfare and the benefit of the public.
Page 315 - ... eight years older than herself, and there are four children, all boys. Murdock deserted his wife several times, and has been sent to prison for it. She in turn left him in 1877, and has been living with another man since. After this he was in Bromley House with the children. The two eldest were emigrated to Canada in 1880. The man's sister married Richard Bardsley, whose mother, a widow, is living at Bromley, and whose brother and brother's wife both had relief there.
Page 272 - But, dearest children, seeing that so greatly has the malice of men increased in these days - a thing to be deplored - that temporal punishment is held more in dread than clerical, and that which touches the body or the purse more than that which kills the soul, we do heartily entreat you, and, for the love of God and...
Page 79 - Of the thousand 23 achieved distinguished success. 66 „ considerable success. 507 „ fair success. 124 „ very limited success. 56 failed entirely. 96 left the profession. 87 died within 12 years of commencing practice.
Page 80 - Nothing appears more certain than that the personal character, the very nature, the will, of each student has far greater force in determining his career than any helps or hindrances whatever. All my recollections would lead me to tell that every student may draw from his daily life a very likely forecast of his life in practice ; for it will depend on himself a hundredfold more than on circumstances. The time and the place, the work to be done, and its responsibilities, will change ; but the man...
Page 314 - ... years his junior, came out of hospital, and was also admitted. The relieving officer makes a note that he does not know a more drunken, disreputable family than this one. He has seen the woman "beastly drunk" at all times of the day. From this time the old man remains in the house ; but the woman goes out several times, and when out was more than once seen in the streets in a drunken condition. She works sometimes at the lead-works, sleeping occasionally with her sons, at other times in various...
Page 259 - Acts; or (b) inmates of an institution conducted in good faith for religious or charitable purposes; or (c) members of the same family dwelling there, or in which not more than two persons dwelling elsewhere are employed.
Page 192 - The London City Mission." II. The object of this Institution is to extend the knowledge of the Gospel among the inhabitants of London and its vicinity (especially the poor), without any reference to denominational distinctions or the peculiarities of Church Government.

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