CHAPTER III

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The Able-bodied--National Uniformity--Municipal Work for the Unemployed--Vagrants--Women--Children--The Sick--Persons of Unsound Mind--Defectives--The Aged and Infirm--Non-Residents--The Workhouse--Emigration--Relief on Loan--Co-operation with Voluntary Agencies--The Position in 1871.