Browsing Archive JSSISI: 1847- Complete Collection by Subject "Welfare"
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A common poor fund for the metropolis
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1881)The Charity Organisation Committee of this Society, in their report in 1876, drew attention to the London system of having a common poor fund for the metropolitan unions, and suggested the desirability of extending this ... -
On the relation between the material welfare and moral training of the industrious classes
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1851)We live in an age of industrial progress; improvements and inventions in the different arts and sciences, have furnished unprecedented facilities for the production of luxuries and comforts of every kind. Yet side by ... -
Second tier child income support: the case for innovation
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2008)Total and per child spending on child income supports are at high levels, and so are child poverty and the proportion of children being reared in jobless households. While the role of child income supports in alleviating ... -
Some statistics and researches on the Poor Removal question, with special reference to the removal of persons of Irish birth from Scotland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)In the course of some researches upon the ages of persons of Irish birth in England and Scotland, I arrived at some figures which place in a strong point of view the very large proportion of persons liable to be affected ... -
Statistics of poor relief in England and Wales for the year 1851, compiled from the fourth annual report of the Poor Law Board
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1853)The expenditure for the relief of the poor in England and Wales during the year ended Lady-day, 1851, amounted to #4,962,704, being a decrease of #432,318, or 8 per cent, as compared with the expenditure of the preceding ... -
Well-being under conditions of abundance: Ireland from 1990-2007
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2009)This paper examines the health and well-being of the Irish population in the late 20th century, the period popularly referred to as the Celtic Tiger. This period saw unprecedented increases in economic activity in Ireland. ...