Browsing Archive JSSISI: 1847- Complete Collection by Author "Jordan, Thomas"

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    • The decrease of pauperism, how far the work of the poor. 

      Jordan, Thomas (Dublin Statistical Society, 1857)
      That pauperism by which we mean the amount of the poor supported by the state ? has decreased in this kingdom within the last few years, admits of no doubt. Since the year 1850, the returns of the poor law expenditure ...

    • Effects of emigration; can it be made a means of relieving distress? 

      Jordan, Thomas (Dublin Statistical Society, 1856)
      Many, for instance, we all know, are now occasionally assisted in our towns by benevolent individuals or associations. How much more effective might not this relief be, if instead of being given in small sums, it were ...

    • The present state of the dwellings of the poor, chiefly in Dublin 

      Jordan, Thomas (Dublin Statistical Society, 1857)
      FOR the last few years considerable attention has been given to the condition of the working classes. One of the most obvious tests of that condition is the state of their dwellings, and as I have daily opportunities ...