Observations on the causes of the dissoluteness which reigns among the lower classes of the people : the propensity of some to petty larceny: and the danger of gaming, concubinage, and an excessive fondness for amusement in high life, &c. Also an account of the humanity and policy of the Marine Society, now solliciting an Incorporation-The State of the London Workhouse, and the Usefulness and Piety of the Magdalen Hospital, &c. With a proposal for new regulating of Bridewell, in order to render it of important Service to the Police of London. Likewise a plan for preventing the extrordinary mortality of the children of the labouring Poor in London and Westminster. In three letters to a governor of Bridewell, Bethlem, Christ-Church, &c. By Jonas Hanway, Esq;.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor--Great Britain.

Poor.

Charities--Great Britain.

Charities.

Great Britain--Social conditions--18th century.

Great Britain.

Bridewell Royal Hospital--Administration.

Bridewell Royal Hospital.

Marine Society (London, England)--Rules and practice.

Marine Society (London, England).

Bridewell Royal Hospital (Witley, England)--Administration.

Bridewell Royal Hospital (Witley, England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([4],88p. )

Other Title:

Observations on the causes of the dissoluteness which reigns among the lower classes of the people

Place of Publication:

London : sold by J. and F. Rivington, in Saint Paul's Church-Yard, and other booksellers, MDCCLXXII. [1772]

Notes:

Braces in title.

Price from imprint: price Two Shillings.

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N10124.

OCLC:

642106386