Poverty: A Study of Town Life (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Poverty: A Study of Town Life<br><br>The present edition is substantially the same as the first. A few additional questions have however been dealt with. In response to suggestions made to the writer information is given (pp. 375-383) regarding the probable effect of Old Age Pensions upon poverty in York.<br><br>On pp. 384-387 an Abstract Statement of the York City Accounts is given showing under a few main heads the sources of income and items of expenditure and the percentage which each of these bears to the total income and expenditure of the City.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.