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Mary Higgs. Glimpses into the Abyss
Glimpses into the Abyss
Table of Contents
APPENDICES
CHAPTER I
VAGRANCY
INTRODUCTION
I. VAGRANCY AS AN UNDERLYING SOCIAL FACTOR
II. VAGRANCY FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
III. SPECIAL LEGISLATION FOR VAGRANCY
IV. EXAMINATION OF VAGRANCY AS IT EXISTS AT PRESENT
Statistics of Investigation
V. FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS (PERSONAL)
Prison Dietary—Lowest Scale
Legal Dietary for Casual Paupers
VI. TRAMP WARD. FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS
Extracts from a Correspondence with a Working Man
Second Letter
Third Letter
Fourth Letter
Fifth Letter
VII. THE COMMON LODGING-HOUSE
VIII. SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION
IX. VAGRANCY LEGISLATION IN OTHER COUNTRIES
X. TENTATIVE ATTEMPTS IN ENGLAND
XI. REFORMS HAVING REFERENCE TO VAGRANCY
XII. CONCLUSION
CHAPTER II
FIVE DAYS AND FIVE NIGHTS AS A TRAMP AMONG TRAMPS.[82]
I. A Night in a Municipal Lodging-house
II. A Night in a Common Lodging-house
III. A First Night in the Workhouse Tramp Ward
IV. A Second Night in the Workhouse Tramp Ward
V. A Night in a Woman's Shelter
CHAPTER III
A NORTHERN TRAMP WARD.[85]
CHAPTER IV
A NIGHT IN A SALVATION ARMY SHELTER
CHAPTER V
THREE NIGHTS IN WOMEN'S LODGING-HOUSES
I. The First Night
II. The Second Night
III. The Third Night
CHAPTER VI
COMMON LODGING-HOUSE LIFE
I. In a Northern Town
II. In a Northern City
CHAPTER VII
LONDON INVESTIGATIONS
I. London Lodgings
II. In a London Tramp Ward.[139]
Note
CHAPTER VIII
A SYMPOSIUM IN A COMMON LODGING-HOUSE
I
II
CHAPTER IX
VAGRANCY AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
APPENDIX I
TRANSFER OF CASUALS TO POLICE SUPERVISION
APPENDIX II
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF VAGRANCY COMMITTEE
Casual Wards
Assistance to Work-seekers
Vagrancy Offences
Labour Colonies for Habitual Vagrants
Economy in Buildings
Common Lodging-Houses (outside London)
Regulation of Shelters and Free Food Distributions
Spread of Disease by Vagrants
Sleeping Out
Pedlars
Women
Children
APPENDIX III
LABOUR COLONIES.[160]
Recommendations of the Vagrancy Committee
APPENDIX IV
WOMEN
Extract from Report of Vagrancy Committee, pp. 111–112
APPENDIX V
EVILS OF SHORT SENTENCES
APPENDIX VI
PREFACE, BY CANON HICKS, OF SALFORD, TO "FIVE DAYS AND NIGHTS IN A TRAMP WARD."
APPENDIX VII
IMMORALITY AS CAUSED BY DESTITUTION AMONG WOMEN
APPENDIX VIII
COMMON LODGING-HOUSES VERSUS SHELTERS
INDEX
How to deal
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By MARY HIGGS,
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