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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	LS/339.46
Title	The state of the poor; or, an history of the labouring classes in England, from the conquests to the present period. In which are particularly considered, their domestic economy, with respect to diet, dress, fuel, and habitation; and the various plans which, from time to time, have been proposed, and adopted, for the relief of the poor: together with parochial reports relative to the administration of work-houses, and houses of industry; the state of friendly societies; and other public institutions ... / With a large appendix containing a comparative and chronological table of the prices of labour, of provisions, and of other commodities ... an account of the poor in Scotland, etc: volume II.
Date	1966
Publication Date	1966
Author	Eden, Frederic Morton, Sir
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Abstract	Sir Frederick Morton Eden (1766–1809) was an English writer and a pioneer social researcher. Eden studied at Christ Church, Oxford, and subsequently worked in banking and insurance, inheriting a baronetcy from his father, who had been the governor of the American province of Maryland, in 1784. Arguing that poverty could not be tackled without knowing what it actually meant to be poor, this innovative three-volume work is an attempt to define what poverty meant in concrete terms. It is packed with data from across England, divided by county, and covering factors such as food prices, wages, diet and mortality rates. It begins with an explanation of the methods of data collection used, and outlines the various measures taken against poverty in different periods. Volume 2 presents the first set of reports on living conditions of the poor in the various English counties, sorted alphabetically, from Bedfordshire to Suffolk.
Further Information	Facsimile of the 1797 edition.
Term	Poor
	Poor Law
	Poverty
	Workhouses
	Diet

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Chesterfield
Derby
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