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The Now and Hereafter Poor:
A study in the administration of the Poor Law in Mitcham prior to 1834
Studies in Merton History 3: by E N Montague
This study was compiled in 1980 to satisfy the requirements of what was then the Extra-Mural Department of London University when the author was studying for a Diploma in Local History. Information that has come to light since the study was completed has been summarised in a Postscript on page 46.
Chapters cover - Practice in Mitcham till 1720; The Poor Law in Operation in the Eighteenth Century: (a) Apprenticeship, Settlement and Out-relief, (b) The Workhouse; The Parish Officers and the Poor Rate; Wartime Stresses; Post War Depression and Poor Law Reform
A private Act of Parliament, obtained in 1816 "For the better assessing and collecting the Poor and other Parochial Rates in the Parish of Mitcham, in the County of Surrey" is reproduced in the Appendix.
Extract from the Introduction
