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

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Hanway, Jonas
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London sold by J. and F. Rivington, in Saint Paul's Church-Yard, and other booksellers 1772, MDCCLXXII. [1772]
Subjects:	Bridewell Royal Hospital / Administration Bridewell Royal Hospital (witley, England) / Administration Marine Society (london, England) / Rules And Practice Charities / Great Britain Poor / Great Britain Great Britain / Social Conditions / 18th Century
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/0126903900?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa