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
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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London
sold by J. and F. Rivington, in Saint Paul's Church-Yard, and other booksellers
1772, MDCCLXXII. [1772]
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Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Item Description: | Braces in title. - English Short Title Catalog, N10124. - Price from imprint: price Two Shillings. - Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library |
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Physical Description: | Online-Ressource ([4],88p) 8° |