The Vagrancy Problem.: The Case for Measures of Restraint for Tramps, Loafers, and Unemployables: With a Study of Continental Detention Colonies and Labour HousesDawson, William Harbutt
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The Vagrancy Problem.: The Case for Measures of Restraint for Tramps, Loafers, and Unemployables: With a Study of Continental Detention Colonies and Labour Houses
Dawson, William Harbutt
Poor laws; Poor laws -- Great Britain; Tramps; Unemployed
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| Males. | Females. | Total.
+--------+----------+--------
Vagabondage | 11 | -- | 11
Begging | 655 | 7 | 662
Homelessness | 567 | 61 | 628
_Souteneurs_ | 49 | 31 | 80
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Totals | 1,282 | 99 | 1,381
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The duration of the sentences awarded was as follows:--
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| Males. | Females. | Total.
+--------+----------+--------
Six months and under | 252 | 42 | 294
From six months to | | |
two years | 545 | 43 | 588
Two years | 485 | 14 | 499
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Totals | 1,282 | 99 | 1,381
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Of the 1,183 persons discharged during the year, 84 went to their own
homes, 921 had no homes to go to, 113 were handed to other judicial
authorities, 13 were removed to outside hospitals or lunatic asylums,
and 52 were removed to the infirmary after completing their sentences.
Of the persons newly admitted, 20 were twenty-one years of age or
under, 76 were between twenty-one and twenty-five years, 126 between
twenty-five and thirty years, 346 between thirty and forty years, 389
between forty and fifty years, 322 between fifty and sixty years, 91
between sixty and seventy years, and 11 seventy years and upwards.
The occupations of these 1,381 persons were as follows:--
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| Men. | Women. | Total.
+-------+--------+--------
Agriculture, forestry, | | |
gardening, hunting, | | |
fishing | -- | -- | --
Industry, mining, and | | |
building | 541 | 3 | 544
Trade and commerce | 122 | 3 | 125
Domestic service and | | |
casual labour | 618 | 93 | 711
No occupation or | | |
none stated | 1 | -- | 1
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