Able-bodied paupers: Outdoor relief to,
xxviii; employment of, as superinten-
dents or nurses, xxxi.

Adequate charity, Necessity for, vii.
Administratrix, Married woman may
be, lxii.

Adultery of wife in reference to hus-

band's obligation to maintain her,
lxiv.

Adults, Limits on working hours of,
lxxxv.

Afflicted children, see Children.'
Africans, Applications from, see
'Foreigners.'
After-care of cases, xv.

Aged, Relief of the, see 'Pensions.'
Allowances to discharged prisoners,
xlii.

Almoner, well educated and instructed,
a sine quâ non, viii.

Almoners should accept common princi-
ples of discrimination, xi.

Alms, What to do when asked in the
streets for, xliii.

Almsgiving and religious teaching
should be separated, xiv.
Ambulance Stations, cxiii.
Analysts, Public, cxxxiv.
Annuities, Government, clix.
Appendix, clxxiii.

Applicants, Individual treatment of,
necessary, viii.

Apprentices: Qualifications and liability
of masters of pauper, lxxii; super-
vision of pauper, lxxii.
Apprenticeship by Guardians, lxxi.
Army: see Reserve,' 'Soldiers.'
Artisans' dwellings: Acts, cxl, cxli, cxlii;
legislation as to, cxl, cxlii; replacement
of persons displaced by clearance of
sites for, cxlii, cxliii; Royal Com-
mission on (see 'Royal Commission';
see also Dwellings').
Artisans, Act for establishing lodging-
houses for, cxl, cxliii, cxliv.
Ashpits, Vestries to cleanse, cxxxiii.

Baby farming, Prevention of, lxxiv.
Baths (Public), Vestries and District
Boards to provide, cxxii.

Beggars and vagabonds: Law regarding,

xlv; inadvisability of giving money
to, in the streets, xliii; in common
lodging-houses may be reported to
police, cxxxix.

Begging, Law regarding, xlv.
Begging-letter writers, xlvi; necessity
for inquiry as to, xlvi.

Benefit Societies, see 'Friendly
Societies.'

Bigamy not committed by marrying

again if husband or wife absent seven
years, lxiv.
Blind: Assistance of children by
Guardians need not pauperise, cii;
education of, lxviii, ci, ciii; children,
Guardians may educate, lxviii;
powers of Guardians as to, lxxxi, lxviii,
cii; provision by School Board for,
ciii; report of Royal Commission on,
ci, ciii; responsibilities of parents
and children, cii; statistics as to, ci.

Blindness, Prevention of, ci.
Board of Works, see District,' also
'Metropolitan.'

Boards of Guardians: apprenticing
children, lxxi; apprenticing to sea
service, lxxii; boarding-out pauper
children, lxviii; candidate for elec-
tion to, need not be resident or an
occupier, xxiii; conditions of appren-
ticeship by, lxxi; dates for nomina-
tions to be sent in, xxiv; election of,
voters must be owners or ratepayers,
xxi; functions of, xviii, xix; im-
portance of co-operation with the
charitable, xx; importance of election
of, xxi; liability of masters of ap-
prentices and servants placed out by,
Ixxii; Local Government Board may
nominate to, xxiv; officer of qualified
corporation or company may vote at
election of, xxii; owner may vote by
proxy at election of, xxii; paying for
children at day industrial schools, c;
paying for clothing for child's attend-
ance at school, lxxxi; paying school
fees, lxxiii, lxxxi; powers and duties
of, as to lunatics, cvii; powers of, as to
blind and deaf and dumb, lxviii, lxxxi,
cii; powers of, as to emigration, lviii ;
powers of, in educating orphan or
deserted children, lxviii; providing
training ships, lxviii; qualification
for candidate for election to, xxiii;
scale of votes at elections of, xxiii;
sending children to industrial school,
lxvii; sending children to voluntary
schools, lxviii; subscribing to hos-
pitals or associations for nurses, cxviii;
subscribing to institutions aiding ad-
ministration of relief of poor, lxxxiii,
ciii, cxviii, clv; subscribing to institu-
tions aiding boys or girls in service,
lxxiii; subscribing to institutions for
infirm, lxxxi, clv; to promote vacci-
nation and prevent spread of small-
pox, cxx; treatment of idiots or imbe-
ciles by, cxi; visiting pauper lunatics,
cix; voting of ratepayers at elections
of, xxii (see also 'Guardians').
Boarding-out: Advantages and disad-
vantages of, lxx; by Guardians, chil-
dren eligible for, lxviii; by Guardians,
conditions of, lxviii; Committees, con-
stitution of, lxix; of pauper children,
lxviii; sum payable by Guardians
for, lxix.

Booth, Investigation by Mr. Charles,
liv.

Borrowing, see 'Loans,' also 'Pawn-
brokers.'

Builders, Penalties of, for not complying
with Act, cxxxix.

Building Acts, cxxxi, cxxxii; import-
ance of enforcement. cxxxii.
Buildings: (see also, Artisans' Dwell-
ings,' &c.) operations, London County
Council supervise, cxxxix; regulations
as to, cxxxix; that obstruct ventila-
tion, &c., may be removed by Vestry,
cxli.

Burial grounds, Vestries and District
Boards to provide, cxxii.

Burke's definition of poor and indi-
gent, v.

Canada: Emigration of

pauper children
to, see Emigration.'
Cases: After-care of, xv; individual
treatment of, necessary, vii; of
urgency, care necessary in dealing
with, xi.

Casual poor, xlii; labour, v.
Casuals: Discharge of, xliv; disorderly,

xliv, xlv; applying more than twice
in one month for admittance to metro-
politan casual ward, rule as to, xliv.
Casual wards: Admittance to, xliii;
co-operation of, with charity, liv;
hours when open, xliii; overseer may
give order for, xliii; policeman may
personally conduct destitute cases to,
xliii; relieving officer gives orders
for, xliii; street cases should be
referred to, xliii; time of discharge
from, xliv.

Cellars, Regulations as to underground,
cxxxix.

Central London Sick Asylum District,
cxviii.

Certified Day Industrial Schools, c.
Certified Industrial Schools (see 'In-
dustrial').

Cesspools, Vestries to cleanse, cxxxiii.
Chancery, Court of, and charitable en-
dowments, cxlvi.

Charitable: Importance of co-operation
with Boards of Guardians by, xx;
institutions, test of, xi; provision
for the sick, cxvi; relief in London,
estimate of amount annually distri-
buted, xiii, clxxvi; responsibility of,
vii; trusts, duties of Vestries as to,
cxxiii.
Charities: Educational endowed,

cxlviii; election by vote to, xii.
Charities, Endowed: Ill effects of, cxlv;
accounts of, cl; Charity Commis-
sioners may inspect and inquire into,
cxlvii; difficulties of remodelling,
cxlvii; duties of Vestries as to, cxxiii;

:

educational endowments, cxlviii; evils
of present administration, cxlv; judi-
cial control over, cxlvi; Local Govern-
ment Board and, cli; new schemes
may be made, cxlviii; official trustees,
cxlviii; restrictions of, cxlv; security
of property of, cxlviii; trustees may
be compelled to perform trusts, cxlvi.
Charities Income of, xiii, clxxvi; in
kind, how useful, xvi; management
of, xiii; mendicant, xlvii; names of
patrons may deceive as to, xiii;
parochial, tradesmen often have an
interest, xv; restrictions on admission
to, xii; should produce self-help, xi;
Sir A. Hobhouse on endowed, cxlv;
useless endowed, may be applied for
education, cxlix; working-class, ii.
Charity Accounts, requirements of
Charity Commission, cl; and Poor-
law, difference between, xviii; and
Poor-law, part to be taken by,
in assisting widows, lxxix; and
religious teaching should be sepa-
rated, xiv; bad effect of wholesale,
XV; cases eligible and ineligible for,
vii; discriminate, x; effect of legis-
lation on, i; exposed to misuse, xii;
functions of Poor-law and, xviii; harm
done by unwisely administered, iv;
injury done by wholesale, xv; limits
of, in cases of want of employment,
liv; may assist in emigration, lviii;
methods of, i, vii; necessity of ade-
quate, vii; necessity of discrimination
in, i; not complete unless placing re-
cipient in self-dependence, vii; object
of, i, vii; Organisation Committee,
street cases should be referred to,
xliii; personal and wholesale, xiv;
principles of, iv, vi; provision of em-
ployment by, lvi; saving and thrift,
necessity of combination of, vii; should
not interfere with unskilled labour,
except in emergency, liv; State, viii;
supplementation of wages by, lvi;
thorough knowledge of circumstances
of applicants for, necessary, vii;
tickets, abuse of, xvi; tickets, local
tradesmen often have an interest in,
XV; treatment of applicants for, vii;
unwise for, to supplement Poor-law
relief, lxxix; what to do when asked
in the streets for, xliii.
Charity Commission: Powers of, cxlvii,
cxlviii; may make new schemes for
endowed charities, cxlviii; require-
ments as to accounts of charities, cl;
supply of information and advice by,
as to endowed charities, cxlviii.

Chelsea pensioner receiving Poor-law
relief, I.

Child offenders may be sent to indus-
trial schools, xciv.

Children and widows, Assistance of,
lxxix; apprenticing of, from in-
dustrial school, xcvii; arrangements
for sending to industrial schools, xcvi;
at industrial schools, grants from
Treasury for, xcvii; at work must
attend school, lxxxiii; beyond con-
trol, lxxxix; blind, deaf and dumb,
ci; boarding-out of pauper, lxviii;
control of Guardians over deserted,
clxxviii; convicted of or exposed to
crime, xc, xciv, xcvii; crippled, cxii;
cruelty to, London County Council
local authority for prevention of,
see 'London County Council';
deformed, cxii; discipline of, at
industrial school, xcvii; emigration
of orphan or deserted, lx; employ-
ment of restrictions on, lxxv, lxxxiv,
lxxxvii; feeble-minded and deformed,
need of separate classes and special
education for, cxii; found begging
or receiving alms, lxxv, xcv; found
destitute, xcv; found in company
with rogues, thieves, &c., xcv, xcviii;
found on licensed premises, lxxv;
found wandering, xcv, xcviii; fre-
quent lack of provision for widows
and, lxv; friendly societies for, see

Friendly'; Guardians may appren-
tice, lxxi; illegitimate, xxxix; insur-
ances of, clxiv; invalid, cxii; legal re-
sponsibilities of, xxxviii; living with
prostitutes, xcv; limitations on the em-
ployment of, lxxxiii,lxxxvii; morally
neglected or refractory, lxxxix; work-
ing in factories or workshops, lxxxv;
not under proper control, lxvii, lxxv,
lxxxix, xcv, xcviii; of parents con-
victed of crime, lxvii, xcv; offenders
under 12 years, xcv; pending inquiry
or choice of industrial school may be
detained in workhouse, xcvi; Poor-
law provision for, lxvi, lxviii, lxxi,
lxxiii, lxxix; powers of Guardians
as to afflicted, cxii; power of School
Board as to neglected, xcviii; punish-
ment for encouraging to beg, xlv;
punishment for neglect and illtreat-
ment of, xxxviii, lxxv; relief to
deformed pauperises parent, cxiii;
responsibilities as to blind persons of,
cii; responsibilities of parents as to
education of, lxxxii; restrictions on
employment of, lxxv, lxxxv, lxxxvii,
sent to industrial school, placing

out on license, xcvi; Society for Pre-
vention of Cruelty to, see 'London';
Society for the Benefit of Afflicted,
cxiii; statistics as to crime, xc;
strayed, cviii; the School Board and
education of, lxxxii.

Cholera, Provision for cases of, cxiv.
Chronic or pension cases, clv.

City of London, local government of,
xviii.

Classification of paupers, xxx.
Clothing for child's attendance at
school, Guardians may pay for, lxxxi.
Clubs, Many in distress do not belong
to, lxv, clx; test of soundness of,
clxi (see also 'Friendly Societies').
Coal dealers, Licence not required by
retail, xlviii.

Collet, Miss, on women's work, see
'Women's.'

Commissionaires, liii.

Commissioners in Lunacy, see 'Lunacy.'
Committee advisable, in Charity, viii, ix.
Common lodging-houses: Keepers of,

may be required to report presence of
vagrants and beggars in, cxxxix;
must be registered and inspected,
cxxxix; regulations regarding,
cxxxix; removal, &c., of sick per-
sons in, cxxxix.

Company being qualified, Officer of, may
vote at election of Boards of Guar-
dians, xxii.

Constable, see' Policeman.'
Contagious cases, Special wards for, in
workhouses, xxx.

Co-operation: Advantage of, x; con-
ditions of labour improved by, lvii;
importance of, between Boards of
Guardians and the charitable, xx.
Corporation being qualified, Officer of,

may vote at election of Boards of
Guardians, xxii.

County Council, see 'London.'
County Councils: Duties of, as to

lunatics, cix; powers of, as to emigra-
tion, see 'Emigration.'

Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885,
lxxv.

Crossings, Cleansing of, cxxxiii.

Day Industrial Schools, c.
Deaf and Dumb: Assistance of children
by Guardians need not pauperise, cii;
children, Guardians may educate,
lxviii, lxxxi, cii; education of, ci, ciii;
powers of Guardians as to cii; pro-
vision by School Board for, ciii; re-
port of Royal Commission on, ci.

Deformed: Powers of Guardians as
to the, lxviii, lxxxi, cii; children,
Guardians may educate, lxviii, lxxxi,

cii.
Deformities, Exposure of wounds or,
to gather alms, xlv.

Deserted children, see 'Children.'
Deserted or orphan children, Emigra-
tion of, lx.

Deserted women, Charity should not,
as a rule, assist, xl.

Destitute, see 'Casuals,' 'Paupers,' &c.
Destitution, Test of, xxvii.

Diphtheria: Cases of, may be received in
Poor-law asylums, cxv; provision for
cases of, cxiv, cxv.

Discharged prisoners, xlii; aid societies,
xlii; allowances to, xlii.
Discrimination, Almoners should accept
common principles of, xi.

Disorderly and idle persons, Law re-
garding, xlv.

6

Dispensaries, Poor-law, see 'Poor Law.
Distress Charity should cure, not
alleviate, x; exceptional, see Excep-
tional'; goods privileged against, cliii;
how to help cases of, i; member-
ship of clubs, &c., of those in, lxv,
clx; personal acquaintance of those
in, necessary, viii.

District Boards of Works: Annual

report, cxxii; as sanitary authorities
and rate collectors, cxx, cxxii; con-
stitution and duties of, cxx, cxxii;
election of, cxx; grants from London
County Council to, see 'London County
Council'; may erect dwellings for
working class, cxli; may prevent
obstruction of public ways, cxxxiii;
may require owner to make dangerous
dwellings fit for habitation, cxli;
qualifications of members, cxxi ;
qualification for voter at election of,
cxxi (see also 'Vestries'); sanitary
duties, cxxii.

District Schools, lxvi, clxxvii; statistics
of attendance, lxvii (see also 'Poor-
law').

District Surveyors, Duties of, cxxxix.
District visiting, xiv.

District Visitor: Qualifications for, xv;
should have tact and energy, xiv.
Dock and riverside labourers, v, liii.
Doles: cannot relieve properly, xlii; may
be applied for education, cxlix.
'Domestic workshops,' see Workshops.'
Drainage system under London County
Council, cxxvi.

Drains, Construction and cleansing of,
cxxxii.

Drinking fountains, Vestries may pro-
vide, cxxxii.

Drunkards: Act, Habitual, xli; retreats
for, xli.

Drunkenness, Cases of, should generally
be left to the Poor-law, xli.
Dumb, see Deaf.'

Dwellings for working class, Local au-
thority may erect, and provide open
spaces, cxli; power of London County
Council as to artisans', cxl; provision
to be made for persons displaced by
clearance for artisans', cxlii, cxliii;
unfit for habitation, local authority
may require owner to make habitable,
cxl; Royal Commission on, see
Royal Commission'; see also
'Artisans.'

East London, Women's work in, lv.
Education, see also School Board,'
'Poor-law Schools,' &c.; Act 1876,
lxxxii; of blind and deaf and dumb,
lxviii, ci; of children, responsibilities
of parents as to, lxxxii; Poor-law
relief and, lxxx; powers of Guardians
re, lvii.

Educational endowments, cxlviii.
Election by vote to charities, xii; of
Boards of Guardians (see also
'Boards'), its importance, xxi.
Eligible cases for charity, vii.
Emigration Charity may assist in,
lviii; expenditure authorised by
Local Government Board on during
1887, clxxvii; expense of, lviii;
limits of, as a means of assistance,
lviii; of orphan or deserted children,
lx; of the unemployed, lviii; powers
of County Councils as to, lix.;
powers of Guardians as to, lviii;
powers of Local Government Board
as to, lix; State-aided, lx; to United
States at expense of poor-rate pre-
cluded, lix.

Employer: Charity should not undertake

duties of, liv; of child liable to
penalty if child does not attend
school, lxxxiii.
Employment: Assistance of cases of
want of, liv, lvi, lvii; causes of want
of, liii; limitation of charitable help
in cases of want of, liv; of adults,
limits of hours of, lxxxv; of children,
restrictions on, see Children'; pro-
vision of, by charity (see also Ex-
ceptional distress '), lvi; restrictions
on, lxxxv, lxxxvii (see also 'Booth,
Investigation by Mr. Chas.')
Endowed Charities, see Charities.'

Endowments, Useless, may be applied
for education, cxlix.
Epidemics, Medical Officer of Health to
ascertain existence of, cxxxiii.
Evening Classes, lxxxii. and clxxxi.
Exceptional distress: by and of whom
inquiries should be made, clxx: cases
occur after pressure is over, clxxii;
classes which apply, clxvii; co-opera-
tion with Guardians indispensable,
clxviii, clxx; decisions on cases, clxx;
head of family should apply in all
cases, clxix; how to avoid a rush of
applicants, clxix; inadvisability of
large relief fund, clxvi; labour yards,
clxviii; local committee should cover
comparatively small area, clxix;
local committee, when it should meet,
clxxi; local relief committees neces-
sary, and of whom they should be
constituted, clxviii; payment of rent,
clxxii; public and charitable 'works,'
clxvii, clxx; rules as to, and scale and
form of relief, clxxi; rules as to mode
of application and dealing with cases,
clxix; suggested rules for dealing
with, clxvi; 'tests' and inquiry ne-
cessary, clxvi, clxviii, clxx, clxxi;
visitor should see that money should
be expended as agreed, clxxii; who
should and should not be relieved,
clxvii, clxx

Executrix, Married woman may be, lxii.

Factories, Employment of children in,
lxxxv.

Factory and Workshop Act 1878, lxxxv.
Factory inspectors, Powers and duties
of, lxxxvi.

Factory work, see Women's work.'
Fallen women: Assistance of, by charity,

xli; Poor-law should deal with, xli.
False pretences of begging-letter writers,
xlvii.

Fever: Hospital, London, Cases desirable
for, cxiv; hospitals, cxiii; main-
tenance of cases of, from rates, cxiii,