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GLIMPSES INTO THE ABYSS.

GLIMPSES INTO THE ABYSS

MARY HIGGS

LONDON:

P. S. KING & SON ORCHARD HOUSE, WESTMINSTER 1906

AUTHOR'S PREFACE. CONTENTS.

I. VAGRANCY: AN ESSAY AWARDED GIRTON GAMBLE PRIZE, 1906 II. FIVE DAYS AND FIVE NIGHTS AS A TRAMP AMONG TRAMPS III. A NORTHERN TRAMP WARD IV. A NIGHT IN A SALVATION ARMY SHELTER V. THREE NIGHTS IN WOMEN'S LODGING-HOUSES VI. COMMON LODGING-HOUSE LIFE VII. LONDON INVESTIGATIONS VIII. A SYMPOSIUM IN A COMMON LODGING-HOUSE IX. VAGRANCY: ITS RELATION TO THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION APPENDICES. I. TRANSFER OF CASUALS TO POLICE SUPERVISION II. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF VAGRANCY COMMITTEE III. LABOUR COLONIES: SUMMARY IV. WOMEN: REPORT OF VAGRANCY COMMITTEE V. EVILS OF SHORT SENTENCES VI. PREFACE BY CANON HICKS, OF SALFORD, TO "FIVE DAYS AND NIGHTS AS A TRAMP AMONG TRAMPS" VII. IMMORALITY AS CAUSED BY DESTITUTION AMONG WOMEN VIII. COMMON LODGING-HOUSES versus SHELTERS INDEX

CHAPTER I.

VAGRANCY. INTRODUCTION. I. VAGRANCY AS AN UNDERLYING SOCIAL FACTOR. II. VAGRANCY FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. III. SPECIAL LEGISLATION FOR VAGRANCY. IV. EXAMINATION OF VAGRANCY AS IT EXISTS AT PRESENT. Statistics of Investigation.

Task.

V. FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS (PERSONAL).

Prison Dietary—Lowest Scale. Legal Dietary for Casual Paupers.

VI. TRAMP WARD. FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS. Extracts from a Correspondence with a Working Man. Second Letter. Third Letter. Fourth Letter. Fifth Letter. VII. THE COMMON LODGING-HOUSE. VIII. SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION. IX. VAGRANCY LEGISLATION IN OTHER COUNTRIES. X. TENTATIVE ATTEMPTS IN ENGLAND. XI. REFORMS HAVING REFERENCE TO VAGRANCY. XII. CONCLUSION.

CHAPTER II.

FIVE DAYS AND FIVE NIGHTS AS A TRAMP AMONG TRAMPS.[82] I. A Night in a Municipal Lodging-house. II. A Night in a Common Lodging-house. III. A First Night in the Workhouse Tramp Ward. IV. A Second Night in the Workhouse Tramp Ward. V. A Night in a Woman's Shelter.

CHAPTER III.

A NORTHERN TRAMP WARD.[85]

CHAPTER IV.

A NIGHT IN A SALVATION ARMY SHELTER.

CHAPTER V.

THREE NIGHTS IN WOMEN'S LODGING-HOUSES. I. The First Night. II. The Second Night. III. The Third Night.

CHAPTER VI.

COMMON LODGING-HOUSE LIFE. I. In a Northern Town. II. In a Northern City.

CHAPTER VII.

LONDON INVESTIGATIONS. I. London Lodgings. II. In a London Tramp Ward.[139]

Note.

CHAPTER VIII.

A SYMPOSIUM IN A COMMON LODGING-HOUSE. I. II.

CHAPTER IX.

VAGRANCY AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.

APPENDIX I.

TRANSFER OF CASUALS TO POLICE SUPERVISION.

APPENDIX II.

SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF VAGRANCY COMMITTEE.

Casual Wards. Assistance to Work-seekers. Vagrancy Offences. Labour Colonies for Habitual Vagrants. Economy in Buildings. Common Lodging-Houses (outside London). Regulation of Shelters and Free Food Distributions. Spread of Disease by Vagrants. Sleeping Out. Pedlars. Women. Children.

APPENDIX III.

LABOUR COLONIES.[160] Recommendations of the Vagrancy Committee.

APPENDIX IV.

WOMEN. Extract from Report of Vagrancy Committee, pp. 111-112.

APPENDIX V.

EVILS OF SHORT SENTENCES.

APPENDIX VI.

PREFACE, BY CANON HICKS, OF SALFORD, TO "FIVE DAYS AND NIGHTS IN A TRAMP WARD."

APPENDIX VII.

IMMORALITY AS CAUSED BY DESTITUTION AMONG WOMEN.

APPENDIX VIII.

COMMON LODGING-HOUSES VERSUS SHELTERS.

INDEX.

How to deal with the Unemployed.

A Contribution of Value towards

the Solution of Social Problems. Crown 8vo, Paper, 6d. net. FOOTNOTES:

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