Sick and in PrisonBell and Daldy, 1873 - 148 ページ |
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Able to earn allowed amongst asked bed-ridden believe board of guardians Boys and girls brought Classed as able-bodied comfort COVENT GARDEN cure of souls dear old woman death destitution diet doctor dreadful dropsy dying earn a living earn their living face Fcap fear firmaries hands hard bearing heard helpless hope hospital husband idiot idle imbeciles infirm kind kindly knew lady look lost lunatic matron misery model workhouse nearly neighbours ness never night officials old Irish once paid nurse pain passed patients patois pauper nurses perhaps pity Poor Law Poor Law Board poor old poor sick prison ratepayers rheumatic seemed seen shut sick and aged sight sometimes starve story suffering sumers sympathy things told Total inmates transepts unable visited visitor week women words workhouse infirmaries workhouse walls wretched
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106 ページ - There children dwell who know no parents' care; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there! Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed, Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed ; Dejected widows with unheeded tears, And crippled age with more than childhood fears; The lame, the blind, and, far the happiest they ! The moping idiot, and the madman gay.
24 ページ - ... and frequent weighing of his wings; till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant, and stay till the storm was over; and then it made a prosperous flight, and did rise and sing as if it had learned music and motion from an angel, as he passed sometimes through the air about his ministries here below: so is the prayer of a good man...
106 ページ - Parents' care; Parents, who know no Children's love, dwell there ! Heart-broken Matrons on their joyless bed, Forsaken Wives and Mothers never wed; Dejected Widows with unheeded tears, And crippled Age with more than childhood fears; The Lame, the Blind, and, far the happiest they!
133 ページ - That in every workhouse persons suffering from acute and distressing diseases, such as dropsy, consumption, or cancer, should l>e placed in wards especially allotted to them, to be called the wards for male and female incurables. (2) That in these particular wards, private charity be permitted to introduce whatever may tend to alleviate the sufferings of the inmates.
81 ページ - Art. 107. The paupers shall be dieted with the food and in the manner set forth in the Dietary Table which may be prescribed for the use of the Workhouse, and no pauper shall have or consume any liquor, or any food or provision other than is allowed in the said Dietary Table, except on Christmas Day or by the direction in writing of the Medical Officer, as provided in Article 108.
123 ページ - ... out in pauper's dress and under a pauper's treatment ; they must suffer from, and be subjected to a law, framed to deter the idle and the vagrant, but never intended for such as themselves. Many of the very aged people have worked till their utmost strength was exhausted, to keep out of this hated place ; and when they are here at last, the degradation they suffer in finding themselves associated with depraved creatures, and often placed under their care, is, to many, the saddest part of all...
108 ページ - Nominally he is armed with considerable authority, practically he is powerless, his position being in many respects subordinate to that of inferior officers ; he is authorised to point out defects in the construction and arrangement of the sick wards ; in the nursing and care of the invalids under his charge, and to direct the diet he thinks suitable for them ; all this he may do, but he is in no position to enforce the adoption of the smallest item, if so bo that the guardians and the officials...