pauperism
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Pauperism, St. Petersburg, 260; aged, 423; England, 449; able-bodied, 450; Norway, 452.
From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John
Pauperism was practically unknown, and, even in the large towns, the number of people dependent on public charity was comparatively very small.
From Through the Iron Bars Two Years of German Occupation in Belgium by Raemaekers, Louis
Pauperism seems to have grown faster of late than even the efforts put forth to check it.
From The Children of the Poor by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
The English have tried alms until the kingdom seems a vast Poor-house, and the problem of Pauperism has assumed a gigantic and almost insoluble form.
From The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them by Brace, Charles Loring
Pauperism remained a problem which the government had not yet found a practical method of dealing with.
From The Leading Facts of English History by Montgomery, D. H. (David Henry)