Society for the Suppression of Mendicity
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title:
Society for the Suppression of Mendicity
text:
The Society for the Suppression of Mendicity was a British charitable organisation, established as a joint-stock company in 1818 and operating until 1959. It aimed to deal with a supposed problem of begging in the streets of London, and begging by letter, by a range of measures including discouraging falsehood and imposture on the part of beggars; making inquiries into the circumstances of individual beggars and making interventions in their lives; and sponsoring the removal of beggars to parish
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_for_the_Suppression_of_Mendicity
date created:
2023-10-11T10:02:15Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T06:54:23Z
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