A.

Able-bodied. See Work, out of
Adequate Relief, 35, 37, 56, 59; a
shilling may be, 59; not concerned
with luxuries, 37
Advertising, 108

Aged Poor, Homes for, 81, 84
Agency, Labour, 71, 72

Agent, the, 16 ff.; hints for, 20 ff. Almoners, Clerical, 7; of S.R.D., 101 Almsgivers, co-operation with, 100 Applicant, the unfortunate, 15; the testy, 17; the shuffling, 18; his history sacred, 19; objecting to inquiries, 41; his name to be entered, surname first, 45 Applicants, must not overhear, 15; must not be treated like children, 118

Application, nature of, not to limit

decision, 50, cp. 61; distinguished from Applicant, 49 Application and Decision Book, the,

42; form of, Appendix

Assistance, nature of, 57; medical, 57

Assisted, Class II., 51; not, Class I., 47

B.

Balance sheet, 111 Bishop of London, 9

Board, a Charity, 9

Book, the Application and Decision, 42

C.

Case, case-forms, 16 and Appendix; pension or poor-law, 53; not marked off till final decision, 43, 69; papers, 43; case-work the beginning, not the end, 89 Cases brought forward, 43; brought forward weekly, 46; brought forward in red ink, 43, 45; see App. note; chronic, see below S.V.; difficult, 37; how marked off, 43; out of work, 71; temporary distress and chronic, 34, and see below Cautioned, 51

Chairman, the, 30, 42; remarks of the, 43, 46; a vice, 31 Chairmanship, good, 32 Charity, a Charity Board, 9; charity a science, 1; Commissioners, 86; cruelty of inadequate charity, 78; economy in, 39, 76; false charity, 1; House of Charity, 72, and see below; money-giving an accident of charity, 7; organised charity defined, 81; Charity Organisation Society, of London, passim; of Liverpool, 10; of Birmingham,

78; waste of charity, 4; well-
applied charity, 5; Organisation
and Church Agencies, 9, note
Chronic cases, 34, 75; defined, 75;
refused, 77; attitude of C.O.S.
towards, 79; the committee and
chronic cases, 87; endowed chari-
ties and chronic cases, 86
Club, burial, 83; slate, 83
Committee, the actual, 12; as a
source of assistance, 56; a charit-
able clearing house, 10; chronic
cases and the committee, 87;
cases before committee, 42 ff.; the
ideal, 10; little to be given from
general fund of committee, 53,
56; members of committee, 32
Confessions of an old Almsgiver, 3
Convalescent cases, how entered, 57;
Home, 60, 73; treatment, 119
Co-operation, with almsgivers, 100;
with Boards of Guardians, 90; in
charity, 89; among committees,
104; with Friendly Societies, 99;
with other societies, 98

D.

Decision, principles of, 31; interim
decision, 43

Decisions, Class I., 47; Class II., 51
Dirt not evidence of destitution, 4
Distress, chronic, 75; within our
province, 82; Society for Relief of,
55, 63, 69, 101; temporary, 34
District Visitors, 9, note
Drink not always conclusive against
assistance, €2

Doctrine, spreading sound doctrine,

107

Dodson, The Rt. Honble. Mr., on

out-relief, 94
Doubled relief, 3

E.

Economy in charity, 39, 76
Entries, financial, in ledger, 111;
interim, 43; miscellaneous, 46;
preliminary, 45

Employment, 71, cp. 115
Evidence, second-hand, distrusted,
21

Exaggeration not permitted, 111
Expenses, necessary, 14

F.

Factories, charitable, 116
Faith, 36, 85, 97
Finance, 111

Foreman, name to be taken, 21
Freemantle, Hon. and Rev. W. H., 9
Friendly Societies, 99
Fund, general, 113; loan, 63, 113;
offertory, 11, 12; relief, 113;
special, 113

G.

Gifts, not small matters, 58
Grants, 58 ff.; defined, 59; return-
able, 60

Guardians, 52; co-operation with,
90; must not be charitable, 91

H.

Hill, Miss Octavia, on doles, 4; on
providing work, 117
Homeless, 47, 49

Homes for aged poor, 81, 84
Hours, office, 16, 22

I.

Inadequate Relief, 38
Incurables, 77, 86

Indiscriminate relief, 2

Ineligible, 49
Inquiry, objection to, 18; aims at
relief, 101; inquiry officer, 16
Inquiries, for other committees, 47;
inquisitorial, 40
Institutions, as a source of assistance,

55; as a mode of assistance, 57
Interim relief, 40, 59, 62, 70, 73
Investigation, 39; object of, 41, 101

L.

Ladies, Committee of, for work-
house visiting, 96
Leaflet, monthly, 109
Ledger, 111, 112

Letters, flimsy copies of, 44; origi-
nals of, 44; reckless use of
hospital letters, 119
Literature, 108

Loan, form, 68; fund, 63, 113; loss
on loans may be less than one per
cent., 64; pawn-tickets should not
be taken as surety, 64; payment
of loans must be enforced, 63;
rate of payment one shilling in
the £ weekly, 67; surety should be
in same rank of life as borrower, 63
Loans, 60; best kind of help, 60, 64;

loans in kind, 62; repayment of,
21, 67

Longley's, Mr. H., Report, 91
Lymington's, Lord, Parl. Return, 83

M.

Mangles, etc., sometimes lent, 63
Manual, the, of the C.O.S., 82
Medical, advice, should be at service
of committee, 57; assistance, 57;
relief, 119

Meetings, 109

Members of committee, 32

Referred to other districts, 46
Refuges for the destitute, 49
Relief, adequate, 35, 37, 56, 59;
doubled, 3; got on the case, 54;
indiscriminate, 2; interim, 40, 59,
62, 70, 73; in kind, 117; medical,
119; not requiring relief, 47;
out-door relief, 80, 93, 94; some
modes of relief, 114 ff.; refusal
of inadequate relief, 38
Rent, payment of back rent, 50
Repayment of loans, 21, 67
Reports, sent out, 47; annual, 111
Room, a separate waiting-room for
applicants, 15

Rooms, three at least, if possible, 15
Rules, absolute, 34

Salary, 20, 23

S.

Statement of applicant, 17
Secretary, a good, to the rescue, 25;

a spoilt, 28; a strong, 32; dangers
of, 27; duties of, 24; goes through
Application and Decision Book
after committee with agent, 43;
his work, to organise charity, 29,
103; honorary, 24; paid, 22; the
secretary, 22 ff.; masculine, 26;
singular, 26; too much must not
be expected of, 55
Societies, for incurables, 77, 86;
Friendly, 99

Society, a loan, 63; C.O.S., of Lon-
don, passim; of Liverpool, 10; of
Birmingham, 78; the, for Relief

of Distress, 55, 63, 69, 101; al-
moners of, 101; Tower Hamlets
Pension, 81, 84

Soup Tickets, auction of, 118
Surety, in same rank of life as
borrower, 63

T.

Talk, license of unlimited, repressed,
30, 44

Thrift, promise of, 51; thrift and
pensions, 75 ff.

Tools, cheap, and bad work, 15
Tramps, 49

U, V.

Undeserving, 49

Vagrancy, American, 116
Vagrant, not a, 50

Vagrants, distinguished from home-

less cases, 47, cp. 49

Visitors, 8, 9, notes

Volunteers, a chief function of, 33

W.

Wages, supplementation of, 93
Ways and Means, 106; gain the
men and you gain their pockets,

111

Wealth, a doubtful blessing, 55, cp.
106

Withdrawn, 48

Work, out of, 50, 60, 71, 115; good

work goes before good money,
106; making work, 115
Workers, paid and unpaid, 23