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Appendix II. to Annual Report.
Report of the Borough of Camberwell
Unemployed Central Committee.
Origin of the
Movement.
Origin of the Movement Early in December, 1903, under the auspices
of the Camberwell Committee of the Charity Organisation
Society, a meeting was called, to which the Mayor of
Camberwell, the Chairman of the Board of Guardians, and
other representative inhabitants of the district were invited, in
order to discuss the question of dealing with the unemployed
in the Borough.
After debate it was decided that the best system would
be to form a Central Committee and a certain number of
District Committees for the consideration and disposal of
cases, and to send a deputation to put the whole question
before the Mayor officially.
This proposal was carried into effect. The Mayor
approved of the scheme and laid it before the Borough
Council.
The result was that the Borough Council nominated
twenty of their number to serve on the Central Committee,
that is, one member for each ward; the Board of Guardians
did the same; and, in order to obtain the co-operation of the
clergy, the ministers and the charitable associations, and to
make the scheme thoroughly comprehensive, it was decided to
call a meeting of representatives of all denominations and all
charitable bodies at the Town Hall, and there to elect from
them twenty additional members to serve on the Central
Committee.
formed.
Central Committee formed. This was done, and the Central Committee was
duly elected. A list of members will be found on page xviii.
of this report.
The first meeting of the Central Committee was held at
the Camberwell Baths, The Worshipful the Mayor presiding,
on January 6th, 1904, when the following regulations were
submitted and unanimously adopted, viz.:—