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18 JANUARY, 1893.
Moved by Mr. Upton seconded by Mr. Birks and resolved
—That the Report be received.
Moved by Mr. Upton seconded by Mr. Birks and resolved
—That the Report be adopted, and it was resolved accordingly.
X. The Report of Special Committee re Unemployed was
brought up as follows :
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Report of Special Committee,
Re Unemployed.
Wednesday, 18th January, 1893.
Your Committee beg to report that they invited 32
Charitable and Religious Bodies to a Conference at the Vestry
Hall, and which took place on Wednesday the 28th day of
December ult., there being present Messrs. Loftus, Upton,
A. Moore, H. E. Ludbrook, Peacock, Reilly (Dr.), A. Druitt,
J. Druitt, and Revd. E. Hoskyns; also the following
representatives :
Captain G. Le M. Gretton—East End Emigration Fund.
John Tennant, Esq.—Charity Organisation Society.
Revd. J. Mackintosh—John Knox Presbyterian.
Revd. F. Gurdon—St. Faith, Stepney.
Thos. Richardson, Esq.—Great Assembly Hall.
H. E. Ludbrook, Esq.—East London Tabernacle.
At such Conference arrangements were made for the members
of the Committee and the delegates to visit the
addresses given by the applicants for employment, and make
inquiries as to their residences, position, &c. The result of
such inquiries were entered in books provided for that purpose
and reported to the subsequent meeting.
That your Committee and delegates met again on Wednesday
the 11 th day of January inst., there being present Messrs.
Loltus, Browning, Robertson, J. Druitt, Peacock, J. Smith,
T. J. Smith, H. E. Ludbrook, Hirst, A. Moore, A. Druitt,
Reilly (Dr.), Wood, and Revd. E. Hoskyns, and delegates as
follows : John Tennant, Esq., Captain G. Le M. Gretton, and
Revd. J. Mackintosh.
That your Committee beg to report that a total of 802
names have been registered, and that 363 have been struck
otf who had not answered to their names, left the neighbourhood,
got work, or other causes, leaving 439 at the present
time on the list, who are being employed in turn at about 50
per day.