How much do they spend per week in drink?
Do not passers by, as charitable ladies, &c., give them money; and how
much per week?--No.
Such, are the questions asked, and I now give the answers of 67
individuals.
_Their ages were_:--
10 were from 20 to 30
13 „ 30 „ 40
24 „ 40 „ 50
15 „ 50 to 60
4 „ 60 „ 70.
1 „ 70
The greatest number of any age was 7 persons of 45 years respectively.
_Their previous occupations had been_:--
22 labourers.
3 at the business “all their lives.”
3 dustmen.
3 ostlers.
2 stablemen.
2 carmen.
2 porters.
2 gentlemen’s servants.
2 greengrocers.
1 following dust-cart.
1 excavator.
1 gravel digging.
1 stone breaking in yards.
1 at work in the brick-fields.
1 at work in the lime-works.
1 coal porter.
1 sweep.
1 haybinder.
1 gaslighter.
1 dairyman.
1 ploughman.
1 gardener.
1 errand boy.
1 fur dresser.
1 fur dyer.
1 skinner.
1 leather-dresser.
1 letter-press printer.
1 paper stainer.
1 glass blower.
1 farrier.
1 plasterer.
1 clerk.
1 vendor of goods.
1 licensed victualler.