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CONTENTS

CHAPTER
Preface
I. Destitution as a Disease of Society.
II. How to Prevent the Destitution that arises from Sickness.
III. Destitution and Eugenics.
IV. How to prevent the Destitution arising from Child Neglect.
V. Sweating and Unemployment as Causes of Destitution.
VI. How to prevent Unemployment and Under-employment.
VII. Insurance.
VIII. The Enlarged Sphere of Voluntary Agencies in a Preventive Campaign against Destitution.
IX. The Need for a Common Register and a Registrar of Public Assistance.
X. The Moral Factor.
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