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At a Meeting of the Committee of the Social Economy Department of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, held at the Office of the Association, 3, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, on Monday, June 7th, 1858, the Report of the Sub-Committee on Workhouses having been read—

1. Resolved, that the Report be received.

2. That it is desirable to obtain a more efficient superintendence over the internal management of Workhouses than now exists in the great majority of these establishments.

3. That the inmates of Workhouses ought to be far more carefully classified than at present, as to sex, age, and character, and that children especially should always be entirely separated from adult paupers.

4. That industrial training and occupation should be more extensively introduced.

5. That a system of inspection by unpaid, and especially Lady Visitors, sanctioned by the Guardians, would be calculated to improve the internal condition of Workhouses.

6. That for the furtherance of the views expressed above, the Committee of this department will sanction the establishment of a Workhouse Visiting Society.