Excerpt from Poverty: A Study of Town Life The present edition is substantially the same as the first. A few additional questions have, however, been dealt with. In response to suggestions made to the writer, information is given (pp. 375-383) regarding the probable effect of Old Age Pensions upon poverty in York. On pp. 384-387 an Abstract Statement of the York City Accounts is given, showing under a few main heads the sources of income and items of expenditure, and the percentage which each of these bears to the total income and expenditure of the City. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.