... last conquered them all. His first step to fame and emolument was the production of a dissertation on the diseases in workhouses, &c., for which he received twenty guineas, and which was published at the request of the society who offered the premium ...

... cottages cost much; while such an arrangement might be made the means of keeping many poor, but well ordered families from the workhouse, and of rendering them useful members of society. The author shows that the average expense of a lunatic patient at St. Luke's ...