Note 321 — Chapter III
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Besides the widows and deserted wives, and the unmarried mothers, the class of able-bodied single women unencumbered by children, in receipt of relief, was not insignificant. In 1859 there were 5173 such in receipt of outdoor relief (Twelfth Annual Report, 1859-60, p. 15; see also corresponding figures in Thirteenth Annual Report, 1860-1, p. 13).