Excerpt from How to Help Cases of Distress: A Handy Reference Book for Almoners, Almsgivers, and Others The selection of subjects in this book is based on the needs' Of every day practical charitable work. A case of distress might be cited as a reason for introducing almost every item Of information. Much care has been expended in making the book as accurate as it is possible to do in so small a com pass. But readers are invited to refer to Books of Reference of which there is a list at the end Of the volume. These and other books can be seen at the offices Of the Council of the Society. An appendix has been added containing notes of Acts which have been passed since the introduction was compiled. 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.