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    • The limitations of school 

      Brown, Sparkhall (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1919)
      During the past two years two papers on Educational topics have been read to this Society, one by Mr. Williamson entitled "Post-War Functions of Commercial Education," and the other by Mr. Ryan on "The Preparation of ...
    • A Ministry of Public Health for Ireland 

      Cox, Michael F. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1919)
      Never, perhaps, so much as now has it been fully realised that the most important and most enduring wealth of a State depends upon the health and strength, the strong arms and trained brains of a people. Men of the ...
    • On the recent action of the state with regard to venereal disease 

      McWeeney, E.J. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1919)
      "Syphilis and Gonorrhoea, respectively, the more serious and the less serious of those diseases, bear names which from the principle of association sound evilly to the ear. So, to, does the expression 'venereal disease,' ...
    • Our society: its aims and achievements (1847-1919) 

      Millin, S. Shannon (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1919)
      On the 22nd November, 1847, a number of gentlemen met in the Royal Irish Academy, Grafton Street,when it was unanimously resolved, on the motion of Captain T. A. Larcom, R.E.: "That a Society be established to be called ...
    • State insurance and mother's pensions 

      Dickie, Alfred (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1919)
      Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, the subject that I wish to bring before you this evening is one of great interest to the public in general, and especially to a Society like this. From the statistics supplied from ...
    • The study of Irish economic history 

      Chart, D.A. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1919)
      The subject of this evening's paper is not one which has frequently attracted the attention of members of this society. This is regrettable in many ways. Often a proper treatment of disease is impossible without an ...
    • Trades boards as a means of adjusting wages disputes and promoting trade interests 

      O'Connell, John Robert (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1919)
      In a time like the present, when the differences between Capital and Labour appear to be more than ordinarily acute, it seems opportune to invite the attention of this Society to those Acts of Parliament, some of ...
    • Weights and measures after the war 

      Stanuell, Charles A. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1917)
      In my judgment the United Kingdom will be successful in the present awful struggle, but the country will suffer great injury to many trades and manufactures. We shall also be liable for enormous debts contracted in ...