1736 A WORKHOUSE IN EACH HUNDRED 032. [HAY, William.] Remarks on the laws relating to the Poor. With proposals for their better relief and employment. By a Member of Parliament. London: J. Stagg. n.d. [1736]. 55,[1]p. Recent wrappers. A nice copy. HANSON 4828. GOLDSMITHS 7316. KRESS 4222. William Hay was the leading campaigner for improved administration of the Poor laws in the early and middle eighteenth century. He felt that the parish as a unit of administration should be subordinated to more extensive Unions,. His suggestion was that there should be a Workhouse in each Hundred. In 1735 Hay actually got passed a series of resolutions for the division of each county into suitable areas, each to have a Workhouse under twelve Guardians. On a revival of interest, he republished this plan in 1751. Beatrice and Sidney Webb The Old Poor Law p. 126,158,265-8,271,322,340,343.