| Description | Contains chapters on the general description of the town and neighbourhood; rate of increase in the population; comparison between present and past periods of manufacturing distress; inquiry into the causes of unoccupied houses; comparison of Sheffield cottage accommodation with other manufacturing towns; condition of the streets; highway expenses; physical condition of the population; the Savings Bank; moral state of the population; manufacturing and trades; Friendly Societies and Secret Orders;education and religious instruction; Mechanics' Institution and Library; Literary and Philosophical Society; School of Design; medical charitable institutions; licensed victuallers and beer house keepers; traffic on Lady's Bridge and Iron Bridge |