Loose, idle and disorderly: vagrant removal in late eighteenth-century Middlesex.

The article discusses the vagrant removals in Middlesex County, England during the late 18th century, including the role that the vagrant contractor Henry Adams' sending of vagrants to correctional institutions known as houses of corrections. An overview of the social conditions of poor people in Middlesex County, including in regard to poor laws, poor relief and their placement in workhouses, is provided.