Read the following passage:

It is a melancholy object to those, who walk through this great town, or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads and cabbin-doors crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags, and importuning every passenger for an alms.

To what real-world problem from Swift's time is the narrator referring?

A.Crime
B.Poverty
C.Lack of child supervision
D.Lack of welfare programs

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