In the 17th century in Dénia, abandoned children and demented people were taken care of and sent, travelling from village to village, to the General Hospital of Valencia.
The poor, in order to be able to ask for alms, had to be registered in the registry. And the City Council gave them meat and flour as gifts during the festivitis.
The City Council ensured that there was a school so that the children could learn to read and write. The girls learnt little, and were more dedicated to housework and sewing.
There was also a school in Dénia for the more advanced students, where they learnt Latin.
The guilds controlled the trades and the City Council guaranteed that the interests of the neighbourhood were not harmed. As when in 1619, the tailors of Dénia wanted to cut only the dresses they sewed. This was not convenient, because the custom was that the tailor cut the dress, but that it was sewn at home.
