The care of destitute, neglected and delinquent children / by Homer Folks ..

  • Folks, Homer, 1867-1963.
Date:
1902
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The care of destitute, neglected and delinquent children / by Homer Folks .. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Brandeis University Libraries, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.

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    CONTENTS [For a summary of the contents of the individual chapters the reader is referred to the marginal analysis accompanying the text.] I Conditions Prevalent at the Opening of the Nineteenth Century . . . i II Public Care of Destitute Children, 1801- 1875 12 III Private Charities for Destitute Children, 1801-1875 43 IV Removal of Children from Almshouses . 72 V The State School and Placing-out System 82 VI The County Children's Home System . 103 VII The System of Public Support in Private Institutions 115 VIII The Boarding-out and Placing-out System 150 IX Laws and Societies for the Rescue of Neglected Children .... 167 X Private Charities for Destitute and Neg- lected Children, 1875-1900 . . 179 XI Delinquent Children . . . .198 XII Present Tendencies 239