Children under the Poor Law : their education training and aftercare : together with a criticism of the report of the Departmental Committee on Metropolitan Poor Law Schools / by W. Chance.

  • Chance, Sir William, 1853-
Date:
1897
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Credit: Children under the Poor Law : their education training and aftercare : together with a criticism of the report of the Departmental Committee on Metropolitan Poor Law Schools / by W. Chance. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    (E) Form of Undertaking by Foster-Parents. “ Undertaking of Foster-Parent. “BoardiNg-out of Child in a Home beyond the limits of the Union [or Separate Parish] to which such child is chargeable. Union [or Separate Parish]. Boarding-out Committee. Name of Child. Religious Creed of Child. Name of Foster-Parent. “ I, A.B., of , do hereby engage with the Guardians of the above-named Union [or Parish], in consideration of my receiving the sum of per week, to bring up C. D., aged years on the day of last, as one of my own children, and to provide h with proper food, lodging, and washing, and to endeavour to train h in habits of truthfulness, obedience, personal cleanliness, and industry, as well as in suitable domestic and out- door work, so far as may be consistent with the law ; to take care that the child shall attend duly at church [or chapel*], and shall attend school according to the provisions of the law for the time being; that I will provide for the proper repair and renewal of the child’s clothing, and that, in case of the child’s illness, I will forthwith report such illness to the Guardians of the above-named Union [or Parish], and to the above-named Boarding-out Committee ; and that I will at all times permit the child to be visited and the house to be inspected by any member of the Boarding-out Committee, and by any person specially appointed for that purpose by the Guardians or by the Local Government Board. I do also hereby engage, upon the demand of a person duly authorised in writing by the Boarding-out Committee or by the Guardians, to give up possession of the child. + “ Dated this day of , 18 . Signature (in full) of Foster-Parent. Address of Foster-Parent. Witness to the Signature of the Foster-Parent. Address of Witness. “ N.B.—I. Communications to the Guardians to be addressed 2. Communications to the Boarding-out Committee to be addressed * Insert “church,” “chapel,” or according to the religious creed to which the child belongs, t Any other matter which may be agreed upon may here be added. (F) Form of Receipt of a Child by Foster-Parents. “ Union [or Separate Parish]. “ I, A.B., of , hereby acknowledge that I have this day received C.D., aged years, from the Guardians of the poor of the above-named Union [or Parish], on the terms and conditions contained in the annexed under- taking ; and that I have also received for the use of the said C.D. the articles of clothing set out in the list appended hereto. “Dated this day of ,18 . “Signature and Address “ Signature and Address of Witness “ List of Clothing. Here set out the Articles in detail.” (G) Form of Schoolmaster’s Report.* ‘ ‘ Report for the quarter ending “(1) Name of child. (2) Age. (3) Name and Address of Foster-Parent. (4) Days absent from school during the quarter. (5) Alleged causes of absence. (6) Observa- tions as to appearance, conduct, and progress of child. (7) Books and stationery suppled during the quarter. (8) School fees and cost of books and stationery. “Signature Address Date “ N.B.—This report may be arranged in any other manner which may be deemed more convenient, provided that all the particulars above mentioned be included in it.” * See also form used by the Burton-on-Trent Board of Guardians, ante, p. 412.
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