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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    (H) Form of Return by the Clerk to a Board of Guardians. “ Union [or Separate Parish]. “ Return of the children boarded-out in Homes beyond the limits of the Union [or separate Parish,] on the first day of April, [or October,] 18 . “(i) Name of child. (2) Age. (3) Name of Foster-Parent. (4) Address of Foster-Parent. (5) Boarding-out Committee under whose superintendence the child is boarded-out. (6) Date of the first boarding-out. “ Date of boarding-out with present Foster-Parent, if there has been a change, “ Clerk to the Guardians. Date ” years, disease (II.) FORMS UNDER BOARDING-OUT IN UNIONS ORDER. (A) Form of Report of a Medical Officer. “ Union [or Separate Parish]. , the undersigned, having this day personally examined C.B., residing at and alleged to be an orphan [or deserted] child of the age of hereby certify that he is not suffering from any contagious or infectious bodily health is good [with the exception that* ] Medical Officer of the Union ]• day of 18 e Here state the particulars of any exceptions. and that h “(Signed) [or Parish of “ Dated this (B) Form of Undertaking of a Foster-Parent. “ Undertaking of Foster-Parent. “ Boarding of Child in a Home within 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.y 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, 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 ; and 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 the case of the child’s illness, I will forthwith report such illness to the [above-named Boarding-out Committee and also to the]* Relieving Officer in whose District I reside, or to the Guardians of the above-named Union [or Parish]; 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, by]* the Relieving Officer or the Medical Officer of the District, and by any Guardian or other person specially appointed for that purpose by the Guardians or by the Local Government Board ; and that I will produce the child for examination by the Guardians when required by them to do so. 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. X “Dated this day of 18 . “(1) Signature in ftill of Foster-Parent. (2) Address of Foster-Parent. (3) Witness to the signature of the Foster-Parent. (4) Address of Witness. “ N.B.—Communications to the Guardians to be addressed “[Communications to the Boarding-out Committee to be addressed ].”* * The references in this Form to a Boarding-out Committee are to be retained only where the child is boarded under the superintendence of a Committee. See Article IX. 3. t Insert “ church” or “ chapel ” according to the religious creed to which the child belongs. t Any other matter which may be agreed upon may here be added.
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