Childcare, Health and Mortality in the London Foundling Hospital, 1741-1800 'Left to the Mercy of the World' |
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| Author:
| Levene, Alysa |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5261-3042-6 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2017 |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | Free of charge contact
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Book Description:
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This book is a thorough and appealing investigation into the health and welfare of abandoned babies and children in eighteenth-century England. It uses a variety of approaches to examine health, mortality and welfare practices, including family fostering, wet-nursing, disease and the impact of abandonment on survivorship.
This book is a thorough and appealing investigation into the health and welfare of abandoned babies and children in eighteenth-century England. It uses a variety of approaches to examine health, mortality and welfare practices, including family fostering, wet-nursing, disease and the impact of abandonment on survivorship.