Date:1908
Description:It is possible to see the surname of a child and their date of death in this photograph – Taylor 1905. The existence of the Orphanage’s graveyard is a physical reminder that child mortality was commonplace. Infectious diseases such as scarlet fever spread quickly in institutions where large numbers of children were brought into regular contact with each other.
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Amy Crutchley was at Birmingham Institution for the Blind in the early 1900s. The Institution kept detailed ...
Alice Cumbley was at Birmingham Institution for the Blind in the early 1900s. The Institution kept detailed ...
Concerns for the health and welfare of children in the 19th century led to the establishment of children’s ...
In 1886 the Children’s Hospital organised a campaign to raise funds to stop a ward from closing with ...
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital helped to cater for children suffering from, for example, disease of ...
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Donor ref:BA&H: MS 3196 11/21 (110/2479)
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