Record of children received, 1886-1938.

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Record of children received, 1886-1938.

The school's admission book. In register format, gives each child's name; date of admission; sequential number (1-10000); sequential number by sex (males 1-5749; females 1-4251); county from which committed; "nativity" (ethnic background); whether or not the child was an orphan or half-orphan; whether or not the child was from a "Co. house" (presumably a county-run child facility) (to Jan. 1927); age of the child upon admission (from Jan. 1927); and occasionally (very sporadically after ca. 1928) whether or not the parents were intemperate, criminal, or if they deserted the child.

1 v. in partial box.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8342570

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