An Earnest Appeal for Mercy to the Children of the Poor Particularly Those Belonging to the Parishes within the Bills of Mortality
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- SECT. I Observations on the State of the Infant Parish Poor
- SECT. II Heads of the Act for the keeping regular, uniform, and annual Registers of all Parish Poor Infants under a certain Age, within the Bills of Mortality
- SECT. III Remarks on the Act
- SECT. IV Observations on the Register, and Abstract of the Register of the Infant Poor, with some comparative Views of the Foundling Hospital
- SECT. V Particular Investigation of the Registers, and Abstract of Registers of the Infant Poor in 1764 and 1765
- SECT. VI Remarks on the Registers of particular Parishes
- SECT. VII Further Reasons for a Parliamentary Enquiry into the State of the Infant Poor within the Bills of Mortality
- SECT. VIII Proposal for sending all Children under four Years old to the F. H. to be nursed and educated, belonging to such Parishes as appear unable or unwilling to preserve them: the same to be upon terms to be agreed
- SECT. IX Some Observations on the Employment, Clothing, Expence, Diet, Cleanliness, &c. necessary to the Welfare of the Poor, particularly young Persons
- SECT. X The Advantage of placing out children, being for laborious Employments, as early as possible
- SECT. XI The Benefit and Advantage of giving Apprentice Fees with poor Children
- SECT. XII The Absurdity and Danger of placing out Children to the Age of 24, a Part of the Statute of 43d of Eliz. appearing necessary to be reformed
- SECT. XIII The Necessity of a religious Education as the Foundation of free Subjection to human and divine Laws; and a Proposal for the Promotion of it by the most simple and practicable Means
- SECT. XIV The Importance of cultivating a true Sense of Religion, and particularly the Duty of Prayer
- SECT. XV Further Reasons for giving a pecuniary Gratuity, after a certain time, to those who do their Duty to poor Children, as Apprentices, on the Plan proposed
- SECT. XVI A List of the Parishes whose Numbers of Children are worthy of Notice; and a curious Anecdote relating to a Parish Nurse: the Conclusion, inviting to the Exercise of Humanity to the Children of the Poor under the Care of Parishes
SECT. V - Particular Investigation of the Registers, and Abstract of Registers of the Infant Poor in 1764 and 1765
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- SECT. I Observations on the State of the Infant Parish Poor
- SECT. II Heads of the Act for the keeping regular, uniform, and annual Registers of all Parish Poor Infants under a certain Age, within the Bills of Mortality
- SECT. III Remarks on the Act
- SECT. IV Observations on the Register, and Abstract of the Register of the Infant Poor, with some comparative Views of the Foundling Hospital
- SECT. V Particular Investigation of the Registers, and Abstract of Registers of the Infant Poor in 1764 and 1765
- SECT. VI Remarks on the Registers of particular Parishes
- SECT. VII Further Reasons for a Parliamentary Enquiry into the State of the Infant Poor within the Bills of Mortality
- SECT. VIII Proposal for sending all Children under four Years old to the F. H. to be nursed and educated, belonging to such Parishes as appear unable or unwilling to preserve them: the same to be upon terms to be agreed
- SECT. IX Some Observations on the Employment, Clothing, Expence, Diet, Cleanliness, &c. necessary to the Welfare of the Poor, particularly young Persons
- SECT. X The Advantage of placing out children, being for laborious Employments, as early as possible
- SECT. XI The Benefit and Advantage of giving Apprentice Fees with poor Children
- SECT. XII The Absurdity and Danger of placing out Children to the Age of 24, a Part of the Statute of 43d of Eliz. appearing necessary to be reformed
- SECT. XIII The Necessity of a religious Education as the Foundation of free Subjection to human and divine Laws; and a Proposal for the Promotion of it by the most simple and practicable Means
- SECT. XIV The Importance of cultivating a true Sense of Religion, and particularly the Duty of Prayer
- SECT. XV Further Reasons for giving a pecuniary Gratuity, after a certain time, to those who do their Duty to poor Children, as Apprentices, on the Plan proposed
- SECT. XVI A List of the Parishes whose Numbers of Children are worthy of Notice; and a curious Anecdote relating to a Parish Nurse: the Conclusion, inviting to the Exercise of Humanity to the Children of the Poor under the Care of Parishes
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- An Earnest Appeal for Mercy to the Children of the PoorParticularly Those Belonging to the Parishes within the Bills of Mortality, pp. 27 - 39Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1766