New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-12

we're 80 sope Who had been deprived by DEAN
care b,ib Of their parents. The hrst nsl Tvs al ('
oi enc CHAMPION 10 modern times IN 81 Nhcent n'
hnl11' "a he other 10 Herman FraUke rfaLce, Bol
d go T.sly Spain. Portugal, austria ana hlSsa WI
,spces Of the former system, ana hoga9u,
S~sdeo Dooma'k, Prussis SwIIerenu so s r. a.
sisersble portion Of Germany ana the Uateu o''e'
fhe latter. ,n.. .;, ,.., NJ. a question
II .hee,S INT Of actus existence so deeply ln'oI
woven in the organization Of humaa society a. -
ss,i UssU In 81 conditions, frem tne NOS oNt ~ -,
.. rat In which civilization hiss sttsin5o us nie
Sxsc,reut Its roots were go deeply pan'eu' elInef
a. the ff,fntes or vices Of human nature rs 10 Iou
der iis sxtirpstion an iDpo'tioii'y, Gu -. on.
fherefofe duty OF toe legislator 70 cDs'Ve' ue
&C. OF fhe existence of abandoned lnants as one Vi
wv o. .cI in sucb a manner would best pro-
,sct hess heple-s obecs OF the STATE reg ara anu
=, -. ,ame time offer the least ipducement for the
conn,ss;on O. the vice to which these uniortunHos
owed abeir condition. 81,
5;1s,tt ipstuiiors es.ab shed for foundlngs, CON-
,s,ci,g with she frat mentioned 10 history, estao-
i,sl,,d by Dsaesrs in 7S7 az Mllan and following up
nth those Of Oliver &c Ia Tau, established AZ Mont
r.iisr in 1870 Of the Holy Spirit founded 10 Jerusa.
lem in 1910 by Pope Innocent Ill. OF ten'os W iooD
ard Florence IL l42i lie sdvered to the msgn'd cent
bospitaI o. the Holy Spirit at Rome established IN
HOS with which was connected the turning box, into
.b,ch the infant was u ed, tae turning Of which
stTncl he'll and announced 10 the inmates the objsc.
inns cas-, upon their care and protection. The Olplzo
DelaS s. Nunziat at Naples, which GAINED to be
amorg The earliest @ fnndn .. ,ae Emo ~ da
esfsd and suppcred until seven years Of age, when
tbe, were removed 10 other Charitable Institutions uR
Iess vi01sy clsmed ny their relations o. per-
son Who took an interest in Dl I'M.
Afer A brief allusiOn 10 the hospitals Of Sprin, DR..
Wvpne came down TO the establishment of the Found.
ling Hospital of Paris by ST. Vincent de Paul Ia 1910,
the most extensive and useful establishment Of the
kird in existence. Here the turning box was used
ali in |
that period became necessary 10 obtain certificate
Of abandonment from COmmlssary OF the Police,
who was charged by the Government to offer every
nducement 70 those leaving children not to abandon
them, but at the same time never to withhold the
CURED certificate If the person soliciting IT was no
moved by his representations, to change her purpose
Of parting with the infant. La this ht spital are 60O
beds, ara the number annually received, kept 10 the
hospital sent in the country to nurse Is not far IRON
900. ADDISON, in England, had early appreciated
the necessity of founding hospital in Great Britain,
and Ills suggestion was practically carried out by
Thomas CersSn, who procured the erection oil hog
rta in 1879 under CHATTER obtained from the govern
ment The institution haJ received large benefscron5,
and had e1erted = great influence during the past
century. -.
Tie two important questions in connection with the
subject Dr. Wynne said wers frst: The effec. which
hospitals exercised LEGITIMACY; aud,
second: Their influence upon infanticide. AS q basis
upon which to commence their Investigations, ne had
ooliaied from the data 10 possession oil the kegsua
the per centsge of iegnate births in different coun-
tries:
Sadipis, 2O9; Sweden c. Sc; Norway. 81; Eng.
lsno 6i2; Beg ium 677; France III; Prussia, 7.I2
Denmark 9.31; Hanover, 9S7; Austria, lbs; Wur-
temberg MA; SsxOny, IL 10; Bavaria, 20.59
DIR. W ynne said that these figures clearly estab-
kshed that the cause Of iDegtmacy were beyond the
influence Of Founding Hospitals, and were 10 no way
affected by tue existence or absence OF these establish
nerts though IL any argument could be adduoed from
them they do show that their presence tended rather
To deCrease than 10 increase illegitmscy. Though
there were Institutions of this character IN the United
States with which TO institute comparison between
this and other countries he yet believed there was less
Aoy in rural districts tnan IN EUROPE Do,
cause OF the greater ease of securing livelihood
here and the proporonatey hcIsssea nGUe' ,Ss
.rn.la az vice He adduced evidence to soo"
MAT the prevt ntiOn Of iLfantclde was an elemeht
which had entered into tbs minds Of the iounoers OF
In Europe. The statistics OF lnianuoae'
bowever were some what contradictory, and had fur
risbed for both of tue systems which exist
ed in Europe. Thus, advocate OF the German sys-
fem had aGouoed the fact that IN Dublin, where the
Italian system prevailed in France, the Infant
icdts we're as ore to each 800 100 inhabitants,
while in Eng lard, where the Germrn system pre-
vailed, the number was as one TO ooooo, inhao-
hbnts, though the writer admitted that Heidhu was
destitute of the provsions for the poor which existed
In England ID ,he provinces of b GUM where found
ling hospitals existed the unfortunates were as one III
1882 iLhsbit ants while in the provinces wnere no
such institutions existed, they are as one 10 loo oo2
In France, as appeared by puolsned sSsts'i; - nney
we're "a ons TO S26 $50 inha plants. From 1911 10
1885 when the pl4n of the turning door was aosn-
doned the infsntcides numbered lO4 each year: from
1885 TO 1910 they to l3 form 1910 to le4o 10 ii
and 10 lS47 they reached LA, wLlie the ststsucs
showed 10 other crimes from 1850 to 1916.
Tbe casts Of indirect itfanticde before birth had
doubled in nun ber and in some OF the Departments
had increased in number hvefUld. These observations
AIDE upon the same population would teen to ind )ae
ao,in hetW
drsyal OF faciles formerly pro sded ~ the French
for the reception OF foundilngs, ana 80
uni yelsA bsd this idea become among the people OF
France as 10 re nder the adoption OF policy BY means
Of which this burden of human shame might be pro-
yiced with its former secrecy although by dnerent
mode Of admission than the turning door.
Dr. Wynne then called the attention OF the Commit.
tee TO some remarkable facts taken from report OF
the City Inspector made ID lo0o, Oh Tue aoe "
mature OF stubborn b,hs in this city from 1919 to ioO.
In 1895 the rate Of premature births was one 10 every
6l2 iDhsbsDts; in 1870 one to every w. IN ioio'
one 10 $50; 1920 to 6jii 1919, one TO ooe; 3o5V
one 10 5a7 1885, TO 569 lslO, one to olo; toio,
are 10 3si and 1850 one to $50. Though there were
no means Of determGirg the absolute NUMBER Oh
births In the city during that time, yet nem aats
obtained law Of estimates could De estaphsheo
by winch 10 approximate the number OF ou1ns.
Tnus il was found that in France tRe num-
Der hy:rg 70 each person born was %;
IN England 81; in Prusss u; In austria 20; IN
90 and by tins census returns OF lo0V II ap-
TINS Df Wypne regarded as error OF hVeto mucb,
after an inyes,is Of the subject. Based upon the
facts and estimates thQs obtained DIR. Wynne states
that the proportions Of still births to the whole number
of births in this city during the penoa mentioned
'V In isc5 to 49, 1910, to 49, 1915, to %;
$50. / 70 %; 1925, l to %; 1880, to 20; 1885,
to ~; 1910, to l6i 1873, I to lS looo, i to
that in Fusons the proportion was as follows: Ham
burg, / 70 is; Amsterdam, / to III Dresden, 10 IL;