The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-04-05
Ths ChllAren q the City.
nsP0@YI0N TO UsrIrvYu FOUNDING HOSPITAL
IN NEW YoRx.


rnNPo@YI0N TO usrITvyu A FOUNDING HOSPITAL
N IN NEW YoRx.
~ The last meeting OF The Board Of Almsheuss Cover
nsss proposihoa nads ~ Isaac Townsend, ESQ., 70
nssue veundnsg Hsspila y take care Of the infants
thst sDa4doasd By tAsr noshsrs and thrown upon
the CITY for support. n pressn these ohdrsa given
out 70 vet nurse until ssch tine they old enough
70 be cent 70 Randaps Island whore they are provided
for until adepssd ase Ne .iAas Of ohdless married
people, or SoundeSs y I.spaas Aaaas'07 until sAsy
are OF age.
Of The Gevssness two hundred and the norss
Of population y constantly adding 70 the number OF e
climate and abandoned infants, which eur citizens
are taxed support The nurses receive dollar per
for their services the clothing and medical attend
anos being paid Tor By The Board The objection TO this
system y that the mortality among these little vain u
suspioously large and, general thing, they not
cared for - well ~ they would be placed In Founding
Hospital -
towns, but In this country their estaoshsnt has not
been uraged, ~ Is supposed they would Aot ~
Ss 0s
deferred from INDUCING their guilty loves BY the fear
they viii have ohid TO maintain. How far this feeling
operates hard to say but 10 not in accordance with
the dictss huasiy 70 infants suffer to
prevsns chs possible lapse from virtue Of females yet
TSsrs lamentablc lack Of system In the manner In
hoh <hese children come into the posSeson Of ths Co.
vsvnoS The mothers fear exposure and loss Of charsc
ter should they with their Infants to tho rounda In
the Para themselves, and they 'dropp u" in 81
legs halls steps, during the night, and when
20 s o.
George Kellogg. Who Immediately furnishes nurses for
such = i've usi their psosssie provided for. ..
exposure SI r 10 which tasy have been subjected.
Formerly the discovery OF an infant IN an alley wA IN
item for The newspapers but has become 30 fire.
hiatt is notd med
a. many twenty infants have been found thus soaa
doned by their mothers; and hssAndng the great
Of them under year old In the of the
Almshouse Department This mortality, by the wsy, IL
omen oue to the diseases they ave Inherited from vicious
and depraved parents. Some are born With syphlleio
complaints from which they soon die, and others suffer-
from complication Of dhorders due 10 the drunken and
means trae Of ali the children soms Of the most beau
ul specimens OF bsbyhocd In the city may be seen IN
the RotuDd n the Park 10 me
and bring the intAnts with them for inspection.
These children healthy and sound, and are coon
happens mat he nurse takes fancy 70 The mast
she suCkles and her poverty adopts -
her own. Every week the Governors receive aPpics
tons from nurpes with and four children OF their
own sakipg leave adopt the little stranger which they
Oh a. II took 70 add 10 their scsAt income.
Should the founding hospital 10 established, II
que whether ths plan adopted in PsRs Of allowing
women leave their children without Questioning them
shoud q b. sdoPed The present plan q leaving them
be dScouutenanCed.
In ssditen 70 the uleguass children cared for by the
Goyevuors there are Ihose who under the protso
uos Of the Commissoners Of Emigraten This inolu 1ea
eli the children born Of emsrant women that have been
eos than I'VE years the country and who ara In doeu
tute Or these there from fy 70 one
hundred. The sent 10 the lying In hospital
on wards Island until the child bora, whom the
Their, he known oan DO found Obliged 70 give
six dollars per month until the child nye years OF aga,
whea becomes charge 70 the city II the father can
81 such time she oan ga employment - vet nurse.
Should fbapdnng hosptai be inssitutsi these infants
are soe bound 70 support them, although they are re-
quirsd By law 70 provide for the mothers. u 10 pro-
pooed ohas ths city shall pay for this hospta but that
Is shall b under tAs charge Of sush beasvosnt adise
nay take interest," In these moshefess babes. The
aotsa q Ne Gsvsrnoss win DO regarded With much In
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