The history and design of the Foundling Hospital
Subtitle: with a memoir of the founder
Contributors: University College, London. Library Services
Publisher: W. & H.S. Warr
Published: 1858
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Hospitals; Paediatric; History; History of Paediatrics; London; England; Foundling Hospital (London, England)
Notes: History and objects of the charity -- Early admission of children -- Reasons for the existence of the charity -- The privileges of the governors -- Naming and baptizing of the children -- Nursing of the children -- The disposal of the children -- The revenue of the hospital -- The benevolent fund -- The hospital becomes associated with the arts -- The chapel -- The catacombs -- Proposal for making the hospital available as a public music school -- Memoir of the founder -- Catalogue of pictures, &c -- List of governors and guardians --

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