The
Foundling Hospital, Guildford Street
This
hospital, founded by Captain Thomas Coram "for the
relief of exposed and deserted children", was built
in the early 1740s on land purchased from the Earl of
Salisbury. Babies were taken in (on a ballot system, as
many babies had to be refused on account of the Hospital's
almost immediate success in attracting unwanted infants),
and young children educated. The Hospital continues (as
the Thomas Coram Foundation for children), although in
the early twentieth century it moved to Berkhamstead.
Copyright
© Sara Douglass Enterprises Pty Ltd 2006
No material may be reproduced without permission
|