Childcare, health and mortality in the london foundling hospital, 1741–1800: 'left to the mercy of the world'
Auteur :
Levene, Alysa
Éditeur :
Manchester University Press
ISBN :
9780719073557
Date de publication :
1 déc. 2012
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 1,3 cm
Poids :
345 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book is a thorough and appealing investigation into the health and welfare of abandoned babies and children in eighteenth-century England. It uses a variety of approaches to examine health, mortality and welfare practices, including family fostering, wet-nursing, disease and the impact of abandonment on survivorship. -- .