| Description | The volume is in alphabetical order. Columns are: date of admission; surname; forename; sex; weight [on admission]; when born; religious creed; school sent to (girls, boys, infants); name and address of nearest of kin; class on admission (orphan, deserted, other, legitimate, illegitimate); no. of Home in which child is placed; trade to be brought up to; date of discharge; weight [on discharge]; where gone to; remarks.
On the first page of the volume is written 'This book commences with all names remaining in the Homes on Sept 29th 1883... and ends at Michaelmas - Sept 25th 1886 when all names remaining undischarged are carried to New Book.' |