Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . that she would provea model wife; but both, it is needless to add,turned out failures. Even at the termination of 360 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [Foundling Hospital. apprenticeship all connection with the hospitaldoes not necessarily cease, as many of the childrenreturn to it as their home when in necessity, and,if well behaved, they are never denied of the children, crippled and helpless, remainfor their Avhole lives as pensioners upon the bountyof the institution. It is stated by Hone, in hisYear Book, tha
Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . that she would provea model wife; but both, it is needless to add,turned out failures. Even at the termination of 360 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [Foundling Hospital. apprenticeship all connection with the hospitaldoes not necessarily cease, as many of the childrenreturn to it as their home when in necessity, and,if well behaved, they are never denied of the children, crippled and helpless, remainfor their Avhole lives as pensioners upon the bountyof the institution. It is stated by Hone, in hisYear Book, that for the plan adopted in rearingthe children here, the hospital was largely indebted a handsome vase now in the possession of LordDudley. It appears from the report of the Royal Com-mission, instituted in 1869, to inquire into theworking of this charity, that, though the infantsreceived into the hospital are never again seen bytheir mothers (save in peculiar cases), a species ofintercourse with them is still permitted. Mothersare allowed to come every Monday and ask after. INTERIOR OF THK CHAPEL OF THE FOUNULINU HOiilTrAL. to Sir Hans Sloane. An economical kitchen,ingeniously fitted up for the institution by CountRumford, is described at some length in theAnnual Register for 1798. The whole expenditure of the establishment intown and country, for the year ending December,1874, amounted to ;!^i3,873 7s. 6d., which—afterdeducting the expenses with reference to appren-tices, and a few other miscellaneous accounts—divided by the average number of children on theestablishment in that year, namely, 487, gave anaverage cost of ;^23 14s. per head. There are now (1876) 504 children in the estab-lishment ; the girls and the boys are pretty equallydivided. The additional four are maintained fromthe interest of ;^ 1,500, the proceeds of the sale of their childrens health, but are allowed no furtherinformation. On an average, about eight womenper week avail themselves of this privilege
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