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Childhood


§ Babies

— baby clothes

— a 'Baby Court' at the Crystal Palace

— a Baby Show

— breast-feeding and milk  (1) (2)

— care of infants (Mrs. Beeton)

— childhood diseases (1) (2)

— clothing

— 'elastic baby-jumper'

— exercise

— food in infancy

— Mother and baby advice

— the Nursery

— opium as pacifier

— prams

— skin-care

— sleep, advice

— sore nipples

— teething

§ Children

— "boys"

— boy thieves (1) (2) (3) (4)

— children arriving at school

— children being cheeky

— children going to work

— children in dangerous jobs

— children in hospital

— children in prison

— children looking after other children

— children selling goods on the street

— clothing advice

— clothing (art. 'The Small Things of London' Once a Week, 1860)

— discipline

— 'Diseases incidental to children'

— food in early childhood

— food in youth

— 'Harry and Tommy'

— 'Hidden Lives' (photographs et al.)

— 'Household Law'

— 'A Little Mother'

— 'Love and Fear'

— the Nursery

— 'Nursery and Schoolroom'

— 'Obedience'

— 'Parent and Child'

— poor children

— poor children, free dinners for

— recommended food for children

— sleep, advice

— 'street arabs' and 'ragamuffins'

— 'Truth'

§ Children's Homes, Orphanages & Creches

see also Fry's List of Charities

— Alexandra Orphanage

— Asylum for Female Orphans

— Chichester Training Ship (1) (2)

— child-minders

— creches (1) (2) (3) (4)

— Deaf and Dumb Asylum

— Dr. Stephenson's Children's Home

— Field Lane Refuge

— Freemasons School and Asylum for Female Orphans

— Infant Home

— Infant Orphan Asylum

— list of some orphanages

— London Orphan Asylum

— Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum

— Newport Market Refuge (1) (2)

— Orphan Working School

— Philanthropic Society

— Ragged Schools

— Refuge for Homeless & Destitute Children

— Royal Caledonian Asylum

— Royal Military Asylum

— Sailors' Orphan Girls' School and Home

— St. Andrew's Home & Club for Working Boys

— Soldiers' Daughters' Home

— Stockwell Orphanage

— Waifs and Strays' Society (now Children's Society)

— Woodhouse, Wanstead

— Worcester Training Ship

§ Schools

— corporal punishment (see also Children - Discipline, above)

— education of working men's children

— infant schools for the poor

— school dress

— truancy

§ Toys, Parties and Play

— advertisements

— buying toys (1) (2)

— a children's ball at the Mansion House

— children's parties (1) (2)

— flags

— 'How to Amuse the Babies'

— penny-toy man

— penny toys

— playing in the street and street games

— toys and games in 1850s and 1860s

— toy-makers (1) (2)   (3) (4)

— toy shops

— toys on Sundays

— value of play-time