A list, or short account, of various charitable institutions in Great-Britain, for the benefit of the poor and infirm, &c. : recommended to all benevolent persons.

  • Grimstone, Henry.
Date:
1794
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A list, or short account, of various charitable institutions in Great-Britain, for the benefit of the poor and infirm, &c. : recommended to all benevolent persons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    ( ) St. ANNE’s SOCIETY, Inftituted 1709. This Society, inftituted in 1709, for the Education of poor Children, was extended in the Year 1783, by eftablifhing a Country School; and was farther extended in the Year 1791. The School has for fome Years been fituated at Lavenham, in Suffolk, upwards of 60 Miles from London: it is now intended to remove it to the Vicinity of Camberwell, where an Afylum is to be built for the Reception of the Children, in order that they may be more clofely infpefted than their former Diftance would allow of. It is alfo propofed to build a Chapel, to be connected with the Edifice, for the Benefit of the Children, and thofe of the Pariih not otherwife to be accommodated. Each Governor, in his Turn, has the Opportunity of prefenting any Object he may choofe, Male or Female, without Refpect to local Circumftances or civil Privileges. There are now 90 Children under the Care of this Society, 30 of whom are at the Country School, who are entirely cloathed, maintained, and educated. Treafurer, Henry Thornton, Efq; M. P. King’s-Arms Tard, Coleman-Jlreet. CHRIST’S HOSPITAL, (Commonly called the BLUE-COAT HOSPITALJ SMITHFIELD. Eftablifhed as an Hofpital 1552. This is an Hofpital, or rather School, for poor Children, who are fupplied with all Neceffaries and Conveniences, cloathed, dieted, and taught. Befides the Children that are