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Indirect Legislation § 10

of persons whose interests are to be provided for: the offending parties
and the children that are the produce of the unlawful offspring of the offence
union.

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Institutions for
this purpose are
1 Asylums for
pregnant women

The establishments which apply
to cases of this sort are accordingly as follows:
1. the secret Hospitals for the Educa Houses Asylums for
the secret reception of pregnant women. Of these
some might be in the footing of hospitals, for the
poor who could bear no part of the expence, and
to whom [a] maintenance as well as [ an asylum ] concealment [shelter]
would be necessary: others on a higher footing, the patients
paying for their reception. Here the chief leading
object is to conceal the shame of the offending parties
and particularly the mother.

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2. Foundling hospitals

2. General hospitals for foundlings. Here the
chief object is to provide for the offspring: the
relief of the parents having been enabled by
provided for by the former establishment.

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3 Establishments for
deserted children

3. Another establishment An Institution in which respects the latter only of
the two objects abovementioned is in view is a
is an establishment for the maintenance and adoption education
of children of all ages whom their parents have
deserted or would wish to part with. These might
by the justest of all titles be deemed the servants
of the state. The males might be enlisted in the mi-
-litary

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	3-7
Box	087	Main Headings	indirect legislation
Folio number	128	Info in main headings field	indirect legislation
Image	003	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f5 / f6 / f7 / f8
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::r williams [britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	c. hamilton
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
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