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Case 47511. Application to Waifs and Strays' Society  28 March 1895
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- 1. Give the child's christian name and surname.
 
- F.
 
- 2. State the exact age, and give the date and place of birth.
 
- 24 May 1884 at Well St. Southampton Street, Camberwell.
 
- 3. Legitimate?
 
- Yes. Parents married Dec. 25 1883 at Emmanuel Church Camberwell S.E.
 
- 4. If baptized, state place and date of baptism.
 
- Father says he has been Baptized but he can't say when [Two] registers have been searched in vain mother being in asylum can't well be asked. Clergyman offers to Baptize [protersionally] now.
 
- 5. Parents living?
 
- Both
 
- 6. If, however, either or both are dead, state of what disease they died and give the date of their death.
 
- Mother - in Asylum, both alive but little use for support
 
- Father - Dwarf, both alive but little use for support
 
- 7. If living, give their exact places of abode, and state how long they have resided there.
 
- Mother - Bethnal House Asylum since June 1893
 
- Father - Warham Street. Kennington Park. over 2 years
 
- 8. Give the christian names and surnames of parents (in full) and state their ages.
 
- Mother - E., 35
 
- Father - F., 38
 
- 9. What was or is the nature of the father's occupation and the amount of his weekly earnings? Give the name and address of his present or last employer.
 
- Cigarmaker- Pritchard & Burton, Farrington Road off & on for two years. Out of work through slackness for 9 months. Average earnings 16/- or 17/- a week.
 
- 10. What was or is the nature of the mother's occupation and the amount of her weekly earnings? Give the name and address of her present or last employer.
 
- Wife was a brush drawer averaging 10/ or 12/- a week till she went to the Asylum. Mr. Bennet Station Road, Camberwell New Rd. S.E.
 
- 11. Have the parents or guardians ever received parish relief? If so, to what extent?
 
- Woman now in Parish Asylum. Parish doctor once attended one of the children
 
- 12. Give the names, addresses, ages, occupations and earnings (if any) of all the brothers and sisters of the child.
 
- NAME, ADDRESS, AGE, OCCUPATION, WEEKLY EARNINGS
 
- S., Warham Street, 9
 
- [?], c/o Mr. Griffiths Durham Street, 5
   
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