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Case 6024

1. Application to the Knitting Institution for the Employment of Afflicted Girls, Croydon 1 May 1894

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1. Name of the girl?
A.

2. Age of the girl?
16

3. Has she been baptized?
yes

4. Has she been confirmed?
yes

5. Has she been in any Reformatory, Refuge or Workhouse?
No

6. Are you aware of her being addicted to any unchaste practice?
No

7. In what way is she afflicted?
Mental deficiency

8. The name, address and character of the parents or Guardian who must sign these answers in token of their assent to the girl being placed in the institution?
A. [Coachman] to S. over 20 years

9. Their occupation and earnings?

10. How many in family, and how many dependent upon the parents?
Five All Dependent

11. The name and address of the person who will be responsible for the payment, outfit, &c.?
J. S. Esq. Beddington

12. State fully the reason for the present application and the girl's previous history.
In capacity to be trained for service.

We, the undersigned, consent to the above named Girl being placed as an Inmate of the Knitting Institution for Afflicted Girls, upon the terms specified in the Rules and Regulations now in force, or hereafter to be made.
Signature A
Address Richland Road
Beddington, Croydon
Date 1st May 1894

To be signed by the guarantee.

I hereby agree to pay the sum required £12.12.0 for the admission of into the Knitting Institution for Afflicted Girls at 97, Sylenham Road, Croydon.

Also to provide outfit, as per list.

I do also agree to remove the said girl from the Institution in case of permanent illness, misconduct, or any other justifiable reason, when desired to do so and also to make provision for Funeral Expenses in case of death.
Signature S.
Address Beddington
Croydon
Date 1st May 1894

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