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Case 9697

1. Application to Waifs and Strays' Society 27 February 1903

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This is [?] of H - mother struggling to keep a home since her husband's death - and being away all day & the boys after school hours, roaming about the streets - & no one to look after them - A deserving case to take in Bede home - The mother is a respectable woman, deserving of help, and working as a tailoress in a Tailor's shop all the day - She is personally known to me.

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