
Episode 2.9. Illegitimate Birth in the 18th Century with Dr Kate Gibson
Dirty Sexy History
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The Foundling Hospital
The Fanning Hostel was set up in the 1750s by a philanthropist called Thomas Corum. He thought that lots of children were being abandoned on the streets of London and dying basically. They have a system where so basically the philanthropists wanted to separate the child and the mother. And undoubtedly it saved a lot of children's lives, but as we all know now institutional care is not always great for children.
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