Organisation The Foundling Hospital and Infants' Home (Incorporated) (1914 - ?)
- From
- 1914
- Functions
- Babies' Home and Maternity Home
Summary
The Foundling Hospital and Infants' Home (Incorporated) came into being under the Hospitals and Charities Act 1890. This new body was established to run the Foundling Hospital in East Melbourne, which had been operating since 1877. It also ran the Beaconsfield Babies' Home. In 1914, the Victorian Government Gazette published a petition from 25 signatories for the Foundling Hospital and Infants' Home, in East Melbourne and Beaconsfield, to be incorporated. The stated objects of the 'Foundling Hospital and Infants' Home (Incorporated)' were 'the saving of infant life and the lives of mothers and other cognate objects of a philanthropic and humane nature'.
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- 'The Foundling Hospital and Infants' Home - Petition for Incorporation', in Victoria Government Gazette Online Archive 1836-1997, page 5435, State Library of Victoria, 2 December 1914, http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/. Details
Sources used to compile this entry: 'The Foundling Hospital and Infants' Home - Petition for Incorporation', in Victoria Government Gazette Online Archive 1836-1997, page 5435, State Library of Victoria, 2 December 1914, http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/.
Prepared by: Cate Elkner
Created: 9 July 2009, Last modified: 4 November 2009