A BABY NURSERY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1147, 2 April 1872, Page 4

A BABY NURSERY.

In the course' of an inquest held recently at Mile-end, New Town, a description was given of a " baby nursery." The inquest was held respecting the death of Edward Hilliard, aged 14 months, the illegitimate child of a tailoress, who, finding the infant interfere with her occupation, had boarded him with. Mrs Harriet Booth, of 7 Princes street, Brick lane, whose established was described as "a place where young children are left for twelve hours on payment of the sum of i 2d per day, the mothers finding the food. The children who are too young to walk are placed in separate mangers, ranged round the room, whilst the remainder are enclosed in a sort of sheep-pen placed in the middle the apartment." Mrs Booth admitted that one time she had had as many as twenty-four children in her room, the number dwindling to sixteen or eighteen occasionally. Amongst those left at the nursery was the child Hilliard. Mr Ohampneys proved that death was due to irritation of the brain from injuries received by a fall j and the coroner, having summed up, and pointed out the questionable propriety of having such "nurseries" in the metropolis, the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence."