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Misunderstanding mental health in the early-20th Century
WEBIt is sadly apparent that mental health was not well understood in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The prevailing view at the time was one of institutionalisation, and many people with learning disabilities or mental health conditions found themselves sent to asylums and other similar institutions, to live apart from the rest of society.
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URL: https://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/blog/2014/04/misunderstanding-mental-health-early-20th-century/
St Peter's Orphan and Convalescent Home, Broadstairs
WEBIn 1870 the Home moved to Lanthorne Road, Broadstairs, Kent because the premises in Fulham had become too small. The Sisters relinquished their involvement in the Orphanage in 1878. By 1907 the Home accommodated 80 girls who were eventually found situations in domestic service. The Convalescent Home housed 24 women over the age of 14 years.
Burning books, toys and clothes
WEBAs they were thought to be the cause of the outbreak, the books and toys were burned in an attempt to stop the disease from spreading further. The rest of the letter asks The Children’s Society (then known as the Waifs and Strays Society) for further funding for new replacement books and toys to be bought; which later letters show was granted.
Sea air and tuberculosis (TB beside the seaside) Hidden Lives
WEBThe concept of Convalescent Homes, undoubtedly, has an entrancing history. I have been mesmerised by the sheer beauty and practicality of structure toward that ‘religion of open air’ that our Victorian and Edwardian forbears supplied to the architecture of newly built, or revamped, convalescent homes seeming always to insist on large South facing French …
Hidden Lives Revealed
WEBCase history of J. from 'Including the Excluded'. 1. Application to Waifs and Strays' Society February 1882. 2. Letter from Sarah Baillie, Matron of Motherless House, Southend on Sea c. 6 September 1882. 3. Letter from Miss S. c. 17 October 1882. 4. Letter from Miss S. 2 December 1882.
Unexplored Riches in Medical History
WEBAbout the project. The Children's Society's Unexplored Riches in Medical History project has received a second grant of £102,309 from the Wellcome Trust's Research Resources scheme.. The project, now in its second year, has been making great advances in cataloguing and conserving the records of the residential homes that The Children's …
asylums Hidden Lives Revealed blog
WEBMost asylums were shut down in the late 20th Century and our knowledge and understanding in identifying and treating mental health issues has increased since then. While it can be upsetting to us now to see how people used to be treated 100 years ago, records such as those highlighted here are important.
Hidden Lives Revealed
WEBSt Nicholas' Home, Pyrford and St Martin's Home, Pyrford were amalgamated in 1923 to become a Special Orthopaedic Hospital and School.The Children's Union continued to support the replacement St Nicholas and St Martin's Home, Pyrford. The Home had 120 beds as well as a Hospital for surgical tuberculosis, infantile paralysis, rickets and other …
Poverty and Families in the Victorian Era
WEBThis article by Barbara Daniels gives an overview of the causes and the effects of poverty on poor families and children in Victorian Britain. At the time of writing Barbara is a Ph.D. student with the Department of Religious Studies, at The Open University. Her subject is "Street Children and Philanthropy in the latter half of the 19th Century".
Hidden Lives Revealed
WEBUse of this term indicates that the child or a parent, or guardian, has a physical or mental disability. Related terms are 'Mental health' and 'Health'. This term in used in cases where there is an interesting or unusual aspect to a parent or child's employment. It also includes work related injuries.
The reality of living with a mental health condition in Victorian
WEBToday, instead of focussing on a particular child we will be focussing on a particular parent. The case files we hold give the family circumstances of most of the children that came into The Children’s Society’s care and so can go into …
Treatments for bad winter colds in 1940 Hidden Lives Revealed …
WEBFor some children’s homes we are lucky to have a surviving medical book. These books allow you to follow the progress of the health of the children in the home over a set period of time, which makes them a great way of researching instances of diseases and medical conditions and finding out how they were treated.
What medicines do you remember
WEBIn the post about influenzal colds in 1940, the medical book notes that the children were treated with 693 tablets. 693 was a name for an antibiotic medicine called sulphapyridine. It was produced by the firm May and Baker and so was often also known as M&B. The drug was first discovered in 1937.
Find out more about our project at the Child Care History Network
WEBToday I am excited to announce that I will be giving a talk about our Unexplored Riches in Medical History project at this year’s Child Care History Network conference. The theme of the 2014 conference will be …
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