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https://doi.org/10.31337/oz.76.2.4
Children of the Split Foundling Home (1877–1892)
Ivo Mišur
orcid.org/0000-0002-6044-8208
Sažetak
Foundling Homes were institutions which temporarily took into their care abandoned children until such time as they would be put in foster care. This paper will cover data collected in the Split Book of Foundlings between 1877 and 1892 on foundlings in Split. During this time period, 1,517 children were admitted to the Home. Most were conceived between May and July and also in January. Only 18.59% of the children were admitted without any data on their identity and origin. Such children were given a name and surname — a complete identity. Over time, the Foundling Home expanded its care to pregnant women. For this reason 15.62% of the foundlings were born in the Foundling Home itself. The vast majority of children — as many as 65.79% — were left in the institution after birth, having already been given personal names. They had at least one known parent. The Foundling Home was a temporary solution only. Socialization took place through foster families who received financial support for the providing of care. Of the foundlings, 63.48% were put in foster care. An analysis of monthly distribution leads to the conclusion that most fostering occurred in April, May and January. Foster parents lived in the small villages of the Dalmatian Zagora area. The mortality rate of fostered children was equivalent to the Croatian average at that time, while children who remained in the Foundling Home had a much lower chance of survival.
Ključne riječi
foundling home; Split; foundlings; abandoned children; unwanted pregnancy
Hrčak ID:
256606
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Datum izdavanja:
29.4.2021.
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