The Traffic in Babies: An Analysis of the Conditions Discovered During an Investigation Conducted in the Year 1914 (Classic Reprint)

The Traffic in Babies: An Analysis of the Conditions Discovered During an Investigation Conducted in the Year 1914 (Classic Reprint)
ISBN-10
1331926432
ISBN-13
9781331926436
Series
The Traffic in Babies
Category
Family & Relationships
Pages
176
Language
English
Published
2015-07-21
Author
George Walker

Description

Excerpt from The Traffic in Babies: An Analysis of the Conditions Discovered During an Investigation Conducted in the Year 1914 The material comprised in this present publication was embodied in that section of the Report of the Maryland State-wide Vice Commission dealing with the traffic in babies. It was obtained during the latter part of the year 1914, and was gathered almost entirely under the personal direction of the Chairman, George Walker, M.D. The Commission, appointed by the Governor of the State of Maryland, handed in its report on December 15, 1915, after three years of investigation. The following symbols are used as substitutes for proper names: Physicians - P1, P2, P3, etc. Clergymen - C1, C2, C3, etc. Nurses - N1, N2, N3, etc. Midwives - M1, M2, M3, etc. Social Workers - S1, S2, S3, etc. Hospitals - Hospitals 1, Hospital 2, Hospital 3, etc. Boarding-home Keepers - B1, B2, B3, etc. Orphanages, Day Nurseries, etc. - O1, O2, O3, etc. Persons offering to adopt children in answer to advertisement - A1, A2, A3, etc. Miscellaneous references not included in the fore-going - X1. X2, X3, etc.; or simply: -. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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