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• Fiscal Policy and the Family: How the Family Fares in France, Germany and the UK (c2005), by Rebecca O'Neill (PDF at Civitas)

• The Child Welfare Movement (London: G. Bell and Sons, 1920), by Janet E. Lane-Claypon
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• British & American child welfare services (Wayne State University Press, 1962), by Gladys M. Kammerer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of the late Dr. Barnardo (Hodder and Stoughton, 1907), by Syrie Louise Barnardo, W. Robertson Nicoll, and James Marchant (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Dr. Barnardo : the foster-father of "Nobody's children" : a record and an interpretation (S. W. Partridge, 1904), by John Herridge Batt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The children of the nation; how their health and vigour should be promoted by the state (Methuen & co., 1906), by John Eldon Gorst (page images at HathiTrust)
• The state and its children (Methuen & Co., 1894), by Gertrude M. Tuckwell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The cruelty man, actual experiences of an inspector of the N.S.P.C.C. (The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 1912) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Justice and the child (Constable, 1915), by H. D. C. Pepler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The children of the nation : how their health and vigour should be promoted by the state (Dutton, 1907), by John Eldon Gorst (page images at HathiTrust)
• Problems of boy life (P. S. King, 1912), by J. Howard Whitehouse (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Children of the state (Macmillan and co., 1889), by Florence Davenport Hill and Fanny Fowke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Infant mortality (University press, 1922), by Hugh Tuke Ashby (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The meaning of family endowment (The Labour Publishing Company, Limited, and G. Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1921), by Mary D. Stocks (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Serious considerations on the salutary design of the Act of Parliament for a regular, uniform register of the parish-poor in all the parishes within the bills of mortality : pointing out the humanity and utility which will attend the due execution thereof, -- the inefficacy of past attempts relating to such infants -- the necessity of sending them to nurse at a proper distance in the country, -- the pecuniary value of a life to the community, -- the duty of repairing as much as possible the loss created by war, -- and the importance of increasing our numbers at home and abroad as the truest means of supporting our independency as a nation : to which are added some thoughts on the usefulness of ventilation, the pernicious effects of bad air, narrow streets and ruined houses, the advantages of cleanliness and decent cloathing in workhouses and the honorable esteem in which parish-officers ought to be held when they discharge their duty : in two letters addressed to a churchwarden. (Printed for John Rivington ..., 1762), by Jonas Hanway (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hanway's letters (Printed for A. Millar and T. Cadell, 1767), by Jonas Hanway (page images at HathiTrust)
• Children of the state; the training of juvenile paupers (Macmillan and Co., 1868), by Florence Davenport Hill (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some results of boarding out poor law children (P.S. King & Son, 1903), by William Pitt Trevelyan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Reform movements in behalf of children in England of the early nineteenth century, and the agents of those reforms (New York, 1916), by Isabel Simeral (page images at HathiTrust)
• The prison and the school : second number, an appeal for the girls / Talbot collection of British pamphlets (Staunton & Sons, 9, Strand, 1871), by Edmund Edward Antrobus (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on the physical welfare of mothers and children ... (Printed by C. Tinling & co., ltd.], 1917), by Carnegie United Kingdom Trust and Edward W. Hope (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Child life and labour (Headley, 1908), by Margaret Pearse Alden (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The children of our slums : their sufferings, protection, rescue, training & after-life : To which is added the "Children act, 1908". (Liverpool Booksellers' Co., ltd. [etc., etc., 1911), by James Samuelson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Report from the Select Committee on infant life protection. Together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence, and appendix (Printed for H.M. Stationery Off., by Vacher and Sons, 1908), by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Infant Life Protection and John Edward Ellis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report from the Select committee on infant life protection. (Printed for H. M. Stationery off., by Vacher and sons, 1908), by Great Britain. Parliament. House of commons. Select committee on infant life protection and John Edward Ellis (page images at HathiTrust)
• British children in Canadian homes ([s.n.], 1879), by Ellen Agnes Bilbrough (page images at HathiTrust)
• Smithers a true story of private imperialism (Hodder and Stoughton, 1912), by Arthur E. Copping (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The law relating to children : a short treatise on the personal status of children : with notes and forms (Stevens and Sons, 1905), by W. Clarke Hall and Cecil W. Lilley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The children of the nation; how their health and vigour should be promoted by the state (Methuen, 1907), by John Eldon Gorst (page images at HathiTrust)
• Children under the Poor law A report to the president of the Local government board by T.J. Macnamara, parliamentary secretary to the Board. Presented to both houses of Parliament by command of His Majesty. (Printed for H.M. Stationery off., by Darling & son, ltd., 1908., 1908), by Great Britain. Local Government Board, T. J. Macnamara, and T. J. Macnamara (page images at HathiTrust)
• Child life and labour (Headley Brothers, 1913), by Margaret Pearse Alden (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A slice of bread and butter : text (W. Tweedie, 1857), by George Cruikshank (page images at HathiTrust)
• "The Children Act, 1908" : being the third edition of the Law relating to children : containing the complete text of "The Children Act, 1908," and other statutes relating to the protection of children, with notes and forms (Stevens and Sons, 1909), by W. Clarke Hall and Arnold H. F. Pretty (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The child welfare movement (G. Bell, 1920), by Janet E. Lane-Claypon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Children in Britain (British Information Services, 1962), by British Information Services. Reference Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• The boarding-out system and legislation relating to the protection of chidlren and infant life; a manual for poor-law guardians, boarding-out committees, and practical workers. (S. Sonnenschein and Co., 1890), by Henry F. Aveling (page images at HathiTrust)
• The training of pauper children in England during the fourth decade of the 19th century (Sutro Branch, California State Library, 1940), by Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners, James Kay-Shuttleworth, California State Library, and United States. Work Projects Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The care of children under five in wartime (England and Wales). (British Information Services, Information Division, 1943), by British Information Services. Information Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• The children of the nation; how their health and vigour should be promoted by the state (E.P. Dutton and Company, 1897), by John Eldon Gorst (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Committee of inquiry into the problems relating to partially sighted children. (H. M. Stationery off., 1934), by Great Britain. Committee on problems relating to partially sighted children and Great Britain. Board of Education (page images at HathiTrust)
• A few remarks on the system of general education as proposed by the National Education League (Published by William Tweedie, 1870), by George Cruikshank (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dr. Barnardo: the foster-father of "nobody's children." A record and an interpretation. (S.W. Partridge, 1904), by John Herridge Batt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The training of pauper children. (Printed by Clowes, 1839), by Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners, James Kay-Shuttleworth, and William Clowes and Sons (page images at HathiTrust)

• Maternity and child welfare in England and Scotland. (The American red cross, 1920), by American National Red Cross (page images at HathiTrust)

• An account of charity-schools in Great Britain and Ireland: with the benefactions thereto; and of the methods whereby they were set up, and are governed. Also a proposal for adding some work to the childrens learning. And an appendix, containing certain forms and directions relating to these schools. (Printed and sold by J. Downing, 1712) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mendip annals, or, A narrative of the charitable labours of Hannah and Martha More in their neighbourhood : being the journal of Martha More (J. Nisbet, 1859), by Martha More and Arthur Roberts (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ends and uses of charity schools for poor children; a sermon preached in the parish-church of Christ-Church, London, April the 30th, 1752. To which is annexed, An account of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. (Dod, 1752), by John Chapman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Account of the origin and designs of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. (M. Downing, 1741), by Isaac Maddox and Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A letter to Sir Samuel Romilly, M.P. from Henry Brougham, Esq. M.P.F.R.S. upon the abuse of charities. (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818), by Lord Brougham and Samuel Romilly (page images at HathiTrust)
• The philanthropic repertory of plans and suggestions for improving the condition of the labouring poor. (Ridgways, 1835), by John Hull (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrative of the charitable labours of Hannah and Martha More in their neighborhood (James Nisbet and Co., 1859), by Martha More and Arthur Roberts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Appendix to Mr. Brougham's letter, containing minutes of evidence taken before the education committee. (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, J. Ridgeway, and A. Constable and Co., 1818), by Lord Brougham and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the Education of the Poor (page images at HathiTrust)
• An account of charity-schools in Great Britain and Ireland : with the benefactions thereto, and of the methods whereby they were set up and are governed. Also, a proposal for adding some work to the childrens learning, and an appendix, containing forms and directions relating to these schools. (Printed and sold by Joseph Downing, 1713) (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Account of charity-schools lately erected in England, Wales and Ireland ; with the benefactions thereto, and of the methods whereby they were set up, and are governed. Also, a proposal for enlarging their number, and adding some work to the childrens learning, thereby to render their education more useful to the publick. (Printed and sold by J. Downing, 1706) (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Account of charity-schools lately erected in England, Wales and Ireland ; with the benefactions thereto, and of the methods whereby they were set up, and are governed. Also, a proposal for enlarging their number, and adding some work to the childrens learning, thereby to render their education more useful to the publick. (Printed and sold by J. Downing, 1708) (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Account of the methods whereby the charity-schools have been erected and managed : and of the encouragement given to them : with a proposal of enlarging their number. ([J. Downing], 1705) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sermon, preached in the cathedral church of Winchester : on Tuesday the 5th of July, 1825, at the fourteenth annual meeting of the Hampshire Society : for the education of the infant poor on the plan of the Rev. Dr. Bell, and in the principles of the established church. (Jacob and Johnson's county newspaper office, 1825), by P. N. Shuttleworth and Hampshire Society for the Education of the Infant Poor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Further report of the commissioners for inquiring concerning charities. ([publisher not identified], 1827), by Great Britain. Commissioners for Inquiring Concerning Charities (page images at HathiTrust)
• A vindication of the enquiry into charitable abuses : with an exposure of the misrepresentations ontained in the Quarterly review. (Printed for Longman, 1819), by Henry Bellenden Kerr (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report; with the minutes of evidence taken before the Committee. ([n.p.], 1816), by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the Education of the Lower Orders in the Metropolis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mendip annals : or, a narrative of the charitable labours of Hannah and Martha More in their neighbourhood (J. Nisbet and co., 1861), by Martha More and Arthur Roberts (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Ladies Charity School-house roll of Highgate, or, A subscription of many noble, well-disposed ladies for the easie carrying of it on ([London : s.n., 1670]), by fl. 1650-1670 W. B. (William Blake) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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