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The Fertility of the Unfit

CHAPTER IX
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These children are all in the Industrial School.

There is also one baby, born April, 1897; has been put out to nurse by the County Council.
The sister of Mrs.J.A.in Salvation Army Home.

There are two brothers, whereabouts not known.

The police report on this case that the whole of the relatives of Mrs.J.A.were partly imbecile, always in a helpless condition and state of destitution, and have been for years supported partly by charity of neighbours and help from the Charitable Aid Boards.
J.J., the father, now dead, reported as a "lazy, drunken fellow." A.J., the mother, "a drunken prostitute" (police report 1886).

"Makes a precarious living at nursing" (police report 1897); in destitute circumstances, living with a man known as a thief.
This couple had seven children--six boys and one girl:-- A., committed to Industrial School, 1877; discharged from there 1890; aged 18.


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