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Abortion, 93, 118

Accidents to children, 136

Acquired immunity, 86. See also Regeneration

Adoption, 90, 117

Advice to mothers, 65, 134

Age of parents, 80, 81

productive and unproductive, 12

pyramid, 12, 13

Agricultural colonies, 146

schools, 214

Agriculture, 156, 157, 158

Aims of child-protection, 4

Alcoholism, 79, 80, 129, 262, 267, 269

Apprenticeship, 162, 168, 169, 170, 171

Artificial feeding, 19, 24, 126, 127, 128, 134, 135, 137, 143, 167, 179

Artificial selection, 25-41. See also Eugenics, Euthanasia, and Marriage and Heredity

Atavism, 78

Atrophy, infantile, 50, 127

Austria, 157, 158

Authority for child-protection, centralised, 64, 65

Authority, parental, 71-76


Baby-farming, 132, 146-152

murderous, 95, 96, 150

Bastardy actions, loose conduct as defence in, 90

Baths for school children, 202

Beauty, 192

Begging, 164, 168, 261

Belgium, 222

Betrothed, children of, 99

Blindness, 179, 180, 181

Blind schools, 181

Boarding-out, 132, 141, 144, 145, 147

Breast feeding, 126-128


Capacity for understanding the punishable character of an offence, 221, 228

inborn, 28

Capitalism (private), its destruction essential to true child-protection, 56, 57

Care after leaving school, 211-215

of foundlings, 44, 45, 46, 49, 52, 53, 58, 59, 61-64, 66, 67, 101, 102, 121, 122, 131, 132, 135, 184

Care of foundlings, Latin system and Germanic system, 144-146

institutional. See Institutional Celibacy, 84

Centralised authority for child-protection, 64, 65

Certificates, medical. See Doctors Character, inborn, 29

of the child, 29

Charity Organisation Society, 61

Childbirth, 94, 120, 121

Child-labour, 155-179

mortality, 17-24

protection after birth, 121, 122

— before birth, 118, 119

— during birth, 120, 121

— for the illegitimate, 90-105

— of the future, 56, 57

— and the population question, 3-5

Children, wet-nursing of. See Wet-nursing

Children’s clinics, 180

clubs, 208

hospitals, 180

Civil law and individual rights, department of, 71-117

Class differences in upbringing, 36, 37

Classical criminal law, 220-222

Clinics, children’s, 180

Co-education, 197, 198

Coercive reformatory education, 75, 152, 154, 223, 236-241

Colonies, agricultural. See Agricultural Colonies

semi-urban, 183

Community at large, 60, 61

Compulsory military service, 84

school attendance, 168, 188, 189

Conception, prevention of, 8

Conditional release, 231, 232

remission of punishment, 231, 232

sentence, 231, 232

Confidential assistants to the official guardian, 115, 116

Congenital syphilis, 132

Consultations de nourrissons, 134

Continuation schools, 213

Contracts of service for minors, 108Convalescent homes, 121

Cooking, instruction in, 210, 213, 214

Corporal punishment, 33, 34

Country holiday funds and open-air schools, 182, 183

Cow’s milk, 125, 126, 132-134. See also Artificial Feeding

CrÈche, 43, 135-138

Criminal law, 217-269

— classical, 220-222

responsibility, 221-225, 228 et seq.

Criminality, juvenile, 97, 98, 217-242

in the illegitimate, 97, 98

Cripples, 180

Cripples’ schools, 181

Culture, general. See General Culture

Curriculum for child-protection, 66


Darwinism, 45, 46, 47

Deaf-mute schools, 181

Deaf-mutism, 180, 181, 182

Debility, congenital, 50, 94

Defectives, euthanasia of, 257, 258

Denmark, 215, 230

Diarrhoea. See Intestinal

Digestive disorders, 127

Disabilities of the illegitimate, 90-93

Disciplinary classes, 196

Diseases, infective. See Diseases

of occupation, 163

of school life, 202

Divorce, 83

Doctors, 46, 66, 88, 89, 120, 121, 138, 151, 172, 184

Domestic assistants, 121

care clubs, 121

economy, instruction in, 210, 213, 214

instructors, 186, 187

servants, 37, 169, 250

work, 155

Domicile, 63, 112


Ecclesiastical benevolence, 61, 62

marriage prohibitions, 83, 84

Education, 76, 185-216

and heredity, 25-41

by parents, 34-36

coercive reformatory, 75, 152, 154, 223, 236-241

factors of, 37, 38

institutional. See Institutional

physical, 201-204

sexual, 197-199

under care, 75. See also Coercive Reformatory Education

Educational science, 39

Elementary school, public, 185-216

— unified, 216

Enfants assistÉs, 117

England, 53, 59, 61, 62, 112, 133, 141, 145, 152, 155, 168, 172, 174, 183, 198, 203, 211, 220, 222, 230, 235, 237, 248, 262, 265

Enlightenment of children, sexual, 197-199

Environment, 37, 38

Epidemic diseases, 135

Ethical instruction, 199-201

Eugenics, 25-41, 257, 258

Euthanasia, 257, 258

Example, good, 32, 33

Exceptio plurium concumbentium, 90

Excess of women, 13-15

Exclusion of certain school children, 195, 196

Executive instruments of child-protection, 58-68

Exposure of infants, 95, 142


Factors of child-protection, 58-68

of education, 37, 38

of poor relief, 58-59

Factory crÈche, 137-138

inspection, 172, 173

Family crÈche, 137-138

education, 53, 148-152, 235, 236

schools, 185

Feeble-mindedness, congenital, 30

Feeding of school children, 209-211

rooms for the infants of women working in factories, 137, 138

Feminine chastity, protection of, 260

Fertility of the lower classes, 5-9

Fines, 225

Flogging, 230. See also Corporal Punishment

Foundlings, care of, 44, 45, 46, 47, 52, 53, 58, 59, 61-64, 66, 67, 101, 102, 121, 122, 130-132, 135, 141-154, 184

France, 5, 58, 101, 102, 116, 117, 123, 128, 132, 133, 147, 153, 172, 200, 201, 209, 222, 237, 256

Free-love, 105

Future, child-protection of, 56, 57


General culture, 32, 191, 192

Germany, 60, 100, 114, 116, 123, 133, 138, 141, 152, 157, 158, 160, 172, 203, 248

Gonorrhoea, 80

Gonorrhoeal ophthalmia. See Ophthalmia of the New-born

Good example, 32, 33

Gouttes de Lait, 133

Governesses and tutors, 186, 187

Government, central, 61-63

local, 59, 60

Great number of children, 20-22, 26Guardianship, 107-117

Guardianship, official and institutional, 112-116

Guilds, 155

Gymnastic lessons, 202

Gynecology, 94, 120, 121


Half-timers, 169

Health of proletarian children, 178

resorts for children, 183

Heredity, 77-89

and education, 25-41

and marriage, 77-89

Holiday playgrounds, 183

Home education, difficulties of, 39, 40

industry, 160, 162

work for school children, 194, 195

Homes of technical instruction for girls, 170

Hospitalism, 135

“Hospital-marasmus,” 135

Hospitals, lying-in, 121, 134

Household right, 63

Housekeeping, instruction in, 213, 214

Housing conditions and child mortality, 23

Human milk, 125, 126. See also Breast Feeding

Hungarian Child-Protection League, 61

Hungary, 54, 56, 61, 62, 137, 143, 146, 152, 153, 208, 248


Illegitimacy and occupation, 99

and prostitution, 98, 99

Illegitimate children, 47, 64, 71, 90-105

sexual relations, 15, 16

Illiteracy, 32

Ill-treatment of children, 196, 260-269

Imbecility. See Feeble-mindedness

Immunity, acquired, 86. See also Regeneration

Imprisonment, 225-228

Incubators, 122

Indeterminate sentence, 232, 233, 239-241

Individual guardianship, 108-117

Individualisation, 31, 192, 237

Individuality, 31, 192

Industrial reserve army, 31

schools, 238

Ineducability, 30

Infant-feeding, natural, artificial, and by wet-nurses, 125-140

Infanticide, 95, 96, 142, 256, 257

Infantile atrophy. See Atrophy

Infant life protection, 125-140

mortality, 17-24, 96

— attainable minimum of, 18

Infants’ hospitals, 134, 180

milk depots, 65, 133

Infective diseases, 51, 129. See also under Special Diseases, as Syphilis, Tuberculosis, &c.

Inheritance, 28, 77-89

of disease, 78-80

Inquiry into paternity, 58

Institutional and official guardianship, 112-117

care, 148-150

— of infants, 135-138

education, 235-238

Instruction, religious and moral, 199-201

Instructions for pregnant women, 118

Instruments of child-protection, executive, 58-68

Insurance of children, 262

of motherhood, 122-124

Intra-uterine influences, 96

Intestinal catarrh, 135

disorders, 50

Italy, 58, 101, 102, 123, 147


Juvenile criminality, 97, 98, 217-242


Kinderhorte, 208

Kinderschutzliga, 61

Kin, marriage of near, 81, 82

Knowledge, 192, 193

Krankenkassen, 120


Labour, premature, 11, 93, 94, 166

Lactation, constitutional incapacity for, 128, 129

La Recherche de la PaternitÉ, 58

Law, classical criminal, 220, 222

of parsimony, 42

Laws for child-protection, unified system, 63, 64

Leaflets on infant care, 138

Legal protection of children against consequences of their own actions, 106, 107

Legitimatio per rescriptum principis, 90

subsequens matrimonium, 90

Legitimisation, 90, 117

Lex minimi, 42

Limited powers of minors, 106-107

Local governing bodies, 59, 60

Loose conduct as a defence in bastardy actions, 90

Lying-in hospitals, 121, 134


Maintenance allowances, 104

Malthus, 5

Maltreatment of children, 196, 260-269

Manual training, 204-208

Marasmus. See Atrophy

Margate, 183Mark system, 239

Marriage, 15, 71-89

and disease. See Marriage and Heredity

early, 15

and heredity, 77-89

and parental authority, 71-76

history, 72

of near kin, 81, 82

prohibitions, 83-89

Maternal authority, 73

Matriarchy, 72

Medical profession, medical science, &c. See Doctors

Mendicancy, 164, 168, 261

Mental disorders, 30, 79-80, 163-164

Mercantile system, 5

theory of political economy, 5

Merit system, 239

Meteorological conditions, 24

Midwives and monthly nurses, 120, 121, 138

schools for, 65, 134

Military service, compulsory, 84

Milk. See Cow’s Milk and Human Milk

depots, 133

stations, 183

Minors, limited powers of, 106-107

Miscarriage, 11

Monogamy, 105

Monthly nurses and midwives, 120, 121, 138

Moral instruction, 199-201

Morphinism, 80, 129

Mortality, 11-12

of illegitimate, 94-97

Mother as guardian, 94

Motherhood, insurance of, 122-124

protection, 118-124

Mothers, advice to, 134

schools for. See Schools

Mutterschaftskassen, 124


Napoleon I, 153

Natural selection, 25-41, 45-47

New-born, ophthalmia of. See Ophthalmia

Night work, 156

Norway, 127

Notification of pregnancy. See Pregnancy

Number of children, great, 20-22, 26


Object lessons, 206

Objections to child-protection, 43-45

Obstetrics. See Gynecology

Occupation, diseases of, 163

Offences against children, punishable, 238-269

Official and institutional guardianship, 112-117

and private activities, 65-66

Open-air schools, 182, 183

— and country holiday funds, 182, 183

Ophthalmia, contagious, 135

of the new-born, 80, 179

Organisation of juvenile labour, 170, 171

Orphan asylum, 145

“Over-parent,” State as, 74-76


Parental authority, 71-76

Parents, age of. See Age of Parents

Parents’ evenings at school, 197

Parents, school, environment, 37, 38

Parole, release on, 231, 232

Paternal authority, 73

Paternity, inquiry into, 58

Patriarchy, 72

Physical education, 201-204

Physicians. See Doctors

Playgrounds for children, supervised, 208

Pneumonia, 135

Poor-relief, factors of, 58, 59

Population question, quantity, 3-16

— quality, 25-41

classified according to age, 12, 13

Poverty, 51, 52

Powers of minors, limited, 106-107

Pregnancy, notification of, 119

Pregnant women, instructions for, 118

Premature labour, 11, 93, 94, 166

Preparatory schools, 208

Prevention, 42

Preventive methods. See Conception, prevention of

Primiparae, 96

Private and official activities, 65-66

Probation, 231, 232

officer, 247

Procurement, 251, 260

Proletarian children, health of, 178

Property of wards, 108, 116

Pros and cons of child-protection, 42-58

Prostitution, 98, 99, 118, 249-253

Protection of feminine chastity, 260

Prussia, 140

Public advocacy of breast-feeding, 133, 144

elementary school, 185-216

performances by children, 168

Punishable character of an offence, capacity for understanding the, 221, 228— offences against children, 254-269

Punishment, conditional remission of, 231-232

corporal, 33, 34. See also Flogging

Punishments and rewards, 196


Quality of population, 20-41

Quantity of population, 3-10


Rachitis, 127, 162

Rape, 259, 260

Recognition, 90

Reformatory education, coercive, 75, 152, 154, 223, 236-241

schools, 236-241

system, 236-241

Regeneration, 86, 88

Relative as guardian, 110

Release, conditional, 231-232

on parole, 231, 232

Religious and moral instruction, 199-201

Religious motives for ill-treating children, 262

Repressive measures, 42, 55

Reprimand, 230

Rescue homes, 146

Reserve army of labour, 51

Resident wet-nurses, 131

Responsibility, criminal, 221-225, 228 et seq.

Rewards and punishments, 196

Rickets, 127, 162


Sanatoria, 183

Scattered homes, 146

School and juvenile criminality, 229, 230

attendance, compulsory, 168, 188, 189

baths, 202

care after leaving, 211-215

diseases, 202

feeding, 209-211

gardens, 202

hygiene, 202

kitchens, 210

nurses, 203

physicians, 67, 202, 203

public elementary, 185-216

savings banks, 209

teachers, 172, 265

unified elementary, 216

Schools, agricultural, 214

for mothers, 138, 139

for the blind, 181

industrial, 238

of child-protection, 66

of public welfare, 66

preparatory, 208

reformatory, 236-241

Science, 193, 194

Scrofula, 50

Seasonal variations in birth-rate, 24

Seduction, 260

Selection, artificial, 25-41

natural, 25-41, 45-47

Semi-urban colonies, 183

Sentence, conditional, 231-232

Servants, domestic, 37, 169, 250

Sexual education, 197-199

enlightenment of children, 197-199

motives for ill-treating children, 262

relations, illegitimate, 15, 16

Sicily, 163

Siege of Paris, infant mortality during, 127

Social developments of the near future, 39-41, 56, 57

hygiene, 179, 180

Socialism, 51-57

and palliatives, 56, 57

Societies for prevention of cruelty to children, 265

Special schools for defective children, 181, 182

State as “over-parent,” 74-76

Still-birth, 11, 93, 166, 167

Stomach disorders, 50

Summer and child mortality, 24

Supervised playgrounds for children, 208

Supervision of family care, 150-152

Sweden, 127

Switzerland, 117, 157, 182, 209

Syphilis, 80, 93, 94, 96, 118, 129

congenital, 132


Tobacco, 267, 269

Towns, child mortality in, 22, 23

Training ships, 146

Transmission of venereal diseases, 84, 85

Truants, 195

Tuberculosis, 42, 80, 127, 129, 182, 202

Turn-table, 44, 45, 142, 143

Tutors and governesses, 186, 187


Underfeeding of proletarian children, 178, 179

Understanding the punishable character of an offence, the capacity for, 221, 228

Unified school for all classes, 216

Unified system of laws for child-protection, 63, 64

United States of America, 53, 61, 89, 108, 172, 173, 196, 197, 201, 203, 208, 209, 215, 222, 223, 231, 232, 233, 235, 237, 238, 240, 246, 247, 265


Venereal diseases, 85, 251

Voluntary benevolent activities, 60, 61

workers, 65, 66


Wages, 158, 159, 160, 161, 166, 176, 213

Wards, property of, 108, 116

Warm chambers, 122

Welfare, schools of public, 66

Wet-nurses, resident and non-resident, 131

Wet-nursing of children, 126, 127, 130-132, 146-148

White slave traffic, 251, 260

Withdrawal of parental authority, 75, 76

Women, excess of, 13-15

Women’s labour and child-labour, 155-177

Workers, voluntary, 65, 66

Workhouse system, 145


Youth, criminality in, 217-242

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