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Term commonly found on child welfare records
A phrase, word or abbreviation commonly used as a shorthand notation within child welfare records.
Absconding
Admission
Charged
Convicted child (1866 - )
Destitute Child (1866 - )
Discharge
Type of 'care'
A method of providing for children who are not living with their families.
Assessment Unit (1970s)
Asylum
Benevolent Institution
Boarding Out (1850s - 1960s)
Compound
Cottage home
Foster Care
Type of record
The different kinds of documents that have been, and are still, kept to record information related to children in 'care'. These may be maintained by a government or non-government agency, or held in an archival repository, library or in private hands.
Admission Register
Case Files
Correspondence Files