TRANSACTIONS OF THE SECTIONS. 
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changes, the average annual admissions at once fell from 2000 to 
500; and the rate of mortality was altered as will appear in the 
following statement: 
During the five years from 1822 to 1826 (inclusive) there! ^339 
were admitted...J 
Returned to parents immediately. 11 
Balance to be accounted for. 2325 
Of these, 
Died immediately.... 172 
Died at nurse before ninth year. 819 
Died after return from nurse. 39 
Not reported up to ninth year, many of whom may! 
have been retained from affection./ 
Total dead or unaccounted for. 1161 
Total alive at ninth year... 1164* 
According to the Northampton table, the survivors at the ninth 
year, of 2325, should be only 1143. 
Since the year 1831, the Foundling Hospital has been closed, and 
each parish has been charged with the care of its own foundlings. 
The accompanying table will show the mortality among found¬ 
lings in those parishes of the city of Dublin in which records were 
kept. 
Return of Mortality of Foundlings in some Parishes of Dublin, 
from the closure of the Foundling .Hospital in 1831 to January 
1835. 
Anne’s. 
Bride’s. 
George’s. 
Mary’s. 
Peter’s. 
Thomas’s. 
Desertions. 
18 
32 
20 
26 
74 
37 
Died. 
11 
12 
14 
10 
21 
24 
The following table shows the number of infanticides that have 
been ascertained to have occurred in Ireland during two years pre¬ 
ceding 1831, in the course of which the hospital was closed, and 
also during the years 1831, 1832, 1833, and 1834. Owing to the 
imperfection of the records, the number in all those years must be 
greatly below the truth. It is however so far valuable as it shows 
a contrast between periods during which the Foundling Hospital 
was closed and open. 
