CHAPTER I. STARTLING FACTS. The Pauper Population.—Pauper Children.—Opinions page 1 concerning their proper Treatment.—A Hundred Thousand Children loose in London Streets.—Neglected Babies.—Juvenile “Market Prowlers” CHAPTER II. RESPECTING THE PARENTAGE OF SOME OF OUR GUTTER POPULATION. Who are the Mothers?—The Infant Labour-Market.—Watch p. 13 London and Blackfriars Bridges.—The Melancholy Types.—The Flashy, Flaunting “Infant.”—Keeping Company.—Marriage.—The Upshot CHAPTER III. BABY-FARMING. “Baby-Farmers” and Advertising “Child-Adopters.”—“F. X.” p. 29 of Stepney.—The Author’s Interview with Farmer Oxleek.—The Case of Baby Frederick Wood CHAPTER IV. WORKING BOYS. The London Errand-Boy.—His…
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