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van Drenth, Annemieke – History of Education, 2016
In 1855 the Revd C. E. Van Koetsveld established his "School for Idiots" in The Hague. Within two years, he had also opened a boarding facility that accommodated many of his pupils. Legal regulations demanded authorisation for a child to be placed in this asylum. This procedure included a questionnaire on the condition of the child. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Case Records, Residential Schools
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Bakker, Nelleke – History of Education, 2010
As elsewhere in the Western world, between 1900 and 1940 the anti-tuberculosis campaign in the Netherlands produced a wide range of initiatives to promote child health. In each of these the social and the medical were linked, as the hygienic "mood" was encouraged by a child-saving ethos that focused upon the poor. In this article the…
Descriptors: Child Health, Foreign Countries, Communicable Diseases, Hygiene