Barnardo

Barnardo, THOMAS J., F.R.C.S.E., founder of the 'Barnardo Homes' for homeless children, had his attention first turned in this direction by the condition in which he found a boy in a ragged school in East London in 1866. Following up the subject, he began to rescue children who had found their only shelter at night under archways, or in courts and alleys. These were introduced to his homes, where they received an industrial training, were saved from a possible career of crime, and enabled to achieve an honourable position in life. In 1894 over 23,000 boys and girls had passed through the homes; at the same time Dr Barnardo had under his direction over 50 separate institutions in the United Kingdom and the colonies, including an immigration depot in Ontario, an industrial farm in Manitoba, a home for babies, and a hospital for sick children.