Foundling Hospital Act 1936
WHEREAS the Governors and Guardians of the Hospital for the Maintenance and Education of Exposed and Deserted Young Children (in this Act referred to as "the Corporation") are a corporate body established by Royal Charter in the year one thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine which for nearly two hundred years has carried on a charity for the welfare of children widely known as "the Foundling Hospital":

And whereas such establishment was effected by means of donations and subscriptions recei...