Evidence Type: Newspaper Report
19 October 1832
STATE OF THE FEMALE FACTORY PARRAMATTA, on the 13th October, 1832
Under Colonial sentence: 156
Solitary confinement: 4
Confined by order of the Committee: 3
Nursing Children: 89
Old and Infirm: 6
Monitresses, Servants, Cooks, &c.: 14
In Hospital: 11
Sick in Factory: 1
Assigned, waiting to be withdrawn: 27
Number assignable: 121
Total number of Women: 432
Children under one year: 53
Children under two years: 37
Children under three years: 22
Total number of Children: 112
See Original: “State of the Female Factory Parramatta, on the 13th October, 1832,” The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 – 1848), Friday 19 October 1832, p.3
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