_For providing Child-bed Linen and other suitable Articles of Clothing_, _for the use of poor Married Women during the month of their Confinement_.
At a meeting of the Friends of this Society on the 6th of December, 1848, the following Rules were agreed to:—
I. That this Society shall be called the Kensington (St. Mary Abbott’s,) Maternal Society.
II. That its affairs shall be managed by a Committee, Treasurer, and Secretary.
III. That the Ladies taking charge of the Bags of Linen shall form an Honorary Committee, to meet twice a year, viz.;—the first Wednesday in March, and the last in November, after Morning service, at the National School, or oftener in case of necessity.
IV. That the Committee shall appoint a Treasurer to make the necessary purchases on behalf of the Society, and to superintend the disposal of the same.
V. That the Treasurer’s Account shall be submitted to the Committee at the Half-yearly Meetings.
VI. That the Lady Visitors of the Kensington District Society shall be requested to support this Charity, to visit Persons in their respective Districts assisted by the same, and to afford them relief, as in other cases, at their own discretion.
VII. That the Meetings of the Committee shall begin and end with Prayer, and shall be open to receive any Lady Subscriber or Donor who may wish to attend.
VIII. That no woman shall be considered eligible for this Charity who has not resided in the Parish for one year. No woman to be assisted with her first Child, or the first by her second husband.
IX. Applicants to bring a recommendation from a Subscriber, and also, in consequence of recent frauds, a Card from their District Visitor.
X. The Bag of Linen to contain the usual Articles, and to be lent for four weeks; if returned in good order, a roll of Baby Linen given as an encouragement.
XI. The Bag of Linen not to be kept because bespoken, if required by another Person; the first applicant to be recommended to some other lady for a Bag.
XII. Applicants to receive suitable tracts sanctioned by the Archdeacon; a new Testament lent with the Bag; and an account kept of the number of Persons assisted by the Society during the Year.
Mrs. Cope, 19, Hyde Park Gate South 1 Mrs. Merriman, 45, The Square 2 Mrs. Clarke, 17, The Square 1 Mrs. Barlow, 24, The Square 1 Mrs. Aston Key, 40, Kensington Square 1 Mrs. Sheppard, 5, Ladbroke Place West 1 Mrs. Grafton, 14, Sheffield Terrace 1 Miss Codd, 2, Camden Road 2 Mrs. Pollock, 7, Bath Place 1 Mrs. Cripps, 9, Gordon Place 1 Mrs. Woodcock, 7, High Street 2 Mrs. Lloyd, 4, Upper Phillimore Place 1 Mrs. Stephens, 23, Victoria Road 1