▁children ▁pou red ▁in ▁from ▁country ▁work h ouses . ▁Parliament ▁soon ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁conclusion ▁that ▁the ▁ind isc rim inate ▁ad mission ▁should ▁be ▁dis cont in ued . ▁The ▁hospital ▁adopted ▁a ▁system ▁of ▁receiving ▁children ▁only ▁with ▁considerable ▁sums . ▁This ▁practice ▁was ▁finally ▁stopped ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 1 ; ▁and ▁it ▁hence for th ▁became ▁a ▁fundamental ▁rule ▁that ▁no ▁money ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁received . ▁▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁early ▁nin ete enth ▁century , ▁the ▁problem ▁of ▁abandoned ▁children ▁in ▁urban ▁areas , ▁especially ▁London , ▁began ▁to ▁reach ▁alarm ing ▁proport ions . ▁The ▁work house ▁system , ▁instit uted ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 4 , ▁although ▁often ▁brut al , ▁was ▁an ▁attempt ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁to ▁house ▁or ph ans ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁other ▁vulner able ▁people ▁in ▁society ▁who ▁could ▁not ▁support ▁themselves ▁in ▁exchange ▁for ▁work . ▁Cond itions , ▁especially ▁for ▁the ▁women ▁and ▁children , ▁were ▁so ▁bad ▁as ▁to ▁cause ▁an ▁out c ry ▁among ▁the ▁social ▁reform - mind ed ▁middle - class ; ▁some ▁of ▁Charles ▁Dick ens ' ▁most ▁famous ▁nov els , ▁including ▁Oliver ▁Tw ist , ▁highlight ed ▁the ▁pl ight ▁of ▁the ▁vulner able ▁and ▁the ▁often ▁ab us ive ▁conditions ▁that ▁were ▁pre val ent ▁in ▁the ▁London ▁or phan ages . ▁ ▁Cl amour ▁for ▁change ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁birth ▁of ▁the ▁or phan age ▁movement . ▁In ▁England , ▁the ▁movement ▁really