Emily E. P. MacManus: Matron of guy's
... The big steam laundry at Guy's, which was situated over the boiler-house and power station, behind the Nurses' Home, was manned by laundry maids who were - in the language of the day - 'fallen girls', and the hostel was their residential Rescue Home. It was run on liberal lines, and at one time was the only Home of its kind in London that allowed girls to go outside for a couple of hours' freedom, the steady girls daily, and the less steady girls from time to time as it seemed desirable. All of those who had babies went to visit them at the week-end at the houses of the approved foster-mothers. ....
.... All the girls had separate cubicles, and there was one big bedroom which the girl-mothers were allowed to occupy in turn and have their babies with them for the week-end. ...
... It was her belief that many of the girls could be rehabilitated and that with careful supervision and advice, some of them might, in time, make happy marriages. But the indiscriminate picking up of young men was not allowed - and if a yung man's proffered friendship appeared genuine, he must come and see Miss Evans and keep in continuous touch with her. Some of the girls werde feeble-minded but many others had plenty of wits; often their troubles were due to bad homes, bad housing and drink. ...