Feeding rice to abandoned children - Kijoikumaikyuuyogata

...When it becomes clear who is obligated to support an abandoned child, the expenses incurred for the child's upbringing may be collected from the obligated person or from the child himself (Child Welfare Law, Article 56). The Meiji government continued the practice of providing relief to abandoned children under the feudal domain system, and in 1871 (Meiji 4), it established the Law for Providing Rice for the Rearing of Abandoned Children (Dajokan Decree No. 300), which provided that when a town or village entrusted the rearing of an abandoned child to a third party or entrusted the child to an individual as a foster child, the government would provide rice for the child until the child turned 15 (later 13). The Law for Providing Rice for the Rearing of Abandoned Children, together with the Regulations for Relief, attempted to provide relief to abandoned children, but it is said that sufficient protection could not be expected due to the government's stance of trying to avoid its responsibility for public assistance.

*Some of the terminology used in relation to the "Method of Feeding Rice to Abandoned Children" is listed below.

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…棄児の扶養義務ある者が明らかになった場合には，子の養育などに要した費用は義務ある者から徴収され，もしくは被保護者である子本人から徴収されることがある(児童福祉法56条)。　明治政府は幕藩体制下での捨子救済の慣行を引き継ぎ，1871年(明治4)棄児養育米給与方(太政官達第300号)を定め，町村が捨子を第三者に委託養育する場合や個人に養い子として保護を託するときには，子が15歳(のちには13歳)になるまで養育米を官給することとした。棄児養育米給与方は，恤救（じゆつきゆう）規則とともに捨子の救済を図ったが，公的扶助責任を回避しようとする政府の姿勢のため十分な保護は期待できなかったといわれる。…

※「棄児養育米給与方」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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