However, the number of children left there rose into the tens of thousands per year, as a result of the desperate economic situation at the time, and in 1863 they were closed down and replaced by "admissions offices" where mothers could give up their child anonymously but could also receive advice.
Men antalet barn som lämnades där ökade till tiotusentals per år, som ett resultat av den desperata ekonomiska situationen vid den tiden, och 1863 stängdes hittebarnshjulen och ersattes av "tillträdesbyråer" där mödrar kunde lämna sina barn men också få råd.