THE MICHIGAN SYSTEM OF CHILD SA VING

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A COMPARISON OF THE NUMBER OF DEPENDENT AND DELINQUENT CHILDREN SUPPORTED AS PUBLIC CHARGES IN THE CITIES AND STATES NAMED BELOW.

CmES

New York . . .

London

Boston

Philadelphia.

States

New York

California

Ohio

Massachusetts . Pennsylvania . .

Population

1893

1,801,789

1891

4.2II.743 1890

448,477

1890

1,046,964

.890

5.997,853

1890 1,208,130

1890 3,672,316

1890 2,238,943

189a 5,258,014

Number Supported

Expenses

?i,683,847

1894

15,331

1894

20,426

1894

536 1894 529

Dependent Children Only

Proportion to the Population

I to 117

I " 206

1 " 856

I " 1979

1893

29,909

1895

5,409

3,600 189s

1,311 1893

8,584

2,439,216 312,217 242,554

1,505,107

200

223

" 1000

1707

747

The expenditure in Pennsylvania was partly by the public and partly by private charity.

THE MICHIGAN SYSTEM.

There are several leading agencies in Michigan which con- tribute to child saving. The system is not a perfected ideal, but it embraces much of such a system, with a tendency to farther improvement.

The principal features are :

1. The State Public School for Dependent Children at Cold- water.

2. The Industrial School for Boys at Lansing and the Indus- trial Home for Girls in Adrian.

3. The State Board of Corrections and Charities and its County Agency.

4. The Public School System and Compulsory Education, Fac- tory Regulation and Inspection regarding minors, medical and surgical treatment of dependent children at the University Hos-

pital and laws for the protection of children.