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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.

Cities	Population	Number Supported	Expenses	Proportion to the Population
New York	1892 1,801,789	1894 15,331	$1,683,847	1 to 117
London	1891 4,211,743	1894 20,426		1 to“ 206
Boston	1890 448,477	1894 536		1 to“ 856
Philadelphia.	1890 1,046,964	1894 529		1 to“ 1979
States	Dependent Children Only
New York	1890 5,997,853	1893 29,909	2,439,216	1 to“ 200
California	1890 1,208,130	1895 5,409	312,217	1 to“ 223
Ohio	1890 3,672,316	3,600	242,554	1 to“ 1000
Massachusetts	1890 2,238,943	1895 1,311		1 to“ 1707
Pennsylvania	1890 5,258,014	1893 8,584	1,505,107	1 to“ 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 contribute 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 Coldwater.

2. The Industrial School for Boys at Lansing and the Industrial 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, Factory Regulation and Inspection regarding minors, medical and surgical treatment of dependent children at the University Hospital and laws for the protection of children.