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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 1 206

Boston 1890 448,477 1894 536 1 856

Philadelphia. 1890 1,046,964 1894 529 1 1979

Dependent Children Only

New York 1890 5,997,853 1893 29,909 2,439,216 1 200

California 1890 1,208,130 1895 5,409 312,217 1 223

Ohio 1890 3,672,316 3,600 242,554 1 1000

Massachusetts 1890 2,238,943 1895 1,311 1 1707

Pennsylvania 1890 5,258,014 1893 8,584 1,505,107 1 747

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.