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 are the inspectors efficient? What is being done to prevent tuberculosis? Is there a dispensary for the treatment of this disease? Is a nurse employed to visit and to discover persons suffering from consumption? What efforts are being made to reduce infant mortality? Is there any place in town where a mother can receive instruction about the care of her baby? Is there a hospital in the neighborhood? Is it well conducted? What facilities does the town offer for the care of aged men and women who have no relatives or friends to help them?

What opportunities are there for children to obtain recreation? Are there clubs which they can join? Do they belong to the Junior Red Cross? Is there a troop of Boy Scouts or an organization of Camp Fire Girls in town? Is there vacant land that could be turned into playgrounds? Must children who have broken the law be brought before the same court in which criminals appear or is there a juvenile court? Where do children stay when they are placed under arrest? Is there a special detention home or must they be taken to the jail with older offenders who may teach them bad habits and start them in criminal ways? Must every child who has done wrong be sent to an institution or does the magistrate obtain a promise of better behavior from the child, and is there attached to the court a probation officer who will help the child keep his promise?

What sort of factories are there in the neighborhood? Are they healthful and sanitary places in which to work? What is the state law regulating the hours of labor of women and children? Are women being over-