Annual Report of the Children's Aid Society, Volumes 21-30

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Page 16 - years, in the NEWSBOYS' LODGING HOUSE, there has been no case of any contagious, or "foul air" disease, not even ophthalmia; only one death, (from pneumonia, in 1858), has occurred, though there have been several cases of accidents. The other Boys' Lodging Houses have been almost equally fortunate ; a distinct sanitary result of scrupulous cleanliness, ventilation, and proper food.
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Page 13 - years, some 200,000 different boys and girls have been sheltered and partly fed and instructed. In the INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS probably over 50,000 poor little girls have been taught : and of these, it is not known that even a score have entered on criminal courses of life, or have become drunkards or beggars, though
Page 12 - In regard to commitments of young girls, it should be remembered, that our Police statistics include now all those committed to Charitable and Reformatory Institutions, whereas, formerly, only those imprisoned were reported in these tables. COMMITMENTS OF MALE VAGRANTS. 1859
Page 14 - In regard to commitments of young girls, it should be remembered, that our Police statistics include now all those committed to Charitable and Reformatory Institutions, whereas, formerly, only those imprisoned were reported in these tables. COMMITMENTS OF MALE VAGRANTS.
Page 13 - years, and greatly in the average to the whole number, as have also the commitments of boys under 15 years. One classification in the Police reports, of what is called juvenile delinquency, shows a like diminution of children's crime. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.

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