The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-11-25

income from pay inmates, who contrib
ute annually about s1,o0o,oo0.
OF hhe institutions,2, 359 are managed
by private corporations; 1,3e3 are super
yised and supported by religious denon-
nations, orders, or groups Of churches;
and 4s5 are directly supervised and
maintained by the Federal Government,
individual states. or civil divisions
1t is shown by the statistics that the
establishment and support of orphan
ages, hospitals. and temporary homes re-
suit largely from private initiative, while
the permanent homes are more generally
a matter of public concern. Most of the
deaf and blind are cared for by the pub
lie authorities, while most of the day
nurseries are maintained by private or
ganizations, although few are under
church auspices.
In the number of admissions during
the year the private institutions lead be-
cause of the many hospitals under pri-
yate control Both at the beginning and
at the end Of the year the ecclesiastical
institutions contained the largest number
of inmates, mainly as a result of the
great number of children IN the orphan
ages under the control of churches.
Judged by the number of inmates, the
orphanages and children's homes under
public management are. relatively of lit
tie Importance.
The cost of maintenance was divided
among the three classes as follows:
Public, s16263, ,s5s. or 29.3 per cent;
private, $24, .o99, or 4s.5 per cent:
and ecclesiastical, s15,150576, or 27.2
per cent. Of the income from pay in
mites, SIT per cent. was received by
private institutions; 44.8 per cent, by
ecclesiastical, and only 3.5 per cent. by
public.
In the total number of benevolent in
stitutions New York ranked first, with
$50; Pennsylvania second, with 400;
Massachusetts third, with 305; Ohio
fourth, with 267, and Illinois fifth, with
257.
The largest number of public institu-
tions was found in Ohio, while Delaware
was the only state that did not support
public institution of any character be-
sides the. almshouses and hospitals for
the insane.
New York ranked first in the number
of private institutions and also in the
number of institutions under ecclesiasti-
cal control. In Idaho, Oklahoma, Ore
gon, and Washington about one-half of
the benevolent institutions have been or
ganized and are maintained by the
churches.
Nevada, alone, is not credited with a
hospital. 1t is presumed that the need
of hospitals for the inhabitants of that
state is met by private enterprise that
are not classed as benevolent.
Indiana and Ohio are the only states
having systems of county homes for chill
dren. Arizona, Idaho, and Wyoming
are not credited with any .orphanages;
and Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, and Utah are as yet without
any permanent homes for dependents.
Certain forms of benevolent institu-
tions exist principally in large urban CEN
ters. Among these are day nurseries,
dispensaries, and temporary homes. The
day nurseries are found chiefly in a few
Eastern states. More than two-thirds
of the total number are maintained in
Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,
and Pennsylvania. The number of cases
treated in the dispensaries of New York
city alone. was 10,S4N.5 per 100000 in
habitants. while for the country as a
whole the proportion of cases treated al
these charitable institutions was 1,9s2a
per 100000. The rate of admission into
temporary homes is largest in New Jer-
sey, both in proportion to the population
of the state and in proportion to the
number of homes. During the year over
1Oper cent Of the inhabitants of that
state were admitted to such homes. The
lowest rate of admission was found il
North Carolina.
Relative to the population and the
amounts devoted to other forms of beney-
olence, the outlay on behalf of the deaf
and blind is noticeably large in some Of
the Southern states.
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