The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-30
Special Report on Benevolent Insti-
tutiOns Of the United States is
Given Out by the Cen
sus Director
LARGE INCREASE In
NUMBER IS SHOWN
Inmates in Hospitals Tncrease---At-
tributed in Part to Better Pro-
vision Made for Tubercu-
Iosis Patients
speeIaI to the DaIIy Expresg.

Special 70 the Daily Express.
Washington, Jan sO.-A special fe-
port on benevolent institutions in Con
tinental United States is in course 2f
preparation by the bureau Of the
census, in connection with the thir-
teenth census, and preliminary, fig.
ures showing the number OF institu-
tions reported, together viii certain
data relating to inmates Of these insti.
tutions have just been issued by order
OF Director p Dana Dufand These
figures are subject to revision, bit
are substantially correct.
The total number Of Institutions re.
ported is 53s7, classified as follows
Institutions for the care oG children.
li52; societies for the protection ana
care Of children. 2i2 institutions for
the care Of adults or adal.s and chill.
dren, 1912 institutions 'or the educa.
tlon and care OF the blinI and deaf.
49, hospitals, classed as benevolent.
1896 and dispensaries. classed as be.
nevolent, SIS.
IN these institutions. uaaer aeir
care, there were at the c.ose OF the
year 3so.337 persons. apportsoned as
follows: institutions for children.
l07i0l; societies for the protection
and care Of children, 35,gss. institu-
tons Tor adults or adults and children,
l2l,S4e; Institutions for the blind and
deaf, s5i; hospitals 2S.s69. The move
ment OF inmates during the year IS
indicated by the fact that S2.0ll chil.
dren were received into institutions.
while 1895 were placed ia families
OF institutions, mostly ia isnilies, and
chiefly by societies for their care;
7Ss.69i persons weer received into in
stitutions for adults or adults and chill.
dren and 1854 into institutions for the
blind and deaf; 1858 patients we're
treated in hospitals, and 2.a39,05g tn
dispensarles
Admission show Increase.
As compared with the previous re.
port. that for 1904, the ndmber Of in.
siltutlons reported shows an increase
Of l3I6 day nurseries. al which 1865
we're reported in 1909, were rot nciud-
ed in 1910 inmates Of institutions at
close Of year an increase Of 95,975;
children received into institutions
during the year. an increase OF H.
1856 patients treated in hospitals, an
Increase Of gli,32G. and IN dispens-
aries. S27 i0S There was decrease
OF l09.sl9 In the number OF persons
received into institutions for adults
or adults and children, ANA Of 447l ia
the number received into institutions
for the blind and deaf
Whether the inerea7e indicates
greater need, or greater caro and more
complete provision is a question which
must await a more careful study O.
the situation: as also the question as
to the decrease. Two items are Of
special interest. The collection foI
the first time of data in regard to the
plaoingout Of children in families, ana
the notably decreased interest mani
tested in the treatment Of tuboreu
losis. which accounts to very con
siderable degree for the increase 10
the number Of dispensaries and tc
some degree Of hospitals and sanitar
iums. Thus the net number of dis
pensaries added to the list is 40, ant
Of these nearly 200 are county dispen
sarles established in the state Of Penn
sylvania by the department Of healtf
for the treatment of tuberculosis. The
decrease Of l09,Si9 in the number o
persons received into institutions foi
the care of adults or adults and chill
dren is chiefly confined to institution
for the temporary care Of men who ar'
destitute.
Most institutions In New York.
Noting the distributions Of iDstitu
tlons IN the state. It appears that NeV
York leads with 979, an increase Of 90
over the figures of 1904; Pennsylvania
has 6g2 an incrvHse Of S0i' Massaehu
setts i59, al increase Of l04i Illinoi