The Cairo bulletin., 1914-03-26
Largest Number of Children Any One
Month at Home, SO; Small.
est Number IA.
AVERAGE COST PER MONTH
S1S30S FOR MAINTENANCE
Includes Food, Clothing, Laundry,
Fuel, Insurance. Special
Election.


ters pertaining to the Children's
Homo, to which institution nearly
every charitably inclined citizen has
cheerfully contributed for Its maln-f
tenance, the report OF Mrs. Adelaide
A. Comings is herewith presented.
The report was made at the annual
meeting of the Board of Trustees OF
the Orphan Asylum of Southern
Illinois, under which corporation the
homo is conducted. The annual
meeting was held Tuesday night.
Mrs. Comings is president of the
board CT trustees and chairman of
the board of managers.
Cairo, H., March /, 1914.
To the Board of Trustees:
The Board of Managers report
caring for the following children
during The year and the movement
of children placed in homes or In
stitutions since March1st, 1913.
Sixty-two different children were
cared for during the year. or these
twenty one were boys and forty-two
were girls Fifteen of these were in
fants less than two years of age.
The largest number of inmates at
any one timee was in September
when there were thirty-three chill
dren in te Home. The smallest num-
Der of inmates in one month was
fourteel in November and April.
The average number of children
cared Tor during the year is twenty
one.
The average cost of maintenance
per month is $1S3.OS which includes
food, clothing, laundry, fuel, insur-
ance, matron's salary and $500
special city assessments. This is the
expense for a family averaging
twenty five persons, twenty-five chill
dren and four adults tMr and Mrs.
McEwen and a cook and laundress.1
OF tho children received during
the yea, thorc were:
| Committed by order oi County
Court. Toys. 5; girls, 8.
Committed by order of Chief of
Police, girls, 6.
Received from Mrs Comings, Pros
bation Officer boys, 4; girls, 5.
Received as boarders, boys ), girls,
3.
Received otherwise, boys 4, girls,
IT.
Remaining at Home March 4,
1913, boys, 5; girls. s.
Total of boys, FL; girls, Al.
The average board paid for the
care of child by its parent or rcla-
tive is s1.19 per week. The avera &c
length of time the boarders remained
is u weeks.
The following disposition was
made of children:
Placed in family homes, boys 3,
girls, s.
Placed in institutions. boys ..
girls. s.
Died, girl, /
Married. girl, I.
Returned to friends or relatives,
boys, o. girls, is.
Remaining in Home March 1,
1914, boys, Z girls, :.
OF The children sent to institu-
tions, two went to Geneva to the
State Training School for Girls, two
went to the House of the Good Shep.
herd. st. Louis. four were sent to
the Methodist Orphanage at Creal
Springs, one to the Soldiers Or
phans' Home at Normal, ILL.,, aud
one to Home for Cripples.
| During the year our attorney, Mr..
Walter b. Warder, conducted twelve
| legal cases for us in the receiving
or disposing of children.
| Our physician, DR.. J. ]. Rendle-
man. made forty-seven visits to tho
children in the Home and performed
twelve, operations on children for
the removal Of adenoids and diseased
tonsils
We are very grateful to these gen.
tlemen for their generous free ser.
vices so willingly given.
We were visited during the year
by Miss Mary S. Jewell. State visitor
for the Board of Administration and