The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-29
INSTITUTIONS
FOR The SICK
Predominant Among 5.408 Ben
ev0lent Establishments

Washington, II. c.. Jan. 29.--The re-
port ON benevolent institutions in the
United States for 1910 has been issued
| by Director Harris, OF the Bureau of
the Census. Department of Commerce.
1t was prepared by DR.. Edwin NJ.
bliss, under the supervision of DIR.
Joseph a. Mill, expert special agent in
charge of the special census of institu-
| tional population.
The report on benevolent institu-
tons is one of a series of reports is
sued by the Bureau of the Census on
| institutions for the relief and care of
the dependent ana delinquent classes.
1t includes specifically those institu-
lions which care for the dependent the
needy, and the sick, exclusive of those
for paupers, the insane and the feeble
minded which are covered in other
special reports. The great ma jority of
these institutions are conducted by
private persons or corporations both
with and without financial assistance
whether from public or private bene-
faction.
Distribution of institutions.
OF the total number of 5.4OS benev-
client institutions reported in the
United States in 1910. 2,492, or as per
cent, were institutions for the sick;
l,43i, or - per cent. were institutions
for the care of children; l.l51. or q
per cent, were homes for adults or
adults and children; POS. or per cent,
were societies for the protection and
care Of children; and -, or per cent,
were institutions for blind and deaf.
Not all these institutions reported
inmates at the close of 1910, but in the
i,420 that did make such report there
were 339,57l inmates, of whom l16,-
22S, or 50 per cent were in homes for
adults or adults ana children. HISS,
or 81 per cent. were in institutions for
the care of children; 5000. or 2S per
cent, in institutions for the sick: and
IL 439, or ; per cent, in institutions
for blind and deaf
\ total of 100000 persons of all
classes wer" received i'm 4.S15 of these
benevolent Institutions during the year
1910, l,95},o00, or G6 per cent, of whom
were received in institutions for the
sick the remaining 80 per cent being
divided among the other three classes
Of institutions. In this connection the
report calls attention 10 the fact thai
among the persons received i'm these
institution there were a number who
were only indirectly recipients of be-
nevolence, being pay inmates who met
the regular charges for treatment.
Distribution Of Finances.
All classes of benevolent institutions
in the United States reported in 1910
for 4,2Si institutions a total income of
ItS,9S0,o00 with expenses of SILL
$1,000; while 1871 showed property
valued at $6I3.S7S,0O This income
of SilS,3S0, 900 was divided among the
different classes of institutions as fol-
lows: Hospitals, 60 per cent: homes |
for adults or adults and children, 20
per cent: institutions for the care Of |
children, 1G per cent: institutions for
the blind and deaf, per cent; soce-
ties for the protection and care Of chill |
drcn, per cent; dispensaries, l per
cent
Benevolent institutions in New York |
state reported a total income of sos
900 600; in Pennsylvania, of $4,000 |
O00; in Illinois. $4,000. 900; in Massa-
chusetts, $4,000 and in California, |
S5,000,000. New York reported the
valuation of its benevolent institutions |
at $1SS, 100000: Pennsylvania. $117.- |
600 000 Massachusetts. 100000 |
Ohio, $3l.0O0,O00: Illinois. $4,000, 900; |
and California, $16.0O0.O0O.
Geographic Distribution.
The geographic distribution of be- |
nevolent institutions shows that for |
the United States as & whole there !
was one such institution for every H. |
900 inhabitants; i'm the New England |
division of states there was one for |
every 10000 inhabitants; i'm the Pacific |
division. one for every $4,000; i'm the |
South Atlantic division. one for every |
p 900 and i'm the West South Central |
division, one for every $4,000. OF the !
individual states, New York reported |
the largest number of institutions, $50 |