The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
MANY TOPICS TO
 BE DISCUSSED AT
 STAMFORD MEET
State Conference of Charities and Correction Will Open
 April IS.

The Connecticut state conference of charities and correction which is to meet at Stamford, April Is, 19, and 20 is planned to be most ex- haustfve one. Hospitality of the city is to be extended. Particular benefit will be derived by clergymen. phy- sicians, nurses, se1ectmen, superin-f tendents of institutions, health off cers, etc
 Among the subjects which will be considered are the health of the peo- pie of Connecticut sanitary and pleasant. homes, mitigation of tene- ment house evils, safeguarding the milk supply, care of dependent c1li1- dren, the proper care and segrega- ton of the feeble- minded for their own good and the safety of the state, co-operation of public and private relief officials and organization for mutual help and efficiency.
 For the benefit of the many readers Of The Farmer interested in the vari- ous topics, the entire program of the conference day by day follows:
 Sunday. April 18th, D. m.
 Meeting of Conference Executive Committee, Sunday evening 8 p. m., Speakers, Miss Julia c. Lathrop. ChiIdren's Bureau, Washington. D. e.; Dr. Samuel McCord Brothers, Boston, Mass.
 Monday, April 1sth..
 Section on Relationship and Public and Private Relief Officials.
 Chairman Eugene Kerner, sacre- tary Associated Charities, Waterbury. Conn; s:3o q. nn., Round Tables; I. Publicity and Finance in Public and Private Charities speaker. Fred s. Hall, e. O. s., department, Russel Sage Foundation, New fork city; II. Medical Social Service, speaker. Mrs. Ll B. Lewis. general secretary, Unit ~. fn m. general session; T.. How. Public and Private Relief Officials Co-operatez in Rebuilding Family Life, Speaker, John A. I6ingsbury, commissioner of Public Charities, New ork city; II. Public Aid to Mothers in Massachu- setts and it's Effect on Family Life, speaker, Mrs. Ada. D. Sheffield. Mas sachusetts State Board of Charities; 8 D. n.9 general session; section on housing and public health, chairman, Dr. David Russell Lyman, superin- tendent the Gaylord Farm Sana- ing, speaker. Charles T. Al1ens secre- tary New Jersey Tenement House commission: IT. Housing, speaker, pr. IF, R. M. Landis, director Henry Phipps Institution Of Philadelphia.
 Tuesday, April goth.
 Round Tables; I. Adequate Con trol of Milk Supply, speaker. pr.
 
 New Haven, Conn; discussion open ed by Hon. P. Fl. StadtmueI1er, state dairy and food conInissioner, Hart ford; IT. Open Air Schools, speaker, pr. Henry F. Stoll, Hartford. Conn; discussion opened by Dr. H. Merri- man Steele, New Haven, Conn; sec ton on Aspects of Connecticut's Legal and Institutional Provisions for the Care of Dependents, DeHnquents and Detectives, chairman, Arnold L. GerseIl, Juvenile Psycho-CIinic. Yale University New Haven, Conn; 12 m. general session; I. The Modern Care of Feeble minded, illustrated, speaker Mr. Alexander Johnson. director of the Extension department. Training school, Vinelands New Jersey; ? p. m. round tables; I. FeebIe-nlinded Chil- dren and Social Workers, speaker, Miss Mary Seheurman, Associated Charities, Waterbury, Conn; II. De- pendent and Feeble minded Children and the Problem of Placing Out speaker, Dr. Fred K. Knight, SUI perintendent New England Home for Little Wanderers, Boston, Mass. A: 8 O D. m. a reception will be held at the home Of the president, Schuyler Mer- ritt, at Noroton Heights, to members, friends and visitors.
 On the subject of feeble minde edness Charities Superintende dent Spencer R. Gordan yesterday gssve out some startling figures relating to the city of New Haven, which if is claimed show the need for careful segrega- stfon. He said:
 .'The facts elicited by the recent intensive survey of the feeble-minded in New Haven throw strong light on the problem as it exists In Connec- ticut. This study has been made un- der the auspices of the Connecticut Soicety for Mental Hygiene, assisted by Yale University and the Connect Ca11 Tr17T 7TaooS IoesE amfnations were made by especially qualified examiners.
 New Haven was chosen as being a city with all possible clements of population, and therefore fairly rep resenting other cities and towns in the state. According to the accepted conservative estimate of the general proportion Of the Predetermined per- son in five hundred of the popula- ton, or three hundred in ner prob able population of 15O,e00. Let us see if that is what was found.
 f1n the public sch hoo1s of the city, (study not yet completely, were found 400 definitely Predetermined children. Of these about one-half may be reckoned as decidedly defec- tive, the others of milder grade
 Tn the alrnshouse, 4 persons
 Tn the state hospitals 21 from New ITaven.
 Conn, School for 1nbeci1es s7 from New Haven.
 Conn school for Boys 12 from New Haven.
 In the orphanage 1s dncomplete survey).
 In the county home, IT incomplete survey.
 At large, known to societies, 6o
 This means a total of more than 500, or twice the number one might have expected to find. In addition to those enumerated, there are the feeble minded, inmates from New Ha- ven who are to be found in the re- formatories and state prfson.''
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