Evening journal., 1921-04-27
CHILD'S BUREAU
MAKES REPORT
Shows Work Done During
Past 3 Years in Interest
of Children
MRS. F. M. JONES
NAMED PRESIDENT

loutN IN the bureau unlfft FhNm
207, Church building, the following
officers were elected:
Mrs. Frank Morton Jones. presi- .
dent; Miss Emily =. Bisseli. vice
president; Miss Edith $. Danforth, b
secretary. and Mrs. Paul f. Wilson. .
treasurer. In place of Mrs. Peter T. F
Wright. resigned.
Additional members Of the eXecu- 4
tive committee were chosen as fol- .
lows. Mrs W G.. Coke. Mrs. Emma
$. Jackson. Miss Clara Southwick,
Mrs Robert n. Richards and Mrs.
Christopher J.. Ward.
The annual report OF the bureau
made by the director. Miss Aida I.
Armstrong. said in part:
The Chndren's Bureau Of Della
ware has been actively functioning
since October. 1918. The object is
10 bring about closer cooperation of
the chiidren's agencies In Delaware.
and TO keep in touch with children's
work In other States The bureau
at present has board made up OF
two members each from IS differ
ent organizations as follows. Home
for Friendiess and Destitute Chill
dren. Delaware Children's Home So
ciety. Associated Charities. juvenile
Court and Probation Association.
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children. Italian Neighborhood
House. Peoples Settlement. Ferris
Industrial school, Delaware Hospital
Florence Crittenton Home. Girls In
dustrial school. Babies Hospital.
Mothers Pension Comm ssion. Della
ware Anti-Tuberculosis Society, Nis-
iting Nurses Association. Consumers
League. Wilmington Community Ser
vice and Labor Commission.
In February. 1918. this group.
now named the Chndren's Bureau OF
Delaware. asked the Russell Sage
Foundation to make a survey COW
ering the care OF the dependent
child in the State. This resulted In
the suggestion OF permanent or
ganization employing at least one
, full-time paid worker. In October
Of the same year friend OF chill
, dren gave the entire salary for di-
rector for one year; the Council OF
Z Defense offered 10 pay the salary OF
. an assistant and other expenses. this
- 10 did for ten months.
\ Last year the bureau investigated
\
o. for the Babies Hospital. There were
y at the beginning Of the year. 80 chill
e dren placed In foster homes for the
D. Children's Home; during the year,
- ~ new children were placed In fam
= lilies. All Of these were visited once.
some Of them several times. The
Babies Hospital had - children
under the care OF the bureau In fos-
ter homes. 6 OF these were legally
adopted during the year.
We have performed various serv-
=. ices for other OF the bureau mem
/, ers. and found temporary boarding
homes for many Associated CHAR
ties children. II can readily be
seen how necessary these board
ing homes often are for com
pleting a rehabilitation plan for a
% family. especially II the children
a have been exposed TO some contagi-
Gus disease. or are too old for any
b, Of the institutions. a boarding
, system supplements and goes hand
. in-hand with any institutional pro-
i gram.
a For the Delaware Hospital we
have rendered similar service. We
. have boarded children or arranged
, for family care while the mother
q was undergoing an operation; we
, have found boarding homes for chill
N dren discharged from the hospital
n hut too delicate to return To their
n own homes. For the Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty TO Children
up to the time of their having q
fun time worker. We have taker
from them Al cases OF distress which
= were not prosecution cases. For IN,
] tuberculosis dispensary. we have ar
ranged for children when mothcrl
were sent 20 the sanitorium. we have
secured information regarding tn
l. homes and advised as to. suitable
a places for children discharged from
d Sunnybrook. For the others OF tn
10 bureau, we have assisted in an!
Iv possible way with advice or actua
n work on any problem dealing will
lg a child in trouble.
he "As we became better known 9th
,t ers outside the Bureau membershi
n. began asking for advice and sendin
be- cases to us. The Courts. especial
re where the custody OF an orpha
as with money was concerned. an
Pc those family relation cases no
I'd handled by Juvenile Court or
We probation officer; lawyers asked as
10 sistance in divorce cases. famil
III quarrels and the like; police re
IN ported feeble-minded and childre
e. neglected through no fault OF "a
Us adult. There were In all i119 chill
dren cared for during the year.
= IAN this necessitated an increase
staff until the Bureau now has, be
sides a director. two fun tim
trained visitors, one stenographe
and one half time bookkeeper. tn
budget for this work is SS40O. La
year this was covered by a dons
ton Of $4,000 from the Red Cros
$4,000 from an interested individua
NO $500 from the Children's HON
er which is the only society havir
membership in the Bureau TO cor
- tribute. The balance came from ia
90 terested individuals. We do not r.
~ ceive any State aid. nor are We
-. any way connected with the Chi
he Welfare Commission.
M Before closing the report
,s the Children's Bureau OF Delawar
,os the director wishes to record n
m thanks OF the Bureau TO the man
,r- organizations and individuals WI
K have so faithfully served US"
ms BLAZE THREATENED SAW MIL.
eli Special to The Evening Journal.
i'd SEAFORD. April 27-Sparks froi