The Work of child-placing agencies.
Contributors: Hewins, Katharine P.; Webster, Laura Josephine.; Evans, Mary Louise, 1882-; United States. Children's Bureau.
Series: Bureau publication -- no. 171; Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau) -- no. 171.
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 1927
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Foster home care -- United States; Adoption -- United States -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Other titles: Work of child placing agencies.
Notes: At head of title: U.S. Department of Labor. Children's Bureau.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. A social study of ten agencies caring for dependent children / by Katharine P. Hewins and L. Josephine Webster; title: Pt. 2. Health supervision of children placed in foster homes / by Mary L. Evans.