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families. It is interesting, also, to note that in point of per- 

 manent population the orphanages show a larger percentage 

 than any other group of institutions, having about 32 per cent, 

 closely followed by the permanent homes, with more than 27 

 per cent, and the hospitals, with about 25 per cent. On the 

 other hand, so far as admissions are concerned, the percentage 

 orphanages contribute to the total for all institutions — 3.5 per 

 cent — seems surprisingly low. 



Undoubtedly the hospital care of the sick is becoming 

 more and more a public undertaking. But at the present 

 time about two thirds of the patients receive treatment in 

 hospitals managed by private corporations and denominational 

 bodies, the former slightly leading in number of patients on the 

 census dates and markedly in number of admissions. More 

 than one half of the admissions to institutions are to hospitals. 



The permanent homes form a singular exception, inas- 

 much as those designated public show percentages of inmates 

 and admissions more than twice as large as those under private 

 and ecclesiastical control combined. Wlien not provided for 

 in almshouses, the aged, incurable, and other needy persons 

 who make up the bulk of the population of the permanent 

 homes are generally supposed to be cared for by private insti- 

 tutions or organizations. The stability of the population in 

 the permanent homes is indicated by the percentage of ad- 

 missions, which is but 1.4 of the total "lumber of admissions to 

 all institutions, while a little more ':haii 27 per cent of all in- 

 mates are to be found in them at a given time. 



The difference between the percentage of inmates in pub- 

 lic temporary homes and the percentage of those in private and 

 ecclesiastical institutions of this class, and the dispropor- 

 tionate number of admissions to the public institutions, are 

 explained by the fact that most of the latter are municipal 

 lodging houses that are practically without inmates who re- 

 main longer than a night. The varying activities of institu- 

 tions grouped as temporary homes also account for the circum- 

 stance that the population of the homes under ecclesiastical 

 control appears to be more stable than that of the same class 

 of homes under private management. 



Institutional provisions for the deaf and blind, being 



