HOSPITALS AND PUBLIC CHAKi'l 149 



The [mtftatiom : ti<- N titonal Sanitarium 

 allicil Institutions, of the Ti.r..m. 



(i) the MiiM.-.k.i mi, and U; the Mutkofca 



filial, at MusUka, vj> the 'lur.mto 1-u-c iiupiu. , 



M.it.Tm: S) c tjuecn .V 



On! As devoted wholly to tuberculosis the iir*t and 



second are pioneer Canadian in is, the third i the first 



.ul in tin- .w.ild i.. i pin, need cases, ami the fifth is the 



separate hospital for children. Their total accommodation at 



prcM .}0 beds. There i* j annually for maintenance 



Regai -im- Reformatories, a Commission from the United States, 



;ig tiie Central i'nxjn Farm at Guelph, sa 

 aario has spoken the last word in prison reformatory methods, 

 at least so far as we have yet met, and we have been on the 

 \\<rk for some time. The working 01 tutiun and the result* 



are a re vela; \ new and perhaps more ambitious scheme i* 



the ^ mn of 600 acres near Fort William Here the 



men. not VTI initials, but ordinary first offenders, have hewed and 



fcr this wof' 



.iwiis in pi! vc a better return 



than if :' held !>ehin<i hrick \vall>. and the Province fives the 



men a hetier chance to start right in social life again. 



PROTECTION 01 c mi UKI \ 



If the test of a country's civilization is to be found in the treat- 

 child ren. i hen Canada, and more particularly the 

 ia entitled a inji place <m the roll of nations, 

 s ago tli' rea' 



Charter that has since l>< ' the other Province*, by 



the adjoining States and. in s.mie ! it- unp,nanl features. 

 r.titain an ' the way 



he lar^e and ever-increasing interest now being taken in soda) 

 and child-welfare. Children'* \id S are organiirtl in the 



! counties. < \er ten thousand children luve been 

 :er homes in the paM t\v n addition !.. 



n the children the public fund* have 



been saved to the exten >c million dolart in the 



lessened expense for the maintenance of this dass. The chief 

 objects of the Society arc: the betterment of children in their own 

 homes ; their removal when necessary to ensure a chance of becoming 

 good citizens ; an endeavor to assist every child to receive fiir treat- 



