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Accounting system open to public, and understandable 



Supplies purchased by contract 



Store room accounts of goods received and used 



Food varieties and balanced diet 



Food — meat once a day : 



Clothing easily washed 



Location — country ; easy and quick communication with city 



Number of acres. Adequate — 100 or more according to number of inmates 



Soil of farm — good quality ; productive 



Site pleasing — outlook 



Water abundant — pure for house use : 



Water — abundant for irrigation 



Wood lot, acre or so 



Building — not more than two stories 



Sunlight in each room some time during the day 



Fresh air in abundance 



Bedroom used for sleeping and privacy only 



Iron beds 



Woolen blankets 



Bedding of sanitary material 



Sexes separate 



Lavatories and bathrooms convenient and sufBcient for 1 to 12 jiersons 



Toilets convenient 



Cottages for married people 



Heating by steam protected by screens 



Porches sufficient 



Institutional record of inmates by card system 



Number of inmates between 100 and 200 L 



Sitting room, comfortable and homelike 



Segregation of sick in hospital 



Segregation of feeble-minded 



Segregation of children sent to orphanage 



Is there a dairy in connection with the home? 



Is there a garden? 



Is there a piggery? 



Any means of raising chickens? 



Any other means of self support? 



Remarks : Give your general impression of the institution. State specifically what 



its needs are and how they could be supplied. Illustrate survey with kodak 



views when possible. 



Field Work. Associated Charities. 



Visit the Secretary of the Associated Charities. 



1. Inquire how the organization is supported. 



2. How is it governed? 



3. What public funds does it spend? 



4. What control does the public have over these funds? 



5. What is the kind of help the Associated Charities gives the needy? 



6. How decide whether the applicant is deserving? 



7. How many cases has it helped during the past month? 



8. What effort is made to give those who are able, work to do? 



9. Read the monthly statement of this work in the local papers. 

 10. How can you assist the Associated Charities in its work? 



