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general death rate of children under two years 

 in the State of New York was about one-fifth 

 that of institutions. It is only fair to add that 

 they frequently receive abandoned infants in a 

 weakened condition and that such cases are 

 hard to manage. The bad results are not due 

 to lack of kindness or attention, but to the fact 

 that the whole system is wrong. ^ Good mo- 

 tives and bad methods may coexist. It often 

 requires the work of the wise to correct the mis- 

 takes of the good. 



Aside from the large death rate, there is much 

 sickness in the institutions, due largely to con- 



1 To those who are specially interested, reference is made to 

 the following articles I have written on this subject: 



"A Plan of Dealing with Atrophic Infants and Children." 



Archives of Pediatrics, July, 1908. 



"The Proper Management of Foundlings and Neglected 



Infants." N. Y. Med. Record, February 18, 1911. 



"Are Institutions for Infants Necessary?" Jour. A.M.A. 



January 2, 1915. 



"A Plea for Accurate Statistics in Infant's Institutions," 



Archives of Pediatrics, October, 1915. 



"A Scheme of State Control for Dependent Infants." 



A'. Y. Med. Record, June 17, 1916. 



"Systematized Boarding Out vs. Institutional Care for 



Infants and Young Children." N. Y. Med. Journal, June 



2. 1917. 



"Tlie Speedwell Plan of Child Sa\ang in Theory and Prac- 

 tice." The Survey, Octol>er 26, 1918. 



"Problems of Boarding-out, with an Attempted Solution." 



N. Y. Med. Record, April 24. 1920. 



A little volume entitled, The Traffic in Babies, by George 

 Walker, M.D., published by the Norman Remington Company, 

 Baltimore, makes startling reading. 



