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ganized assistance for cripples became a necessity in connec- 

 tion with the education departments. The association for the 

 care of cripples here also soon became closely affiliated with 

 hospitals where the physical care could be given. In England, 

 one of the earliest organizations for the care of cripples was 

 the Birmingham Crippled Children's Union, which is respons- 

 ible for the development of specialized hospitals and employ- 

 ment bureaus for the assistance of this handicapped group of 

 children. 



In the United States special agencies interested in crippled 

 children were first organized in the East during the last decade 

 of the nineteenth centurj^ In 1893 the Industrial School for 

 Crippled and Deformed Children was founded in Boston; and 

 in 1898 the Guild for the Crippled Children of the Poor with 

 its several auxiliaries was founded in New York City. More 

 recently, the most specialized agency of its kind, the Associa- 

 tion for the Care of Crippled Children, was organized in New 

 York City also. Its work consists in seeking and bringing 

 to the hospitals all the crippled children in the poor districts 

 of New York; in cooperating with milk stations, schools, and 

 district clinics for the necessary care of the deformed chil- 

 dren; and especially in cooperating with the hospitals in the 

 after-care of (local) cases after their discharge from the hos- 

 pitals. There are other agencies devoted to the group of crip- 

 pled, but their work is so closely connected with either hos- 

 pitals or schools that they can be included in the discussion on 

 education and hospital care. 



