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it is interesting to observe a table of the cost of certain insti- 

 tutions, the sources and amounts of the funds obtained. 



TABLE SHOWING SOURCES AND AMOUNTS OF PUBLIC 

 FUNDS FOR FIFTEEN INSTITUTIONS^ 



Hospitals 



Public Funds 



Source Amount for 1 Year 



Maine (Portland), Children's Hospital 



Minnesota (St. Paul), State Hospital 



Nebraska (Lincoln), Orthopedic Hospital 



New Jersey (Newark), Home for Crippled 

 Children 



New York (New York City), Hospital for De- 

 formities and Joint Diseases 



New York (New York City), Hospital for Rup- 

 tured and Crippled Children 



Convalescent Hospitals 



Maryland (Baltimore), Children's Hospital 

 School 



Maryland (Baltimore), Kernan Hospital School 

 for Crippled Children 



Massachusetts (Canton), Massachusetts Hos- 

 pital School 



Minnesota (St. Paul), State Hospital School 

 for Crippled Children 



New York (Garden City), House of St. Giles 

 the Cripple 



New York (Port Jefferson), St. Charles Hos- 

 pital for Crippled Children 



New York (West Haverstraw), State Hospital 

 for Crippled Children 



Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh), Industrial Home 

 for Crippled Children 



Pennsylvania (Sewickley), Fresh Air Home. . . . 



State. . . . 



$10,000 



State. . . . 



$13,C43 



State. . . . 



$45,060 



City 



$2,500 



City 



$7,730 



City 



$22,801 



State. 



State. 



City. 



State. 



City. 



City. 



State. 



State. 

 State. 



$3,750 



$5,000 



$11,398 



$6,495 



$19,294 



$24,437 



$5,000 

 $552 



« Reeves, Care and Education of Crippled Children, p. 104. 



The importance of convalescent hospitals cannot be over- 

 emphasized. The best of surgical treatment is inadequate 

 unless followed up by after-care in which every detail of prog- 

 ress and development is watched and treated accordingly. If 

 a patient is discharged to return to a neglected home, all the 

 attention and care expended on him in the hospital are wasted, 



