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its payment expires, the man is left stranded, and it is at this 

 time that the Red Cross Institute receives such men as appH- 

 cants for the trade school. There is eminent need of a revi- 

 sion of the compensation laws. This field of industrial crip- 

 ples includes not only adult men and women, but also children 

 over fourteen years of age very often. The reports of the 

 Industrial Board of Indiana of industrial injuries have since 

 January, 1919, included a separate statement of conditions 

 among juveniles of sixteen years and under. The reports 

 for January and February gave 75 and 62 cases respectively 

 of injuries to children under sixteen j^ears of age reported. 

 The list of industries engaged in, causes of accidents, and 

 kinds of injuries is too long to quote in detail, but in relation 

 to a study of crippled children it is interesting to note here 

 the number of orthopedic injuries. In January the following 

 list occurred : 



CASES 



Loss or amputation of 1 finger 3 



Loss or amputation of all fingers, one hand 1 



Fracture or broken arm 2 



Fracture or broken 1 finger 1 



Fracture or broken 1 foot 1 



Crushed hand 1 



Crushed 1 finger 2 



Crushed 1 toe 1 



Crushed 3 toes 1 



Total 13 



For February, the following list occurred: 



Loss or amputation 1 finger 2 



Fracture or broken 1 leg 1 



Fracture or broken 1 ankle 1 



Crushed 1 finger 3 



Crushed 1 toe 1 



Total 



The ages of the children injured were as follows: 



JANUARY FEBRUARY 



Years Number of Cases Years Number of Cases 



14 4 14 4 



15 7 15 8 



16 , .64 16 50 



