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Massachusetts. 1. Appropriation for Massachusetts 

 Hospital School for Crippled and Deformed children, under 

 supervision of State Board of Charities. 



Michigan. 1. Appropriation for two cottages for treat- 

 ment and education of crippled children at State Public School 

 at Coldwater. 2. PoAver of commitment to school vested in 

 Probate Court. 



Minnesota. 1. Appropriation for State Hospital for 

 crippled children. 



Nebraska. 1. Appropriation for equipment of a hospital 

 for crippled children. 



A^ew York. 1. Appropriation for State Hospital for 

 care of crippled children. A. No admission for incurables. 

 B. Admission only for patients unable to pay. 



Ohio. 1. Appointment of commission to buy land for 

 hospital for treatment and education of crippled children. 



Oregon. 1. Compulsory medical examination of crippled 

 children under sixteen, at discretion of judge of county court. 

 2. Free treatment and transportation at hospital of Univer- 

 sity of Oregon Medical School. 



Wisconsin. 1. Provision for admittance of crippled chil- 

 dren to State School for neglected and dependent children. 

 2. Provision for medical supervision of such cases. 



The state of Indiana has no law governing the care of crip- 

 pled children specifically. The only law which can be inter- 

 preted to include such provision in a general way is an ''Act 

 (1907, Chapter 41) defining a dependent child and a neglected 

 child, and providing for their custody and the punishment of 

 any person responsible for, or in any way contributing to, 

 such dependency or neglect".'^ The definition of ''neglected 

 child" in this law includes girls under seventeen, and boys 

 under sixteen, "who have not proper parental care or guar- 

 dianship",^ but it does not specifically include mention of the 

 uncared-for sick children ; so that its terms are not by any 

 means adequate. There is an appalling need for laws con- 

 trolling the care of dependent crippled children, and if a sur- 

 vey were made in Indiana such as was made in Cleveland, the 

 statistical figures for Indiana would prove to be proportion- 



3 La^vs Concerning Children, compiled by State Board of Charities, March 1. 1914. 

 p. 6. 



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