ON THE APPLICATION OF THE “ CLOSED ” PLAN IN 
IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE POOR. 
Among the numerous useful applications of 
the closed cases, there is one which I believe to 
be of paramount importance, and well deserving 
the attention of every philanthropist. I mean 
their application to the relief of the physical and 
moral wants of densely crowded populations in 
large cities. Among the members of this popu- 
lation there are numbers, who, either from early 
