. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1900, . rens Aid were several children a few years ago, who from their conduct would cer-tainly have been termed failures, but who are to-day among the most creditablewards of the department. They have profited by their mistakes and have liveddown their early folly. It is also interesting to note that out of 567 girls nearly half of them overfourteen ,there have only been three maternity cases in five years. Two of thesegirls were sisters living widely apart and having no intercourse with each other,and the cause of their downfall could be tr
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1900, . rens Aid were several children a few years ago, who from their conduct would cer-tainly have been termed failures, but who are to-day among the most creditablewards of the department. They have profited by their mistakes and have liveddown their early folly. It is also interesting to note that out of 567 girls nearly half of them overfourteen ,there have only been three maternity cases in five years. Two of thesegirls were sisters living widely apart and having no intercourse with each other,and the cause of their downfall could be traced to a condition of feeblemindnessinherited from very low stock. The third was not properly a ward, as she was agirl of seventeen who was simply helped to secure a situation. A Marvellous Health health of the children under the supervision of this Department hasbeen remarkably good, indeed it might almost be termed phenomenalDuring the year there were no deaths to record among the thousand child-3 34 THE REPORT OF THE [39. 1899] SUPERINTENDENT OF NEGLECTED CHILDREN. 35 ren in foster homes, except, possibly two deserted infants under five months whosuccumbed within a week after they had been taken in hand. In nearly sevenyears the total number of deaths have been nine, out of a total of 1,071. Therehave also been very few cases of illness, and many children who were weak andsickly at the time of their adoption have developed into sturdy boys and girlswithout pain or ache of any kind. This seems to me to be a strong proof of thesuperiority of this method of dealing with the dependent children of the all the children are placed out in country districts where they enjoy theadvantages of fresh air, plain, substantial food, and a reasonable amount of employ-ment. It may be, also, the long walk to the country school has something to dowith the health record. In many cases the children walk from one to two and ahalf miles every morning to school, and
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