. Denmark; its medical organization, hygiene and demography . s a subsidy from (3) the Financesof the State, voted on the Budget for one year at a time. Originallythe State contributed 2,000 kroner; from 1878, 4,000 kroner; from1880, 8,000 kroner (on condition, that help should be extended to crip-ples above the age of 18); from 1885, 11,000 kroner; and from 1890,15,000 kroner. It may be taken as an acknowledgment of theSocietys work all over the country, that no dissenting voice was DANISH SOCIETY FOR THE CARE OF THE CRIPPLED AND DEFORMED. 307 ever heard in the legislative assembly concerning


. Denmark; its medical organization, hygiene and demography . s a subsidy from (3) the Financesof the State, voted on the Budget for one year at a time. Originallythe State contributed 2,000 kroner; from 1878, 4,000 kroner; from1880, 8,000 kroner (on condition, that help should be extended to crip-ples above the age of 18); from 1885, 11,000 kroner; and from 1890,15,000 kroner. It may be taken as an acknowledgment of theSocietys work all over the country, that no dissenting voice was DANISH SOCIETY FOR THE CARE OF THE CRIPPLED AND DEFORMED. 307 ever heard in the legislative assembly concerning these grants, whichwere always unanimously allowed by all parties as presented byGovernment.—Finally, the Society has the income from (4) intereston its capital. This consists partly of larger contributions frommembers (life-or perpetual members) partly of larger sums, left tothe Society as bequests. The capital is entered in the Societys nameon the books of the State Treasury, which pays interest on it at therate of 3£ per cent. The annual revenue was:. WASHING APPARATUS FOR PARALYTICS AND SINGLE HANDED. In 1872: .... 1,815 kroner; capital: 600 kroner. - 1884: about 15,000 — about 12,000 — - 1890: — 28,500 — 122,000 — The total annual revenue for 18 years was about 240,000 The annual expense of the Society was: 1872 627 kroner, 1884 14,300 — 1890 33,000 — The principal items of expense in the reports for 1890 were the School,amounting to about 10,000 kroner; bandages about 9,000 kroner;boots about 9,000 kroner. For the whole 18 years the total expenditurewas about 250,000 kroner. Consequently, at the expiration of 1890the Society had a current deficit of about 10,000 kroner. Neverthe- T20 308 DANISH SOCIETY FOR THE CARE OF THE CRIPPLED AND DEFORMED. less, the figures quoted do not by any means give an exhaustivepicture of the expenses of this institution; for, as already mentioned,the Society is in receipt of many donations in kind: Old banda


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