Care and education of crippled children in the United States . One is suppliedby city board of education, one by the institution. Desks ad-justable as to height. Hand work and vocational training: Sewing, lace making, rugweaving, basketry, chair-caning, burnt wood work, stenographyand typewriting. Cost of property: j!84,ooo. Years expenditure per capita: $532. Comment: A notable example of the possibility of adapting sub-stantial old houses with large rooms for hospital uses. The ad-ministrative system has been carefully worked out. A smallprinted pamphlet of rules and regulations is given to
Care and education of crippled children in the United States . One is suppliedby city board of education, one by the institution. Desks ad-justable as to height. Hand work and vocational training: Sewing, lace making, rugweaving, basketry, chair-caning, burnt wood work, stenographyand typewriting. Cost of property: j!84,ooo. Years expenditure per capita: $532. Comment: A notable example of the possibility of adapting sub-stantial old houses with large rooms for hospital uses. The ad-ministrative system has been carefully worked out. A smallprinted pamphlet of rules and regulations is given to each newemploye. The cheerful atmosphere and esprit de corps clearlyevident here are important in a country institution where the em- 160 DESCRIPTION OF INSTITUTIONS ployes spend most of their leisure time, as well as working hours,together. MASSACHUSETTSMassachusetts Hospital School, Canton(Built and maintained by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts)Date of opening: 1907. Chairman board of trustees: Edward H. Bradford, : John E. Fish, S. W. Mead, Architect Massachusetts Hospital SchoolInfirmary Floor Plan Orthopedic surgeons: Robert W. Lovett, , Augustus Thorndike,, Robert Soutter, Class: Convalescent hospital. Average number of children: 239. Capacity: 250. Plant: 65 acres of land, of which 20 are cultivated by farmer andhelpers, and 35 acres are heavily wooded. Administration build-ing, power house, and assembly hall of brick; two dormitory build-ings, older girls cottage, industrial building, hospital building, andbarns of wood. Modern interior finish and equipment. Walls ofhard plaster painted; floors of bare wood in most rooms, of specialII 161
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