to the Almshouse. Those over four years of age are committed to the County Home for Dependent Children, from which they are placed-out in free homes or boarded-out in families. The New Haven County Home had in its care on Jan. 1, 1898, 165 children, 129 of whom were boarding in family homes in the county.

PATERSON, N.J.

Population, 1890, 78,347.

The Superintendent of Outdoor Relief has charge of the relief of the poor. He is appointed by the board of aldermen for a term of two years. The only charitable institution owned and maintained by the city is the Almshouse, which is under the charge of a superintendent appointed by the board of aldermen. This institution. had on Jan. 1, 1898, 205 inmates. The expense of maintaining it during 1897 was $17,990.28. County charges are maintained at this Almshouse at county expense.

There is in the city an isolation hospital on the cottage plan, which is under the control of the Board of Health, appointed by the board of aldermen. The city contributes a percentage of the annual tax levy to the Paterson General Hospital and to St. Joseph's Hospital. The contribution for 1897 amounted to $10,750. The city expended in outdoor relief during the year ending March 20, 1898, $18,626.39, of which $1,357 was for burial expenses, and $1,136.89 for coal. The city maintains no lodginghouse; and homeless persons who apply for temporary lodging are generally sent to the police station or the Rescue Mission (a private society), and occasionally to the Almshouse. The charitable and correctional institutions of the city are administered by different officials, who are appointed by the board of aldermen. The insane are a county charge. Mild cases are sent to the Almshouse, others to the State Hospital at Morris Plains.

The city maintains no institutions for children, and supports none at public expense in private institutions. The Poor-master has authority to place children in families, but received no suitable applications during 1897, and so placed-out none. The establishment of a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is under consideration.

LOWELL, MASS.

Population, 1890, 77,696. Estimated, 1898, 90,000.

The officials who have charge of the relief of the poor are the Superintendent of City Institutions, a salaried official, and the Board of Overseers of the Poor, an unpaid body. There are nine overseers, one from each ward of the city. They are elected by their wards for two years, four being elected one year, and five the next. The superintendent is elected by the overseers for a term of four years.

The expense of maintaining the city institutions during the year 1897 was $61,352.58; and the number of inmates on Jan. 1, 1898, was 496.

The city does not contribute to the maintenance of private institutions. The amount expended in outdoor relief during 1897 was $19,020. The city maintains a lodging-house, which was established in September, 1896. The only correctional institution owned and maintained by the city is the Workhouse, which is connected with the Almshouse, and is controlled by the Overseers of the Poor. The jail and Truant School are county institutions, under the control of the county commissioners.

The insane are a city charge, and numbered on Jan. 1, 1898, 184 persons, 110 of whom were maintained at the Lowell City Farm, and 74 at State institutions.

The city maintains no institutions for children under its immediate control, and places-out none in family homes. On Jan. 1, 1898, 30 were being supported at public expense in private institutions. During 1897 the city cared for 3 foundlings for a very short time, and then turned them over to the State.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Population, 1890, 76,168. Estimated, 1898, 90,000.
No report received.

SCRANTON, PA.

Population, 1890, 75,215. Estimated, 1898, 110,000.

The Directors of the Poor of the Scranton Poor District, seven in number, are appointed by the presiding judge of Lackawanna County. The only charitable institution owned and maintained by the city is the Almshouse, called the "Hillside Home." There were in this institution on Jan. 1, 1898, 419 inmates. The average number of inmates during the year was 389, and the per capita expense of maintaining them was $1.97 a week. The city made during 1897 per capita contributions to private charitable institutions as follows:

The city expended in 1897 for outdoor relief, including the appropriations to private charitable institutions, $14,850.97. The city maintains no lodging-house, but provides for homeless persons at the station house or sends them to the Home for the Friendless or other lodging-houses.

The insane are partly a State, partly a county, and partly a city charge. The State pays $1.75 per week for the support of each inmate of the State hospitals. The county on which the inmate is a charge pays the same. The State pays $1.50 per week for all insane inmates of an almshouse, the city the rest. On Jan. 1, 1898, there were in the "Hillside Home" 210 insane persons.

The city maintains no institutions for children, and places-out none in family homes.

FALL RIVER, MASS.

Population, 1890, 74,398. Estimated, 1898, 104,000.

The Overseers of the Poor are five in number, including the mayor ex officio. They are appointed by the mayor for a term of four years, one going out of office each year. They serve without compensation, but have a paid agent and office force.

The institutions owned and maintained by the city, with their census on Jan. 1, 1898, are as follows:

The expense of maintaining these institutions during 1897 was $32,166.55. The amount spent in outdoor relief during 1897 was $43,086.86.

The city does not contribute to the maintenance of private charitable institutions.

The city does not maintain a lodging-house. Homeless persons who apply for temporary lodging are allowed to spend the night at the police station.

The charitable and correctional institutions of the city are not administered by the same officials.

The insane are under the jurisdiction of the State. The city pays the board of those who have a settlement in the city. The number of insane persons on Jan. 1, 1898, who were such charges, was 162. These were maintained in State institutions.

The city does not maintain institutions for children, and does not support them at public expense in private institutions. The city places children in family homes, and during 1897 placed 15 in families to board, none in free homes. Foundlings are turned over to the State. Orphans, up to the age of four years, if they have a settlement in the city, are cared for at the Almshouse. After that age they are placed in private families. Orphans who have no settlement are turned over to the State.

CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

Population, 1890, 70,028. Estimated, 1898, 87,000.

The Board of Overseers of the Poor is an unpaid body, consisting of five members, elected by the city council for a term of five years, one member being elected each year. The board has a paid secretary. This board appoints the superintendent of the Almshouse. The city physician is appointed by the mayor.

The Almshouse is the only charitable institution owned and maintained by the city. The expense of maintaining the Almshouse during the fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 1897, was $19,380.85. The number of inmates on Nov. 30, 1897, was 120.

The city does not contribute to the maintenance of private charitable institutions. The amount expended in outdoor relief during the fiscal year was $21,985.

The city maintains no lodging-house.

Homeless persons who

apply to the city for temporary lodging go to the Almshouse, if they are residents of the city. If they are residents of other cities or towns, they are kept at the station houses until other disposition can be made of them. No tramps are harbored.

The charitable and correctional institutions of the city are not administered by the same officials.

The insane are a State or a city charge according to their settle. ment. The number maintained by the city on Jan. 1, 1898, was 167. The insane are maintained in the State Lunatic Hospitals, and the mildly insane are boarded in families. During 1897 there were four such persons in families.

The city maintains no institutions for children. On Jan. 1, 1898, 12 were supported at public expense in private institutions. During 1897, 10 children were placed-out in families to board.

ATLANTA, GA.

Population, 1890, 65,533. Estimated, 1898, 118,000.

The city of Atlanta does all its relief work, except furnishing transportation of persons in distress and burial of paupers, through the private charitable organizations to which the municipality contributes. Transportation and burial of paupers are attended to by the city warden.

During 1897 the following private charitable institutions and societies received contributions from the city as follows: