AFFLICTED AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN.
. THEIR COST TO THE STATE.
■ [BY TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCIATION.] .-' Wellington, Wednesday. A report on the special schools for afflicted and dependent children was presented to Parliament yesterday. ;■ It shows that the total number in such schools was 2506, and the expense to the Government £51,922. The distribution was as follows -.-Schools for the deaf: Number under control 97, net cost £4087; Jubilee Institute c for the Blind, 39, £721; special school for boys of feeble mind, 31, £7834,industrial schools, 2419, £39,280. . The number of children maintained in licensed foster houses for the whole or part of the year was 1183, of whom 469 were under one year old.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14767, 24 August 1911, Page 6
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111AFFLICTED AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14767, 24 August 1911, Page 6
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