Statistical Directory of State Institutions for the Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Statistical Directory of State Institutions for the Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes The class Of institutions for which statistical and other descriptive data are published in this volume was defined to include any institution in operation on January 1, 1916, owned or leased, managed in whole or in part, and maintained to the extent Of at least 50 per cent Of its annual expenditures by the state or Federal government and devoted to the custodial or other continuous care Of persons belonging to one or more of the following classes: (1) Feeble-minded; (2) Insane; (3) Criminalistic (including the delinquent and wayward); (4) Epileptic; (5) Inebriate (including drug habitues); (6) Tuberculous (or others with chronic infectious segregated diseases); (7) Blind; (8) Deaf; (9) Deformed; and (10) Dependent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.