Download or read book Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction written by Isabel C. Barrows and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction: At the Seventeenth Annual Session Held in Baltimore, MD., May 14-21, 1890 The Seventeenth Conference of Charities and Correction, held in Baltimore, Md., May I4 to 21, 1890, was characterized rather by the number and length of the papers presented than by the amount of discussion. Owing to this fact, several papers hai'e necessarily been omitted, and others have been reduced as much as was consistent with the subjects treated. The paper by F. H. Wines, on State Boards of Charities, and that by Mrs. C. R. Lowell, on The Economic and Moral Effects of Public Outdoor Relief, were considered so valuable by the Conference that they have been stereotyped, and pam phlet copies of them may be ordered of the editor. The book is marked by several other noteworthy contributions, among them one by Dr. I. N. Kerlin, on The Moral Irnbecile, one by Dr. Richard Gundry, on The Care and Treatment of the Insane, and one by H. F. Hatch, on Prison Discipline. A large amount of space is given to several well-considered papers on Training - schools for Nurses, with one on the necessity for a postgraduate school for such instruction. Another chapter takes up the subject of Hospitals in a series of papers of much value. The section on Charity Organization includes interesting statements of the value of such organization, as illustrated in emergencies like the Johnstown flood, the Lynn fire, and the Louisville tornado. In brief, this volume of Pro ceedings is well worthy the attention of students of charity and reform. 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.