THE CHILD'S WELFARE SOCIETY

The Child's Welfare society, a purely philanthropic association, was organized in 1914, the object of the society being the alleviation of defective, dependent and delinquent juveniles. The association since its inception has proved itself of inestimable value in the relief of sick children and, from a small beginning of about twenty-five members, has grown to a society with an active membership of over eight hundred. A visiting nurse is maintained, who goes about among the deserving poor and also instructs the mothers of the foreign families in the scientific care of infants. During the month the average number of nursing calls made is one hundred and forty-five; instructive calls, ninety-five, and special service calls, fifty. The society also provides pure milk for infants, which is distributed from regulated refrigerated ice stations, and also maintains a free clinic for infants in the factory district of the city. It provides clothing for needy children and also proper clothing for mothers, if desired. Although the society has only been in existence two years, it has established a summer camp for delicate children, at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Nichol, near Fenton, known as the "Happy Day Farm," which during the summer of 1916 cared for thirty-four children for a period of from one to three weeks, with a nurse in charge. A number of these children found to be in need of medical attention were afterward cared for at the expense of the society at the University Hospital in Ann Arbor and at other institutions. The Child's Welfare Society expects to establish soon a permanent home for the care of children during the summer months and a committee was appointed in June, 1916, to report upon the securing of a building site for this purpose.