Hon. Robert W. de Forest, President of the Conference

Mr. Thomas M. Mulry

Hon. William Pryor Letchworth, LL. D.

SECOND SESSION:

Subject, The Institutional Care of Destitute Adults:

Report of the Committee on the Institutional Care of Destitute

Adults, by Clarence V. Lodge, Chairman

26

Problems of the Almshouse, by Hon. John W. Keller

Discussion on Problems of the Almshouse

....

The Field for the Private Home for the Aged, by Rev. Thomas A.

Hendrick, LL. D.

53

Discussion on the Field for the Private Home for the Aged.....

61

THIRD SESSION:

Subject, Care and Relief of Needy Families in their own Homes:

Report of the Committee on the Care and Relief of Needy Families

in their own Homes, by Mr. Frank Tucker, Chairman

The New Movement in Charity, by Rev. Samuel H. Bishop.

Discussion on The New Movement in Charity

The Relation of the Church to Dependent Families, by Rev.

Cameron J. Davis

Discussion on the Relation of the Church to Dependent Families. 107

FOURTH SESSION:

Subject, Politics in Penal and Charitable Institutions:

Report of the Committee on Politics in Penal and Charitable In-

stitutions, by Mrs. Charles R. Lowell, Chairman

131

Politics in State, County and City Institutions of Charity, by

Prof. George F. Canfield

141

Discussion on Politics in State, County and City Institutions of

Charity

162

....

Politics in Prisons, Penitentiaries and Jails, by Mr. Robert W.

Hebberd

173

Discussion on Politics in Prisons, Penitentiaries and Jails.

185

FIFTH SESSION:

Subject, Relief of the Sick Poor:

Page.

Report of the Committee on Hospitals, Dispensaries and Nursing

(Division A), by Mr. Walter S. Ufford

196

Home Treatment of the Sick Children of the Poor, by Henry

Dwight Chapin, M. D.

208

Discussion on Home Treatment of the Sick Children of the Poor.. 214

Report of the Committee on Sanatoria for Consumptives

(Division B), by Dr. John H. Pryor, Chairman

Municipal Sanatoria, by Alfred Meyer, M. D.

Discussion on Municipal Sanatoria

223

235

243

Coöperation and Health Insurance for Consumptives, by Dr. Lee

K. Frankel

253

Discussion on Coöperation, and Health Insurance for Consump-

tives

SIXTH SESSION:

266

Subject, Defective, Dependent, Delinquent and Neglected Children:

Report of the Committee on Defective, Dependent, Delinquent and

Neglected Children, by F. Park Lewis, M. D., Chairman

Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Probation, by Mr. Frederic Almy.. 283

Discussion on Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Probation

Placing Out Children, by Mr. Samuel D. Levy

275

......

295

305

325

Discussion on Placing Out Children

SEVENTH SESSION:

Subject, Treatment of the Criminal:

Report of the Committee on the Treatment of the Criminal, by

Hon. George McLaughlin, Chairman

333

Supervision of Paroled and Discharged Convicts, by Hon. Samuel

J. Barrows..

346

Discussion on Supervision of Paroled and Discharged Convicts... 353

Classification and Treatment of the Inmates of Reformatories, by

Hon. Thomas Sturgis ...

357

Discussion on Classification and Treatment of the Inmates of

Reformatories

366

EIGHTH SESSION:

Subject, The Mentally Defective:

Report of the Committee on the Mentally Defective, by Dr. H. E.

Allison

371

The Twentieth Century Method of Provision for the Insane, by

Dr. Frederick Peterson

381

Discussion on the Twentieth Century Method of Provision for the

Insane ..

392

Training and Employment of the Feeble-Minded, by Mrs. M. C.

Dunphy

406

Discussion on the Training and Employment of the Feeble-

Minded

412

NINTH SESSION:

Page.

Subject, Improved Housing:

Report of the Committee on Improved Housing, by Mr. Edward

Sanitary Inspection by Miss Mary Marshall Butler

Discussion on Health and Housing and Sanitary Inspection...

445

458

Closing and Adjournment of the Second Conference of Charities and Cor-

rection....

465

Constitution and by-laws

466

Delegates and members, list of

470

Organization of the Conference of 1902, Report of Committee on..

503

Index to writers and speakers..

505

Index to subjects..

507

COMMITTEES ON TOPICS.

COMMITTEE ON RELIEF OF THE SICK POOR.
Division A, Hospitals, Dispensaries and Nursing.
Chairman, DR. STEPHEN SMITH, New York.

Dr. George T. Church, Saratoga Springs.
Mrs. S. E. Crittenden, Cooperstown.
Dr. J. T. Duryea, Brooklyn.
Dr. E. J. Gilray, Buffalo.
Duff G. Maynard, New York.

Hon. Dennis McCarthy, Syracuse.
James McCredie, Albany.
Herbert Parsons, New York.

Lillian D. Wald, New York.

Dr. Frederick Holme Wiggin, New York.

Walter S. Ufford, Albany.

Division B, Sanatoria for Consumptives.

Chairman, Dr. John H. Pryor, Buffalo.

Dr. John B. Cosby, New York.
Dr. Annie S. Daniel, New York.
Dr. Carroll Dunham, Irvington.
Lee K. Frankel, New York.
Hon. W. H. Gratwick, Buffalo.
Dr. S. A. Knopf, New York.

Dr. Alfred Meyer, New York.
Ignatius Rice, New York.
Dr. Arthur G. Root, Albany.
Henry Solomon, New York.
Miss Lucy C. Watson, Utica.

Rev. William J. White, D. D., Brooklyn.