The Child Labor Bulletin Volume 5-7 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...visit the children under their charge at their homes at least twice each month, and may require the children to report, to them at such other times as they deem necessary. They must make at least weekly entries on the history blanks, showing in detail "conduct and progress of the probationer and... the work accomplished by the officer." Rules of the Children's Court of the City of New York. Rule X VIII. Sec. S and 4. Annual Report Children's Court, 1916. Page 2S9. still on probation when our study was under way and by reference to the records of other social agencies familiar with the child's story, particularly the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, whose agents had made the preliminary investigation in many of the cases of immoral girls. In accordance with the desire of the court, our investigators made no visits to the homes of the children but any additional information which they desired was secured for them by the probation officer assigned to that case. The cordial cooperation of these officers who gave generously of their time and interest, added greatly to the ease with which the information was assembled and whatever value the study may have is largely due to their helpfulness. PROPORTION OF WORKERS TO NON-WORKERS At first sight the comparative proportions of working and non-working children, as shown by Table I, would seem to indicate that it is really safer for a child to be at work than in school for the non-workers out-number the workers among the delinquents nearly three to two, the difference being slightly greater with the boys than with the girls. The figures mean nothing, however, unless we take into consideration the relative numbers in the groups from which they come. Table I. NUMBER...