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d. Boards of Trustees (appointed by the Governor)

e. Trustees of the State Prison (elected by the people)

f. Superintendents of state institutions (those of three institutions are selected by the Governor; the others by the governing boards)

g. State Institutions

h. People of the State

The State Board of Health is also an advisory board to the two "charity" hospitals. This illustrates the total absence of any genuine central administrative or supervisory body for public welfare, except as the Governor effects unified administration.

CHAPTER VI

FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC WELFARE AGENCIES

HE most direct method of understanding the

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reach and the power of the thing we call public welfare is undoubtedly through a study of the functions which present agencies exercise. Many who read this chapter will be surprised by the scope and potential power of this relatively new state service,-new in many of its connotations, at any rate. Obviously, this chapter does not present a typical picture of the situation in any single state in the Union. It is a composite picture, within which nearly every state will find its limits somewhere. There may be some items not included even in this comprehensive list. If so, they are probably not greatly different in kind from some that are listed. Functions could not be here stated in legal terminology exclusively. If that were attempted throughout, the differences in phraseology employed everywhere would make tedious duplication of items unavoidable. Items were classified together whenever legal terminology connoted common intent; and then described, as here given, in appropriate general terms. This method of course prevents giving recognition to the prevalence of any particular kind of statutory provision.

The classification here attempted is three-fold in nature. Functions are grouped according to whether they apply to institutions and agenciesthe instrumentalities of welfare, objects of welfare. -individuals, groups, classes, wards, communities, or are otherwise characterized.

INSTITUTIONS

Institutions which are the objects of public welfare are three-fold in kind:\state institutions, local institutions, and private institutions.

STATE INSTITUTIONS

Prisons (many types)

Prison farms, camps, colonies, factories
Reformatories and training schools

Detention homes (several types)

State schools and receiving homes

Hospitals for crippled, deformed and defective
Hospitals for sick and injured

Hospitals for special diseases (tuberculosis, leprosy, etc.)

Camps, colonies, farms for tuberculous and other sick

Schools for the deaf, dumb, blind, and physically handicapped

Hospitals for the insane, epileptic, and mentally defective

Asylums for the insane, epileptic, and mentally defective

Colonies and farms for the insane, epileptic, and mentally defective

Clinics and dispensaries for all purposes

Research and service laboratories.

STATE AGENCIES

Boards of managers and all officials connected with institutions

Many special boards, officers, and other agencies associated with field work, supervision, etc.

LOCAL INSTITUTIONS

Jails, prisons, pens, lockups, etc.

Prison camps, road crews, shops, quarries, etc. Almshouses, infirmaries, asylums, poor farms, etc. Reformatories and workhouses

Detention homes and places

Hospitals for the insane and epileptic

Asylums, camps, colonies, for the insane, epileptic, and feeble minded

Schools, farms, colonies, for the physically handicapped and feeble-minded

Hospitals for the sick and injured
Clinics, dispensaries, laboratories.

LOCAL AGENCIES

Boards of county supervisors and commissioners
Institutional trustees and officers

Superintendents and overseers of the poor
Probation and attendance officers

Boards of child welfare, charities and corrections, or public welfare for cities and counties

Agents, representatives, and employees of these boards

Agents, representatives, and officials of local

courts

County and juvenile courts
Superintendents of public welfare
Township trustees, etc.

Day nurseries

Dispensaries

PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS

Fresh air charities

Permanent and temporary homes for the aged Permanent, temporary, and special homes for children

Homes and schools for the blind
Hospitals for the sick and insane

Industrial schools for juvenile and adult offenders
Infant asylums and hospitals

Maternity homes and hospitals

Institutions for mental defectives and epileptics

Placing-out and boarding-out agencies for children

Reformatories for adults

Schools for the deaf

Homes for adults, temporary and permanent

Agencies receiving state aid

Chartered, incorporated, licensed agencies

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