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Excerpt from Ninth Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the House of Refuge, to the Legislature of Maryland: January, 1860
As required by their charter, the Board of Managers here with present their Ninth Annual Report of the condition of the House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents. In perform ing this duty, by way of preface, they may be permitted to say, that while their cares have been increased by an enlarg ed number of inmates, this heavier charge has, however only brought with it a deeper sense of their responsibilities, and, they trust, an earnest determination to perform with more faithfulness the labors assumed by them.
Since the opening of the Institution, four years ago, there have been admitted to its benefits, 581 children of both sex es of whom 152 have been indentured 1n various parts of this and other States, about one-half of the number to farmers and 130 have been discharged to the care ef their parents or relatives. There were in the House during last year, in all, 381 inmates, from which deduct those discharged, indentured, &c., say 100, and the number remaining on 3lst December, ultimo will be shown to be 281. From these figur es some idea may be f, ormed not only of what the Refuge has done, but of what it is still doing 1n the work for which it was establish ed. But its adaptedness to its work and its usefulness to the community can only be fully understood when its records of commitments are examined, and the home and moral histo ries of the inmates are written out in their details of neglect, destitution, ignorance, pernicious in?uence and associations and early delinquency.
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