Organizations for the Betterment of Children. Among the chil-
dren's organizations are the Massachusetts Society for the Pre-



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vention of Cruelty to Children with headquarters in Boston and
branch organizations throughout the state, represented in 4
cities and towns studied; the Children's Aid Society, established
in Boston and New Bedford; the Children's Friend Society of
Worcester; and the Children's Protective Society of Portland.
The state employs a number of visitors and investigators whose
work is to supervise minor wards, and the city of Boston main-
tains a Department of Children's Institutions with six visitors.
Two other societies in Boston are also concerned with the placing-
out and supervision of children, the Society for the Care of Girls
and the Children's Mission to Destitute Children. All oi these
societies assume the care of poor children, and the 58 workers
employed are engaged in finding suitable homes for them and
carefully guarding their welfare.
In addition to the above organizations there are societies which,
like the Children's Country Week in Boston, arrange for summer
outings and secure homes in the coimtry or on farms where chil-
dren may be sent for brief vacations. This society, the only one
of its kind for which we have data, has five regular workers and
a large number of volimteers. There are also day nurseries in
all the large cities where children are cared for while their mothers
are at work. Thirteen nurseries were visited, and data ob-
tained concerning the 39 women employed in them. Four of
these nurseries are located in Boston, two each in Providence
and New Bedford, and one each in Worcester, Fall Kiver, Lynn,
Lawrence, Somerville, Maiden, and Brookline.
