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Show LARGE ftf One in Every feline Persons Must Be Given Aid New York Jan. 2. One lcvory nine persons in- New York recilve assistance as-sistance from charity every Jr, according ac-cording to the findings of a cify' charity char-ity committee U "It requires a charities directory of several hundred pages to describe the many societies by which NewYork City is attempting to lift iUelf by the boot straps from the mire of congestion con-gestion and existing social aifd economic eco-nomic conditions," says the committee's commit-tee's report ''There are, for Instance, forty-six societies to give relief by employment; em-ployment; 170 societies to furnish food, fuel, clothing and general re,-lief; re,-lief; 92 fresh-air charities; S9 societies soci-eties for the relief of foreigners; 5G, societies for the careof the sick in' their homes and 12 relief burial societies. soci-eties. i "There are in all 571 relief societies so-cieties classified as for Ihe care and rollef of the poor in their homes, 132 Institutions to provide relief for children and 14 homes for adults. "There aro 135,000 people constant-' ly sick in New York, about one out of every forty, and 3S9 institutions to provide relief for the sick. There, are 09 institutions for the defective: 39S institutions for preventive social work and 37 for the treatment of delinquent de-linquent adults. There are 1,200 churches of different denominations and 210 societies for religious and moral work. Y "About 500,000 people get relie.in New York City a year. No one knows how many people obtain relief in the city, but It is airlfy evident thatat least one out of nino of the city's I population get it every year. The cost of the City's charity is about $35,000,000 a year." |