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Infant Mortality

Its Relation to Social and Industrial Conditions
Author
Henry H. Hibbs, Jr.
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Publication Date
127 pages

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This series of papers is the outcome of a house-to-house investigation of infant mortality in four wards of Boston made in 1910-11 and 1911-12 by the Research Department of the Boston School for Social Workers under a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation.

HENRY H. HIBBS, JR., Department of Research of the Boston School for Social Workers and the Department of Sociology of the University of Illinois

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Community Action Through Surveys

Author
Shelby M. Harrison
Ebook
Publication Date
34 pages

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Paper presented in part at the Indianapolis meeting of the National Conference of Charities and Correction in May 1916.

SHELBY M. HARRISON was director of the Department of Surveys and Exhibits at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Independence Day Legislation and Celebration Suggestions

Facts Gathered from Special Reports
Editor
Lee F. Hanmer
Ebook
Publication Date
32 pages

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Reports published by the foundation's Department of Recreation in 1913.

LEE F. HANMER was associate director of the Department of Child Hygiene at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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The Campaign Against the Loan Shark

Author
Arthur H. Ham
Ebook
Publication Date
7 pages

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A pamphlet published by the Russell Sage Division of Remedial Loans in 1912.

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Evening Recreation Centers

Author
Clarence Arthur Perry
Ebook
Publication Date
32 pages

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A pamphlet published in 1910 by what was the Department of Child Hygiene of the Russell Sage Foundation. Other research areas of the Child Hygiene department included "folk dancing," "athletics," and the "use of school buildings."

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A Community Plan in Children's Work

A Report Presented at the National Conference of Charities and Correction, May 1915
Author
C. C. Carstens
Ebook
Publication Date
12 pages

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An address presented at one of 47 different sessions of the Forty-Second National Conference of Charities and Correction, held in Baltimore for a week in May 1915.

C. C. CARSTENS was secretary and general agent of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

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The Master Plan

Author
Edward M. Bassett
Ebook
Publication Date
151 pages

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This handbook, published in 1922, serves as an introduction to zoning, covering the spread of the movement, the reasons for zoning, the experiences of various zoned cities, and the legal pitfalls, with a discussion of the theory of community land planning legislation.

EDWARD M. BASSETT was chairman of the Zoning Committee of New York.

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Cover image of the book The Relative Responsibility of School and Society for the Over-Age Child
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The Relative Responsibility of School and Society for the Over-Age Child

Author
Leonard P. Ayres
Ebook
Publication Date
6 pages

About This Book

This pamphlet, published in 1911, looks into the causes which contribute to making a child over-age for his grade and if the responsibility lies with the school. Conclusions presented demonstrate the importance of studying the progress of school children as well as their distribution by ages and grades.

LEONARD P. AYRES was director of the Division of Education at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Mortality and Survival in the Grades

Author
Leonard P. Ayres
Ebook
Publication Date
3 pages

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This article, published in the Journal of Education in 1909, argues for more research in regards to the proportion of children who enter schools in relation to how many complete the elementary course. It proposes diligent study on the number of new pupils entering public schools to better facilitate educational administrators.

LEONARD P. AYRES was director of the Division of Education at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Medical Inspection Legislation

Author
Leonard P. Ayres
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Publication Date
53 pages

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A 1911 survey of state legislation requiring medical inspections for schools and institutions.

LEONARD P. AYRES was director of the Division of Education at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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