Excerpt from A Bulletin on the Condition of the County, Almshouses of Missouri It is universally recognized by those who have studied almshouse administration that the almshouse is not fitted to care for those classes of dependents who require Special or scientific treatment. By its very nature the almshouse is a small local institution which cannot be expected to have at its head an official with professional training and experience. Therefore, cer tain classes who need special care involving special knowledge should not be committed to the almshouse. These classes include children, delinquents, the insane, the epileptic, the feeble-minded, the blind, and the deaf mutes. Let us consider in the order given the reasons why these classes should be excluded from the alms houses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.