The annual report of the Door of Hope and. Children's Refuge tells 1 ivi sooty 9 the Fen work ing tirls who would otherwise be outs those Institutions " amon)
fasts. "Shanghai is. fomiline enough With' the efforts of these. institutions to save young girls and children from slavery "and. even worse, for an me {troduction "to. be Unnecessary, The Feport this year. entitied "Life out
subsections—the Receiving "Home, Death ly aivied Into a. number the First Year Home, the industrial Home. the Sanitarium, Chitdren's Tefuge, ete. Each seeUon describes what thas been done for the inmates during. the year, and gives examples of the pitiful stories of many of thems, aid how they have reacted to the. kind And considerate treatment of those in charge. One. hiindved and fifteen new eases were dealt with during 1035 tu the Receiving Home, Of these sixty-seven were eturned {0 their hearest relatives. while the remainder have stayed "under the care of the institutions. The. report states. that encouraging feature of the cruelty cases is the Increasing, willingness of neighbours to" inform the police and appear in court as witntoxes, even at the risk' of making enemies for Themselves. Tu. spite of the depression the Industrial Home was able find continuous work throughout the year for fifty girls. "The medical work in the Sanitarium is being enr-Hed on in drab conditions, according to the report. 'The. Sanitarium has forty-six. beds which were kept coupled all through the year, some times by' cases sent from olor homes, The dispensary seems to be quite inadequate for the demands made upon It. It is a room 14 feet by 16 feet, crowded to overflowing with medicines, ointments, ations, and Tinaments. On occasions it has been used as an operating theatre. where Dr. Barrie, who has acted as hono:= ary physician and surgeon, lis. suecessfully: performed major operations, The report pays a glowing tribute to Dr. Barrie for his work in. this
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