BARNADO BOYS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2574, 23 September 1915, Page 3

BARNADO BOYS

.WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN THE .. WAR. . The King, - the Queen, and Queen Alexandria have accepted' ! copies of : ."For God and' Country," ithe.- 49th annual report of Dr. Barnardo's Homes. Their. Majesties are the patrons of these national'homes, which; are waging - unceasing warfare on all tliat sets a cheap Tate upon child life. Owing to i the wastage of war it is t more ..than, i . cnir necessary that the child life .of i the nation should bo safeguarded, i * Wherever .there is a destitute child needing help Dr. Barnardo's Homes ore I ready to give it.—The report gives an. I idea, of the work being-done for, the I . benefit of the nation and Empire. - Seven thousand two 'hundred and fifty-one children-(3s99'boys and ; 3652 girls) were on 31, last , being supported and trained; 1029 boys, and girls of all, ages were permanently.ad-, initted in 1914 from all over "the country, two-thirds coming" from, the provinces. The; total rescues, for the .49 ' Tear s .in, which the .homes: havo .been l in existence number 80j548 ; 558 of this - large family areinfants under five yea** of age; 806 are crippled,incurable, blind, ■ deaf and, dumb,for physically affjicted; 900 boys andigiils. are lunder industrial: training; 300 of the boys are in training for the Navy:"' The total number of children dealt with by these homes last year was 14,126. The average number in residence' the year was 7480, and the average number of "childTen permanently' admitted , every , week during the vear 'was 20. ' Twenty is a small family in itself, but one'-can Tealise the magnitude of the work when' ' one- reads' in..-this: .interesting', report that 20 children are permanently added " t<i the family every week,-, while .many, others receive temporary shelter... w , Barnardo boys have Tesjwnded splendidly to the call of King and. country ; . 1509 are on the,Rollof Honour.. Barliardo boys have been in .all: the naval' engagements/and ; many have given their lives for their country.