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Exempted Institutions. From the provision that " it shall not be lawful for any person in consideration of any payment or reward to receive or retain in his care or charge any infant for the purpose of nursing or maintaining it apart from its parents or guardians for a longer period than seven consecutive days unless such person is licensed as a foster-parent " the Minister may grant certain exemptions, and under this authority exemption has been granted to the institutions set forth in the following list, which, shows also the numbers dealt with and the deaths. The conditions of the exemptions provide for inspection, and for removal of the infants only with due formality.

Deaths in Foster-homes. Of the 1,361 infants that were at one time or another on the books as being in foster-homes during 1917, twelve died; of these nine died in the foster-homes and three in hospitals or nursing-homes to which they had been removed for treatment, so that the deaths in foster-homes represented 066 per cent, of the total number dealt with. Ten of the twelve were under the ; age of twelve months, and nine were of illegitimate birth. The following is a statement of the number of deaths during the time that the infant-life-protection system has been in the Department's charge:— 1908 .. .. .. .. 26 deaths out of 1,017 infants = 2-56 per cent. 1909 .. .. .. ..25 „ 1,181 „ =2-11 1910 .. .. .'. ..26 „ 1,183 „ =2-19 1911 .. .. .. ..13 „ 1,183 „ =1-09 1912 .. .. .. ..12 „ 1,228 „ =0-98 1913 .. .. .. ..13 „ 1,330 „ =0-98 1914 .. .. .. ..20 „ 1,423 „ =1-40 1915 .. .. .. ..14 „ 1,440 „ =0-98 1916 .. .. .. ..17 „ 1,250 „ =1-36 1917 .. .. .. ..12 „ 1,361 „ =0-88

Ad Imissio 1917. cq " 13 GC C-< <0*0 9 <* fa A3 O CDw (2.) ins; Deaths. On the Books at 31st Dece tuber,19J7. BQ a , Name of Institution. a §d 13 a & (l.) to CD to < am (3.) in 3 a ° CD 3 m go 13 a & (4) m a a ° CD 3 M s° -a a & (4) 2} . i » * £,"> ta Jfsr (5.) (6.) « 3 ■ » ,!. S3 -13 M . 2 6 a in - » a a «=o gotm< a a, -"JO'S fe o cu« I 3 cd ■3 So 5"£ a cdw o a tJ CQ rf C-, '3 (7.) (8.) (9.) Salvation Army Boys' Home, Russell St. Mary's Industrial School (Girls' Branch), Auckland St. Joseph's Orphanage, Takapuna, Auckland .. Mission House of the Order of the Good Shepherd, Auckland .. 10 Orphan Home, Papatoetoe, Auckland .. .. .. \ Children's Home, Ponsonby, Auckland .•. .. .. j .. Methodist Orphanago, Mount Albert, Auckland .. .... Leslie Orphanago, Remucra, Auckland .. .. .. ] .. Manurewa Children's Home, Auckland .. .. St. Mary's Home, Otahuhu, Auckland .. .. .. I 36 Salvation Army Orphanage, " The Grange," Heme Bay, Auckland Salvation Army Maternity Home, Auckland Cook County Women's Guild Creche, Gisborne Salvation Army Samaritan Home, Gisborne.. .. .. j 2 Children's Home, Palmerston North Salvation Army Bethany Home, Napier .. .. .. 4 Wanganui Orphanage, Gonville, Wanganui Salvation Army Boys' Home, Eltham, Taranaki .. Presbyterian Orphanage, Berhampore, Wellington Levin Memorial Homo, Wellington.. St. Joseph's Orphanage, Upper Hutt, Wellington .. .. Home of Compassion, Island Bay, Wellington .. .. 19 Salvation Army Girls' Home, Owen Street, Wellington. Salvation Army Boys' Home, Island Bay, Wellington St. Mary's Orphanage, Nelson .. .. .. .. i 3 Nazareth House, Christohurch .. .. .. .... Sacred Heart Orphanage, Mount Magdala, Christchurch St. Saviour's Homo, Shirley, Christohurch Methodist Orphanage, Papanui, Christohurch Salvation Army Maternity Home, Christchurch .. ., 1 Presbyterian Orphanage, Papanui, Christohuroh .. .. j Children's Convalescent Cottage, New Brighton, Christchurch j Children's Creche, Timaru.. ... .. .. .... St. Saviour's Orphanage for Boys, Otipua Road, Timaru Salvation Army Boys' Home, Temuka, Canterbury .. St. Mary's Orphanage, Mornington, Dunedin .. St. Vincent de Paul's Orphanage, South Dunedin .. .. ; Glendining Home, Anderson's Bay, Dunedin .. .. j Salvation Army Home, 15 Dumblane Street, Roslyn, Dunedin Salvation Army Home, Middlemarch, Otago .. .. .. Presbyterian Orphanage, Gordon Street, Invercargill Victoria Memorial Home, Inveroargill .. .. .. 7 11 6 1 1 38 9 22 2 2 5 45 7 i 1 9 18 13 39 13 15 2 5 16 20 7 50 6 .. 9 *4 4 42 147 10 2 6 7 2 4 1 21 53 3 4 5 24 9 : 10 4 1 4 78 3 3 16 10 1 1 2 5 4 .. 4 4 2 5 1 39 67 8 5 1 2 14 34 16 20 4 1 1 9 10 3 2 2 "i i 1 i 3 ' .. i 22 5 6 9 : 14 3 2 7 9 22 6 17 3 20 15 5 2 7 1 .. 2 1 i 2 Totals for 1917 .. .. 82 30 647 10 2 15 27 14 558 Totals for 1916 .. '.. .. 54 14 453 3 1 9 18 11 489