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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 the removal of the infants only with, due formality.

Of the above 478 children, 25 have no parents living, 61 have a mother only, and 94 have a father only. The remainder (298) have both parents living. Deaths in Foster-homes and Exempted Institutions. Of the 1,24.'J infants who were at one time or another on the books as being in foster-homes during 1922, 10 died; of these, 2 died in foster-homes and 8 died in hospitals to which they had been removed for treatment. Six of the 10 were under twelve months of age, and 9 wore of illegitimate birth. As shown in the table above relating to exempted institutions, there were 16 deaths in 1922.

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