SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. To the Managers of the Pennsylvania Reform School: Since the opening of the Institution, December 25, 1854, the whole number of children under its care has been Boys..... 8.578 3,023 11,601 Average age of boys received since opening of Institution, 13.97; girls, 14.8. Total average of both sexes, 13.85. Number who have returned voluntarily since the opening of the Insti tution-boys, 175; girls, 77. Average for each year, 4.61. Whole number of deaths since opening of Institution—boys, 118; girls, 47. Average for each year, 3.17 Number remaining September 30, 1904 480 320 91 45 7 I 464 1905, 736; 1906, 717 317 3 320 35 367 4 5 IS 20 449 Average age of boys received since September 30th, 1904.... 495 509 520 470 495 .... 15.4 years. 16.2 Average time in Institution of boys discharged.....I year, Of the girls committed 32 were past 16 years of age, and 29 were past 18 years of age. Largest number received in one month (Sept., 1905).. Smallest (April, 1905)... Largest number discharged in one month, (August, 1906). 42 8 ..30 I I Of those committed during the past two years 149 had intemperate fathers, 31 had intemperate mothers, 42 had stepfathers, 40 had stepmothers, 176 had been arrested before, 64 had used liquor, 151 had used tobacco, 240 had used profane language, 232 had been addicted to lying, 188 had stolen. As ascertained, the religion of parents of inmates committed since September 30, 1904, was as follows: Attends Catholic Church, 106; Methodist, 86; Presbyterian, 42; Baptist, 29; Episcopal, 9; Lutheran, 17; United Presbyterian, 3; Disciple, 9; Jewish, 8; No Church, 4; Christian, 6; Evangelical, 1. |