Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1900 — Work of the Gerry Society. [ARTICLE]

Work of the Gerry Society.

“The records of the Gerry Society show that there have been received 129,675 complaints, involving the custody of 368,799 children. Of these 50,800“ cases have been prosecuted, with 47,455 resultant convictions, while 83,986 children have been rescued and cared for. During the year 1899 more than 3,000 cases were investigated, with a saving to the city of $84,864, at the yearly allowance of $lO4 per capita. Further, the society collected In the same year the sum of $0,690.75 from parents whose children have been committed to institutions. This money has been paid over to the city fund for the maintenance of public charities and institutions.”—Ainslee’s Magazine.