Industrial Schools for Delinquents, 1917-18. Bulletin, 1919, No. 52

After the statistical report found in Volume II, 1917, Report of the Commissioner of Education, containing statistics for the year 1915-16, had been prepared, the Bureau of Education adopted the plan of collecting statistics biennially instead of annually, as had been done in preceding years. This bulletin contains statistics of Industrial Schools for delinquents for the years 1917-18. The following contents are included: (1) Schools reporting; (2) Nomenclature; (3) Size of schools; (4) Inmates; (5) Teachers; (6) Parentage of inmates; (7) Illiteracy; (8) Valuation of property per inmate; (9) Receipts; (10) Total expenditures; and (11) Endowment of funds. (Contains 17 tables and 16 figures.) [This bulletin was prepared by the Statistical Division of the Bureau of Education, under the supervision of H. R. Bonner, collector and compiler of statistics. Best copy available has been provided.]