CHARITY AND CORRECTION — FINANCK, DEFENCE joj
Charity and Correction.— On October 1, 1920, there were iii the State twelve public institutions strictly for the insane, two institutions nakl in part for insane, two. for the feeble-minded, and one for epileptics, and in addition to these, there were 15 private institutions for the insane, epilt and inebriates, and 6 for feeble-minded The whole number of insi institutions and in family can in the State on Octolier 1, 19i0, was 1 of which number 15,129 were under public care. Of the total number, 7.43."' were males and 8.085 were females. The total number of feeble-minded in the State was 3,185, of whom 1,663 were males and 1,522 females.
On December 1. 1920, there were 5 institutions under the supervision of the Department of Public Welfare, consisting of the State infirmary with 2,154 inmates, three industrial schools with 1,007 inmates, and a hospital school for crippled children with 2P4 inmates. In addition to the above, there were on Pecember 1, 192", as State minor war-is. under the custodial care of the Board, 3,929 children boarded in families and 1,695 children in families without board, also 3,305 children in care of the Trustees ol the Massachusetts Training Schools, placed in families and supervised by the Department ol Public Welfare. 1 he number of paupers in almshouses during the fiscal year ending March 81, 1919, was 6.815.
The penal institutions in the State consist of 5 stri*^ and 21 county jails or houses of correction. On September 30, 1920, the number of prisoners in these institutions was 2,083 males and 269 females.
Finance, Defence. — For the fiscal year ending November 30, 1920, the net revenue and expenditures of the State were as follows : —
Dollars Cash in Treasury, December 1, 1919 . . . 12,06.
Net receipts, year ending November 30, 1920 . 136,588,177
Total 148,653,949
Total net expenditure, year ending Nov. 80, 1920 1X2.353,937
Cash in Treasury, December 1, 1920 . . . 16,300,012
The total bonded debt of the State on December 1, 1920, amounted to 143,150,662 dollars, while the sinking fund amounted to 50,914,469 dollars, leaving a net total debt of 92.236,192 dollars.
For the year 1920 the figures for certain tax values are as follows : —
Dollars
Assessed value of real estate 4,368,363,457
Assessed value of personal property . . . 975,790,200
Amount of deposits in savings banks (average for
last six months) 1,217,774,406
For the financial year ending January 31, 1920, the actual receipts of the city of Boston were 57.447,190 dollars, and the actual expenditures were 50,750,073 dollars, while the net funded debt of the city, including the Cochituate Water Debt and the Suffolk County Debt for which the city is responsible, was 80,908,397 dollars.
The military force of the State is the Massachusetts National Guard, with an estimated actual strength of 400 officers and 4.600 enlisted men on December 31, 1920.
