204 active and 198 associate members enrolled at first regular meeting, Oct. 19, 1909. Admitted to State Federation of Women's Clubs, Oct. 24, 1909. Legally incorporated, April 19, 1915. Total membership, Sept., 1918, was 1,461. Among its activities have been the institution of a social hygiene movement; the organization of the Housewives' League; advocacy of the founding of a State College for Women; opening a boarding home for girls; and work for prison reform, mothers' pensions, child welfare and delinquency, emergency relief and food conservation. _Co-operative School_: First established April 3, 1916, in Fawcett School of Industrial Arts. Wrappers from several department stores given lessons in salesmanship during working hours without loss of wages. _Course of Study_: Uniform course for high schools adopted May 27, 1915. Educational and cultural value of manual arts recognized by requiring them in all curricula. Arts curriculum carrying full credit in music and art introduced as major subjects. All other courses modified and adjusted to meet more adequately needs of students preparing for office, shop, home or higher institution of learning. _Crippled Children, School for_: Opened July 7, 1912 in Home for Crippled Children. 17 pupils ranging in age from 4 to 13 years. Heretofore no schooling had been provided. _Deaf, Public School Classes for_: First class organized in Chestnut St. School with 11 pupils, 1910. In Oct., 1915, classes in lip-reading for adults were organized as part of evening school program. _Death Rate_: Statistics for this period are noteworthy because they show effects of infantile paralysis epidemic in 1916, and of influenza in 1918, which, though less alarming in its symptoms, had more fatal results. _Population_ _No. Deaths_ _Death Rate_ 1904 272,000 5,378 19.77 1905 283,239 5,025 17.74 1906 290,000 5,551 19.14 1907 300,000 5,724 19.08 1908 305,000 5,207 17.07 1909 311,000 5,529 17.77 1910 347,469 5,784 16.64 1911 352,000 5,337 15.16 1912 370,000 5,423 14.65 1913 380,000 5,562 14.63 1914 395,000 5,809 14.70 1915 375,000 5,382 14.30 [A]1916 385,000 6,357 16.50 1917 405,000 5,205 15.30 [A]1918 430,000 8,482 19.70 [A] See Infantile Paralysis; Influenza.