In several factory towns I made careful investigations of the home conditions of a number of families where the mothers were employed away from their homes, noting particularly the rates of infantile mortality among them. The following typical schedule relates to five cases noted in the course of a single day in one of the small towns of New York:— SCHEDULE ════╤═══╤════════╤══════════════════════════╤════════╤════════╤════════ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Total │ │ │ │Average │ │ number │ No. of │ No. of Name│Age│ Weekly │ Husband’s Work, Wages, │ of │Children│Children │ │Earnings│ etc. │Children│ having │ now │ │ │ │ Born │ Died │ Alive │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ────┼───┼────────┼──────────────────────────┼────────┼────────┼──────── │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │Mill laborer. Wages $9.00 │ │ │ Mrs.│43 │ $7.00 │ week but is often sick. │ 5 │ 5 │ M. │ │ │ Drinks heavily. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ────┼───┼────────┼──────────────────────────┼────────┼────────┼──────── │ │ │Laborer. Often unemployed.│ │ │ Mrs.│ │ │ Average wage the year │ │ │ K. │38 │ $6.50 │round not more than $7.00 │ 7 │ 5 │ 2 │ │ │ a week. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ────┼───┼────────┼──────────────────────────┼────────┼────────┼──────── │ │ │ │ │ │ Mrs.│ │ │ │ │ │ C. │34 │ $7.00 │ Deserted wife. │ 6 │ 4 │ 2 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ────┼───┼────────┼──────────────────────────┼────────┼────────┼──────── │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Mrs.│ │ │Sick two years and unable │ │ │ S. │29 │ $6.00 │ to work. Was a laborer │ 6 │ 3 │ 3 │ │ │ formerly. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ────┼───┼────────┼──────────────────────────┼────────┼────────┼──────── │ │ │ Dead 6 months. Was a │ │ │