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Excerpt from Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Eighth and Ninth Wards Association of the Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity: October, 1900 To the Subscribers and Residents of the Eighth and Ninth W ards: The work of the past year is clearly shown in the accompanying report of the Treasurer, with its detailed statement of receipts and expenditures, and in that of the efficient Superintendent, who gives the particulars of the way in which this Association has met the practical question of caring for the poor. The good result of the union of the Eighth and Ninth Wards in one body and under one management has been fully demonstrated by the successful administration of the past year. An econ omy in expense and an: increase in efficiency naturally serve to make the Managers very glad that their action received the substantial approval of their contributors and of all acquainted with the nature of the work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.