Crippled Boys Home
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National Industrial Home for Crippled Boys The annual meeting of this institution has been held at Willis's Rooms. he Earl of Shaftesbury presided. The home was established three years since, in a house in at Kensington; but so numerous were the demands for admission that a second house was taken, both of which are now filled by 34 boys. During the past year over 200 applications have been made for admission; but there being no room, it is impossible to entertain these deserving cases. The committee, however, in full confidence of aid in such a case, have purchased a freehold house, with an acre of land, close to the new station at Kensington. The purchase money exceeds £6,000 and a sum of about £4,000 more will be necessary for proper workshops, plant, fittings, furniture, etc, making a total of £10,000; but it is believed that the institution will become self-supporting, as the boys have already been sufficiently instructed in the trades of carpenters, die-stampers, and tailors to earn their own living. A gentleman has offered to give £50 on condition that 19 other fifties be contributed on or before the 25th June next.
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