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The following information is drawn from the Annual Reports of the Child Welfare Department: The Preventorium provides for the "sick and under-nourished children of families in poor circumstances, to permit them to recuperate under ideal conditions. Children are taken from 5 to 12 years of age for 6 months. There is accommodation for 16 boys and 16 girls. The institution is under the care of the Sisters of St. Joseph."
