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1098 xvi. labour legislation and social statistics of sweden.
lion kronor; it is not included in the preceding Table, which refers to 1895.
For the same reason the following are not included: the fund of 21/* millions
collected in commemoration of the jubilee of King Oscar II for the purpose of
founding Sanatoriums for consumptives (see page 247); the newly established
Röhss Fund in Gothenburg amounting to 1 million kronor, for practically the
same purpose as the Renström Fund (see page 382); and Aug. Abrahamsons
Institution Nääs’ Sloyd Teachers’ Training School with a capital exceeding 11ji
million kronor. Apart from the pension funds, the largest of the institutions
included in the Table are: The Public Orphanage in Stockholm, with a capital
of 5,286,000 kronor; the Royal and Hvitfeld Scholarship Fund in
Gothenburg (for scholarships at the Gothenburg State Colleges and the
Universities), with a capital of 3,417,000 kronor; the Stockholm Home for the Sick,
3,476,000 kronor; L&ngman’s Donation Fund (see page 382), 2,508,000 kronor;
the Gothenburg Museum, 1,706,000 kronor; John SOderberg’s (larger) Fund
attached to the Stockholm Private University, 1,872,000 kronor; Gillberg’s
Foundling Hospital in Uppsala, 1,307,000 kronor; the Freemasons’ Foundling Hospital
at Kristineberg, Stockholm, 1,502,000 kronor: RenstrOm’s Fund in Gothenburg
(see page 382), 1,348,000 kronor; the Bergian Gardens in Stockholm (see page
376), 1,032,000 kronor; Crown Princess Lovisa’s Children’s Infirmary, 1,464,000
kronor; the Gothenburg Poor House, 1,165,000 kronor; Axel and Sofia Aim’s
Institute in Stockholm (reformatory school), 1,105,000 kronor; the City Alms
Houses for Widows in Stockholm, 1,048,000 kronor; the Robert Dickson
Foundation in Gothenburg (see page 1088). 1,201,000 kronor; the City Alms Houses in
Stockholm (for men), 1,370,665 kronor; Friends of the Honest Poor, in
Stockholm, 839,000 kronor; John and Mathilda Lenning’s Home for the Sick in
Norrköping, 830,000 kronor; the Gothenburg Home for the Sick, 1,013,000 kronor;
the Fröberg Institute in Kalmar (for neglected and refractory children), 796,000
kronor; the Eugenia Home in Stockholm (for incurable children), 1,493,000
kronor; the Letterstedt Association (see page 381), 770,000 kronor; King Oscar
I Memorial Fund, 676,000 kronor; Lundgren’s Fund attached to the Private
University of Gothenburg, 586,000 kronor; David Carnegie’s Donation Fund to the
Gothenburg Private University, 553,000 kronor; Lars Hierta’s Memorial
Foundation (see page 381), 599,000 kronor, etc.
Of all the institutions included above, 61 were established during the 17th
century or even earlier, 140 during the first half, and 499 during the latter
half of the 18th century, 1,581 during the first half, and 4,663 during the latter
half of the 19th century (up to 1895); the date of foundation of 371 is not
known. It must be borne in mind that various similar institutions exist, which
have not yet been put on the official list (quinquennial reports of the Governors).
Upon the proposal of the Riksdag a law is being drafted to institute a
general supervision of the utilizing and administration of donation-funds. At
present the control cannot in every case be regarded as satisfactory.
Private Social Activity.
Institutions of different kinds purposing to relieve distress or
socially to educate such members of the community as are in need of
protection and care, are already previously accounted for under different
headings, especially if the work in question be connected with public
or private relief of the poor.
But, besides that, a many-sided activity is nowadays exercised, which
is not of the nature of poor-relief but forms a link in the conscious
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