Note 13 — Chapter XVII · THE UNNECESSARY STORY OF MRS. BEN WAH AND HER PARROT
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Footnote 13: The first school census was taken in 1895 by order of the legislature. It showed that there were 50,069 children of school age in New York City out of school and unemployed. The number had been variously estimated from 5000 to 150,000.[Back to Main Text]