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It has been our boast for some years that the Perkins Institution Workshop for Adults at South Boston has been run without expense to the institution. This past year, however, there has been a slight deficit in earnings over expenses. This is a natural result of the times, and were the business less established and trustworthy, the deficit would surely have been greater. However, it is the institution and not the workers who have suffered. The institution has added to the shop a new fire escape and considerable repairs, both inside and out.

At the beginning of the current year, October 1, 1915, the number of blind persons registered at the Perkins Institution was 308, which is two less than on the corresponding date of the previous year. This number included 75 boys and 77 girls in the upper school, 59 boys and 61 girls in the lower school, 14 teachers and officers, and 22 adults in the workshop at South Boston. There have been 53 admitted and 55 discharged during the year.

Causes of Blindness of Pupils admitted during the School Year 1914-1915. -- Ophthalmia neonatorum, 7; Interstitial keratitis, 1; Phlyctenular keratitis, 1; Injuries, 3; Atrophy of the optic nerve, 9; Congenital, 6; Congenital amblyopia, 2; Congenital syphilis, 1; Congenital microphthalmos, 2; Congenital cataracts, 5; Cataracts, 1; Aniridia and congenital cataract, 1; Specific uveitis, 1; Syphilitic iritis, 1; Buphthalmos, 1; High myopia, 1; Progressive myopia, 1; Corneal scars, 3; Ulcers, 1; Measles, 1; Hysteria, (?), 1.

Save for a few broken bones and several cases of mumps and whooping cough, the health of the pupils has been good. One of our pupils, Robert J. Robertson of Whitinsville, Mass., was drowned at his home, June 28, 1915, after leaving school for the summer vacation.