New-York tribune., 1876-08-26
CHARITY FOR SICK CHILDREN.
iEpICAL CARE AND FOOD FOR SUFFERERS AMC
the Editor OF The Tribun,

TIE POOR.
TO the Editor Of The Tribune
SIR: The readers of TIE TRIBUNE have al
ways taken deep interest in the Sick Chdrens Fund,
and perhaps You viii kindly allow me to present them
with the following report Of work during the present
irving Summer The sickness and suffering that have
prevailed among tho little children OF the poor during
the past two months far exceeds anything that we have
ever witnessed in the Of many years experience
in this benevolent work YOur readers will remember
the terrible heated term in 1872 when 700 little children
died in But for "a successive days of last
month child under five years Of age died in this city
every 10 mnutes-an average OF nearly 1000 week.
Every effort that could command was employed to
check this awful slaughter Of the iunocents Our relief
work begun two weeks earlier this year than usual
ami the commencement of the heated Term we doubled
force Of physicians and visitors Our ply slcns are
long experience, and bcstow the same attentive
the poor children that they give to patients ~
their private practice hedlcal a'ten4anee, Mcucine, me
and nOUrishing food have been promptly furnshcd ee
OF charge 10 poor sex children IN S ps oi snc oiE'
DR. Lang has visited principally in me Fourth seventh,
aud Fourteenth Wards Dr. 1yndale5 Work mas becn
hn ,horsJ M in tIe ui,ner nortion of the East
slde Dr. Hunters field is in the Ethtn,
the West Side Dr. Janeway has rendered valuable gia-
tuitOus services in critical cases, aud Dr Dcdge'
fitT OF foWors twice week to the sick children Since
june - physicians have attended 6Js children at
cluding Office pa1ionts," VINO are treated free The
physicians furnished with blanks on which to write
the number Of those who able 10 purchase suitable
nOurIshment for then children is under 10 per cent OF
the number families who applied for medical ald our
eNperience has always been nat the poor suur more IN
Summer than Winter. In SClnmer most or the puDnc
charities suspended and hundreds or families tat
afcTd employment in Winter out Of town, so that tire
poor hardly know where 10 apply Tor aid our
families day who Rave means OF
support whatever ard who ssist upon scraps OF ioou
received from MeicbOTs often nearly poor as thcn-
selves We the furnishing Of pure wholesome
to sick and conYaCscent children most Important
feature work. and during the past two months we
have given away 800 cans OF teef extract 500 pdch4g
OF starch, 90 packages Of fa1na, 3G0 pOnos cI
bOminy so bags OF crushed wheat, % bags OF OaAci,
50 boxes OF imperial granD, 1000 ciuS or condensed
milk and 4jO pounds of barley. We have also dstlD-
uted large quantities OF tea, coffee. sugar, rice,
crackers, arTOwrOOt, jeliies Ice, iaus' soap,
spOnges, grapes, Strawberries, peaches, lemons,
aud other fruits We purchase tins fOOd IN
Wholesale quantities and dispense u ourselves thereby
et.ectng SAVING in some of 30 per cent on toe
prices charged by retail grOcers aud druggists we nave
distributed among the sick children 900 bouquets
OF flowers ana 400 plants ia pots Ihcsc pants ma
have been TO By ladies OF Moirht0Nn n
J.; SaybrOOk Conn; Newport, II. Il ScwtOwD and lush
ma, L. l., and by the NCw-NOfk Flower Cnaity ILtse
beautiful gifts have made hundreds OF sick little ones
happy for tme, and frightened many dreaIy Iolncs.
We have 80 visitors who the tenement quarters
of the city and report OF sickness anu dtsu
tiOn that within the sphere OF WORK, ana we
cannot speak too highly OF their aruoEs and selidcny
ing labOis Our phys reports show that the priH
cipal diseases tiea;ed have been cholera infantum
darrhca. marasmJ whOOping cough, and scarlet eNcr
aud less than per cent have terminated fatally
Applications for relief nulneTOusy ever
sick and destitute wherever find them, and city
readers OF TIE TRIBUNE would 0blge us and CONFER
kindness the by bringing such cases 10 our no
tce- Your obedient servant GEORGE GAiiDDrkh, i
Sick Relief BlreQM Of ChIldrens Aid Soe'ety No 32I
Rivington-sL, New York, Aug. u, 1876.