The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-24

Si MOI, .feet ke ned6oIkcqd + offensive where A.
water will great deal OF good derry boat or team
sS Sa fa s dtTs or & Do
under old should not have any fruit eSeeptby
Tsaiher dr,. your children !" dr np 1 Moth
dsy Children under ten months to year Old do not
need ANYTHING but the breast good milk Cow. milk,
third water to twothris milk and warming 70 blood
e 1nu '' r H. xr" of mix ana water bnt in
the city good deal OF the milk has plenty of water and
you do not the child. that tho nursing bot
no, Used and lie additon Of little soda vii Keep
IRON becoming sour baby does not thrive well on
mix 20" are a.ns 81 bring Il 10 S Mott street. and the
Board OF Health viii examine 1t for you.
Tho Department OF Public Charities and Cor
rcction calls attention to the following act
passed. by the Legislature in 1875:
sEcrioS ON and after January !, 1870 It shall not
other masi.rac to commit any child over three and
nmher sixteen years OF age as vasranl trgsnt or as
any county surcrntefdent oyerseer Of the poor
such rocr6o,e Tor support and care unless he child bc
an Ido' an Sp'bS or PsT'ye or rc he
der unnt for family care but such Justice OF the peace
superintendent or oNef~cr OF ie poor g other oncer
] Ss q, some 9r q q asy nn c Sn @ or
rc,ornatory institution a. nov provided Tor by law
snecrt si rnf ot ngeut ne ps"ns of ,hs several coun
10 cause the removal o ali children between the Of
tbs actl rom their respective poorhoues on or before
moys OF those Who may hcrea,cr come under The care
aud control or hereafter be born IN SUI luurhouscs be-
and provide for their support and are in families orphan
g S9S apTGa' as Of h ,b S
crs counties ar hereby required TO take such action in
.ioe, q ,ei.act n placing any such shdin any such
aum charitable or other refoIms,ory Institution that
same religious sin the parents OF such enid far
practicable.
The Board passed the following resolution:
That the relatives. guardians and friends of the chl.
drcn Randall. Island he notified that before the nrst
dal :" lanuay ls7e all children between NE ages OF
ltcs Or otherwise defective deceased or ieforned Shall
nary s7o, THIS board viii not admit any children le.
cent those which are provided Tor by tins law.
All the societies for tho relief Of the deserving
poor complain that they have been grossly i'm
position were related TO The reporter. Persons
familiar with tho work Of aiding the poor say
that, in tho majority of cnses where relief ia
given future contributions are accepted in u
spirit that clearly shows they think they have n
right to- demand them. In many tenements the
9 aP Of bO Th ,e1r ssNs In me
Fourth. Sixth. Seventh Eleventh. Thirteenth.
md Fourteenth wards there is great suffering.
children For the week ending July I, out OF
population Of 1913 In tho Second Ward. there
were no ueNtlS. In the Nineteenth Nirt, out
o. n population Of 1883. there were l22
deuths.
In front of tho house at Thirteenth street and
Third avenue on Saturday afternoon. WINS an
undrrtakcrs wagon with n plain pine coffin
nbout three feat in length. Tho coffin was
wrapped in shawl.
What's that. asked the reporter.
>, The body g. little fellow. Superintendent
| k"llork said. who's. folks hqd enough money
/ e. pay for roflln. They couldn't buy II grave
80 And you intend TO bury it in the Potcr's
| Iieid p interrupted the reporter go,
we now call it the City cemetery on Hurts
| Island"
Tho little wnfs who stop for brief season
with Mgtron Webb In the Police Central office
md are not "laim"d. are sent 10 the Infants
Hospital ON Randills Island. About eighty per
gnnt Of thes" foundlnes live but short time
The Commissioners Of Charities and Correc.
/ ton send many other homeless. destitute, and
deserted children 20 the same hospital.
The reporter visited several OF the homes oi
the poor vii, 20 sick and wretchel children arc
pi lures of n" same who. year after year. may
b" discovered IN the very heart ofthe great city
| Notwithstanding the work Of Institutions. or tn.
/ hearty end"nVors OF private and public societies
and corporal IONS. thousands Of little ones con.
] tnue T. want for food. clothing and air. They
| sirken. die. and ara carted away. and all thHl
was intended 10 save them seems 10 have gon,
! for ntuElt.
pr John r. Magic reports that for the wcel
ending yesterday there We're 1874 deaths. while
/ for tho week previous there were s3l. There
: arr now iifty-four visiting physicians. includ
/ ing the forty-four recently appointed.