Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-14
Poor Commissioners.

Poor Commissioners.
The regular monthly meeting of the
; board of supervisors of the poor was held
in the Office of the superintendent at 2
o'clock 3. m.
Present-His Honor, Mayor Ames, in
the chair; Supervisors Hangar. Parker,
! CHANNEL, Comstock, Hashow, Nuremberg,
and Superintendent Williams acting as
clerk.
| The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
The report for the month of June was
then read by the superintendent, and on
motion adopted and ordered placed on
| file.
On motion the committee on wood was
| granted further time to secure other pro-
posals for wood and ordered to report to
the city council.
The report of the committee instructed
| to examine the books of the Office of the
superinten dent of poor was called for and
| reported as follows:
| To the Board of Supervisors of the Poor
of the City of Minneapolis.
GENTLEMEN: Your committe who was
| instructed to examine the accounts, books
and papers of the superintendent, Mr..
Nelson Williams, would respectfully re-
port that we have taken considerable pains
| to examine the same and find them in
| every way correct. We cannot too highly
recommend the excellent system adopted
by the superintendent in keeping every
| account distinct and separate so that any
| one can tell at a glance what disburse-
| ments the city has made for the different
departments belonging to his Office, and
congratulate the city on its good fortune
in securing the services of so able and eff
ciont an officer.
s. P. CHANNELL.
. A. g. HAUaAN.
It was then moved and passed that the
members of this board be empowered to
send patients to the hospital, in case of
emergency, such cases to be reported to
the superintendent within twenty -four
hours.
On motion the amount of 81 was allow
ed the superintendent for extra clerk hire.
Moved and seconded that this board re-
commend to the city council that $500 be
allowed the superintendent for horse hire;
passed.
On motion the superintendent was au-
thorized, in cases of emergency, to grant
transportation oyer the northern routes.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE Poor. /
MINNEAPoLIs, June 80. !
| To the Honorable, the Board of Supervisors of
the Poor of the City of Minneapolis:
1 hereby respectfully submit report of the
work of this Office for the month of June, 1888,
as follows:
No. of applications made at
Ofhce. .............. 224
No. of visits made by superin-
tendent -. ............... 120
No. of cases where relief has
been granted in groceries. IS
No. of orders given for grocer
les. Observation-Disclosures. Il
amounting TO ............ 500 ~
No. of Patients in Hospitals June1.
st. Barnabas. ..............S
College. ...................S
SlSterS
homeopathic. 20
No. sent to Hospitals During June:
st. Barnabas. .........4
OOuoS6.
sisters
Homeopathic. .............5 "a
No. now in hospitals in charge OF city:
ST. Barnabas ................o
Colege ........... IS
Sisters -. ......I
homeopathic. ...............4 Z8
Hospital expenses for June:
st. Barnabas ................Sl7l 40
College ............ 800. 217 II
Sisters. .................1 45 II
Homeopathic ............. 81 ID $601 95
No. inmates Poor house, June
l, 1888. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 40
No. sent to Poor house during
June OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. b
No. now in Poor house under
charge of city. ....... SO
Poor house expenses for June. III Sc
No. of visits made by DR.. A.
B. Gates, city physician,
during June at hospitals. eos
No. of visits made by DR.. A.
B. Gates, city physician,
during June at other places SO
No. of burials furnished dur
ing June ....... 5
| Amounting to............ A 90
No. of persons furnished trans
pOrtation to other places
during June. ........ 10
Amounting to............... IS 95
Expended in June ...... SLIPS So
Refunded Observation-Disclosures. II "a
Total expenses for June. SLIP 70