Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-16
GUARDING CHILDREN
Annual Report Of the Board Of
Guardians for Last Year.
COMPLETE STATEMENT OF IT'S WORK
Evils Sought to Be Corrected by
Its Establishment.
EXPENSES AND ESTIMATES

= The report Of the board of children's
guardians for the fiscal year ending June
80. 1894, signed by simon Wolf as presi-
dent and b. Pfckman Mann as secre-
tary, has been submitted to the superin-
tendent of charities. The report 10 as fol-
lows:
On the I'D of August, 1893. report OF
the work of this board was rendered to
you and designated a first annual report,
but at that time the board had not been
engaged in it's work Of caring for children
more than seven weeks. The report OF
that date, together with one rendered
on October II, and some appended docu-
ments, were printed in your report Tor
1893 The present report Is the first to be
made of a whole years work. and IN
cludes some of the matters treated In
those partial reports. as with broader
view the facts recorded have greater
significance 1t deals with the period from
July 1, 1898. to June 80. 1894
On the LIST of July, 1898. the board con-
Loring and f. Ross Perry, appointed for
the term ending September Ii. 1895; b.
Pickman Mann, Simon Wolf and Mrs. Lucy
s. Doolittle. for the term ending Septem-
farland. William ]. Miller and John F.
Cook. for the term ending September Is,
1898.
October 7, 1893. Mrs mcfarland and
Messrs. Miller and Cook were reappointed
for the term ending September 16, 1896.
March 2, 1894. the board was notified
of the resignation of Mr.. Perry. and May
5, 1894. Orrin B. Hallam took his seat as
Mr.. Perrys successor.
At the beginning of the year Simon Wolf
was president, Miss Harriet b. Loring.
vice president; B. Pickman Mann. secre-
tary and disbursing officer. At the
al Ocfohar these Of
hcers were reelected. November t. 1893,
Mr.. Wolf resigned the presidency. and
Miss Loring was elected president, and
John F. Cook vice president.
Herbert w. Lewis was employed as the
agent of the board throughout the year.
On July 1. 1898, the board had remaining
of its administrative fund available for
salaries of agents. expenses in placing
and visiting children. and all office and
sundry expenses. si,5S4.S5. OF this fund
1t expended during the year $3,933.72. ieav-
ing balance of $651.13.
Expenses of the Board.
On July 1, 1893. the board came into con-
troll of a fund of SIC. 200 for care Of feeble
minded children. for the care of children
under three years of age. white and col
ored. for the board and care of all children
over three years of age, and for the tenn
porary care Of children pending lnvesti-
cation or while being transferred from
S13, 1855, leaving a balance of $6.O5445.
More particularly stated, the admtnistra-
tive expenses Of the board for the year
were follows:
Salary of agent. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 800. 90
ONCE expenses. Observation-Disclosures. 1928
Office rent. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10000
Transportation NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 800
Office furniture. Observation-Disclosures. $50 10
Stationery and printing .............. 321. 80
SundrieS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $3.50
Iotal. ...................... .S5,8''3.I IL
The expenditures for board and care of
children were as follows:
For feeble-minded children:
In the Pennsylvania Training
SchOOl ...................-...So,p 6S.21
In the Virginia Training
ScnOOl .-........-............ loo.Of
Total ........................$o 3d. O4.21
-$5, 2O4 25
For children not feeble minded
Maintenance
In District institutions......A, 7O1.95
In other institutions. ......... 5000
In private homes. ........... 2lG3.G
Total .........................S O,bl.p
SO, 901 9l
Clothing ........-.............O,
Medical care. 3!4o
Total .....................,...1, O39.36
-sl, O39 SO
The board began the year with no chill
dren in charge. 1t closed the year having
1S5 legal wards. The aggregate number of
days that children, other than feeble-mind-
ed, were in charge of the board was 90 1O5,
CIR All average of 10 children for every day
in the year. The aggregate cost for board
and care. clothing and medical attend
is at the rate Of 1913 cents per day. or
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