The evening times., 1896-05-04
COST OF THE CHARITIES
Brief of the Quarterly Reports
Made to Colonel Tracey.
WORK PASSED IN REVIEW
Statement Showing the Amounts Ex-
pended by the Several Institutions
for Mnint.na nee and the Amount Of
Each Appropriation-Re From
Private Sources Shown Separately.

| of charities for the three months ended
! March l last show the work OF charitable
| and refOrmatory institutions and assoca
| tons the expenses OF which are paid wholly
| or in part out OF United States appropra-
tons Tor the Dlstrict OF CoiuulDia. Lie
| reports state:
| The Municipal Lodging House, receiving
| a quarterly ailowan os 81 900, cared for
| 2,264 persons during the quarter. TG
| these transient inmates $3.50 meals and
| lodgings were furnished, at the cost oi
41-2 cents each. The average daily num-
| ber of these inmates was 90. The total
number Oh the last day OF the quarter
| was Al The supcrintenden Of this es-
| Establishment found situations for III per.
! sons. Eiguty-i brse app.icahts were re-
| fused admission on account Of into1ication,
| 10 were discnarged Ior dioorueriy conuuC,,
| and II were SEM 10 hospitals. Inc tota
| amount paiu for salaries uuring The quarter
| was S3o4 while the cost OF supplies ana
| repairs was S437. Earnings IRON saving
| wood amounted to Slo4, which sum wat
turned ia 10 tue CoiieCtoi VI 'dAeS ioi 'HN
| District.
| receives 81 900 per quarter, provided Ior
| ia persons. The daily average was oo
| inmates, 10 whom lS,146 meals ana Iodg-
| ings were furnished. The unofiicial incoibe
| OF lhIs establishment, including payments
| received from Inmates, was 500: Inc
! expenditures for salaries was $3.50, ana
tl.,l IDr maintenance and repairs 81 ,3l2.
| 1his institution, by ITS SAVINGS, nas ae-
| cumulatcd Il building fund of S3,5lb,
auu during the quarter received legacy
81 900.
WORK OF HOSPITALS.
The Central Dispens1ry and Emergency
Hospital has a quarterly appropriation es
S3T3O. From private sources IL received
S5s3. The amount cXpen1ed iof salaries
was 81 ,46l and FOL maintenance, repairs
| ami other expenses S3,lo Inns hCertdl
a
calls and 10 dulOpSics. ne ttlal nLibLei
| OF persons admitted to the hospital uuring
| the quarter was lus; the average daiiy
| uuInI.cr was TO- 1htrc were oiI hufGlcdi
operations performed.
Columbia Hospital for Women. receiving
a quarterly appropriation or 80 300, iidu
an average OF forty-One patients. Dur
II.g the quarter there were lh1 patients
in the hospital. anu the total nufnber re-
naming on the Hast day OF the quarter was
-. TwOcaS"sof cOntneion were refused adj
mission. There were i93 medical and surGi-
cal cases treated, - operations performed
and .355 prescriptions compounded The
total amount receive iIrOri pay patients was
81 900, while total Of S2,OS5 was cX-
pended for salaries. and the cost OF maln-
tenance was S3.S1 4.
Tire Chilurens Hospital, which received
81 800 as quarterly allowance, re-
ceiycd also So ,T2O from private sources.
For salaries there was cA pended the sum OF
81 .093 and for maintenance S3.ilI. This
institution maintained daily average or
II inmates nc total Hliilbtt prov Ibi
during the quarter was ! A The largest
number a one time WAS So, ana the sInaiicst
number "a. Thirty three operations were
performed. There was total OF medi,
cal and surgical cases treated ana 'ooi
prescriptions compounded.
aIIonal Homeopathic Hospital receives
quarterly appropriation OF 50 .l25.
tins ms ItItlOu IOr In. quarter Just past
received from paw patients ard private
sources. $3.50. 1t expended for salaries
ST $40. and for maintenance. repairs and
col tg.T
of patients admitted was 135. Twenty
two was the daily average. Three appli-
cat ions We're refused on account OF lack
of room. There We're scvent y-ouc opera
tons performed: sos medical aud surgical
cases treated. aud, ,sS9 prescriptio
compounded.
Freedman's Hospital. receiving a gov
ernmentai quarterly allowance or Sl3.-
300, paid for salaries S3.96T. All sup
plies for maintenance and repairs are OBJ
tanned through the District property clerk
at District contract prices. The total num-
Der OF inmat rs adir itted during the quarter
was 531. Average number each day, 6.
The largest number OF inn ates in this in
stitution at any one time was 205. and TIE
and thirty-four surgical operations We're
performed. There We're l.sl9 medical
and surgical cases. and l $40 prescrpt ions
We're compounded.
INCORRIGIBLEs AND INFANTS.
The Girls Reform School of the District
of Columbia received as a quarterly gov
ernmeutal allowance So 4S1 The amount
paid for salaries was 81 ,005. Other items
OF maintenance. III cludiGg rtepairs, amount
ed to 81 GSI. Being actually public in-
stitution. il had no income from private
sources. The number OF inmates admitted
durin the quarter was q; the daily average
is %: the number committed by courts.
6:two were relea Scd from this refc crmatory.
The Washington Hospital for Foundlings
received an appropria ton quarterly OF
81 zoo Cont ibutlDDS tTf m pFly1te sources
amounted to $3.50: eXpe Gded for salaries.
S792. and for all other items uf maintenance,
81, 1876. The daily avera ge of inmates
was 81. No applications were refused and
35 inmates were at The institution on the
last day of the quarter.
Church orphanase Of st: Johns Parish
receives $3.50 quarterly. This institution
pays no salaries. 1t provides for an aver
a ge daily number of 95 inmates. The eX-
act number on the last day Of the quarter
was 95.
st. AIMS Infant Asylum, with an aver
age OF 126 infant inmates, received
quarterly appropriation of 1850. Its
10 S439. The sum OF 1925 was expended
for wet-nurses. The public cost of
maintenance of this asylum. principally for
milk and meat. was 81 ,455. No applica-
infants renal ined in care of the as YUM on
the last day of the quarter.
WORKS OF MERCY.
with its public quarterly allowance OF
$3.50. provided for an average of sever
teen inmates. From private sources /,
received S435. For salaries, an aggre
gate of Sill was expended, and for
maintenancea and repairs $3.50, Thelargest
number at any one time was twent y-two.
There were seventeen inmates on the last
day of the quarter.
The German Orphan Asylum received a
quarterly governmental allo vance of $3.50
and private contributions, exclusive OF
work al inmates, and donations from Lad
Aid Society, Of 1887. 1t took care of an
average Of forty dependents. II expended
for salaries during the quarter 1876, ana
for all other items of maintenance, S2S7
No applicants were refused admission, and
on the last day of the quarter there were
Az inmates in the establishment.
For the care of an averge OF 100 inmates,
the National Association for the Relief OF
Destitute Col"Ted Women and Children
has qua arter!y public allowance OF So ,475.
Last quarter il received from the Board O?
Chiidrcn's Guardians for the care OF IA of
its wards, S404. Expenditure for sal
aries amounted to SS19, while that for
maintenance and repairs was 81, ,5I1. The
largest number in tie institution one time
was 10T. complications were refused, and
this institution provided permanently
for 9 very old colored persons.
The House of the Good Shcpherd re-
ceiving quarterly allowance of S675 took
care of an average OF 80 inmates during the
In CT prtP a no nj Ia