New-York tribune., 1897-11-21
4 YEAR OF GOOD WORK.
WHAT THE STATE CHARITIES AID AS
ISOLATION HAS ACCOMPLISHED.
MANY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE INSTITUTIONS
IN FrATBUsH- OF THE oRGANI-

MANY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE INSTITUTIONS
IN FLATBUsH- OF THE oRGANI-
zATIoN's ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
The Kings County Visiting Committee of the
State Charities Aid Association held one Of its
most interesting meetings of the year in the Brook
lyn Library Building last Thursday. Mrs. Tunis c.
Bergen, chairman of the committee. presided, and
her report showed that the year had seen re-
markable improvement in the institutions at Flat
bush
This committee has made many suggestions to the
have been adopted by them
The most important resolution adopted at Thurs
days meeting was one suggested by MIS- ber-
gen. which recommends that the Commissioners
appoint a woman as deputy or clerk to hear the
complaints of women.
This suggestion Is OF so great Importance that
II Is a wonder 1t never occurred to us before. said
Mrs Bergen yesterday. 1T is as important TO nave
a woman to hear complaints and receive appiica-
tlons from women as 1t Is to have matrons III sla-
tion-houses 1t Is true that the present Com
missioners retire from office January l, but we
think that IL they appoint woman TO TINS ONCE
the propriety of 1t will be so obvious that future
Boards of Charities Will never uePui' A''' "
precedent so established.
Mrs Bergen. referring to her report ana 10 the
nroceedIngs OF the meeting to a Tribune reporter
yesterday, said' - ~.
"padicaI improvements have been made 10 the
hu,dirgs and grounds OF the amshouse ana hos-
ni,aI This work has been done BY convicts' Inc
buildings have been reconstructed and renoVa'eu'
and the improvements in the almshouse are espe
cially pleasing , =, ,,os oc.
..rhe nurses home Is now complete IL was ~
cunIed last week. and the work OF the uaii,i"e
.chooI has now begun. The opportunity is t"u'
oNcrAd for getting better nurses. Inc sePa'"'o
ward for consumptives is also complete Cha"se'
have been wrought In the pavilion for imbeciles'
AT the amshouse for women. the basement "a'u''
which were commented upon by this committee as
bolnp inappropriate for use az dormitorles, nave
he,n Thoroughly renovated one hunureu oiu VIII
an have heen taken TO the second moor As tne
basement was ill-ventilated and uncohio''"0'e' We
are especially gratified at this change H.. .,.
''We adopted "A resolution recommending thdt d
vard In tho woman's almshouse be set asiue ioi
extremely old and feeble women: They shouIu W
in charge of the hospital staff and OF talheu
n,rsea so that they may be cared Tor property
''The new hathhousc Of the almshouse WIN no.
and cold spray baths IL marked lHpi h
over the old system. when there was siNsIe 'u'
or trough for all. ,,, l., ,ot,,, ,ou
II was placed In charge OF an expert from y f:iwyn
Penn. whose salary was first paid by ne tVltas
Club but who is now paid by the city. lHaie Gic
tventy.nye children under instruction. IwelV'
I'm livingston County, are reported 10 be brighter
than the average. This speaks well Tor the rall-
Ing they received here. - ~ ,.,,
That overcrowding has not been done away Win
altogether Is shown by the official statement that
there were s37 inmates In the almshouse on sep
iomber 30 while the proper capacity II only LOO
The hospital contained. on the same GATE S9' ana
the pcnltcntary 726