Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-19
DISTRICT CHARITIES
The Joint Investigating Committee Again
in Session,
Inquiries. Today in Regard to De-
pendent chiianen and Foundiinx"-
Dr.. Loy9tpy's Remarks.

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The congressional joint committee or
charities resume,s0 its session this after
noon, at o'clock, in the room Of. the Sen
ate District cofSHnfttee. e.
Tie subject OF Eday's hearing was de
called to be heart wefe officers of the
Children's Hospital officers of the Wash
inston, Hospital tGr .Foundlings. officers Of
ST. AIMS Infant Asylum, officers of the
board of chiidfen's guardians ~ .af
The. topics under discussion we're the
work of the founding institutions in ths
District ofteolunhia.S extent To- which pub.
&c aid may properly lie granted, mortality
placing out and adqptionsof children, vista.
ton of children, private founding asylu,ns
The program for ,omorrow's hearing is
as follows: Subject: Dependent Children;
Charity. To be heard: Officers Of the Ger
man Orphan Asylum; officers of the church
orphanage OF st. Johns parish. officers of
St. Rose Industrial School; officers Of st.
Jose phs Male Orphan Asylum; officers of
ciety. =
Topics: May public funds properly be
used 10 support seetarian or private in
stitutions? Where grants Of public money
are made, ought not the District to have
the right to place, dependent children in
the institution so aided? What would be tbs
OF congress to make no appropriations Of
money to sectarian institutions? Does the
pollcy OF taking children from and re-
d darn,hs , 1hem to parents stimulate depen-
uency! what becomes Of children dis
charged from the sertarian and private in
stltutions? What Is the length Of time
cniioren are maintained at public, expense.
a'u Is Ine expense per child undu1y large?
Humcat1oE was received from the
superintendent of charities going at great
length into description of .the allotSsent
OF charity appropriations and the work OF
the nr various a5,as hospitals. and ,hames. q
Cmiorens Hospital, addressed the COM
mlttee. He SAID stfsS hospital was not an
asylum. and therefore the inmates could
not be properly classed as dependent chill
oren. 1t was a place where children were
taken for treatment and from whence they
were removed when well. He opposed any
change In the present method of conducting
the hospital. 1t would not be wise, he
said, to take the management from. the
incorporators. He said the hospital was
not in any sense under sectarian control.
DIR. Lovejoy said the hospital did not re-
ceiye children affected with contagious dis
eases. There is accommodation at the
hospital in regard to contagious cases, for
only those children who are taken with
such diseases while at the hospital
DIR. Lovejoy said that the reason cases Of
contagious diseases were not received at
the hospital was that it would 'endanger the
lives Of other patients. Upon one or two
occasions, as a last resort for the patient,
a case has been taken in and put in the
isolated ward. Such ward is provided for
cases of contagious diseases that break out
in the hospital, but 1t would not be right.
he held, If the; hospital should receive
cases. 1t would not be advisable, either, to
build an annex for general contagious dis
eases.
Mr.. W. F. MattiFfly. one of the directors
of the FcundIingoMospital. then addressed
the committee. He briefly sketched the
history of this institution. Since the hos
pital was foundeh dos children have been
adopted. Out Of that number only two
children have b4eA badly placed, and
these were recoveYea by the hospital.