Evening star., 1898-10-05
THE ASSOCIATED CHARITIES
Monthly Meeting of Board of Managers Held
Yesterday Afternoon.
Report of Secretary Submitted, Show
ing Work Accomplished by the
Society in September.

The regular monthly meeting Of the board
of managers OF the Associated Charities
was held yesterday afternoon at O'Clock
at the central Office, s11 G street northwest
There were present Mr.. F. L. Moore, DR..
Chas. z. Nefll, DR.. Murray Gait Motter,
Miss Florence P. Spofford and Mr. Thos
w. Smith
The regular routine business was gone
through with, after which General Secre-
tary Wilson presented his report of the
work of the society for the month of Sep
temher
A special committee of three, consisting
Of Prof. B. T. Janney, DR.. Nj. G. Molter
and Miss Florence p. Spofford, was ap-
pointed to make arrangements for the an
nual meeting of the society. The fiscal
year ends October 81, and the annual meet
ing will be held early in November.
Exhibit for September.
Following is the secretary's report:
During the month of September the total
number of applications made to the society
was 116 as compared with eighty-two dur
ing August, and being the same as for the
month of September, 1897. OF these 116 ap-
plications, sixty-four came from white fam
lies and ffty-tWo from colored Fourteen
persons applied for work only, and employ
ment was found for five persons. There
agents during the month, exclusive of in
Vestigations for the free dispensaries, and
one person was found to have gwen a false
address.
Relief was procured for seventy-nine
famllies, as follows: From churches for
Tour families; from private relief societies
for six families, from private individuals,
directly, for nine families; from the Golden
Book fund for three families, and from the
Citizens Relief Association for fifty-nine
families. considerable number of those
relieved are Guarantined on account of
contagious diseases, especially cases of
diphtheria and scarlet fever. Most of these
cases are reported to US directly by the
health department.
Since the withdrawal of the police de-
partment from relief work cases of destitu-
ton coming to the notice of the health de-
partment and the physicians to the poor
are always referred to this society. Many
of these cases, where there are contagious
diseases, require only temporary relief, but
during the period of quarantine such relief
must be prompt and adequate. Usually the
aid Is obtained directly from the Citizens
Relief Association unless the family has a
legitimate claim on some private source
from which abundant relief can be pro-
cured.
Two persons were placed in institutions
for temporary treatment and one for per-
manent care. Transportation was procured
for two persons to relatives or friends out
side the city. Fifteen letters We're received
making requests for Investigations of fam
lilies and thirty-four written reports of in
Vestigations were sent out.
Visits by Agents.
IA total number of 1,274 visits were made
by the agents to poor families during the
month in the work of investigation saw
irgs collecting, seeking employment, &c.
This is q larger number of visits than ever
made by the agents in any summer month
heretofore, and IS an iadicatio of the in
creased amount of personal constructive
work that can be done with an increased
force of workers. We have had one agent
more in the field than during any previous
summer, and as q result we have bean
better able to keep in touch with the fam
lilies with which We have to deal and are
better prepared to dsal with them the COM
ing winter. Besides, more has been done
in the way of finding employment and in
collecting savings.
THE amount of savings collected from
the poor during the present summer has
been more than double that collected dur
ing last summer In September, 1897 the
amount of collections was S4145, while in
September, 1898, the amount was S1OS. So
and the other summer months show cor
increase this year over the col
lections Of last year.
The number of investigations made Of
applicants for free treatment at the Central
Dispensary during the month was sixty
foCr, to forty-seven of whom certificates
We're given, eleven were refused and six
were found to have given false addresses
Fifteen applicants for free treatment at
the Woman's Clynic We're investigated, to
thirteen of whom certificates were given
one was refused and one was found to have
given a false address,