Evening star., 1899-04-05
THE ASSOCIATED CHARITIES
Monthly Report Of General Secretary to
Board Of Managers.
for Relief in the Month
of March-Ail Furnished to
ass FRmilies.

The regular monthly meeting of the board
of managers of the Associated Charities
was held yesterday afternoon at the central
office, S11 G street northwest. There were
present Prof. B. 7. Janney, chairman; Mrs.
]. w. Babson, George Truesdell, DR.. M. G.
Motter, Mr.. F. L. Moore, DR.. NJ. D. Peck
and Archibald Hopkins.
After the reading of the minutes and the
t. transaction Of routine business the report
Of the general secretary for the month of
March was submitted. as follows:p
ITO the Chairman and Board of Managers
Of the Associated Charities: r..
During the month of March the demand
for relief has been much less than in the
month Of February. the number of appli-
cations being somewhat less them one-third
OF the number made in February. In March
9O2 separate applications were made to the
society. as compared with 1857 In February
and SS4 in March, 1898. In the 902 applica-
tions for the past month are represented
51s separate families, 200 being white and
31S colored; 15 of these families are classed
as new cases, families whose records we
have not had heretofore; PA separate in
vestigations we're made by the agents dur
ing the month, and five persons were found
to have given false addresses.
Relief Furnished.
Relief was procured for 4SS families, as
follows: From churches, 40 families; from
private relief societies, 10 families; from be-
nevolent individuals directly % families;
from the Golden Book fund.-. 10 families,
and from the Citizens Relief Association,
4O6 families. In addition to the above
forty-six pairs OF shoes were procured from
the supervising principals Of the public
schools.
''Thirty-f1ve persons applied for work
only, and employment was found for nine
teen, permanent for five and temporary
for fourteen. In addition to this seventeen
men were sent to work on the street rail-
road construction.
Six persons were placed in institutions,
five for temporary treatment and one for
permanent care. Transportation was pro-
cured for two persons to homes or rea-
tiveS outside the city.
Six hundred and ninety-two visits were
made by the agents during the month in
the work of investigation, collecting saw
ings, seeking employment, etc; fifty-seven
letters We're received requesting investiga-
ton of applicants and eighty-nine written
reports on Investigations and other sub
jects were sent out. During the month
1850 In savings were deposited
Free Treatment.
"Eighty-two Investigations were made of
applicants for free treatment at the Cen
trail Dispensary, to seventy-siX of whom
certificates were given, four were refused
and two were found to have given false
addresses. Sixty-one Investigations were
made of applicants for free treatment at
the Eastern Dispensary, to forty-seven of
whom certificates We're given, thirteen were
refused and one was found to have given a
false address. Seven Investigations were
made of applicants for free treatment at
the womans clinic, to all of whom certif-
Gates were given
A resolution was passed indorsing the in
vitation Of the board of trade to the ma
tional conference of charities and correc-
tions. to meet in this city in 1900 and 1t
was voted to send the secretary as dele
gate to the national conference, which meets
in Cincinnati in May, this year, and he was
instructed to use his influence as dele
gate in support of the movement to bring
the conference to Washington.