Evening star., 1899-05-03
ASSOCIATED CHARlTIES S
Report for Month of April Made by General
Secretary Wilson.
Work of the Organization Among the
Poor of the City-Statistfcal
Showing Made.

The regular monthly meeting of the BOARD
of managers of the Associated Charities
was held yesterday afternoon at the CEN
tral office Sll G. street northwest. There
were present Prof. B. T Janney, chair
man: Mrs j. w. Babson, Rev. j. H. Brad
ford, Mrs F. w. Dickens, Colonel Archl-
bald Hopkins DR.. NJ. G. Motter. DIR. Chas
p Neil. Colonel George Truesden and MT.
James Is. T. Tupper.
After the reading of the minutes and the
transaction of the regular routine business
General Secretary Wilson presented his re-
port of the work of the society for the
month of April, which was as follows:
The total number of applications of all
kinds made to the society during the month
of April was 257. compared with 9o2 IN
the month of March, while the number OF
applications in April, 1898, was 2o6, the
number for the month this year being
greater by 81 than it was In the corre-
spending month last year. This Increase
over the corresponding month last year IN
dicates a constant growth In the work OF
the society and the consolidation In char-
table effort, and not an increase In actual
distress. While the number of applications
was II more in April this year than in April
1898, the number of families for whom re-
lief was procured this year was only nine
greater than in April, 1898.
The total number of separate and dis
tinct families represented in the appfca-
tions for the month of April was lof, 50
being white and 50 colored. The number or
new cases during the month was 23. A
total of % persons applied for work only,
and employment found for II. temporary
employment for 10 and permanent employ
ment for 2.
Investigations to the number of 134 were
made during the month, exclusive of inves-
legations made for hospitals and dispensa-
res. Four persons reported were found to
have given false addresses.
Sources of Relief.
Relief was procured for 139 families as
follows: From churches for ii families,
from private relief societies for families,
from private individuals directly for fam
lilies, from the golden book fund for q
families and from the Citizens Relief Asso-
citation for 100 families. In addition to the
above shoes were procured for 10 children
through the supervising principals of the
public schools
One person was placed in an institution
for temporary treatment and two for per-
manent care. Transportation was procured
for two persons to homes relatives out
side the city, one woman being sent as far
as South Dakota, where she would have a
permanent home with her daughters 9TH
erwise she would have been a permanent
charge on the District.
Thtrty-seven letters were received by the
IgentS making inquiry concerning families
and requests for investigation, and sixty
nine written reports on investigations were
sent out.
A total number of ,029 visits were made
by the agents during the month IN the
work of investigation, stamp collecting and
seeking employment. This is nearly three
times as many visits IS were made by the
agents In April 1898, and consequently
they have been able to interest some of the
families in the savings system much earlier
than they were a year ago. The total
amount of savings deposited during the
month was $5465. In April a year ago
hardly anything had been deposited and
during the month Of May, 1893, only S44. 20
were deposited, being SO less than was de-
posted the present year in the month of
April.
Investigations by Agents.
Our agents have to do now much more
investigation for the dispensaries and hos
pitals than they did year ago. They in
vestigate regularly now for the Emergency
Hospital, the Eastern Dispensary, the Wo-
mans Clinic and the Homeopathic Dispen-
sary. The work of this character during
April was follows: Total investigations
for Emergency Hospital and Central Dis
pensary, 9S; of this number certificates
were granted TO SS: certificates were re-
fused to 8: false addresses given 2: total
Investigations for Eastern Dispensary, 80:
certificates were granted to 80; certificates
were refused to 8; total investigations for
Womap's Clinic, %; certificates were
granted to 20: false addresses given 2: to-
tad number OF Investigations for Homeo-