New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-06
ST JOHNS GUILD REPORT.
ABOUT THE SUMNER AND FLOATING HOS
PITFALLS FOR POOR CHILDREN.

THE FORMER sUs, ENDED UNTIL PROPER
BUILDING CAN BE HAD-THE LATTER TO BE
SUPPLEMENTED FOR COMING SEASON.
The thirty-second annual report OF ST. John S
Guild has been issued. and comprehends an ac-
coant O. such an extended work carried on during
me asst wear that the pamphlet attans the dimen-
sons Of a volume.
In the autumn II was found that the summer hos
r,als carried on by the guild had been inadequate
70 the demands made upon them at the seasc0 OF
most intense heat and IL was considered i'm
perative duty 10 the poor whom the guild would
help that second floating hospital should be made
ready and that the sanitary plant at the Seaside
Hosrital should be renewed in time for the season
OF 500
The organization has had in mind the accommo-
6a,ion Of children from Brooklyn and Long Island
City as well as from the boroughs OF Manhattan
and The Bronx. so that the sick and suffering
little ones Of New-York City may generally find
relief and comfort under it's mnstrations. The re-
nor, acknowledges With expressions Of gratitude
The interest that was taken in the work during the
neriod wncn war and the necessities Of the men in
the Army and the Navy seemed to demand con-
s,ant attention and the resources Of the country
were taxed TO the utmost. II WAS feared that the
sick children Of the poor could he little cared foT'
yet so generous were the donations that. IN spite
r. other demands made on private purses, the hos
rras received an increase of s51O5 2e the con-
tribut.ons Of the year before The Floating Hospital.
csrre5 on for over two Of the hottest wea Their,
made forty-ocht trips the daily average OF children
benr 20 Ten more trips would have been made
had no, bad weather prevented. No death oc-
cured notwithstanding the fact that children most
.aIl.psy III were carried on each trip made
Al the Seaside Hospital there were $50 mothers
srdLe77. children cared for. and during the sum-
ne. on.y twenty five deaths occurred. For the
sertons cases the wide veranda overlooking the
oscar is httcd with many little iron-frame cribs
where The sick children may lie and take In the
Ms-siving sea air while those able to be taken on
The beach enjoy lying the sands or playing IN
The Va.cr.
For the Childrens City Hospital the work was
onlv carried on for seven months Of the last year
as Il was thought expedient to suspend II for
line This yeas done because the house set apart
far the hospital was found to oe inadequate ana.
having been altered from dwelling house was not
equipped as it thought was necessary TOT the
best development OF the pan.
The report on This hospital is made by the vice
and acting chairman. John P. Faure. who states:
The word suspend" is used in this report as
neither your committee nor the members OF the
Womsn's Auxiliary are willing 10 go on record as
abandoning the claim that there is need OF a cnl-
drens CITY hospital. composed OF a sultaDle pullu-
ins erected for such purpose. With surroundngs
Of ngh, ard air that will be helpful in the highest
degree 10 its henecia ries. We are impressed ", WI
the belief that in due time these conditions VIII ne
realized
In consequence Of the closing ~ this hospital the
report Of the Womans Auxiliary is also short. 1t
states that the work had outgrown the hospital
fad necessitated finding larger quarters ne cptn-
ing ana supplies for the Seaside ana fIoa!lhg nos
larry which is one Of the best friends this charity
has in the furtherng Of its good work