Evening star., 1901-11-11
THE CHiLDREN'S GUARDIANS
MONTHLY MEETING OF THE BOARD
HELD SATURDAY LAST.
Report of Agent for the Month of Oc-
tober-The Cases Receiving
Attention.

The regular monthly meeting of the board
of children's guardians was held Saturday,
Mrs. John W. Babson, Mrs. Charles Moore
and Messrs. John F. Cook, B. Pickman
Mann. VIM. ]. Miller, Thos. E. Seweil.
Louis Stern and James B. T. Tupper, men,
bers. and John Wesley Douglass. agent,
being present. Mr.. Tupper presided and
Mr.. Mann served as secretary
Aside from routine and minor business
and orders in reference to ordinary ex-
pendtures, the question of acceptance of
offers of burial lots for wards of the board
was considered. authority to pay for the
burial of deceased wards having been given
to the board for the first time in the act
making appropriations for the current fis-
cal year.
The report of the agent for the month Of
October showed:
Ceases involving ninety-seven children
have received the attention of the office
and such action taken as each appeared to
warrant. Seven children were permanent
ly committed to the guardianship of the
board four because destitute of suitable
home. two because children Of unfit parents
Or guardians and one because alleged to be
incorrigible. Six names We're added to the
temporary record, five Of whom were re-
turned to relatives and one still remains
under temporary care.
"The total number of cases dealt with
under the probation act was twenty-nine-
twenty-five of whom were placed at once
with relatives, three were committed to the
reform school, two had their fines paid and
two were maintained for a brief period on
expense, pending investigation. The proha-
tion term Of nineteen children ended dur
ing the month. The total number under
active supervision November l was 1913.
Number Of Wards.
The full number of wards of the board
is now 7S2 distributed as follows: Chill
dren's temporary home. 46; Industrial
Home School, %; Hart Farm School, 81;
Junior Republic, Is; House of Good Shep-
herd. Baltimore. G. Total. 143.
In boarding homes--St. Roses Industrial
! School. 5; St. Joseph,s Male Orphan
| ington Asylum Hospital, l: House of Good
Shepherd, Georgetown, 1; st. Vincents
Female Orphan Asylum, L: Freedmen's
Hospital. 2; children,s hid Hospital 1; Scotia
| In free homes-On trial or probation, 203;
on indenture, 203; apprenticed. 45; at
| large, so.
There were twenty-nine feeble-mind ID
children under care at Elwyn and sixteen
/ at Falls Church. On November 1 seven
4 teen children were under temporary care
4 on expense.
| The physicians report, accompanying
| this. shows that thirty-six wards received
| sixty professional visits. There were no
| deaths during the month.
Placements I'm Free Homes.
4 1Hcte were Twenty-Five placements In
/ free homes during the month. Three Of the
| children thus placed were returned as un-
satisfactory, and five Of the children were
| transfers from one free home to another,
| so that the net gain from the paid to the
| free list for the month was seventeen.
! Nearly all these homes sought the Office
| rather than the Office the homes. The ac-
| count with the Washington Loan and Trust
| Company for the funds for the benefit of
the wards Is as follows:
when the book was last balanced, July
"a, there was q total of S671.87 to its
credit. October %. $94.50 was deposited.
| Checks have been drawn for which author
| izations were made. provided the above
| authorizations are allowed, in the sum of
S161 "A, leaving balance, November !, of
| $6O5 %.
1.-THE appropriation for general mainten-
ance for the current year is $4,000. To
November there had been expended from
| this fund SIS S62 For the same period the
liabilities incurred to Institutions to which
payments are made annually and to one or
two estates Of deceased nurses are S274.31,
so that the actual expenditures and lia-
bilities on account of this fund for the first
| four months of the fiscal year are Sit, 1875 81
At the same rate for the entire year. the
l expenditures would be $4S, 1885, or $1S,-
40s.9 .9S in excess of the appropriation"
The statement was referred to the COM
mittee on accounts.
| Administrative Purposes.
| 1.-The appropriation for administrative
purposes for the year is $1,000. OF this