Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
BOARD OF CHARITIES.
onsidering Appropriations and Ex-
 nenses of the Year.

,nsidering Appropriations and Ex-
 penses of the Year.
 At a meeting of the board of chari- es yesterday afternoon the chief topic
 discussion was the consideration ot e appropriations and expenses of the sar and the unexpended balances. rom the annual report of Clerk Me ahon, which is printed below, it will l seen that $38. .313.67 has been ex- ended by the department of charities far this year Of the $14, ,000 appro- |. lated for the Brookside home there
 an unexDended balance of $241.19 f the $14,50O and $15, 5,500, appropri- ed for hospitals and the outside poor, sege remains respectively unexpended alances of $1, 1,290.S3 and $711.S2. All q lIs for the year have not been re lived as yet. but it $ safe to state at the appropriations will not be ex- .eded. It is a fine showing for the aar. Mayor Kilduff paid his respects
 Superintendent Doran and Regent oran for the able and economic man. r in which they had managed affairs ring the past year. but he expected
 see them do even better next. year. lerk McA1ahon's report is as follows:
 Number of different persons. from lnuary 1 to November 30, 1902, who ere inmates of the almshouse, PIP; craze daily number of inmates dur above period. 97; number of in ates on November 30, 1902, 5 male,
 female, children, 1O4; of the above ere are insane 15; of the insane tlfere i've been inmates of asylums. 6; of e Inmates there are epileptic, B. otal cost of a1mshouse support for pove period, $12, ,S45.29; average cost er week of an inmate in the aims puse, that is, total cost of almshouse slbport divided by total number of k ,eeks' board furnished $2.49 Num- er of outside poor cases relieved from inuary 1 to November to November }, 1902, 334; number of persons in- { uded in above cases, 1,195; of the ] 2qye, the number of cases of regular <eipients is 132; the number of persons ! cluded in the said 115 cases is 4S3; ie number of cases of occasional re- pients is Gncluding 13 fire sufferers), r; the number of persons included in { ie said POP cases is 712 The total lst of outside poor relief and support IT the above period is $12, ,326. .32. umber of different persons from Jan ary 1 to November 30, 1902, relieved ! supported in hospitals, etc. POS. otal cost of relief and support in hos 5tals, etc, for above period, $13,- l2.O6. In all probability change will be ade in regard to the appointment of city physician. Heretofore a differ 1t physician has been appointed by Ae board each month. Members of Ie board do not think that this change doctors every month is productive ]; good results. The matter will be acided at the next meeting.
 It was voted that bill of S40S.32 tem the Rev Father Slocum. for one alf the expense of caring for local rphans in the St Francis orphan sylum should be looked into and necked off before payment is recom- tended. The state allowance of S35 'brJ the burial of James F. Gaunt, late { Company c, Fourteenth regiment, onnecticut volunteers, will be ap- lied for. Action on the application f Superintendent Combellack of the 4oys' club for the removal of small irl from the Brookside home in order nat she may be placed in comforta- .le home was deferred until the next neeting, which will be held on next thursday.
 In reply to an inquiry received from Jerk McMahon in regard to the condi- ion of John Kelliher, upon whom a elicate operation was performed re ently in New York by Dr Ogilvy, a lember of the consulting staff of phy- icians at the New York Post Gradu- te hospital, pr Ogilvy replied as fol l3ws:
 Dear Sir: A. H. Candish. the super. 1tendent of the Post Graduate hos ital, has asked me to answer your in ufries regarding ,ohn Kelliher. His ondition is very good, the operation Y a severe strain on him. but he has
 P through it splendidly. Regard
 recovery, complete recovery of
 Use of his legs is not to be expect
 lowing to the extent and duration i.he injury found at the time of the .. eration; that there will be some im- revement l have great hopes, as ymptOms of improvement have al- eady shown themselves, but to what xtent finally it is impossible to say. am hoping to put him in such shape hat he may be able to get about on rutches and braces. I say hoping or it is an exceedingly difficult case. IS you already understand, and it will ake several months to accomplish any, hing. and to promise anything definite ? is impossible. Very truly yours.
 CHARLES OGILVY."