New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
FOLKS MAKES QUARTERLY REPORT.
CHANGES THE CHARITIES COMMISSIONER HAS
MADE IN HIS DEPARTMENT.


Charities Commissioner Folks has published the
first quarterly report of the department since he
became its head. 1t sums up briefly the improve
ments and changes made in January, February and
March Of this year. On the subject of consumption
he writes:
On January /. 1902. there were 3ls consumptive
patients in Bellevue. City Metropolitan and Aims
house hospitals on January 81: separate hospital
for consumptives was opened IN buildings vacated
ootober. 1901 Within a week ali eonsumptiVe pa
GmPtRe Res N we're tTanerTed from Bellevue City
and Metropolitan hospitals, to the new hospital
10 the Of the department were sent directly to
sients received in this hospital from January 81
isa Of he patients received we're in the
advanced stages Of the disease. small number
Of Improvement For these patients. separate ac-
extra diet & ard tsI specia n
patients of this class showed substantial gain in
phthisis-
The census report for the quarter ending March
81 1892 shows that the number Of employees in the
department had been cut down from L53 to 1,isS,
decrease Of 95. On March 81 there were 6553 pa
tients in the hospitals. against 6464 on
Decent Der 81. 1901 Twenty-Five thousand eight hun
dred and hfty-four patients were admitted from
January 70 March 81; i5,7si were discharged, and
e2a were transferred
John Fame. Assistant Morgue Keeper, reports
that 2o5s bodies were received during the quarter
at the morgue.
On January !, 1902, the accounts Of money re-
ceived by tie Department in abandonment cases, for
the support of ilegitimate children, sale of per-
sonal effects etc, found in extreme confusion
owing to unbusinessike methods, well as TO
the then recent disappearance of the former act
ing treasurer and trustee of the department. who
was custodian of this fund. The system Of re-
ceiving and accounting for these moneys and prop
critics has been placed Oh a business basis. The
report gees on 10 say:
The records of the department show that in May
and June 1901 a marked reduction was ma dc in the
amount of food and other supplies provided per
capita for the various institutions Of the depart
rnent and also that from that time 70 January 4.
1912 little o. no supplies of clothing. lumber, paint
and hospital furniture were provided. The allow
ance of food supplies increased during the hrst
week in January 10 the amounts indicated oy
dietary tables prepared by experts at the request
OF the department ard rapidly as the FUNDS at
the disposal Of the department would permit coth-
ing hospital furniture etc, were PROVIDED 10 meet
the needs which had been most urgent Tor many
months Practically all supplies for the use OF
and the contracts awarded prior TO January l. lSZ
except those clothing, paints and OILS Iurnper
and hardware The specidca tions for these artl-
cIes used in former years were thoroughly over
hauled and many changes made which have result
IN in several instances, the qOahty OF
IN the prices paid. The specifications were also
rearranged so as TO afford the fullest opport9nlty
for bidders Plans were put into erect IN Marcn
bv which the course Of training N the New ork
Cify Training School for Nurses on BlackWeII Isl
and which provides nurses for the City: GouVer-
neur Harlem. and Fordham hospitals. viii be eH-
tended on October l. 1902. from two years 20 three