New-York tribune., 1902-09-19
THE MAYOR ON CHARITIES
LOW GIVES OUT HIS SEVENTH WEEKLY
"TALK'-CONDITIONS MUCH
IMPROVED

Mayor Low yesterday gave out his seventh week
ly talk" which was Charities" II follows:
Whatever may be the deficiencies of New-York at
great Improvement during the last twenty-five
ment demanded no thought from the public au-
thor1tles IN regard to the welfare children ex-
vision for this purpose Was made az ,5at p tinos
upon scale that would be thought altogether in
adequate now. To-day public sentiment demands
for the children, schools only hut also small
pa grounds on the School bn1s az @ piers and
These things show how importantly the city has
ing thought for its children '0 '-''s- S- III 'A'
The Board of Estimate and Apportionnent in re-
Vlslng the budget last spring, agreed unanimously
upon these propositions. That when it came TO in
e IL Gid n G 1o, ana an issuing bonds whatever
it's power first for the schools second for the sick
cause year of schooling lost by child is a loss
that can never be made good: for the sick because
helpless and do nothing for Themselves
Acting under these considerations the board au-
thorized issue of bonds for school buildings
amounting to 100000 This is only 81 200 600 less
than was granted in the first two years put
gether 1t largely Increased the appropriations for
OF fo care OF hospitals and made
improvement i'm OF their plants 1t increased by 800.
partment of Public Charities. that the inmates of
the almshouse and the hospitals in the care of this
department might be properly fed and clothed
DenaTtment Of P11bfc I LOT suppnSs IN tne
sary because the previous administration had not
supplied either enough of a sufficient variety OF
food sufficient amount of clothing This year
tie Board of Estimate and Apportionment availed
of the opportunity given by the revision OF the
ciently to remedy these conditions.
Supplies of clothing and bedding also in
adequate during 1901. The former Commissioner of
the department called the attention OF the former
Board or Estimate to the situation in vain No
white blankets. for example. were provided for
the use of the department during 1901 and col
Ored blankets after May, 1901 The distrDu-
ton of bedding during the first eight months of
1901 amounted in round numbers So. 500; during
the first eight months Of 1902 this item amounted 70
500 although one-quarter of the patients cared
for by the department in 1901 had transferred.
in 1902, to the care of the trustees of Bellevue and
allied hospitals The supplies of hospital furniture
and equipment were similarly deficient As many
as possible Of these needs have been made good.
single item Is sgnihCant-two hundred chairs
have been substituted for stools without backs for
the use of patients in the city hospitals.
The department has established since January
81, special hospital for Consumptives using for
the Metropolitan City Hospital for the Insane
This has enabled the department TO take consump-
tive patients out of other hospitals and TO give
them better in a hospital specially arranged
admitted since the opening of the hospital is Loci
OF these AIS have been discharged, of whom 256
were decidedly improved. -
At the request of the department every building
occupied by it has been examined by the Fire De,
partment and the Department OF Buildings. ana
suggestion made for better protecCion against
fire has been adopted. BY cooperation with the
Department OF Correction half-hourly boat ser
vice the island been effected. instead OF the
a convenience to those having friends on tne
island. but II is Of great Importance TO patients
in the hospitals as it enables the visiting pnys-
clans TO come and go oftener- CorrespondlnS I'M
provements have been made in the Brooklyn nos
pitals where needed. The dietary in the instltu-
tfons under the of the Deputy Commissioner
for Brooklyn has also been improved and large
being expended in the Improvement ol
the condition Of all the buildings belonging 70 tne
department in that borough. -
Next week I expect to talk about the decision 10
assess the real estate OF the city at full value