Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-07
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CONTINUED from Seventeenth PaEe)
and its property office. which would result
| In a saving of salaries to numerous indie
| pendent disbursing officers and very SUBJ
stantial economy in the purchase of supplies
| under the District contract system.
1t Is urged again that the construction Of
| the new workhouse building should be con-
| tinued, as the present system by which sew
| eral prisoners are kept in single cell is
entirely indefensible and almost disgraceful
Need Of Municipal Hospital.
The need for beginning the new munich
pal hospital is strongly urged. with es-
pecial reference to the imperative demand
for immediate provision for the care Of
patients suffering from pulmonary tuber-
culosis. such patients at present. in 30 far
as they are cared for at ALL being scattered
about the various wards, constant menace
| to the other patients. There is also an ur-
gent need for provision for general chronic
cases; and for INDECENT patients who are
convalescent. for whom no provision what
| ever at present exists.
| In regard to child-caring work, the board
| once more emphasizes the need of organi-
zation, 1t being practically impossible for
| the seven Independent duplicate agencies
| to work with efficiency and cooperation.
| 1t is recommended that the general super
vision of all child-caring work In the Dis
| trict of Columbia be centralized in the
| board created by Congress for that pur-
| pose, namely. the Board of Children s
| Guardians.
| 1t Is further recommended that an in
dustrial training school for colored chill
! dren be established as a public institution,
| in order that there may be proper training
| facilities for both white and colored chill
| dren who are public dependents and who
are not fitted for placement In private
homes arat iOn for Snch r1a
| ment.
| 1t is believed that both the institution and
the placing-out systems are necessary in
| the District of Columbia and that these
two methods of dealing with dependent chill
| dren should supplement one another.
1t Is strongly urged that juvenile court
| be established entirely independent of the
| police court. The present judges of the po-
| lice court have at considerable personal sac
| rifce made arrangements for separate hear
| ings Of juvenile cases. While this arrange
| ment Is a great Improvement over the old
system. where children were brought into
| the regular sessions of the police court still
| it is far from satisfactory as there is pres
ent almost inevitably the moral atmosphere
| of the police court, and it is too much to
| require judges Of the police court to per-
| form, in addition to their regular duties, the
| duties of judges of the juvenile court
| An urgent request Is made for an appro-
priation to build the new almshouse pro-
| vided for by Congress, the grounds for
| which have been purchased and the plans
| prepared. The present structure Is lily
| adapted for it's purpose, many old persons
| being practically prisoners in the third and
| fourth stories Of the building because they
| are unable to go up and down stairs; and
the building is badly protected against fire.
| The inmates are necessarily In more or less
! close association with the prisoners. be-
| cause Of the location Of the almshouse on
| the prison grounds.
Through the efforts of the Board of Char
| tiles, during the past fiscal year, 06 persons
| at the Government Hospital for the Insane
| were taken from the roll of patients charge
| able to the District of Columbia. OF this
number, IS were non-resIdents and were re-
1 turned to their friends or the places of their
legal residence; were United States cases