Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-01
BOARD OF CHARITIES
Annual Report Submitted to
Commissioners.
THESUGGESTIONS MADE
RECOMMENDED CHANGE IN RE-
FORM SCHOOL GOVERNMENT.
The Transfer Of Both to District Super
vision-Changes Desired in
Local Charities.

Inc annual report of the board of chart
ties for the fiscal year ended June 80
last was submitted to the Commissioners
this morning by the secretary, George 8.
Wilson. Actual recording Of work done
during the twelve months Is summarized in
brief space, but the most important feature
of the report is the series of recommended
lions for decided changes In several
branches of charity work in the District
First of these come expressions of the
hope that Congress will agree:
That the reform school for boys and the
reform school for girls be transferred from
the jurisdiction of the Department OF Jus
tice and be placed under the control and
management of the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia
In support of this recommendation the
board declares:
Regarded as Unsatisfactory.
Experience in the new MANAGEMENT of
the reform school for boys since July l.
when Congress turned over control of the
institution entirely 20 the Department of
Justice, has not been satisfactory.
Y Last winter an Investigation of the man
agement of the reform school for girls was
made by the board of charities a the drec-
ton of the Commissioners. Needed re-
forms were suggested in discipline and the
educational system of the school, and the
attention of the board of trustees was call
ed to these matters in our report to the
Commissioners. This board is of the opin-
ion that a lack of harmony among the
members of the board of trustees of this
school was responsible for some of the
unfavorable conditions that were found"
INDECENT Consumptives.
After asking that an appropria ton be
made for the erection OF a hospital for
INDECENT consumptives on ground owned
by the District of Columbia on Brightwood
avenue. the board makes the following
statement:
Vast sums of money are being expended
by cities and statessall over this country
In fighting consumption. The people Of
Washington are greatly concerned about
this matter, because while few cities need
1t more, Washington has practically no
provision for the proper care of INDECENT
tuberculosis patients. 1t is proposed to
erect an administration buiruing and a ward
building on the Brightwood avenue site
that Will accommodate approximately forty
to fifty patients With this as a nucleus
the capacity of the institution could be
enlarged as required by the erection of
tents at a nominal cost
Still another recommendation is expressed
as follows: That the work of the hos
pital on the Washington Asylum grounds
the workhouse and jail, and that provision
for the care of general city cases, now sent
to that institution, be made, as soon
possible, in buildings to be erected on the
new hospital grounds on Brightwood ave-
nue..
Favorable comment is made upon the re-
suits obtained by the substitution of tire
contract system for the subsidy system
il. connection with a number of institu-
tons with which the board has dealings,
and a recommendation is made that the
appropriation for the care of INDECENT pa
tlents in local hospitals under contract
Should be made in a lump sum, allowing
the board to apportion the same according
to the needs of the service.
Juvenile Court Recommended.
The board also sees great need for the
establishment of juvenile court. having
jurisdiction in all cases involving delinquent
and dependent children, and 1t Is obvious
that the Commissioners will do all in their
power to advance the interests of such an
institution, because assurance has already
been given that the measure providing for
q tribunal for minors, which was before
Congress last year, will again be sent 10
the Lawmakers at the ensuing session.
Considerable space is given in the repoT.
to a description of conditions surrounding
the present Industrial Home School for
white children, which, ii is stated, Is To-
Gated within the limits of the naval OBJ
grounds has been made and an agreement
reached that the District shall be compen-
stated to the extent Of SlS4 404, but def
mite action has been taken as TO the pro-
posed requirement of the buildings and
grounds by the Navy Department. The
board reports that 1t is impossible to do
desired work on the present grounds De-
cause of inadequate accommodations, and
Il Is not deemed advisable to make eX-
penditure for any new structures whom
II is certain that they could be used only
brief time. Consequently 1t is urged
that Congress provide for moving the scnool
out into the country, where larger grounds
can be secured
The Industrial Home School.
Work has been begun upon the buildings
of the Industrial Home School for Colored
Children, authorized by Congress last year,
and the school will probably be ready for
occupancy In another year. This school, 1t
IS stated will prove a most important ad-
dtion to the Districts child-caring equip
ment.
Other recommendations include the fol-
lowing:
THAT the members of the board of chill
dren's guardians be appointed by the Com
missioners.
THAT the institution for the care of the
aged and tnirm, now almost completed be
known as the Home for the Aged and In
firm, and that the use of the word aims
house be discontinued.
That parcel of ground, comprising APP
proNimately nineteen acres, adjoining the
tract on which is located the home for the
aged and infirIn and on which is be To-