The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-04-22
STATES WARDS
Sixth Annual Report Of the
Board Of Children's Guar
dians Gives Interesting
Statistics.
WAITS PLACED IN HOMES
Excellent work Of the Board
il Providing for Those Left
Destitute by Death or
Desertion.
WAITS PLACED IN HOMES


The sixth annual report Of the New
Jersey State Board of Children's Guar
dians for tlle fiscal year of November /,
1868, to November 1, 1904, shows that
the numberrof children committed to the
care Of the State Board was 1877. The
number Of children placed out was 121,
Of which SS were placed in families at
board, u in families free of charge, is
IN institutions at board and 8 in insti-
tutions free of charge. One hundred and
seventy-four children INCLUDING deaths)
were discharged from the care of the
Board. Twenty-four died in almshouse,
hospitals and families Three were Ie
gally adopted. The number of children
visited was 1856. There were 200 appli-
cations to take children, SO Of which
were from Roman Catholics and 140
from Protestants. Nine children were
in Almshouses on November 4, 1904
OF the 1877 children committed to the
care Of the Board Sc were on account of
desertion BY parent or parents, 36 on ae-
cosnt Of non-employment of parent or
parents, 81 on account of Imprisonment
Of parent or parents, % ON account of
death Of parent or parents, and Is on
account Of illness of parent or parents.
Seventeen were foundlings. AS to nation
ality Al were American, Al German, 50
Irish, Jewish, 3 Hungarian. 4 French,
Z English, Swiss,se Italian, 2 Russians
4 Polish and % with nationality nm
known. OF the number committed to
the care Of the Board during the year
9S were Of Roman Catholic religion. rs
were Protestants. / Hebrew and % the
religion of whose parents are not known.
OF the 115 committed to the care Of
the Board from Hudson County At were
from Jersey City, 81 from Hoboken, II
from Bayonne6 6 from Hoboken, /
from Harrison, 6 from the Town Of
Union, from Gutenberg, Il from
Kearny and FIVE from Secaucls
While Jersey City committed AZ to the
State Boards care, Newark committed
only IS.
The report of the treasurer, Mrs. En-
lily e. Williamson, shows that. including
Indebtedness of s., l,s49.7o at the opening
of the fiscal year 10000, the total ex-
penses were $s,965.s0. The amount re-
.ceived from the State was s7,212.82,
leaving deficit of s1,752.9S. The
amount now due President Hugh f. Fox
for advances on expense account is
S41414 The amount due Miss Phil-
brook for legal services is SI2S.
sThe necessity for the most rigid econ
omy Of time and money has involved a
constant effort to dove-tail the work of
placing new children and visiting those
already placed, 50 as to save travelling
expenses and make every minute tell.
That tile work on the whole has pro-
ceeded SO smoothly is due largely to the
system employed, and the faithfulness
and efficiency Of our general agent.
There is, however, an element Of good
fortune in it also, and the continual
strain Of the adaptation of meagre means
to exacting ends has taxed the physical
strength Of our agents to the utmost.
Several times we have had to relieve
Miss Day or one of her assistants when
she was on the verge of a breakdown,
owing to the high tension Of her work.
We do not believe that it is a healthy
thing for people who are engaged in deal
ing with vital human problems and per-
picking individual needs, such as are in
volved In child-placing work, the nature
Of which is such that it should be per
formed with essential caution and delib-
eration, 10 be harrassed by the constant
pressure of overwork.
Our appropriation for the present fis-
cal year is only $4,000, which would be
inAdequate for the performance Of the
work, even If we. started with no indebt-