The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-17
CHARITY WORK IS
SHOWN IN DETAIL
AGENCIES SPEND
IL $4,000 IN RELIEF.
General Manager solenberger Shows
-, that 1000 Families Were Helped Dur
FL. ing Year. and that Much General
Relief Was Given Men. Women and
Children-Facts Of Report.

Striking contrasts may be drawn be-
tween the report submitted u to the
twenty-second annual meeting of the.
directors Of the; Associated Charities
today by Manager Edwin D. Solenber
ger and the report presented at the
first annual meeting, twenty-five years
:. This + years budget amounts, in
round numbers, to $4,000; then $4,000.
was sufficient to carry on the work. Of
ing Sept. 80 1850 families were dealt
with by the association; the first year
saw 971 families applying for, assist
ance. Unfortunately, the early reports
were not made out in the detail which
is now followed, and further COMPARE
sons would be difficult:
Where Money Was Spent.
has expended 1900. This money
was raised by the voluntary subscrip-
tions Of about 825 persons, and was ex-
pended under the supervision of four
committees, the board Of directors, the
visiting nurse committee, the friendly
visitors committee and the anti-tuber:
culosis committee, having a combined
membership Of 100, and holding sixty.
five meetings. -. s..
Roughly Stated the main items of ex.
pense were: Tuberculosis work, educa
tional and actual assistance, $1,000;
visiting nurse service, including medi
cines, food and salaries, $4,000; cash
expended for relief in different forms
$4,000; cost Of maintaining provident
savings fund, $780,; cost II of employ
ment bureau, $780,; administration, in
Guiding salaries Of manager, four visit
ors, bookkeeper and stenographer, clerl
and general expense, $4,000. "A e..
- Many People Helped. Il i.
| By means of these expenditures tn,
following work was accomplished: 2,O6(
families, representing $500. persons
were dealt with; the visiting nurse
made $500 visits; odd employment wa
found for 927 men and 1882 women
l24 persons were given transportation
| out Of town and to places where the,
would not be public charges. #
destitution recorded and tabulate
were: Desertion, divorce and separa
tion, 2s51which means that. 2s5S men i
Minneapolis are not supporting tn
women properly dependent upon them
widowhood, 275; sickness, 1,479. Th
item Of sickness has several subhead.
Wnlcn snow Ihat ABOUT TOUR hundred
the cases noted were tuberculosis; tina
= of the sixty-three patients dying unde
the care Of the visiting nurses thirty
two succumbed to tuberculosis In til
Erelief Of the sick other agencies helpe
:, out Free advice and treatment wa
J given by eighty eight doctors, and fifty
seven patients were admitted to til
hospitals free upon the recommendation
OF the nurses. The tuberculosis cam
established by, George H. and Georg
G. Christian is noted as a great he'll
to this work. ~ ~2y.@ -. 81
Cooperation Of one sort or anothe
was maintained between the associatio
J and 211 different agencies.
In addition to the regular relief an
;. investigation work accomplished by tn
/ association, it is thru the efforts Of it
. anti-tuberculosis committee that tn
: state league has been formed wit
t George c.. Christian, the chairman q
: thezclocal committee, as its president.