The Washington herald., 1907-10-15
MILLION FOR CHARITY
Board Submits Estimates
Showing Slight Increase,
ASYLUM NEEDS ARE GREATEST
Additional Appropriation of S3S,OO0
Called for to Care for Insane-Hun-
dred Thousand Asked for New Hos
pital for Chronic and ConvaIescent
Patients-New workhOuse Addition.

In its estimate for the fiscal year TO end
June 80, 1909, the Board of Charities re-
quests an appropriation Of Sl.067. .265. as
compared with 81. .Og7. .O59.s7 appropriated for
the same purpose fer 1905. an increase Of
S4O.26S2
The most noticeable decrease IN any
one department is that for the board OF
children's guardians. which has been low
cred from $50. 40 to s70.6c0 For the WASH
ington Asylum the largest increase over
the last fiscal year is requested. an addI-
tional appropriation Of $Ss.S45.
In the total for the Home for Aged and
Infrn supplemental appropriations 10 the
sum Of S12.9SS are noted, the increase oc-
curing chiefly IN repairs and improve
meuts to buildings and the installation OF
necessary apparatus as protection against
fire. and In general running expenses
OF particular interest or account of the
crusade being carried on at the present
time locally AGAINST tuberculosis. will be
noted the increase in the necessary ex-
penses for the tuberculosis Hospital.
amounting TO approximately $4,000.
New Hospital Desired.
Another important item of the same
nature is the request for the sum Of S1O0,-
COO having as its object the erection OF a
hospital for the treatment Of chronic and
convalescent patients, to be located on
the site already acquired for a municipal
hospital
For the support Of the INDECENT insane
~ g.,
ernment Hospital for the Insane, So, 900
| is asked. For deportation of nonresident
insane persons there is no increase noted.
In the incidentals OF the appropriation
/ for the Washington Asylum. 5000, not
noted in the appropriation for the pre-
vious year, IS solicited. This is explained
/ by the fast that in previous years the
1 hospital has been largely dependent upon
pupil nurses. at comparatively small sal
aries. but for several years past consid-
erable difficulty has been experienced in
! securing the services Of a sufficient num-
! Der Of these nurses 10 properly fulfill the
/ necessary duties, with the result. that
/ those who were willing to accept posi-
tons either broke down in health on ac-
count of the arduous duties. or left the
hospital
! In order to avoid any such occurrence
in the future and the consequent impOs-
sibility Of giving the proper attention TO
patients, a sum has been requested suf-
ficient to cover the salaries Of any pro-
! fessional nurses who may have 70 be en-
/ gagged.
The sum Of $110000 Is asked for the
erection Of wing for the workhouse for
males and additions amounting 20 $6,6f5
IN the salaries of employees.
\ For the care and treatment Of INDECENT
/ patients under a contract made with the
II Providence Hospital an appropriation OF
$1,000 IS asked
II For repairs and improvements to the
Industrial Home for Colored Children,
and for grading and making roads, the
sum of $1,600 each is solicited, comprising
the greater part Of the increase in the
/ requested appropriation for that institu-
II ton.