Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-05
MRS. JORDAN PRESENTS INTERESTING REPORT At
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATED CHARITIES

many OF US, seems TO need remedy
ing Would il he right and proper for
our Board OF Directors TO use its in
flUenCe in bringing about a change in
the hour for receiving patients at the
Govt Dispensary? The one hour, at
present, when the doctor will receive
and examine patients is from eight to
nine in the morning. and many find 1t
most difficult to get there at that time
then as occasionally happens. If a
steamer is claiming the doctors at
tentiOn. the time is much Curtaiied.
This is not spoke in fault
finding spirit. but the poor have
o many hardships, it seems as
if they are entitled to some
consideration when sickness is ad-
ded to their many other burdens.
There is very little opportunity for
constructive work, or follow up" work
here, as the families coming for re-
lief are almost entirely plantation Ia
boreTs. They come from all over the
islandc. Some member of the family
is sinck, and they all come to Homo
lulu to be taken care of until the sick
one has recovered; or it is too rainy
at one plantation, and they want to
make a change. All sorts of excuses
are given-very often, if there are q
number of children, they say they can
not earn enough to support them. OF
course in Honolulu they are worse off,
hut it is hard to convince them of this,
especially if we can be persuaded to
help with the rent, provide milk for
the babies. and give food and clothing
occasionally We generally do this
for a time, but there is already so
much unskilled labor here that the
opportunities for securing jobs are
few, and We urge them to return to a
plantation. Sometimes it is necessary
to withhold relief before they see the
force of our argument.
Increasing Calls for Help
There are increasing calls for help
in the way of nourishment for tuber-
culous patients, and the number of
deaths from this disease is startling.
One month four out of seven appli-
cants were victims of. tuberculosis. ,
The Punahou Preparatory, Kaahu-,
manu- and Kaiulani schools, as usual,
made a most generous Thanksgiving
donation. which helped 80 families to
have a real feast day. The Kaiulani
school, being in Palama, district con-
tanning many poor families, sent a
large proportion of it's gifts to Pala-
ma Settlement for distribution.
At Christmas, because Of the Mali
hini tree, and the many entertain
ments at the different missions and
churches, nothing was done by the
Associated Charities excepting to pur-
chase dozen comforters, which were
given where most needed.
We were asked recently If there
was any one season of the year when
there was greater occasion for relief
work. There is no such time. 1t de-
pends very largely upon the demand
for labor; when work is plentiful the
calls upon US are CORRESPONDENCE few,
and those who come can be directed
to work, but when work is slack, we
are busy.
There were 24O new applications
during the year, and average of 43
cases recurrent monthly. There were
354 visits made, and 1868 calls at the
office.
The receipts, including the balance
from last year, were $2S27.2O and the
$2S0S.05, leaving a bal
ance of 1913.