The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-10

families by private individuals IN two
hundred four instances; business firms
forty-seven, church officers and SO.
cieties fifty-one, school teachers ana
officers sixty.six, out of town societies
and individuals thirty-three. poilca
eighteen, Visiting Nurse association
thirteen, and all others forty-six.
Material assistance was secured ID
three hundred forty-eight recorded
instances, and I am confident the
above number does not cover all our
work along this line as many were
helped more than once by those to
whom we referred them. Through the
two small funds under our control we
have been able to render financ1al
help to sixty-five families when IL
could not be secured from any other
source. Much needed help was pro-
vided by relatives in twenty-eight IN
stances. Business houses responded
to our requests fifteen times, church
societies and officers thirty-nine, priv
ate individuals forty, superintendent
of the poor thirty-eight, and through
various other sources material ala
was secured forty-three times.
It is impossible in report OF this
nature to show all the varied phases
of curative treatment brought to bear
on the solution Of any one of the
many needs to which we have been
directed. We must realize that while
we report only that part Of our work
which can be called tangible, the life
and spirit OF good resourceful men
and women has often played far
greater part than the giving OF ma
teriaI relief.
Generous Response to Call.
Through the efforts of Keokuk's
many physicians and surgeons. the
two hospitals and the Visiting Nurse
association, all of whom have very
generously responded to any call OF
ours, we have been able to do some.
thing towards relieving part Of this
great cause OF poverty, sickness.
Medical help was secured as fos'
lows: Physician and medicine, flve
times; hospital care forA three, and
nineteen others were given into the
hands Of the Visiting Nurse. 80.
That an adequate working knowl.
edge of actual conditions in various
homes and kindly thorough going
treatment might be rendered, 1T was
necessary to make thirteen hundred
fourteen visits to or in behalf Of the
needy. The telephone was used eleven
hundred thirty-nfne times. Approx
!imately two thousand letters were
sent out during the year, and many
churches and societies learned Of the
work through the efforts Of the gen.
eral secretary who presented the work
either with or without pictures Of To-
cal conditions. r.
Express Appreciation. ....
In closing, we wish to express our
appreciation of the noble way our
friends have stood back Of US both
morally and financially, who by the
gifts of time and money have made
this work possible. Generous as has
been their support, it has not proven
sufficient and should be greatly in.
creased for the coming year. A fuller
appreciation of the work this organ.
iization is doing should bring forth a
more generous support from our citi.
izens To carry on the work as 1t
should be and to meet new conditions
which are arising, it will be necessary
for the United Charities to raise two
thousand five hundred dollars. The
time has come when this is imperative
liz we are to live up to the measure OF
our opportunities.