Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-17
BOARD REPORTS
CRIME DECREASE
District Jail and WorkhouSe
Show Fewer Prisoners
During 1929.

The annual report of the Board Of
Public Welfare, transmitted to the Dis
trict Commissioners today. records de-
creases, or very slight increases in per-
sons in the correctional institutions un-
der its control, but substantial increases
in those receiving charity from the Dis
trict through the boards agencies.
Thus at the District Jail the daily
average Of prisoners dropped from 500
to 500 and at the work house from 685
to 1884, At the reformatory there was
an increase of from 439 to $50. The
report states: This increase is &C
counted for by the keeping of more
local prisoners in District institutions
instead Of sending SO many of them to
Federal penitentiaries as heretofore.
There are still 300 to 400 District pris-
oners in Federal penitentiaries. It Is
the purpose of the board to have these
transferred to the local reformatory as
soon as accommodations are available. !"
The number of dependent, delinquent
and neglected children under care of
the board at the close Of the year was
reported as 81 less than at the close Of
the preceding year. At the Industrial
Home School for White Children the
daily average dropped from 90 to IS.
At the Industrial Home School for
Colored Children it remained the same
in both years, Ill.
SIC Mothers Getting Pensions.
AS to the charitable institutions. the
number of families receiving aid under
the So called mothers pension act in
creased from 1875 to 142, and the num-
Der of children from 473 to SIG. The
average total monthly allowance rose
from S8,37458 to $9,23336. There
would have been even a greater increase
had funds permitted, as the report
states that "the pending applications
make it necessary to increase the an
preparation If aid is to be extended to
all applicants eligible under the law
A number of additional applications are
pending and additional allowances can
not be made until additional funds are
appropriated"
The daily average of patients at the
Gallinger Municipal Hospital rose from
271 to 378. This was accompanied by
decline in the per capita cost from
1918 to $3.35. The transfer of much
charity work to Gallinger made possible
the discontinuance of the charity con-
tracts with Columbia, Garfield, Provi-
dence, Georgetown and George Washing
ton Hospitals.
The daily average of patients at the
tuberculosis Hospital rose from 100 tc
1 158. At the Home for the Aged and In
firm, it rose from 40 to ass. At the
Temporary Home for Ex-Soldiers and
Sailors, from 81 to Al. The total num-
Der Of free lodgings furnished by the
Municipal Lodging House rose from
10,065 to 1929. The number of COM
mitments to st. Elizabeth's Hospital rose
from 2,281 to 2,340.
FayOrs Indeterminate Sentence.
The board reiterates its recommends.
ton of the passage Of law providing
for the indeterminate sentence anC
parole of all prisoners. Payment of 9
small wage to prisoners. who work Al
the various industries carried on al
the penal institutions is also urged. Thu
law authorizes the payment of such
wages, but there is no appropriation
from which the payment can be made.
The estimated value of the products
made in the industrial plants, includ'
ing bricks, tags, brooms, printing, mat.
tresses and iron castings, was $685.
17l.73. In addition garden truck anc
farm produce worth $95,536.52 wa
harvested.