KINGS COUNTY ALMSHOUSE, Clarkson Street, Flatbush, N. Y. Name changed January, 1903, to New York City Home for the Aged and Infirm, Brooklyn Division. See page 876. KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL, Clarkson Street, Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Lathrop September 17-19, 1904. Object. The medical and surgical treatment of the sick poor. Governing body.-Department of Public Charities. Medical superintendent.-John F. FitzGerald, M. D. Value of property included in report of almshouse. Number of patients treated during the year, 9,282; remaining October 1, 1904, 539 (359 males and 180 females). Total expenditures for the year, $196,725.52; estimated value of the labor of patients, $3,934.80; average weekly expense of support and treatment of each poor person, $6.63. Application to be made to the medical superintendent. KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISPENSARY, Clarkson Street, Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Prest May 6, August 18, 1904. Object. To furnish medical and surgical relief to the poor. Medical superintendent.-John F. FitzGerald, M. D. Number of different persons treated at the dispensary during the year, 1,702; total number of treatments, 4,103; number of prescriptions dispensed, 4,897. Finances included with those of the hospital. Terms and qualifications for treatment.-Free to all unable to pay. Application to be made to the attending physician. NEW YORK CITY HOME FOR THE AGED AND INFIRM, BROOKLYN DIVISION, Clarkson Street, Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Hill October 20, December 22, 1903; March 30, September 24, 1904; by Inspector Lathrop September 16, 17, 19, 1904. Attached to the almshouse are 67 acres of land, 6 of which are reported as under cultivation-35 acres, with the buildings thereon, being leased to the Long Island State Hospital; total value of land and buildings, including Kings County Hospital, $4,000,000; value of almshouse property alone, estimated at $750,000; estimated value of the labor of inmates during the year, $41,679.60; estimated value of the products of the farm, $1,317.38. Expenses in connection with the almshouse for the year ending September 30, 1904, $140,168.76; estimated weekly expense per person, $1.99. Total number in the almshouse during the year, 3,725; remaining October 1, 1904, 1,353 (769 males and 584 females), including 108 feeble-minded or idiotic, 57 blind, 1 deaf and 25 epileptics; number of wayfarers to whom meals were furnished at the almshouse, 863; total supported and relieved during the year, 4,588. RECEPTION HOSPITAL, Coney Island, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Lathrop September 20, 1904. Opened April 14, 1904 for the summer; closed October 1, 1904. Object. The medical and surgical treatment of the sick poor. Governing body.-Department of Public Charities. Medical superintendent.-John F. FitzGerald, M. D. Number of patients treated during the summer months, 82. Total expenditures, $2,297.64; estimated value of the labor of patients, $54.80; average weekly expense for support and treatment of each poor person, $29.62. Application to be made to the attending physician. RECEPTION HOSPITAL DISPENSARY, Coney Island, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Prest May 6, August 18, 1904. Established, 1901; licensed October 9, 1901. Object. To furnish medical and surgical relief to the poor. Governing body.-Department of Public Charities. Medical superintendent.--John F. FitzGerald, M. D. Number of different persons treated at the dispensary, 930; total number of treatments, 2,446; number of prescriptions dis pensed, 2,451. Finances included with Kings County Hospital. Terms and qualifications for treatment.-Free to all unable to pay. Application to be made at the dispensary. BROOKLYN DISCIPLINARY TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS, Eighteenth Avenue, Between Fifty-sixth and Fifty-eighth Streets, Brooklyn, N. Y. Established and incorporated April 10, 1896, by chapter 235 of the Laws of 1896. Object.--To receive and take into the above-named school all such boys under the age of 14 years and over 7 years, who shall be arrested or committed as vagrants, or convicted of criminal offenses other than felonies, in the city of Brooklyn, as may, in the judgment of the county court or of the supreme court in said city, or of the police magistrate, be proper boys to be so received, and to instruct them in such branches of useful knowledge as shall be suitable to their years and capacities. Governing body.-Board of Managers. President.-Morris Adler, 733 Chauncey street, Brooklyn. Secretary. Peter Bogert, 1711 86th street, Brooklyn. Attending physician.-Mark Manley, M. D. Superintendent.-James P. Farrell. Value of property, $130,000. Number of boys cared for during the year, 369 (all supported by public funds); remaining October 1, 1904, 278. Receipts for the year ending September 30, 1904, including balance on hand ($14,141.31), $62,141.31; expenditures, $53,089.53; balance on hand October 1, 1904, $9.051.78. Terms and qualifications for admittance.-Boys from 7 to 14 years of age, committed by a magistrate, or court, as vagrants or misdemeanants, are received. STATE CHARITIES AID ASSOCIATION. Central Office, 105 East Twenty-second Street, New York City. (See New York County.) The following is the list of officers of the visiting committee for Kings county: Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen, Chairman, 101 Willow street, Brooklyn; Mrs. Andrew J. Perry, Vice-Chairman, 30 First place, Brooklyn: Mrs. Jesse T. Duryea, Treasurer, 282 Park place, Brooklyn; Alexander C. Proudfit, Secretary, 105 East Twentysecond street, New York City. Kings County-Private Charity. DAY NURSERIES. GILLESPIE MEMORIAL DAY NURSERY (of the Industrial School Association, Brooklyn, Eastern District), 210 Richardson Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Established, 1886. Object. To care for young children whose parents are in destitute circumstances, while they are away from home at work, and to provide said children with necessary food and clothing. Governing body.-Boards of Trustees and Managers. President.-Benjamin Brooklyn. W. Wilson, 578 Bedford avenue, Secretary-George H. Fisher, 278 Sterling place, Brooklyn. Treasurer.-Charles S. Young, 393 Hancock street, Brooklyn. Superintendent.-Miss M. E. Whittelsey. Aggregate attendance during the year, 6,642; aggregate number enrolled, 140; average daily attendance, 26 (16 boys and 10 girls). Finances included with parent institution. See Homes for Children, Industrial School Association, Brooklyn, Eastern District. Terms and qualifications for admittance.-Needy children under five years of age are received at a charge of five cents per day for each child. Application to be made at the Nursery. DISPENSARIES. BEDFORD DISPENSARY AND HOSPITAL, 343-345 Ralph Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Prest April 5, August 19, 1904. Incorporated June 29, 1881, under the title of Bedford Dispensary; name changed as above by chapter 543, Laws of 1895; licensed October 12, 1899. Object.-To provide medicines and medical and surgical aid and attendance at low prices to those who are able to pay for them; and to provide the same gratuitously to all who are unable to pay and to promote in every manner possible the comfort and welfare of the indigent sick; and may establish and maintain, in the city of Brooklyn, a hospital, at which shall be received such persons as may require medical or surgical treatment, and where medicines may be provided and dispensed for their benefit, and where they may receive all necessary care and suitable medical or surgical treatment. Governing body.-Board of Trustees. President.-H. W. Brinckerhoff, 371 Jefferson avenue, Brook lyn. Secretary.-Alexander G. Brinckerhoff, 459 Putnam avenue, Brooklyn. Treasurer. Alfred Tilly, 31 Kingston avenue, Brooklyn. Matron. Mrs. C. C. Matthews. Value of property, $13,000. Number of different persons treated at the dispensary during the year, 1,604; total number of treatments, 2,112; number of prescriptions dispensed, 5,516; number of persons treated at their homes, 14; visits thus made, 18. Receipts for the year ending September 30, 1904, including balance on hand ($872.54), $1.793.80; expenditures, $1,232.41; balance on hand October 1, 1904, $561.39. Terms and qualifications for treatment.-Free to the sick poor, if unable to pay. Application to be made at the dispensary. |