Temporary Home for the Destitute. 1 Pine Place, Boston. This Institution is sustained by an organization formed in February, 1847, and due to the efforts of John Augustus, a poor shoemaker, and Eliza Garnaut, two benevolent citizens of Boston. It was incorporated in February, 1852, for the temporary reception of persons, over nine months of age, with the purpose of securing them permanent homes. Lately a few infants have been received. Relief is gratuitous. No prescribed time, or conditions of admission. Since the opening of the Home 5,000 persons have been cared for. The house will accommodate about 30. The annual meeting is held in December. Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Youth. Organized in 1848. Children of indigent parents in Massachusetts can secure gratuitous admission by application to the Governor. For others a small charge is made, proportionate to the means of the parents, and the trouble and cost of treating them. Forms for application, and information, furnished at the office of the Institution, 20 Bromfield Street, School on The whole number of inmates since the opening of the Institution is number of those in the School tuber 1, 19737 July 176 90 The annual meeting of the Corporation is held in October. Children's Mission to the Children of the Destitute. Organized 1849, and incorporated April, 1864, to foster in the minds of the young a spirit of Christian sympathy and active benevolence, and to adopt such measures as shall rescue from vice and degradation the morally exposed children of the city. Destitute children, of either sex, between five and thirteen years of age, are received for adoption, or for temporary residence in worthy families. Persons in want of such children are invited to call and see them. A list of children, under five years of age, who are in readiness for adoption, is kept at the Mission. The business of the Society is conducted at the Home on Tremont Street, from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. from April to October, and from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. from October to April. The annual meeting of the Corporation is held on the first Wednesday in May. President-Albert Fearing. OFFICERS. Vice-President - H. P. Kidder. Treasurer William Crosby. Secretary-S. B. Cruft. Physician-J. J. Putnam, M.D. Home for Aged Women. Revere Street, Boston. Incorporated in April, 1849, and organized in October following, for the purpose of providing for the support of aged indigent females not otherwise cared for. American-born women not less than sixty years of age, who have resided in Boston during the ten years preceding their application for admission, may be received by vote of the Board of Managers. The sum of $150 is required to be paid in each case, before admission, and the surrender of property to the Home. The Home contains accommodations for 100 inmates; and rooms for 20 more can be constructed, if needed. The annual meeting of the Association is held on the second Thursday in January. A quarterly meeting of the Board of Managers is held on the third Thursday of January, April, July, and October. Sahirdays. Visitors are admitted on Wednesdays, from 2 to 5 P.M. OFFICERS. Л President-Henry B. Rogers. Vice-Presidents-Jacob Sleeper, Andrew Bigelow, Chandler Rob bins, Andrew Cushing. Treasurer-Henry G. Denny. Secretary-Henry Emmons. Consulting Physicians Francis Mimet, MD, Robert Willard, M.D Attending Physician Henry Tuck, M.D E. G. Butler M. D. Home for Aged Colored Women. 27 Myrtle Street, Boston. Organized in 1860, at the suggestion of Mrs. R. P. Clarke, and incorporated in 1864, for aged colored women of good character, who are unable to take care of themselves. If able, or if they have friends able to assist them, the beneficiaries are obliged to pay a small amount toward their maintenance. Application for admission may be made at the Home at any time. The Home has accommodation for 20 inmates. Annual meeting on the second Wednesday in January. |