BENEVOLENT AND CHARITABLE ASSOCIA TIONS AND ASYLUMS.1 Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind. 553 East Broadway, South Boston. FOUNDED in 1828. Young blind persons, of good moral character, can be admitted to the institution by paying $300 per annum. This sum covers all expenses, except for clothing; namely, board, washing, medicines, instruction, the use of books, musical instruments, etc. The pupils must furnish their own clothing, and pay their own fares to and from the institution. The friends of the pupils can visit them whenever they choose. Indigent blind persons, of suitable age and character, belonging to Massachusetts, can be admitted gratuitously by application to the Governor for a warrant. The form employed will be furnished and all inquiries will be answered, on application at the office and salesroom of the institution, 37 Avon Street. The number of inmates September 30, 1876, was 155. The valuation of the institution is reported at $359,449.25. Annual meeting of the Corporation in October. ors are admitted on Thursday. Visit 1 More extended information than is contained in this book concerning the private charities of Massachusetts, may be found in the tenth report of the Board of State Charities. Boston Asylum and Farm School for Indigent Boys. The institution bearing this name was incorporated in 1835, and was formed by the union of two earlier organizations, the Boston Asylum for Indigent Boys and the Proprietors of the Boston Farm School. nated in 1813, and the second in 1832. The first origi lost one or Its object is to The boys provide a good home for those boys who have both parents, and have no homes of their own. are either received with the understanding that their board is to be paid, in which case they can be taken away at any time, or they are given up to the Farm School, and remain until such time as the directors see fit to apprentice them where they can learn to support themselves. The usual number of boys is 100. The annual meeting is held the second Tuesday in Jan uary. The Committee on Admissions meets the first Tuesday in every month at 9 Doane Street, at 10 o'clock. C. P. Bowditch. Secretary-G. L. Deblois. Superintendent - W. A. Morse. Committee on Admissions-S. G. Deblois, John Homans, M. D., W. L. Richardson, M. D., W. B. Storer. 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 thirty. The annual meeting is held in December. OFFICERS. President T. T. Bouvé. Vice-President - E. W. Hooper. Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Youth. 723 East Eighth Street, South Boston. 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 of application, and information, furnished at the office of the institution, 37 Avon Street, Boston. The whole number of inmates since the opening of the institution is 548; number of those in the school October 1, 1875, 95. The annual meeting of the Corporation is held in October. President OFFICERS. Vice-President-Emory Washburn. Superintendent - Edward Jarvis, M. D. Assistant Superintendent — Henry Tuck, M. D. Children's Mission to the Children of the Destitute. 277 Tremont Street, Boston. 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. 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 one hundred inmates; and rooms for twenty 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. Visitors are admitted on Wednesday, from 2 to 5 P. M. Vice-Presidents — Jacob Sleeper, Andrew Bigelow, Chandler Robbins, Andrew Cushing. Treasurer H. G. Denny. Consulting Physicians Robert Willard, M. D., Henry Tuck, M. D. Attending Physicians — E. G. Cutler, M. D., C. E. Inches, M. D. Matron-Miss L. D. Paddock. 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 twenty inmates. Annual meeting on the second Wednesday in January. |