funds); number remaining October 1, 1903, 7 (3 males and 4 females). Receipts for the year ending September 30, 1903, including balance on hand ($79.32), $2,936.51; expenditures, $2,922.64; balance on hand October 1, 1903, $13.87. Terms and qualifications for admittance.-Those in need of medical care and not suffering from incurable diseases are received. Application to be made to the medical board. MARSHALL INFIRMARY, Linden Avenue, Troy, N. Y. Established and incorporated June 20, 1851. Object. The care and treatment of the bodily and mentally afflicted. Governing body.-Board of Governors. President.-George A. Wells, 171 Second street, Troy. Value of property, $20,000. Number of patients treated during the year, 94 (1 paying patient and 93 beneficiaries, all of whom were supported by public funds); remaining October 1, 1903, 22 (males). Receipts for the year ending September 30, 1903, $4,980.69; expenditures, $4,980.69. Terms and qualifications for admittance.-Males over 6 years of age, not suffering from alcoholism or contagious diseases are received. Public cases, paid for by city or county, $4 per week and upwards for private patients; or applicants sent by commissioner of charities or superintendent of poor are received. Application to be made to the superintendent. SAMARITAN HOSPITAL OF TROY, 294 Eighth Street, Troy, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Thacher September 1, 1903. Established July, 1896; incorporated June 9, 1896. Object.-The medical and surgical care of the sick. President.-W. H. Doughty, 2 Park place, Troy. Value of property, $208,017.72. Number of patients treated during the year, SS4 (623 paying patients and 261 beneficiaries, of whom 235 were supported by public funds and 26 by private funds); remaining October 1, 1903, 66 (28 males and 38 females). Receipts for the year ending September 30, 1903, including balance on hand ($4,383.37), $75,018.66; expenditures, $71,764.09; balance on hand Oefober 1, 1903, $3,254.57. Terms and qualifications for admittance.-Persons without resources are cared for free of charge; for pay patients, the price varies from $5 per week in wards, to $20 per week in private rooms. Application to be made to the attending surgeons and physi cians. TROY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (THE), Eighth Street, Troy, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Thacher September 1, 1903. Established August 15, 1850; incorporated March 11, 1851. Object.-Relieving and taking care of the sick, without distinetion as to creed or nationality. Governing body.-Governors. President.-Sister Annie E. Keenan, Troy. Secretary.-Sister M. Vincent Lowe, Troy. Treasurer. Sister Honora Healy, Troy. President of medical board.-C. E. Nichols, M. D. Officer in charge. Sister Annie E. Keenan. Value of property, $190,509. Number of patients cared for during the year, 1,153 (596 paying patients and 557 beneficiaries, of whom 463 were supported by public funds and 94 by private funds); remaining October 1, 1903, 100 (56 males and 44 females). Receipts for the year ending September 30, 1903, including balance on hand ($977.52), $30,181.43; expenditures, $28,743.55; balance on hand October 1, 1903, $1,437.88. Terms and qualifications for admittance.-Wards, $5 and $7 per week; private rooms from $10 to $20. Medical and surgical cases, except those suffering from contagious diseases and mental disorders, are received. Application to be made at the hospital. REFORMATORIES FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS. MOUNT MAGDALEN SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY AND REFORMATORY OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, People's Avenue, Troy, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Oppenheimer May 18, 1903. Established June, 1884; incorporated, 1884; reincorporated, 1887. Objects. The protection of children (girls) in danger; the education, manual and mental, of depraved girls; the reformation of fallen women. Governing body.-Sisters of the Good Shepherd. President. Sister Aimée, People's avenue, Troy. Secretary. Sister Mary Celestine, People's avenue, Troy. Treasurer. Sister Mary Presentation, People's avenue, Troy. President medical board.-Michael Keenan, M. D. Superior. Sister M. Aimée. Value of property, $90,000. Number of inmates cared for during the year, 184 (of whom 106 were supported by public funds and 78 by private funds); remaining October 1, 1903, 134: Receipts for the year ending September 30, 1903, including balance on hand ($2,115.99), $32,936.19; expenditures, $31.239.32; balance on hand October 1, 1903, $1,696.87. Terms and qualifications for admittance.-Women voluntarily applying, and disorderly, wayward and vagrant girls, placed by parents or magistrates, are received. Application to be made to the mother superior. (See, also, Homes for Children, for additional statistics.) RICHMOND COUNTY-PUBLIC RELIEF. NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC CHARITIES, BOROUGH OF RICHMOND, New Brighton, S. I., N. Y. Commissioner of Public Charities.-Hon. James H. Tully, New York city. Superintendent of Outdoor Poor.-Thomas Kenney, New Brighton, S. I., N. Y. COUNTY INSTITUTIONS. NEW YORK CITY FARM COLONY, Near New Dorp, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Lathrop November 22, 1902. Keeper. Joseph B. Pearce, Jr., appointed March 7, 1898. Attached to the almshouse are 98 acres of land, 78 of which are reported to be under cultivation; value of land and buildings, $23,000; estimated value of labor of inmates during the year, $2,670.57; estimated value of products of the farm, $5,417.58; receipts from sales, $1,127.03. Expenses in connection with the almshouse for the year ending September 30, 1903, $15,864.58; estimated weekly expense per person, $1.90; expense of support in whole or in part in institutions other than the almshouse, $33,759.31; aggregate expenses for support and relief, $49,623.89. Total number in almshouse during the year, 432; remaining October 1, 1903, 152 (140 males and 12 females), including 24 feeble-minded, 19 deaf and 15 epileptics; number of wayfarers to whom meals were furnished at the almshouse, 13; number supported in other institutions, 1,407; total number supported and relieved, 1,852. RICHMOND COUNTY ALMSHOUSE. Name changed to New York City Farm Colony. (See this class.) STATE CHARITIES AID ASSOCIATION. Central Office, 105 East Twenty-second Street, New York City. Has local visiting committees in 53 counties. The following is the list of members for Richmond county: Mrs. G. W. Curtis, President, West New Brighton; Mrs. R. E. Robinson, Vice President, New Brighton; Mrs. J. K. West, Secretary, 109 West Forty-fifth street, New York city; Mrs. Frederick Bush, West New Brighton; Mrs. A. M. Harris, West New Brighton; Mrs. Kingsley, West New Brighton; Mrs. G. D. L'Huilier, Rosebank; Miss Mary Marsh, Rosebank; Mrs. Peter McQuade, New Brighton; Mrs. J. D. Vermilye, New Brighton; Mrs. Samuel Wann, Rosebank. Richmond County-Private Charity. DISPENSARIES. SAMUEL R. SMITH INFIRMARY DISPENSARY, Licensed December 14, 1899, by chapter 368, Laws of 1899. Object.-To give medical and surgical advice and care to the sick poor. Governing body.-Board of Trustees. President.-DeWitt Stafford, 53 Broadway, New York city. Secretary.-Edward C. Bridgman, 84 Warren street, New York city. Treasurer. Ferdinand C. Townsend, 31 Nassau street, New York city. House physician and surgeon.-James J. O'Dea, M. D. Number of different persons treated during the year, 424; total number of treatments, 1,115; number of prescriptions dispensed, 130. |