Governing body.-Board of Trustees of St. John's Guild. Secretary. Hon. John P. Faure, 238 West Eleventh street, New York city. Treasurer. Isaac N. Seligman, 21 Broad street, New York city. Attending physician.-F. J. Hughes, M. D. Superintendent.-Ernest Grainger. Number of children cared for during the summer of 1903, 1,522; of these, 1,087 recovered, 318 were improved, 54 unimproved, 18 were otherwise discharged and 45 died. For finances, see Fresh Air Charities. Application to be made to the superintendent or to any legally registered physician in New York city. (See Fresh Air Charities, New York County, and, also, Richmond County.) 78 ROCKLAND COUNTY-PUBLIC RELIEF. COUNTY AND TOWN POOR LAW OFFICERS. Board of Supervisors. Chairman, Alexander Rose, Stony Point. Clerk, Joseph De Noyelles, New City. Town of Clarkstown.-Alfred V. H. Clark, Nanuet. Haverstraw.-Oscar E. Reynolds, Haverstraw. Stony Point.-Alexander Rose, Stony Point. County Superintendent of the Poor. James H. Morrissey, Haverstraw, N. Y. Overseers of the Poor. Town of Clarkstown.-Thomas B. Storms, Bardonia; John T. Tremper, Haverstraw. Haverstraw.-Lawrence W. Serven, Garnerville. Orangetown.-James Hickey, Piermont. Ramapo.-Augustus Coe, Suffern; Charles T. Wester velt, Spring Valley. Stony Point.-Gregory Whalen, Grassy Point. COUNTY INSTITUTIONS. ROCKLAND COUNTY ALMSHOUSE, Viola, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Lathrop December 10, 1902 and August 12, 1903. Keeper. James H. Serven, appointed January 1, 1899. Attached to the almshouse are 47 acres of land, 40 of which are reported to be under cultivation; value of land and build ings, $34,000; estimated value of the labor of inmates during the year, $500; estimated value of the products of the farm, $2,437.28; receipts from sales, $190.39. Expenses in connection with the almshouse for the year ending September 30, 1903, $9,470.38; estimated weekly expense per person, $1.71; expense of temporary (outdoor) relief administered by the overseers of the poor, $9,424.59; aggregate expenditures for support and relief, $18,894.97. Total number in the almshouse during the year, 160; remaining October 1, 1903, 85 (60 males and 25 females), including 7 feeble-minded or idiotic and 3 blind persons; number of wayfarers to whom meals were furnished at the almshouse, 693; number receiving temporary (outdoor) relief, 435; total supported and relieved during the year, 1,288. 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 Rockland county: Hon. Alonzo Wheeler, President, Haverstraw; Mrs. P. Van Alstine, VicePresident, Spring Valley; Mrs. W. A. Masker, Vice-President, Haverstraw; Mrs. E. H. Maynard, Vice-President, Nyack; Mrs. Frederick V. Green, Secretary, Nyack; Mrs. C. R. Blauvelt, Nyack; Dr. A. O. Bogert, Spring Valley; Rev. and Mrs. George H. Bonsal, Haverstraw; Mrs. H. A. Cornell, Nyack; Donald Dunlop, Spring Valley; Mrs. William Duryea, Nyack; Mrs. C. A. Eichkoff, Spring Valley; Mrs. Everett Fowler, Haverstraw; Alvin Graff, Spring Valley; Fred. V. Green, Nyack; Mrs. Warren P. Johnson, Nyack; Mrs. Clarence Lexow, Nyack; Rev. J. McC. Lieper, Blauvelt; Rev. W. A. Masker, Haverstraw; Dr. E. H. Maynard, Nyack; Mrs. Stephen Merritt, Nyack; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Smith, Spring Valley; P. Van Alstine, Spring Valley; Mr. and Mrs. James Van Weelden, Nyack; Mrs. Vietor Waldron, Nyack; Mrs. J. DuPratt White, Nyack. Rockland County-Private Charity. DISPENSARIES. NYACK HOSPITAL DISPENSARY, Midland Avenue, Nyack, N. Y. Governing body.--Board of Managers. Secretary. Howard Van Buren, Nyack. Attending physicians.-Drs. Polhemus, Blauvelt and others. Number of different persons treated during the year, 31; total number of treatments, 127. Finances with hospital. (See Hospitals.) Terms and qualifications for treatment.-Free to those needing dispensary treatment. Application to be made to the superintendent. HOMES FOR CHILDREN. ASYLUM OF THE SISTERS OF ST. DOMINIC, Blauvelt, N. Y.; House of Reception, 461 East Fifty-seventh Street, New York City. Inspected by Inspector Lechtrecker January 13, 14, 1903. Established November 1, 1878; incorporated December 17, 1890. Object. To establish and maintain a home for destitute and homeless children, as well as for such children as may be committed by law to the custody and care of the asylum. Governing body.-Sisters of St. Dominic. President. Rt. Rev. John Edwards, 503 East Fourteenth street, New York city. Secretary. Sister Mary Cornelius, Blauvelt. Treasurer and Officer in charge.--Sister Mary Marcella, Blau velt. Attending physician.-G. A. Leitner, M. D., Piermont. Number of children cared for during the year, 636 (of whom 631 were supported by public funds and 5 by private funds); remaining October 1, 1903, 483 (204 boys and 279 girls). Receipts for the year ending September 30, 1903, including balance on hand ($290.31), $46,099.27; expenditures, $44,416.98; balance on hand October 1, 1903, $1,682.29. Qualifications for admittance.-Destitute, homeless and unprotected children are received. Application to be made to the Commissioner of Charities. ST. AGATHA HOME FOR CHILDREN (THE), Nanuet, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Lechtrecker January 20, 1903. Established, 1885; incorporated February 12, 1885. Objects. The care, maintenance and education of orphan and destitute children and the training of such children in some useful trade or branch of manufacture. Governing body.-Trustees. President. Sister Ellen T. McClancy, Mt. St. Vincent. Secretary. Sister Eliza Sweeny, Mt. St. Vincent. Treasurer.-Sister Johanna Dwyer, Nanuet. Attending physician.-A. O. Bogert, M. D. Directress.-Sister Mary Albert Dwyer. Value of property, $121,000. Number of children cared for during the year 605 (of whom 555 were supported by public funds and 50 by private funds); remaining October 1, 1903, 466 (258 boys and 208 girls). Receipts for the year ending September 30, 1903, including balance on hand ($203.03), $45.521.22; expenditures, $44,238.79; balance on hand October 1, 1903, $282.43. Terms and qualifications for admittance.-Destitute children are received free or upon judicial commitment, or commitment of superintendents of the poor. Application to be made to the sister in charge. T |