ALBANY COUNTY-PUBLIC RELIEF. COUNTY, CITY AND TOWN POOR LAW OFFICERS. Board of Supervisors. Chairman, Peter Walker, Dunnsville. Clerk, Luther C. Warner, 93 State street, Albany. City of Albany. First Ward.-Philip Wolfstich, 91 Clinton street. Sixth Ward.-William F. Burnham, 51 State street. avenue. Eighth Ward.-Patrick F. White, 191 Livingston avenue. Twelfth Ward.-Edward J. Patterson, 230 Orange Thirteenth Ward.-Arthur Banfill, 293 State street. Town of Berne.-Wallace A. Peasley, Rensselaerville. City of Cohoes. First Ward.-Malachi McGinnis, 79 Egbert street. Town of Colonie.-John P. McNab, Cohoes R. F. D. New Scotland.-Albert Van Derpoel, New Salem. City of Watervliet. First District.-Frederick T. Hathaway, 721 Broadway. avenue. Third District. Cornelius T. Murphy, 2512 Fourth avenue. Town of Westerlo.-George W. Taylor, Westerlo. Overseers of the Poor. City of Albany.-Department of Charities and Correction, established by chapter 182 of the Laws of 1898. Com missioner of Charities and Correction.-William H. Storrs. Overseer of the Poor.-Early Reed. Town of Berne. Eugene Pitcher, East Berne; Francis Moak, Bethlehem.-David I. Winne, Kenwood; William J. Coeymans.-Judson A. Bouton, Ravena; Judson Cole, City of Cohoes.-John E. Mincher, Cohoes. Town of Colonie.-Daniel Rockenstyre, Watervliet. New Scotland.-Charles Allen, Voorheesville; James H. Rensselaerville.-David Whitbeck, Potters Hollow; City of Watervliet.-Department of Charities, established by chapter 905 of the Laws of 1896. Commissioner.Peter Murphy, Watervliet. Town of Westerlo.-Elsworth Applebee, Westerlo; Jefferson F. Hanway, South Westerlo. CITY AND COUNTY INSTITUTIONS. ALBANY CITY AND COUNTY ALMSHOUSE, Albany, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Lathrop December 26, 1902; by Inspector Rogers September 10, 1903. Keeper. William H. Storrs, appointed January 1, 1902. Attached to the almshouse are 80 acres of land, 60 of which are reported to be under cultivation; value of land and buildings, $200,000; estimated value of the labor of inmates during the year, $137. Expenses in connection with the almshouse for the year ending September 30, 1903, $29,844.03; estimated weekly expense per person, $2.33; expense of temporary (outdoor) relief administered by the overseers of the poor, $18,474.27; expense of support in whole or in part in institutions other than the almshouse, $85,021.74; aggregate expenditures for support and relief, $133,340.04. Total number in the almshouse during the year, 506; remaining October 1, 1903, 217 (109 males and 108 females), including 24 feeble-minded or idiotic and 5 blind persons; number receiving temporary (outdoor) relief, 6,091; number supported in whole or in part in other institutions, 2,493; total number supported and relieved during the year, 9,090. STATE CHARITIES AID ASSOCIATION. Central Office, 105 East Twenty-second Street, New York City. (See New York County.) Has local visiting committees in 53 counties. The following is the list for Albany County; Mrs. J. A. Lintner, President, 96 South Hawk street, Albany; Miss E. A. Dempsey, 26 South Hawk street, Albany; Mrs. William L. Learned, 298 State street, Albany; Mrs. George D. Miller, 125 State street, Albany; Mrs Bleecker Sanders, 27 South Hawk street, Albany. Albany County-Private Charity. DISPENSARIES. ALBANY CITY FREE DISPENSARY ASSOCIATION, Established September 13, 1897; incorporated October 19, 1897; licensed January 30, 1900, by chapter 368, Laws of 1899. Object. To furnish relief, medicine and medical attendance to persons unable to pay for same. Governing body.-Board of Directors. President.-T. Howard Lewis, 395 State street, Albany. Secretary.-W. H. Happell, M. D., 351 South Pearl street, Albany. Treasurer. Edward N. Huyck, 102 Chestnut street, Albany. President medical staff.-Willis G. Macdonald, M. D., 27 Eagle street, Albany. Registrar.-Miss Pearl Winn. Number of different persons treated at the dispensary during the year, 1,168; total number of treatments, 4,671; number of prescriptions dispensed, 2,385. Receipts for the year ending September 30, 1903, $3,307.27; expenditures, $1,033.57; balance on hand, October 1, 1903, $2,273.70. Terms of treatment.-Free to the worthy sick poor. ALBANY CITY HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL DISPENSARY, 135 North Pearl Street, Albany, N. Y. Established, 1867; licensed, October 12, 1899, by chapter 368, Laws of 1899. Object. To give free homeopathic treatment to the sick poor. Governing body.-Board of Trustees. President.-E. DeL. Palmer, 98 State street, Albany. Secretary. James W. Cox, Loudonville. Treasurer. Edwin Van Wormer, 86 Chestnut street, Albany. Superintendent.-Miss Mary Agnes Cleary. Number of different persons treated at the dispensary during the year, 2,326; total number of treatments, 3,381; number of prescriptions dispensed, 1,985; number of persons treated at their homes, 61; visits thus made, 117; number of persons vacci nated, 11. Finances with Albany City Homeopathic Hospital. (See Hospitals.) Terms and qualifications for treatment.-Free to the worthy sick poor, except those suffering from contagious diseases. Application to be made to the superintendent. ALBANY HOSPITAL DISPENSARY, New Scotland Avenue, Albany, N. Y. Licensed October 12, 1899, by chapter 368, Laws of 1899. Object. To give free treatment to the sick poor. Governing body.-Board of Governors. |