BENEVOLENT TRUSTEES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 713, 12 January 1910, Page 6

BENEVOLENT TRUSTEES.

, STATISTICS FOR-:THE YEAR.. The Benevolent Trustees.met yesterday, afternoon,-Mr. ,'John Smith presiding. .There were also present: Miss Richmond, .Rev.' W. A. Evans, Messrs. D.: Robertson, R.' W. -Short,; and, J. -Wakeham. ' 1 . - -. It was; reported : that "the'; number of inmates, in* tne main home .at: present yas--67 males ahd Sl'-fomales,; ana.'- ; 16 in theintermediate,.home—^;a ro|al ,of ,114.; .. . : 1 . 'Tbe, secretary acknowledged the following- donations --towardsthe ■ Christmas cheer at tho.;homcißev.. Father. Bowden,, XI- Is,;. George and George,-,VJ6I Is.; Staples mid Co.,' £o : ss. -■' . ' Statistics prepared for- the year ended December 31 show the inmates on January 1 to : bo, 76. males and 30 females, the number -admitted during the year, being--181 males and 14 ,'females.: The' number' discharged during the -year was 169 males" and 10 females, whilst 6 males . and 2 females- died during the year, and the number' ; in, . the ' home',;: on December 31 ,was 82 males. and 32;foiiales.: The total number of-persons,relieved: by " the home during tho year, was 301. The ages of the: persons relieved during.; the,'- year! were: 25 to 35 years, 20; 35.t0 45' years,-: 3G; ,45 to 55 years, 47j. 55, to .65 years, 71; 65 and upwards; 121; total, 301. •'•- Of tho deaths, five, wore regular inmates, twowere admitted in-low health, and anotherhad been admitted in ian-'almost.: dying state;;:-. Tho agM. of the female.-inmates' of the .home.-'at present range';froni; GO to.Bo, and the males .in the homo :range, from .GO ■to; over 90. , Of those .under ,GO . years. ,of age on .the: female,.side,; six aro -from' 43, to 58 years of age, and of tho males 13 aro 40 : rip to 49. . These - younger, people are ; partially,. or ..wholly disabled. . The ages of . the, inmates of. tho intermediate ward rango from':37 to 70. The,males are scheduled,: as under: —Paralysis 1, bedridden L ; mental trouble,- 4,: heart disease I,' blind .5, locomotor - 1 ataxia : 2,. ; chest trouble 2, lupus, .1, , deaf 1, giddiness 1, varicose ulcer I,' rupture 2,: ati'ophy of legs, etc.,; :-scrofula. ,1, ; asthma and diseased hip 1, consumption 1, shrunken sinows 1," doformity 1, paralysis 1, chronic gout'l,' crippled 4, old .ago 2fi, other pauses. ,Gv" age ,3, mental trouble; 8, ■ heart, diseaso; 1, bad legs 1, consumption .'and ,'hip. .disease 1, .general debility 3,! paralysis 2, other , pauses 11. "