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The wide difference in the bids was clue to the fact that no plans and specifications had been prepared in advance. Each bidder ,submitted his own plan, or description, as part of his proposal. Isaac Hull's offer was accepted, his plan being considered as best adapted to the county's needs and his figures reasonable. The jail was completed before the close of the year and was used until after the completion of the courthouse and jail at Toledo in 1853. In December, 1854, Edgar F. Potter was directed by the county . commissioners to "take charge of the jail at Maumee City, for the purpose of receiving female prisoners, criminals, insane persons, and perhaps some county paupers." In June, 1858, the building at Maumee and the ground upon which it stood were sold for $250. CONVICT LABOR As an example of "How they used to do it," the following plan for the employment of certain county convicts was adopted by the commissioners at the March session in 1855, when the board resolved : "1. All able-bodied male persons sentenced to imprisonment and hard labor in the jail of Lucas County, according to the provisions of an act of the General Assembly of Ohio, passed March 12, 1855, shall be employed in the manner 'hereinafter specified. "2. All male persons thus committed to the jail by the mayor of Toledo, for the violation of any of the penal ordinances of said city, shall be employed under the direction of the sheriff of said county or his deputy : Provided, the City of Toledo shall bear and pay all jail and board fees of prisoners thus convicted and sentenced, and. shall be entitled to the work and labor of all such convicts. "3. All male persons convicted and sentenced as aforesaid by the Probate Court of said county, shall be hired out and let to service by the sheriff of said county ; and the avails of all labor of such convicts shall be collected and re- TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 605 ceived by the said sheriff, and be by him paid into the treasury of said county, taking a proper receipt therefor, which receipt he shall file with the county auditor. "4. The person 'having charge of such convicts, when performing work or labor as aforesaid, shall adopt such means, by chain and ball or otherwise, for the security and safe-keeping of such convicts as he may deem necessary and proper." This system was in force for several years, but the tendency of the "ball and chain" was to destroy the prisoner's self respect and retard his reformation, while the general moral effect was bad. When the city work-house was built the chain-gang system was abandoned. After the return of the county seat to Toledo in 1852, a brick jail was built in connection with the courthouse. It continued in use, with some alterations and improvements, until 1866, when a jail and sheriff's residence was completed in the rear of the courthouse and facing Adams Street. When the new courthouse was occupied in 1897, a surplus of the funds appropriated for the erection of that building was left. This surplus, with some other funds appropriated, was used for building the present jail and sheriff's residence, on the corner of Jackson and Michigan streets, opposite the courthouse. COUNTY INFIRMARY Early provision was made for the unfortunate poor, as well as .for the lawbreaking element. In January, 1838, William P. Daniels and Eli Hubbard were authorized by the board of county commissioners to purchase land for a "County Poor Farm." Daniels and Hubbard were then members of the board. On April 9, 1838, they reported that they had purchased the north half of Section. 16, Township 10, Range 7. Samuel Bartlett, the other county commissioner, concurred and the sum of $1,000 was appropriated for improvements. On the 16th of the following June, Roswell Cheney, John U. Pease and James Wilkinson were appointed directors and the institution was opened for the reception of inmates. In March, 1861, the county commissioners—Galen Norton, Samuel. A. Raymond and William Taylor—ordered the erection of a building on the poor farm for the care of the incurable insane, "for the reason that it is inhuman and brutal to continue to keep them where they are, said building to be 40 by 50 feet in size and 12 feet high." This was the first provision made by the county for the care of such persons, who up to that time had been kept in the county. jail. The contract for the erection of the building was awarded to John Farrell and George Wilson for $1,058 and it was occupied in the fall of 1861. It was about that time that the name of the institution was changed to the "County Infirmary" instead of the "Poor Farm." When Adams Township was erected in December, 1856, the poor farm was included within its limits.. While the original tract of 320 acres was intact, the male inmates, who were able to work, cultivated the land and raised the greater part of the grain, vegetables and meats required for the support of the institution. The able-bodied women did all the indoor work, such as cooking, laundry work, etc. As the city grew in that direction portions of the farm were sold from time to time and part of it is now occupied by the State Hospital for .the Insane. The 606 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY infirmary grounds now contain a little less than eighty acres, lying between Arlington and Aberdeen avenues and directly east of Detroit Avenue. The Lucas County Tuberculosis Hospital is located on the north end of the grounds, near the intersection of Arlington and Detroit avenues. MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOME Early in August, 1860, the German Lutheran Church opened St. John's Orphan Asylum on a tract of forty acres on Seaman Street, near St. John's Lutheran Church, with Rev. John Doerfler as superintendent. Subsequently an Old People's Home was established in connection. This institution is now known as the German Orphan's Home and in 1922 was under the supervision of Rev. C. G. Mahnke. On January 11, 1867, a number of women met at the residence of Dr. S. H. Bergen and organized the Protestant Orphans' Home, to be managed by a board of thirteen directors composed of women, with an advisory committee of eight men. The first board was composed of Mrs. E. B. Atherton, Mrs. George Baker, Mrs. S. H. Camp, Mrs. M. D. Carrington, Mrs. Robert Cummings, Mrs. M. P. Ewing, Mrs. Thomas Hamilton, Mrs. Vincent Hamilton, Mrs. T. H. Hoag, Mrs. Almon Hopkins, Miss Louise Kuper, Miss Cannie Mott and Mrs. H. L. Phelps. The first advisory committee consisted of William Baker, Dr. S. H. Bergen, Matthew Brown, William Cummings, W. C. Earl, D. D. Mather, Morrison R. Waite and Horace S. Walbridge. The home was opened on April 22, 1867, in quarters donated by William Baker, where it continued until the following November, when it was removed to Lagrange Street. Although called the Protestant Orphans' Home, it was nonsectarian. It continued in existence for more than twenty years. The establishment of these orphans' homes led the county authorities to take an interest in caring for the unfortunate children of the county. A tract of land containing about fifty acres, located on the river road near the lower end of the Village of Maumee, was purchased and the Lucas County Children's Home was established. The institution is generally known as the Miami Children's Home because it is located near the site of old Fort Miami, which was built by the British in the spring of 1794. The school building, work rooms, dormitories, administration building, etc., represent an investment of several thousand dollars and the home is recognized as one of the most efficient and best managed institutions of the kind in the State of Ohio. In 1922 Edwin J. Brown was superintendent. The city office of the home is at 418 Erie Street, in the Humane Society building. TOLEDO HUMANE SOCIETY This society was organized in May, 1884, with James M. Brown as president; William T. Walker, Oliver S. Bond, Henry Kahlo, Mrs. E. H. Van Hoesen and Miss Cannie Mott, vice presidents; J. W. Erwin, secretary ; E. W. Lenderson, treasurer ; Clarence Brown, attorney. The objects of the society, as stated in the articles of association are : "To provide for the care and support of innocent children; for the protection of helpless children from the brutal-minded ; for the care, comfort and support of aged parents ; for the over-worked, under-fed and abused horses ; for the protection of all dumb creatures." TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 607 The first building of the society was located at St. Clair and Orange streets. It was two stories high and the work was divided into the "Department of Children," "the Department of Animals" and the "Lodge and Woodyard," where persons temporarily out of employment could find a home until they could find work. The present home of the society, at 418 Erie Street, was made possible largely through the generosity of John T. Newton. It was completed and occupied in 1914, and is five stories in height, exclusive of the basement. The main floor is used as the general offices of the society and the upper floors for the Juvenile Court Detention Home. The officers of the society for 1922 were as follows: Walter F. Brown, president ; Dr. John V. Newton and Rudolph A. Bartley, vice presidents ; William M. Booker, secretary ; Oliver S. Bond, treasurer. A report made by the society on April 1, 1922, says : "Since the organization of the society in May, 1884, we have handled 17,438 cases, involving 33,483 children. Since October, 1893, we have collected from fathers for the support of their dependent children under sixteen years of age, without expense to the fathers or children, $999,526.34, and, in the past four years for the support of aged parents $5,424.25, making a total for these two items of $1,004,950.59. We have placed 1,304 children in the Lucas County Children's Home ; 169 in the Lutheran Orphans' Home; 233 in St. Anthony's Orphanage ; 503 in private homes, and we have taken 1,058 from vicious surroundings. . . . We have handled 22,752 cases involving neglect and cruelty to animals, representing 45,049 animals ; have laid up 2,764 horses unfit for work ; brought relief to 25,030, and have humanely destroyed 2,970 which were unfit for use." CITY WORKHOUSE Shortly after the close of the Civil war in 1865 it became apparent that better provisions should be made for the care and confinement of prisoners serving jail sentences, or working in the chain-gang on the streets. The council purchased a tract of land lying between Swan Creek and the Miami & Erie Canal, just west of Erie Street, and thereon erected a workhouse. The building contained eighty-seven cells and in connection with it were a brickyard and a wood-yard, in which the convicts could be employed. Some years later the central police station, opposite the Market Place on Superior Street, was established and a number of cells were there installed for the incarceration of prisoners awaiting trial. The criminal department of the municipal court is also held in this building. To write of the central police station is a case of ,"Least said soonest mended." It is an old structure, repeatedly remodeled to meet the city's needs, and entirely inadequate to the demands of the city at the present time. In the summer of 1922 the prison was condemned by some of the municipal judges and civic clubs, who made an examination of it, and in September the council authorized a bond issue of $420,000 for a new city prison. With regard to the old workhouse, it served the purpose for which it was built until late in the year 1918. In the spring of that year there were over two hundred men serving workhouse sentences, when the capacity of the building was only The crowded condition demanded relief. A proposition to appropriate $15,000 for repairs and an addition was defeated in the council. It was at this that the "Welfare Farm" near Whitehouse was projected. As soon as it was 608 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY ready for the reception of convicts the old workhouse became known as the House. of Correction. About two years later it was turned over to the Social Service Federation, which converted it into a "Wayfarers' Lodge" for transients who were without sufficient funds to obtain a room at a hotel. Immediately after assuming control, the Social Service Federation had the majority of the cells removed and in the spaces they placed single iron bedsteads for the accommodation of the lodgers. The entire building was thoroughly renovated and placed in a sanitary condition. A woodyard was opened in connection and those who avail themselves of the hospitality of the institution are required, if they are able to work, to. saw and split a certain .amount of wood to pay for their lodging. On October 1, 1922, the Wayfarers' Lodge was under the supervision of John Burroughs. THE WELFARE FARM Early in the year 1918 the city council bought a tract of 310 acres of ground near Whitehouse, paying for it $41,850, for a convict farm to take the place of the workhouse. Plans for a building were made, but the first plans were rejected. Archibald Cresswell then submitted plans for a building with a front of 128 feet and three wings each 82 feet deep, the whole to be two stories high, with basement. Work was commenced on the building on March 20, 1918, and the following December the greater part of it was ready for occupancy. In the basement of the building are the boiler room, shops, laundry, toilet and bath rooms. The main office is on the first floor, the second floor of each of the wings is used as a dormitory and under the dormitories are the dining rooms. The cost of the building was $150,000. During the years 1919 and 1920 barns and outbuildings were erected and a dairy was placed in operation. While these improvements were under way the old workhouse in the city was retained in use, but with the beginning of 1921 all those sentenced f or any length of time were sent to the Welfare. Farm. An appropriation of $50,000 was made by the council for maintenance for the year 1921, but it was then stated that the farm would be self sustaining by 1923. TOLEDO STATE HOSPITAL In 1883, and for several years prior to that time, there were about one thousand insane persons in the county jails and infirmaries of the state; Gov. Charles Foster, in his message to the General Assembly in 1883 called attention to this fact and also reminded the Legislature that the constitution of Ohio required that these unfortunates should be cared for by the state government. At that time the condition of the state's finances was such that not more than $600,000 could be made available for new insane asylums. General Brinkerhoff, then a member of the State Board of Charities, advanced the idea that by the erection of detached buildings (later known as the cottage system) that sum would be sufficient for the establishment of a new asylum. Governor Foster fell in with the idea and presented the matter to the house committee on state charities, of which Noah H. Swayne, of Lucas County, was chairman. A bill providing for, a commission to select a location and decide upon a plan TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 609 for a new asylum was passed in April. It named the governor, .state auditor, secretary of state, attorney-general and General Brinkerhoff as the commission and appropriated $500,000 for the asylum, with the requirement .that accommodations should be provided for at least 650 patients. After visiting the hospital at Kankakee, Illinois, and similar institutions in other states, the commission decided to adopt the cottage plan, with two general dining rooms—one for males and the other for females. Then came the question of the location. The commissioners of Lucas= County offered to donate a tract .of 150 acres, the west side of the infirmary farm, and the City of Toledo agreed to supply the institution with water at the actual cost of pumping. The gas company also made a special rate on gas. These liberal inducements resulted in the selection of Toledo .as the place for the new asylum. Governor Foster then appointed the following board of trustees to take charge of the erection of buildings, etc. : John W. Fuller and George L. Johnson, of Toledo ; William E. Haynes, of Fremont ; John W. Nelson, of Bryan ; and Robert G. Pennington, of Tiffin. This .board proceeded with the erection of buildings according to the plans and specifications adopted by the commission and in June, 1884, the contract was awarded to M. J. & William Malone, of Toledo, for $399,763. A f ew of the buildings were ready for occupancy in November, 1887, but the hospital was not formally opened until the early part of 1888, when several hundred patients were admitted under the superintendency of Dr. H. A. Tobey. The requirement that the new asylum must accommodate not f ewer than 650 patients was greatly exceeded, as when the hospital opened provisions had been made for 1,100. In thus increasing the capacity above the specifications, the cost was correspondingly increased. Changes in the contract involving additional work brought the cost of the original hospital up to $700,000. Much of the work of beautifying the grounds, constructing the driveways, preparing flower-beds, etc., was done by the patients. Many improvements have been made since the institution was opened in 1888 and the value of the property now is considerably over a million dollars. The official designation is the "Toledo State Hospital for the Insane." Dr. Otto 0. Fordyce was superintendent in. 1922. SOCIAL SERVICE FEDERATION The foregoing, with the exception of the Humane Society, represents the penal and charitable institutions which have been established by the state, county and city and are maintained at the public expense. There are, in addition, a number of charitable institutions and societies whose work is deserving of notice. Foremost among these miscellaneous charities is the Social. Service Federation—formerly the Toledo Federated Charities. It is what its name implies—. a federation of several organizations engaged in charitable work. Its work is divided into departments, so that there is no duplication of work or conflict in carrying out charitable undertakings. Mention has already been made of the Wayfarers' Lodge established by the federation in the old workhouse. In the upper rooms of that building is a depot for receiving donations of cast off clothing, which is repaired or cut down to smaller sizes and given to the poor. 610 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY During the summer months of 1922 the Children's Aid Department of the federation maintained a "fresh air camp" at Presque Isle, in which about three hundred children from, the congested districts of the city, many of them undernourished, were given the benefits of pure air and wholesome food for several weeks. In this work the Exchange and Kiwanis clubs cooperated with the federation by transporting the children to and from the camp in automobiles, and the District Nurse Association furnished nurses to look after the health of the boys and girls.. This department has also found homes for many children deserted by their parents, or whose parents were unable to support them. The headquarters of the Social Service Federation are at 572 Ontario, with Arthur A. Guild in charge as superintendent. In 1922, 5,198 families were looked after, and 2.753 families, of which 437 had children, were given relief. DISTRICT NURSE ASSOCIATION In October, 1902, this association was organized. Previous to that time, however, the King's Daughters had employed Miss Margaret Edmonds as a visiting nurse for three months. She was succeeded by Miss Josephine Riese in January, 1902, and when the association was organized in October a second nurse was added. In 1905 two more were added, one by the association and one by the Thalian Club. In 1907 the latter withdrew from the arrangement and the District Nurse Association was incorporated on November 10, 1908. The residence property at 1517 Monroe Street was obtained for headquarters and Miss Josephine Riese was installed as superintendent. A free dispensary for women and children was opened and two more nurses were employed. At the close of the year 1922 the association had twenty-five nurses employed in the districts and fifteen in special work. During that year 9,154 patients were visited in the districts and 3,886 were treated in the dispensary. The nurses made an aggregate of 80,502 visits. One of the most important features of the association's work is the nutrition class, where under-nourished children are brought up to normal weight and their parents taught food values so the children may be kept normal. Miss Grace S. Frost was president when this report was made. The figures convey some idea of the amount of work performed. ST. ANTHONY'S ORPHANAGE This is one of the oldest charities in the City of Toledo. It was founded by Bishop Rappe and Father Everard and the first child was admitted on November 12, 1855. Mother Deschamps, then Superior of the .Grey Nuns of Montreal afterward became the *Superior of the Orphanage. The present building was dedicated on October 27, 1907, and with the grounds and equipment represents a valuation of $300,000. It is located at the junction of Cherry and Frederick streets. The institution, with accommodations for 250 children, cared for 294 in 1922. It receives boys from two to twelve years of age and girls from two to fifteen years of age. The Orphanage is supported by money received from parents or relatives of children cared for ; by an annual collection in all the Catholic churches in the Toledo Diocese ; and by contributions from individuals. TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 611 OTHER CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPIES Besides many societies auxiliary to churches and composed mainly of women Church members and which deal more or less with charitable work, dispensing relief and assistance of a general character, directed largely to families that have been reduced to want through sickness or lack of employment, there are a number of separate organizations and institutions, each of which was established with a particular object in view. Three homes for old people offer shelter and comfort for those who have become too far advanced in years to keep up the battle of life. They are the Home for the Aged, located at 1616 Starr Avenue, conducted by the Little 'Sisters of the Poor ; the Lutheran Home for Orphans and 'Old People, at 2465 Seaman Street, and the Old Ladies Home, at 3113 Collingwood Avenue. The Adams Street Mission and Day Nursery, successor to one of the oldest relief and mission organizations in the city, is now located at 572 Ontario Street. It specializes largely in the care and day-nursing of children. For the correction and reformation of unfortunate girls and young women, there are three institutions, two under the auspices of the Catholic Church, namely, the Convent of the Good Shepherd, located at 3502 Lagrange Street, and the St. Philomena Home, at 1615 Monroe Street. Affiliated with other institutions under the same name in many cities in the country is the Florence Crittenden Home, whose location is at 737 Ontario Street. There care and encouragement is given to unmarried mothers. In 1922, 75 such unfortunates found shelter here. In addition to the three institutions spoken of an association formed out of the women's clubs of the city, called the Women's Protective Association, and operating through the Police Department as a temporary clearing house for women's cases, does very important work. During 1922 it looked after 398 individuals who received on an average more than ten days' care, each. Thirty-f our agencies of various kinds in the city are cooperating with this association. For girls who need temporary assistance until they get their bearings, three organizations are at work, the Flower Home for Girls, under a foundation within the control of the Methodist Church, is located at 1324 Superior Street, and the Luella Cummings Home, under a private foundation and managed by an organization of charitable ladies, has its place at 141 Twenty-second Street. The colored people have a very effective organization of this class, called the Home for Colored Girls, located at 525 Dorr Street. Two National Catholic Community Houses are maintained on organization lines established by the church—one at. 624 Cherry Street and one at 1962 Genessee Street, East Toledo. In these houses English classes are conducted, also classes in sewing and domestic science, and public lectures are also given. Various women's and girl's societies of the Catholic Church have their meeting places at these addresses and in the Genessee Street house a library is maintained. The Travelers' Aid Society which, while not so confined in its activities, renders special assistance to women travelers, with desks at the. Union Depot and the Interurban Station, has an office in the Valentine building. During 1922 17,151 persons were assisted by this organization. The Salvation Army and the Volunteers of America both actively conduct 612 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY their several lines of work in the city. The former maintains a Wayfarers' Home at 137 Erie Street. SETTLEMENT AND COMMUNITY WORK While not being strictly charitable institutions, yet in many ways cooperating with other organizations and individually directly active in charitable work, several community and settlement centers in the city may be noticed here. The North Toledo Community Settlement has a well equipped building with grounds at 3439 Erie Street where playground activities are supervised and where classes, recreations and community work of many kinds are conducted. It is the meeting place for mothers' clubs, boy and girl scout troops, and a general center for neighborhood activities. The Ohio Neighborhood Institute, organized and for many years conducted by Rev. H: W. Hoover and wife, with grounds and buildings at 1027 Vinal Street, East Side, contributes in a very important way to the Americanization of and cultural assistance to the foreign born. Here, also, are conducted the activities general to a community center, with supervised playgrounds and recreations of various kinds: It maintains its own scout troops for boys and girls. The Toledo City Mission, organized and controlled by the Federation of Protestant Churches, at 8 South St. Clair Street handles acceptably settlement and important work of the character usual to such an organization. In 1922 690 cases were dealt with. Free lodgings are supplied to the necessitous and other lodgings at a reasonable fee are provided. Meals are served at cost and assistance is rendered in obtaining employment. The Frederick Douglass Center is located at 15 11th Street. This institution, although but three or four years old, has grown rapidly in importance and in the beneficial effect of its work among the colored people. It was founded and is managed exclusively by colored citizens. It provides facilities for recreations, educational, amusement and religious activities, especially for boys and girls. The class membership in 1922 was 357. The Jewish Educational League, under the auspices of the Jewish Federation, has a very finely equipped building at 1900 Linwood Avenue. This is also used as a community center. There are maintained, besides a religious school, a library, clubs and classes for children and a gymnasium, and it is a meeting place for Americanization societies and mothers' clubs. Fifty-three organizations use the building. About 700 children were interested in various activities in 1922 and about 500 adults. On an adjoining lot is erected a commodious and well furnished cabin for the Jewish boy scouts. Toledo, of course, has its boy and girl scout organizations. The boy scouts have a fine cabin on a public reservation on Ontario Street between Madison and Adams, and the headquarters of the girl scouts are in the Valentine building. In 1922 there were 78 troops of boy scouts, with a membership of 2,025, supervised by 525 volunteer leaders. Near Sylvania has been purchased and equipped a scout reservation of 140 acres, on which, in 1922, had been erected 25 cabins. A summer camp has been maintained for several years at Vinyard Lake, Michigan. In 1923 there were 27 registered troops of girl scouts and 9 affiliated nonregistered troops. The girl scouts membership was 1,021, with 53 leaders.
TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 615 The organized work for the benefit of crippled and otherwise physically unfortunate children, which work Toledo initiated, is considered in Chapter 34. HOSPITALS The hospital accommodations of Toledo are as' good as those of most cities of its population. The oldest hospital in the city is St. Vincent's, which was established in October, 1855. It is located at 2213 Cherry Street and is conducted by the Sisters of Charity, thirty members of .the sisterhood being engaged in hospital work. St. Vincent's has accommodations for 230 patients at one time and the grounds, buildings and equipment represent an investment of $550,000. A training school for nurses is conducted in connection. In the fall of 1874 the Women's Christian Association undertook the establishment of a hospital. They were aided materially by Drs. S. H. Bergen and S. S. Lungren. Property on Union (now Twelfth) Street, near Cherry, was purchased and the first patient was received in October, 1874. In December, 1876, the institution was incorporated under the name of the "Protestant Hospital of Toledo." Improvements have practically obliterated the original hospital building. This hospital, located at the intersection of Twelfth, Sherman and Cherry streets, is now known as the Toledo Hospital. A dispensary and nurses' home are conducted by the hospital management. The Flower Hospital, at 3349 Cherry Street, is the outgrowth of the Deaconess Home, which was opened on Glenwood Avenue in 1902. During the next eight years the institution was located successively on Glenwood Avenue, Monroe Street and Robinson Avenue, in rented quarters. Stephen W. Flower died in the fall of 1908 and left the hospital $20,000. Upon the death of his widow, Mrs. Ellen B. Flower, the family residence and about two acres of ground, at Collingwood Avenue and Cherry Street, were given as .a site for a hospital, to be known as the "Flower Hospital." Ground was broken for a new building on May 25, 1909, and the first patient was received on February 1, 1910. In 1922 plans were perfected for extensive improvements, which, when carried out, will make this hospital one of the largest in the city. In January and February, 1923, $600,000 were subscribed in Toledo and surrounding territory to realize these plans. Mercy Hospital, located at 2221 Madison Avenue, was incorporated in 1913 ; but was not opened for the admission of patients until June 21, 1918. It is conducted by the Sisters of Mercy and is in many respects the best equipped hospital in Toledo. Although its capacity is only about half that of St. Vincent's, the value of the grounds, buildings and equipment is $600,000; exclusive of the building used as a training school for nurses. Robinwood Hospital was established as a private institution. Its finely equipped building is located at 2517 Robinwood Avenue, where its work has been successfully conducted for more than ten years. It is soon to pass into the control of the Lutheran Church people. The Maternity and Children's Hospital has a fine plant at 1609 Summit Street. Its organization brings to its support , many citizens prominent in Toledo civic organizations. In the fall of 1922 a little less than $200,000 were raised by private subscription for extensions and improvements. The six hospitals above named participate in the Community Chest enterprise. 616 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY In 1922 they cared for 14,171 patients, of whom 1,991 were treated without any charge and 7,308 paid part fees only. In the same time 6,942 operations were performed, and there were 1,384 maternity cases. The East Side Hospital and Training School for Nurses, hitherto a private institution, for which a movement is on foot towards enlargement as a semi-public hospital, is located at 1153 Oak Street. The city maintains a municipal hospital for attention, specially, to blood diseases, at 428 Lafayette Street. The City of Toledo maintains a free dispensary at 503 Erie Street, with a competent physician always in attendance. When the Thalian Club withdrew from the District Nurses' Aid Society in 1907, it did so for the purpose of establishing a dispensary for tuberculosis patients. The dispensary was for some time located at 118 Michigan Street, but was removed to 501 Erie Street, adjoining the city dispensary. THE COMMUNITY CHEST Before America entered the World war, each charitable society in the city solicited funds separately for the purpose of carrying on its work. When the community united to urge the sale of Liberty Bonds and to promote war activities and interests, some one conceived the idea of a central agency to raise a community fund for the city's charities. The result was the Community Chest, the idea of which was to make but one campaign for funds for all charitable, philanthropic and welfare organizations of a public nature in the city, thus preventing duplication of work and avoiding destructive rivalries. This plan has placed the collection of good, clothing and other necessities and the raising of many contributions on a much more practicable basis than under the. old system. The general headquarters of the Community Chest are 517 Produce Exchange building, and it has succeeded and greatly expanded the work of the old associate charities. In 1920, the first year of its campaign, the Community Chest raised $495,000, distributed to 32 organizations in 1921 it raised $478,000, distributed to 36 organizations, and in .1922 there were raised $640,000, and 38 organizations were aided. The budget for the year beginning May 1, 1923, called for an expenditure of more than one hundred thousand dollars in excess of the expenditures for the previous year, or a total of $675,000. In an enthusiastic campaign, April 23-30, inclusive, $690,000 were subscribed. As an index of the scope of the Community Chest work, the budget for 1923 is here reproduced : |
