RECIPIENTS OF RELIEF.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 72, 18 December 1907, Page 9

RECIPIENTS OF RELIEF.

To'.mirtimise; "sonio of. the abuses .of the ,ciiari£ajblo t Ms,n7iftrtho ,declar4dv:objoo.W of Hospitals • 'with : v csrd's v wKich''lid is r issuing', all Hospit.al and Charitiibla Aid Boards,.,.,asking for informati&n on"a number'of' points;from which'-aquartertyO'report- -'wili. bo-'preparcd. Thdjfilling-inof tho .cards -will begin from Jjjhnai'y 1, . .1903). and particulars .as. to- recipients- of .relief and hospital treatment aro asked for as from March 31; 1907, to that date, '/in"'order that, statistics ;may,be' prepared ; for, .the year. ending March- 31 next. The Boards are required to state, in tho caso of ; indigents' receiving' aid, the full names,.Migion,; occupation,.. period of iii'tho.Dominion, length of .time, in rijpeipt of relipfj amount allowed per week in i;eht,' rations, and money, l cause of pov-' crty,]'nature of/-incurable, or. chronic complainf,..; whother or single,. and. whether, the husband (or wife) is alivo, ages, namps and earning capacity of-children (if any), and if Telatiyos are in receipt of , charitable aid,'or',in a position to help. In regard, to hospital patients, the information' r asked for will bo'(the date of the patient's admission, nature of complaint and operation, if. further , relief is -required) :• and '..other details similar to those required for cases of i charitable aid! '~ ' -.' 1 Mr. A. W.. Hogg, ?sit.jP.,-. does • not approve of the proposal of Dr. V.alintino, InspectorGeneral of. Hospitals, to tabiilato i particulars of persons who are receiving, charitable aid. ' ",.J?°. re l unwise, step I. never heard of," lie exclaimed, at yesterday's meeting of tho Benevolent: Trustees. " The .mere .fact that' this information is to be.tabulated and possibly; be. mado public is calculated to destroy tthat self-respcct these unhappy, people, who sppiy.-for relief, may. possess." . Hot. W. A. Evans (chairman) said tho information would be treated as confidential, and it was required by the Government. Ho moved: That Dr. Valintine's application for ■ tabulated information be granted." . Mr; Hogg moved as an amendment: "That, in the opinion of the Trustees, the stops proposed to bo taken by Dr. Valintinc are unnecessary." ■ Tho voting oil tho motion and amendment wore equal, and the 1 motion was earned on tho casting vote of the chairman.