HOUSE OF RELIEF, 67 AND 69 HUDSON STREET Completed 1894; Closed May 1, 1919. Property sold to U. S. Government for Hospital Purposes Mrs. Frederick Allen Mrs. Joseph H. Choate, Jr. Mrs. Postlethwaite Cobb Mrs. Lewis A. Conner Mrs. Edward Cussler Mrs. H. W. DeForest Mrs. W. B. Dickerman Mrs. James B. Duke Mrs. H. B. Duryea Mrs. Spencer Eddy Miss Yvonne Gourd Mrs. E. H. Graham Mrs. Henry G. Gray Chairman Treasurer Secretary Mrs. Russell A. Hibbs Mrs. William Goodby Loew Mrs. Samuel Milbank Mrs. Charles McNeil Mrs. William J. Mersereau, Jr. Mrs. Fordham Morris Mrs. David B. Ogden Miss Harriet Ogden Mrs. George L. Rives Donations received by Head Worker from private sources for spe cial uses $2,107 56 Respectfully submitted, ZAIDEE L. BLISS, Treasurer. REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AUXILIARY COMMITTEE TO THE SOCIAL SERVICE DEPART MENT JANUARY 28, 1920. To the Board of Governors of the New York Hospital: DEAR SIRS. Although the number of workers and distribution of work in the Social Service Department have remained about the same as in 1918, the end of the war, which brought about the return of the doctors and nurses from the other side, has helped to put a new impetus and life into the work and workers. The year 1920 has opened with great promise of wider opportunity and service. The Food Conservation Committee, with Mrs. Frederick Allien as chairman, has changed gradually to what may be known as the Home Economic Committee. Mrs. Allien has given several most valuable talks to the young girls of her class on the dignity and importance of home duties and household service. They are also taught cooking and practical demonstrations are given them weekly by one of the members of the social service staff. Mothers of the clinic children are also holding monthly meetings on which occasions some of the doctors have very kindly given them simple and practical talks on the proper care of their children. We are trying as much as possible to give instruction to these people how to live and to keep well, believing this to be a constructive work and an important part of Hospital Social Service. Mrs. Kent, in the early part of the year, took charge of the sewing and knitting class and held the meetings at her house. The girls thoroughly enjoyed these meetings and were much improved by them. Mrs. Hetzler continued as chairman of the Playground Committee and personally watched over the playground all summer. She had many trees and shrubs planted and succeeded in making the garden more attractive than it had ever been before. The attendance last summer was even larger than usual, averaging about sixty in the mornings and one hundred and thirty in the |