STATE OF NEW YORK
Louisiana Durcbase Erposition Commission
EXHIBIT BY
STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES
Name of institution, N.Y.City Home for the Aged and Infirm, Brooklyn Div.
Location, Flatbush, Brooklyh,N.Y.
System (congregate or cottage),
Administration, By Superint endent
Congregate
Fiscal control, City authorities
Supervision, Commissioner of Public Charities
Visitation and inspection,
Hospital facilitiespeneral hospital in separ-
ate bu1ldings
value of labor of inmates 1903, $ 37,572.20
State Board of Charities
value of land and buildings 1903, $750,000
Capacity, 1500
acreage,
67
value of products of farm 1903, $ 830.79
receipts from sales 1903, $
Average number of inmates 1903, 1288
Average weekly per capita cost of maintenance 1903, $ 2.16
Total number supported during the year 1903, 3,444
State poor, 93
county poor,
;city or town poor,
3351
Total number remaining in institution October 1, 1903, 1286
92
Classification: Able-bodied, 500
;over 70 years of age,
;sick or infirm, 592
blind, 50
; mentally defective, 131
Total expenses 1903, $145,005.72
General intormation: Formerly the Kings County alnshouse but now ma intained and controlled by the City of
New York.
Used algo as one of the State almshouses.
It is the second largest almshouse in the State.
The
Kings County general hospital is connected with it.
