THE ISOLATION HOSPITAL. Belmont street, near Adams street. This hospital was opened by the city in November, 1896, and is under the control of the city Board of Health, and is designed for the treatment of cases of diphtheria and scarlet fever only.

Nurses are furnished by the City Hospital, and patients, if unable to pay, are admitted for free treatment.

MEMORIAL HOME FOR NURSES. Jaques avenue. This munificent gift of a home for the City Hospital nurses was presented to the city in 1897 by the late Edward C. Thayer of Keene, New Hampshire. A costly building has been already erected opposite the main entrance of the City Hospital.

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

Belmont street. The Memorial Hospital for women and children was endowed by Ichabod Washburn and incorporated in 1871. A dispensary, called the Washburn Free Dispensary, was established in 1874, and the hospital itself was opened in 1888. It is free for the admission of women and children who are unable to pay, although payment is expected from those treated who have means. The cases taken are mostly incurables, although the hospital is not strictly limited to such.

THE WORCESTER HAHNEMANN HOSPITAL. 46 Providence street (homœopathic). This institution was opened in 1896. By the provisions of its by-laws, it is intended to be as nearly as possible a charitable institution. It has received, within the past year, the bequest of a considerable sum for the maintenance of free beds.

ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL. Vernon street, corner Winthrop. Incorporated 1878. This is a Catholic institution, and intended primarily for members of that church, from which it receives support, but free treatment is given in many cases without regard to sect or nationality. During the past year this institution, having outgrown its old quarters, has commenced the erection of a new, commodious and wellappointed brick building upon a site near by, and unsurpassed for purity of air and magnificence of view. The corner-stone was laid on October 9, 1898, with impressive ceremonies, and in the presence of about 8,000 people. Its entire frontage when completed will be 230 feet.

FREE DISPENSARIES.

THE CITY HOSPITAL, Jaques avenue.

WORCESTER HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL, 44 Waverley street.

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Belmont street.

HOMES.

THE HOME FARM. The City Almshouse thus designated is located on Lincoln street, at the corner of Boylston. This institution bears ample evidence, if any were needed, of the genesis of a social conscience, and its inmates may well rejoice that they were born in these humanitarian days, for throughout all its appointments, from its euphonistic name to every detail, there seems a design to diminish (so far as consistent with the interest of the public) the humiliation and burden of poverty.

The farm consists of about 450 acres of land, with commodious, wellequipped buildings and sanitary arrangements, and is operated partly by the inmates and partly by paid employees. The inmates number about 200, of whom nearly one-half are insane or idiotic. There is a separate department for the insane, and a complete separation of the

sexes.

The report of the (State) inspector of institutions for 1897 contains this endorsement: "This almshouse is a large and well-managed institution. The house is under most efficient management, and is scrupulously clean, and orderly. Regular medical inspection is provided."

HOME FOR AGED MEN, 1199 Main street. Incorporated 1876. Beneficiaries who are admitted must be at least fifty-five years of age, natives of the United States, and residents of Worcester for ten years previous to admission. Payment of the sum of $150, and the proper observance of all rules and regulations, entitle a beneficiary to the privileges of the institution during life.

HOME FOR AGED WOMEN. 1183 Main street. Incorporated 1869. A large endowment for this institution was left by the provisions of the will of the late Ichabod Washburn, and this endowment has been increased by contributions amounting to several thousand dollars from other citizens of Worcester. Widows, and females who have never been married are the only beneficiaries, and especially those “who have not been the recipients of public charity, but have respectably sustained a struggle with disease or misfortune." None are excluded on account of sect or nationality, although preference is given to those of American birth. An admission fee of $100 may be required from applicants, but is not imperative.

TEMPORARY HOME AND DAY NURSERY. 204 Southbridge street. Incorporated in 1892. Shelter is provided for a few days or weeks, as the case may be, for women and children temporarily deprived of a home. Compensation is expected in work if possible.

At the Day Nursery, in the same building, working-women may leave their young children as they go to their work in the morning, and call

for them at night.

For a trifling charge the children are furnished

with a dinner, and otherwise cared for.

THE WELCOME MISSION. 62 Madison street. Organized 1894. This institution is under the auspices of the Worcester Local Union of the Society of Christian Endeavor, and is under the superintendence of William E. Oakley. It is a temporary refuge for the tramp, who is expected to render some equivalent for the food and lodging furnished him. This is done by the conversion of cord wood into fuel for kindling, and by work in the potato field, several acres of which the Mission has under culture.

WORCESTER CHILDREN'S FRIEND SOCIETY. Main, corner of Benefit street. Organized in 1848. This institution is more properly known as the Orphans' Home. Children of three years of age and upwards without parents, or with only one parent, but unable to properly support them, are admitted, cared for and educated until homes can be found for them.

Similar homes are provided for orphan children in the following Catholic institutions:

The St. Francis's Orphanage, 10 Blecker street.

Sisters of Charity (Gray Nuns), Granite street.

Sisters of Mercy, 46 High street.

Sisters of Notre Dame, 34 Vernon street.

Sisters of Providence, 73 Vernon street.

Sisters of St. Anne, 31 Park street.

The Sisters in charge of these respective homes also do much charitable work in visitation of the sick.

THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. Nos. 6, 8 and 10 Chatham street. Incorporated in 1885. Though organized primarily on religious lines, it is the centre of much charitable work. It provides. a home at low rates for working-girls, designed more especially for those having no comfortable home, and especially for young girls coming as strangers to the city for employment. It provides also educational and industrial classes, and contains a library, reading-room, gymnasium, directory for nurses, and an employment bureau.

Two new features of the Y. W. C. A. are the travelers' aid work at the Union Station and the vacation home at Princeton.

ORGANIZATIONS.

THE WORCESTER EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY. Rooms, 518 Main street. Organized in 1875 and incorporated 1885. This is one of the oldest charitable societies in the city, and the object of its organization, as set forth in its charter, is "the purpose of assisting needy and deserving