428 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



During the latter part of the summer a roof garden built on the roof of 

 the dispensary building was opened for the use of small children, and many, 

 on bright days, took advantage of this auxiliary. 



The dispensary clinic is in charge of a physician, who is present at the 

 dispensary daily, except Sundays and holidays, for about two hours. In May, 

 when the work began to get heavy, a neighborhood woman was employed to 

 help with the children and distribute the milk. Later in the summer the need 

 for more professional service was felt, and an- arrangement was made with 

 the Instructive Visiting Nurses' Association by which the dispensary had the 

 entire use of the services of a nurse for three months. This nurse, in addition 

 to helping in the clinic, visited cases needing attention outside of dispen- 

 sary hours. 



Appended to this report is a copy of the constitution of the present organi- 

 zation, the separate reports for the five months^ and a copy of a circular 

 distributed to mothers in southwest Washington, giving some simple and 

 plain instructions in the care of infants. 



Would it be amiss, in closing, to strike a more personal note? 



The writer wishes to bear witness to and express his great appreciation of 

 the untiring efforts of his two associates [Mrs. J. P. S. Neligh and Miss 

 Eugenia Bray] on the original board of management of the dispensary. 

 Without their wise counsel, their never-failing patience, and ready encour- 

 agement in the face of adversities, and their ever willingness to take upon their 

 own shoulders the greatest burden of the work, the dispensary could never 

 have had an existence, the great work it is to-day doing would never have 

 been begun, all our efforts, indeed, would have come to naught. 



Respectfully submitted. 



WM. J. FBENCH. 



