The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-10

sss year 2s1 chidra have been treated and cared 70
The deaths are found ",sc. ~ Fr.nos VIC ''-s ~
pitas In Paris and otoes sss,~s..,.s
There are in the Safe nine dspenssriss entirely
the cities they :1su, 1s 10 each towards Il
support Of ihese tho stso ma never ~ ov
$77c0 In ore year The return 90 100 oss n,.s.s. !.
pensartes, laat year. show that On " AS-'''- P""
sisted, To,49l were OF foreign origA v
THK NEW YORK EYE Isrn "a, q o6a n.,,.n,.
ana suoe y" ,sa yea.
exceeded exclusive Of rent $1,000 pss ann rs., a.
ministered entirely gratuitousy. Patients ~sou ar;
every county In the State have received 9atA N ~.
ad at this institution; The corps Of physiOssA in hi
3sth year Of graui.ous service Tho oomm,tses >p'.
10 the highest terms of the institution and the sA
uea ment
HOUSE on REFUGE
The STATE OF New York claims to have been drst n
inc OF hcuss OF refuge for tho 5sorns
Refuge the extent OF lis operations is the creates
reform school In tho world Established in 1884,
bouses since establshed elsewhere In lsas the State
established second Houso OF Refuge In Rochester,
reoeiviDs boy. and girls from all part. Of The STATE
the one In Rochester receiving boys only. Both strictly
parental IN their government, the managers take the
place OF the parent and educate and discipline the child,
and although they receive them stained With crime,
In full cor hdence that the sans Will be washed away
ciphne
It is sscertsned that fully 10 per cont Of tho number
are reformed and become good citizens and look back
In amer life to these houses OF mercy invoking bless ngs
on those by whose nterposon the headlong Of
their early life was stayed and turn8d into channels OF
private worth and social usefulness and Fespectabty
JAIIs AED prSrEsrAREs
The committee state that nearly oil the jals In the
State arc insufficient 10 fun the purposes contemplated
by law. Witnesses and criminals often CON dned in
the same apartment mot unfrequensly cel), and f.
makes without GENERALIZATION OF the various OF
their commitment compelled 10 associate together
committee n
eight years Of age confined In cell with two old o.
tenders, one charged with rape ana one with burglary
Many OF the jais extrems unhealthy, damp aud
notwithstanding cir offensive and productive Of disease.
There but IL as in the state in which prisoners
be classified according 70 law aud only s2in which Bibles
are provided, ~ the statutes require.
Whole number Of persons In jsils, o7S Incompetence
said to have been the cause Of three fourhs OF them
In the three pententIares Of the State there are 12
inmates, making the whole number in .i!s, Pensena-
ries houses Of refuge and warehouses. $685.
NEW YoRK AND KINGS COUNTY.
The Institutions connected with the county house in
i king: ,a ar, re the the
found In these institutions In the almshouse proper,
$50; nursery, $50; hospital 4ao; unao asylum 2os OF
$40 Foreigners and 495 native born; 424
der 10 years Of age The number OF deaths during the
period It's e.timsted hat two thirds Of the Inmates
find their way to the institutions In consequence Of intern
perance.
The hospital building is judi,ousIy arranged to eem
the wants Of such an establishment
The lunatio asylum Is fine building and the inmates
well cared for and treated. During the year las
have been admttSdone Of them four and another egot
years OF age. Ninety i've patients have been cured and
discharged during the past year o. ixteen have been
much improved No mechanical restraints used
upon the inmates but under the former keeper five
made crpples and threo Of them crpples for liie
hundred OF tho inmates exhibited upon their persons,
when the present Superintendent took charge or
violence received after their admission into the asylum
different policy nov prevails. and kindness has taken
the pGce OF chains and shackles.
STw YORK ALksHoUsE pEPARTmKNT-TuK pKSnEynARY.
The prevent number OF inmates, exclusive OF 32i in
the hospital ID ass. Whole number received last year
6i97, or whom seveptytwo per cent foreigners.
The amount paid for the support OF the pcniseny last
mAoKwnI's ISLAND HOSPITAL
Total number treated In this hospital lAst 266I
present number Is BAL Proportion OF natives last year
IVES 70 per cent OF foreigners, II per cent 80 10 per
cent were mtemporsie. The expense Of tho esa oIsh.
ment lSt year was $40 666 &c.
rurAuc ASYLUM ON BIACxwFLL'e RLAND.
This institution had the lst OF Oitooer b97 inmates
Of whom 2SS males and $40 females The average
pumSer Of PATIENTS dnsrsessis 10 he OF
Emigration Ia II, and there IS In the asylum who
were but are no longer by the LAPSE Of i've years ros
mediation and safo keeping OF the inmates, and all are
managed with Kindness. Fifty one persons, including
las, year, H. so per cen, Of The whole
number were foreigners.
There mr.. now ss7 per.on. empovea in ,b,. bou,e
rs per cent OF the number foreigners 30 males and
l6s iemass are employed in the "work shop" Tho
wages for the males arc from rs to IS cents per day and
OF tho females l2h
On tho st Of October last, there were l,22o persons
In his division Of tho Almsho Department-76 per
cent foreigners. Number received last year g. 0e8
Of whom only 10 were native citizens Deaths durisg
The year 2e' Expenses during the year SOS, csc A.
CoIoRID HoAr.
This Institution In the city OF New York, supported by
the Governors Of The Almshouse receives persons OF
color OF al ages and conditions NLmbor OF nma 2S3
Whole number received last year $685. viz the male
hospital Ill female hospital 2ee lying In and nursery
There were los deaths ana II births durag the yesr
For the bore taken OF th most rendcss class who
would ioOk In vain for RELIEF elsewhere the city In
debted TO an association OF benevolent ladies' moved 10
this peculiar work by the very hopeless condition Of
these out and neglected people TIE expenses TO
Il as tho boat medical attendance without comp, nsaon
from physicians second 10 none In ,he country.
SMALLPOX BoerTTAL.
This hospital has been recently erected 10 afford
commodaton 70 thoee who were cast upon the charity OF
The city and others able TO paw for proper attention. bus
unwilling TO expose their families 10 lis infuences II l.
believed 10 be the first hospital properly buE and orga
nized In this country for the exclusive Of smallpox
VINO Is'e n" ocen pscea Ia m ana
containing every accom- mediation whch exr~resce could
susgcst, sne viii accommodate from sixty 70 seventy
uenn
nritEvrr HoerTr.t
In tbs hosrth there are $40 patients. Admitted the
n women, 2o7 were married. IS unmarried and vidoss
~ the whole number OF deaths, 1877 have died within
i've days after their Animation, and isf from consump
&C the inmates recruited from the fed ard
purtured c'sss IN the community, united by consttu
toIs and habits 10 resr the nroa's OF disease. There
are 40 surgeons and physicians attached TO this hospital
~ Ierrens, Including nurses, are employed Expenses
the past year sso,T73 &c.
srRsERy RArDAIi's ISLAND.
Eerc are committed all the children between the ages
OF and ie averaging between 200 and ooo $50 we're
Ddenturcd last yer IS per cert Of al received here
are the children o. foreign parents The schools arc
equ. 70 the best common school, q the city. Thsre
l. 9 hosplial for children. Whole number treated
sGt year was 1900 The deaths were T2; ~ per
csrt 81 all who die here between two and dve years
- age chiefly the dsessed offspring OF ceurssed psrenu
1ncre are - tiots this nsruton receiving that par
uoJlar crre ana attention Their helpless condition re-
cures. Expenses last year So, 2io VI
rarsoS VIEW YORK.
This prton 10 under the charge Of the Governors OF
he Aims House. II contains 3t6 prisoners, 100 OF whom
females 2e2 are foreigners and 20 natives. Two
thirds, ct least are Incorporate Nearly all the women
committed for MODIFICATION. The COMMITTEES arrive
at the conciusion tni tho management Of the prison
could hardly be improved upon, and It's condition. Was
mr., s,usiseiory. Bpen,e OF the prison Astye SEA,
rs ~,
All there Institutions under the care ard govern
moni Of he Governors Of tho Aims House. They nave