New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-20

rssses Of tee insane poor into .beir ssrs,,
hcuvs. Yet, ths .us Co1misE,,s, NJ
great ~ are ths evils Ct the tcen,so h,a,..
.,s no, 90 grea. IS the DAGGER AID en-. ,or, -
leaving tho.e p,rpeS aluos. uDcrsl k,,
hoy,,s In tie latter s5out 700 lsa,s,. WI
presen. curfred. At 6r,. tie lcEls, M
xorkhc uses were restricted b III. ...,,.'
.uch psuper luna.ics e. requiged itl. ra, g.
oroi,sry scccuuodsticn. and w.r. a,.,.
.,ocist;rs With the ether irms:e1 W.,
the s,s.suNy of ob.Ar ING sdniisoa for dec
poor into properly rssul.sed .pluns. wa -
motives Of psrsimopy, the psrocaiA b,vI,
uore ard mere Transforming The worisOc,. -
lupscc nJums. but into @y.um, wsus,, a.
,t.tp6srce, tao trssGea! And tie su,,,s..
which form ee principal safeguard Of p..sx, a
tsusi in ass lurs regularly eoa.ti,g:ed. No..
the larger porkhOuses have lans.i. ward, ,,..
irO from 30 to l20 inusea Tie w,rd, A.
gloomy snd unprovided WITH Any mssas %, o.,
raiop exercise or amussu.nt Tia .st.,....
fcr tse mos. par. are paupef .cmstes D..a, "a
fitted for tie charge impcsd uPOr tssr. n,
di., ssseptia above sveIythir. else hns s,.,,.,
object, Of mental disease, rarely e1eeeas a "a,
case tbs, SLOWED tor the hes'tAy AID sNssslt
uustes. Heoce, i. iss nstuI,l result hG iso.
ton In vcrshouses not OILY detsriorsle, taa S,,
cf hsruss imbecilty fcr which it wn srs,s,
intended. b.. IA, the tendency 70 serde' s,ts,
.ad perraai isut csses thst migas have zeal
early care. The decisive priicple fcr tie Bxi
Of GusI6isDs is economy.
According to Law, the insane psiper shos. On
At fret urder the care Of the distiic. parish
econ. who Is bound to give notice to ths regr.
oacers, by whom communication is to be nh.
the uss sistrs.e, upon whose order they ara tL
CONVEYED 10 the ssy'um. In fact these pto,,.
are d;sressr5ed altogether The pauper ls,.s.
,e in the fir.t il stance hurried into the worth h,,.
there to be permsaenty detained, il found 70 4.
msr,eeable. The recommendation Of Ii. Con.
nia!cners in Lunacy, during their vata u n,
warehouses, Of removing 10 the ssylums d.
mstes considered 10 b. durable, or to be srrsl
70 treatment uDsuited to their state is sssl,
outweiehed by the repoI. Of the medical otws
the Union. TO the effect tsst ths psteat Is "Ar,
less" What tie workhouse rcomuodsSo.
msy be understood from tie following ilu.tnscs
desc-;bed in the last Lunscy Report a. "fs.ltss
exhibiting the general chsracte,is.aO Of woa
house accommodation:
In the In6rmary Asylum of Norwich lie we'd, Il
even The sick and feeble patients were II
Tha Jnnr, nf rtaar .,caU .,...
Of stone. There were no water closets The urt
watch on the male SIDE had been dscOatnsa
There was great deficiency Of blankets, Of bsa
ing, Of fsnnels, Of wsistcosts, Of washing bsan
Ct chairs of plates, Of spoons and Of dining scc0a
modation The ventilation was bad. We aask
Neither WAS there any faith to be put in What h
outward appearance, might have been taken fer d.
proysment. 1t was discovered, for example, tAa
refersr Ce TO considerable number Of bsds cccuplk
by dirty ptisns, the practice exists of remoyinstaAa
n the morning and OF substituting, merely ios sks
durirg the day clean beds Of better spYeuascs b.
mesrs Of sh eets ard tlsrk Il, pacsd hs bdsSsds
which were regularly taken ssay at night ndtsen
| .eror bed replaced.
Take, as another example, the Blackburn wat
house
"Ihs day rcoms on the ground dDor, occupisds
he m,u, are small, o~, gi9ony ard dirty, and h
fpace containing II patients is much taken up by ~.
eral hesvy chairs IN which the patients are ooa6ssi
by means of straps, and large, projectics 6ragaG
TITO Of:he women On the upper floor, are also mnN
crowded, and one which is used alec a. bsdfconl
has large potion boarded of a. a pnyy; and 10
beds are placed close together, without any space y
tween them. A bedroom containing ID male psfAe1
was olose and offensive. Tne room 10 y feet oas u
feet 10 inches wide and feet inches high, thus a.
lowing 2.39 cubic feet fer each patient The es~
throughout are Of straw and no 0lher descrpesnu
provided for sick or bed-ridden patients. Ths css
were generally much soi,ed and &c aiked by tes rsf,
irCn laths Of the bedstesds. The care cf the pSa
seems to be Chiefly left to the patients. lsgsrs
Der of ;ae patients srs dirty ia their habits, whoa
mainly 10 be attributed TO the want OF proper CAV
sid attention. Very few chamber utensils are W
yided, and tub is stated to bs placed IN the cenMa
the ,arge dormitory fer the use Of the male pssa1
The grayeed wards IN which the patients WAX sn"
for .ach se1. surrourded b. high walls, and ytsM
seats. The largest CT these . a feet longi Pile
: inches wide and the smallest s! feet py W.
nches. cell in cce Of the yards Is occ sssoasr
.or secudirg excited pstents 1t - entHey pn. ~,
s.ore, and has small, squsre opening iof y. .as -
SOU Of light with iron bars let IN 70 prevent sos
of the paint, but without either shutter cssus.
a large -tray bed vas on tue ioor and hessJs.SS -
in cne corner Of the rooD Complete control o ~. y.
depart Hent is il tie hands OF al attendsns sss - -
nurse; the master seldom lntereres WITH tash ~.
dces he nspect this - closely as Nc oos pS VIZ
paIts OF tle workaouss.'
1t would be too loathsome even to give exusS
from the Commissioners report on the st. raae"
Workhouse at London, sort of low Pandemonri
Generally 'Rsking, there are ieE English sss'
which, at the side Of the lunstie wards In W
workhouses, would not appear boudOn, and VIZ
the treatment received BY the quadruPeds ng ~
be called sentiraental when compared to ths: o. a'
poor insane.