Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-10-07
INFIRMARY REPORT,
Office Of Infrmary Directors, !
Augu.t z. lS5S. [

7-A Office Of Infrmary Directors,
Auguat Z, 1858.
rEo the board Of County Commissioners.
i The undersigned Directors of the Bel
mont County Infrmary submit for your consid-
erstiou the following Report:
The Belmont County Infrnary was establish
ed in April, 1880. The farm contains I53 Acres
of first class land, valued at 90 dollars per acre.
There is $50 acres under cultivation. There is
sn.orchard of rs apple trees besides some cherry
and plumb trees The buildings consist of one
dwelling house, which is built Of brick two sto-
ries high, ~ feet long, and "a feet wide, divided
by q hall in the centre, four rooms below and
,three above. The lower rooms occupied by
the Superintendant's family. To the north and
south ends of the main building are wings 'front.'
ing west. These wings are 40 feet long and
10 feet wide, and. two stories high, and contain
Il ROOMS Il feet long and ii LIZ feet wide, which
are separated from the main building by hall
ak feet four inches wide, covering width of ma in
building and continued to full length of wings
with a douole porch. These rorns are occupied
by the inmates of the Infrmary.
From the time of the establishment Of the In-
hrmary up to June, S57, 1856 males and 2l2 fe
males we're admitted into the institution. The
number remaining the 1st of June, 1857, was
81. hamber Received warrants from the lst
of June, 1857, to June 1858, Sixty one. Number
born in 1nfrmary 3. whole number l22. Mum
her OF oot-door Paupers receiving aid from the
county Treasury is I5
NUMBER discharged from lEhrmary during
past year SO. Deaths 3. Apptenticed T.
Whole number remaining ir Infrinary on the
1st of June 1858 is 62.
There hos been expended in defraying The cur
rent expences of the IniirInary exclusive of the
products Of the farm, for which orders have been
drawn upon the county Treasury, the sum of
Twenty Eight Hundred Fifteen Dollars and five
cents, which sup has been expended for the !ol-
lowing purposes, viz: Aid to outdoor paupers
S5T6 90, Groceries S}39 50; Merchandise S36i SO
Boots and Shoes Sl2s 81; Superatendant's sala-
ry $500; Physicians salary sac; Directors sslary
SI02j Travelling paupers S5l 81 IL; for brin gng
paupers to Inhrmary $50 so; for opening coal
bank and digging coal Sl3i 81 I-2; for misoel-
lapeous Sl67 IL. Total -, ,8l5 05.
RAISED ON THE FARM IN 1857.
Crops-Wheat 332 bushels; Corn $50 bushels;
Oats 402 bushels; Potatoes 400 bushels; Beans 20
bushels; Hay is tons; Apples 200 bushels.
Crops in ground on first Of June, 1883, Wheat
"a sacres, Corn % acres; 0ats4; Potatoes 3.
saves killed between the first Of June, 1857,
md the first Of June 1858, 5, average weight FIVE
hundred; number Of pounds of pork killed 6000
BELONGING TO INFIRMARY.
Horses 4: Cows I; Young Cattle 4: Hogs %;
Pigs II: one wagon; two ,harro@s, 2 cultivators;
2 shovel plows; 2 Two horse plows; four setts Of
harness; beadstsads 81; fssther beds Is, straw
beds fD comforts IS; sheets 60; pillows So chairs
80; tables 10; stands 5, safs J. ccpbVarc /, wash
ing tubs A, and wsshingpans "A.
JOHN WARD,
HUGH FERGUSON,
JOHN PHILLIPS.
Sept. ls, is5s-2t DirOctors.