Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-01-07

ihG1r own SuDSlbbRuess Mn0 ASAIAy oA S1u
be trsined TO habits of neatnsss and pro-
priety. The whole number of idiots in
the State is reasonably estimated at about
1000. Of these, 500 are Of q prope. age
to ~recsive instrnction. In the AsyIan.
recently opened fer the reception, there
were, at the commencement of the pres
ent year, Is; there were received during
the year %; there were discharged 3:
there are absent g.; ths number under in
stru .tiou ct the commencement OF the
present year, was &c; the average num-
Der maintained At the States expense GO;
the expense Of the year, excluding the
cost OF permanent improvements has
been 81, 81. The average annual
expense of zach pupil. was 1892. 30
When the Institution is full, the average |
expense Of each pupil will of of course
be less, and viii not exceed the average
cost Of EACH inmate of he other Asylums.
The question of the permanent establish
nleut and location of the institutional
should be promptly decided. If decided
afirmatively, provision should be made
for the purchase, either of the property
in which it is temporarily established, orr
of some other site After careful con-
sideration OF all circumstances, [ think
it nv duty e recommend the first Of
these alternatives as most judicious and
most economical. ..f. g4
Deaf mntes constitute another class
for whose education public provision
must necessarily be made. To our State
belongs the honor of first recognizing
this principle; and nearly so years have
now elasped since her Asylum was first
opened to these u~nfoItunates. The mum
Der now in the State is estimated at Ii
300. OF these, more than ene-thira have
received instruction. in tho Asylum, and
probably another third are Of suitable.
age FOR admission. Oftlsis latter mum
Der $50 are in actual enjoyment OF its
benefits, while $50 are necessarily exclu-
ied. The number admitted during the
year was So, and the same number was
discharged. The expenses of the Insfi-
tuition paid by the State daring the last
year were SEl.177.9 81. The average cost
Of each inmate was SI4I. The impor-
tanee of adding to the Instruction. int
Asylum proper training for some indus
trial occupatien. as well as the necessity
of some further provision for those whom
/ it's limited capacities exclude from adj
mission, will doubtless engage your Sc
rious consideration.
Another class whose situation enlists
the warinest svtnpathies of every feeling
1 heart, and Finrokes irresistably the prov
ident b~enevolence of the State, is the
Blind. otFhe total number Of this class
is estimated to be $40. OF fhis number
about 200 are of proper and legal age for
admission 70 tho Asylum. OF these "a
bout go have either already received its
benefits, or are thought by their friends
too young to be sent 10 it; leaving 40
i who should be under instruction There
were in the Asylum last year 100; there
were admitted or re-adinitted during the
year 28 the whole number under its IN
struction up TO its close was los. The
average mum Der in daily attendance was
81. The expenses, excluding $4,000
for permanent improvements, were $l3-
3S7,85, showing an average outlay for
each inmate of neal $142.
/ IL thus appears that the whole number
of persons rendered iafirm and dependen t
by detective and diseased organization is
1 $500; that of these 1910 are in condi-
"A ions requiring provision for them in pub
lie or private institutions; that SAT are
actually in the State Asylums, leaving
2,I93 u~nprovided for, except so far as
they may lind relief in County Infirma-
ries or private families; that the aver
age number constantly in the Asvlums
through the last year war 8S4; that the
total cost TO the State of their mainte-
nance during the year was S12S, $40;
that the cost of each inmate Tor the year
was S154; that to provide for those nee
ding, but not now receiving, the benefits
of the Asylum, at the same rate wonld
require an annual additional expenditure
of $685., 1922, making an aggregate an
nual outlay of 1856, 1872: and that these
estimates are exclusive of interest, about
$50, 600, on the capital, about $780,
900, invested in the existing Asyluins,
and of the yearly cost of permanent i'm
proven tnts, which was last year about
S13, 600; and of the capital ytt to be in
vested in new sites and structures, and OF
the interest upon that.
No one desires more earnestly than
that the General Assembly may fully
discharge the obligations assumed in the
Constitution by the whole people, 10 the
children of sorrow. The duty of fulfill
ing them is clear, and the benefits OF It's
performance evident. The social condi-
ton of no people can be what it should
be, while a class Of guiltless and helpless
victims ofphysical or mental disorder re-
mains unrclieved. Nor is the duty Of re-
lief less imperatively dictated Ivy consid
atoms Of philanthropy. The dependent
infirm must be sustained by society in
some form. The only choice is between
! modes. And how much better thatmoit
!, which raised SO III my of them from depth
of helplessness and Indebtedness, ane
makes them self supporting and ever
uteful.
! The statements / have submitted arr
Designed to set clearly befor c you the ma:
ture and magnitude Of the evil, for which
you ale called upon to provide a RENE
dy. They will. perhaps. convince 20,
of the necessity of restoring the policy
adopted at the opening, and pursued fol
twelve years in the administration of ths
Asyluins. OF requiring that the cost o
maintenance in them be betrayed by tlls
parents or guardians Of the inmates, ii
cases where the circumstances of The
parties justify it. They will, 1 think,
also satisfy you of the expediency Of en-.
couragement. by law. to the establish
n,ent of private In6rmaries and Asy-
lums, in which there is reason to believe
many will be maintained by their own
means OF relatives, and friends, and that
: others. needing help from the State, can,
in many cases. be provided for at much
Il less than the present cost. They will
also. it may be hoped, recommend to ali
entrusted with the administration Q fthesc
a Institutions, the duties of in
!. expenliture and VIGILANCE in oyer.sicht