The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-01-13

w utl llku uVSISC w capacity uWN NcIN WbON
OF them can be qualified 10 earn their own sub
sistence aud nearly all can be trained to habits
Of neatness aud ptopricty. The whole number
of idiots ia the State, is reasonably estimated
At about 1000, OF these 800 are OF proper
eye to receive Instruction. In the Asylum re.
Gently opened for their reception, there were at
the commencement Of the present year, Is, there
were received during the year 22 there were
discharged, 6; there are absent =; he number uu-
der instruction at the commend cement OF the pres
ent year was 2e; the average number maintained
at the States expense 20. The expense of the year,
excluding the cost Of permanent improvem ants
has been S3 Si5 67. The average annual ex.
Prnse of each pupil was 1892 80. When the
Institution is full, the average expense of each
pupil will OF course BE- less. and will not exceed
the average cost of each inmate of the other
ASylums. The question OF the permanent eS.
tsbliShment aud location OF the Institution
should be promptly decided, If decided affirm
stively, provision should BE- made for the pur-
chase, either OF the property in which il is TEN.
porarny established, or of some other site
After careful consideration Of all circumstances,
think it my duty to recommend the irst of
these alternatives as most judicious and most
economical.
Deaf mutes constitute another class for whose
education public provision must necessarily be
made 70 our State belongs the honor of first
recognizing this principle; and nearly thirty
years have now elapsed since her asylum was
first opensd to these untortuultcs. The mum.
Der now in the State is estimated at 200, OF
t.ese, more than onc-thirl have received in
struction in the Asylum, aud probably another
third are of suitable age for admission Ol this
latter number 100 are in actual enjoyment o its
benefits, while $50 are necessarily excluded
The number admitted during the year vas 80,
and the same number was discharged. The ex-
pens s of the Institution paid by the State du-
ring the last year were $2l, III 81. The aver
0Ce cost Of each inmate was Sl4l. The I'M.
por'n"uv &C adding to the Instruction in this
Asylum proper training tor some industrial
occupation as we'll rs the necessity of some FUR
ther provision for those whom its limited ca
pacities exclude from admission, will doubtless
engage your serious consideration.
Another class whose situation enlists the
warmest sympathes of every feeling heart, and
invokeS ireslstibly the providrnt htneVolenCe OF
the St,te, is the Blind The total number of
this class is estimated to bs $40. OF this mum
Der about 300 are of the proper aud legal age
for admission to the Asylum. OF these about
sixty have either already received its benefits or
are thought by their friends too young TO be
sent 10 il; leaving l40 who should be under in
structicn, There were in tho Asylum last year
100; there were admitted or re-admitted during
the year 2S the whole number under its ia
struction up to its close was l05, The average
number in daily attendance was 81 The ex-
penseS, excluding 80 800 for permanent improve
menls, were $l3,3S7 % allowing an average
outlay for each inmate of near Sll2.
1t thus appears that the whole number of py r
son, rendered iuGrm and dependent by defective
or diseased organization is 6,040 that of these
30lO are i'll conditions requiring provision for
them in public or private institutions; that Sl7
are actually in the State Asylums, leaving 2, 1873
unprOvided for, except 80 lar as they may find
relief in county infirmarieS or private families
that the average number constantly in the asy-
lumS through the last year was S3i; that the
total cost to the Stale of their maintenance du-
ring the wear was Sil2Sll0; that the cost OF
each inmate for the year was &l5i; that tu
provide for those needing, butmot now receiving
the benefits of the akylums at the same rate
would require an annual additional expenditure
of 1887 722, making an aggregate annual outlay
of 1856, 81 and that these estimates are ex.
elusive of in crest, abOHt 1886 900, on the capi-
tall aboul 1900, 900, invested in the existing asy.
lums, and Of The yearly cost Of perninent i'm
pruvements, which was last year about Sl3000
and of the capital yet to be invested in new
sites and structures, aud OF the interest upol
| that.
! No one desites more earnestly than that The
General Assembly may fully discharge The obi
people, to the chIlIrcn of sorrw. The duty o
! fulfilling them is clear and the benefits Of ii
! performances evident. The social condition o
no people caa be what it should 5r,whiIe clds
| of gu tlrss and helpless victims OF physical o.
mental disorder remains unre lieved. Nor is II,
duty Of relief less imperltively detected b. con
slerations OF economy, than by considerations
of philanthropy. The dependent nlirm must b
sustained by sUciety in some form. The only
choice is between modes And how much bet
ter that mode which raises 50 many OF then
/ from depths Of helplessness and wretchedncss
aud makes them seIi-supportiug and even uselu
members OF the community, 'haa that other mo Il
which wastes resources in litluI aud nadequdt
relief, drops its wretchsd obi 'cts in their sores
need and iuhicts upon society the moral an,
social evils necessarily resulting from the pres
cnce OF such class neglected in its midst.
The statements have subm tied are designe,
to set clearly before You the nature aud magni
inde of the evil, for which you are called upoI
to provide IA remedy. They will perhaps, con
vince you of the necessity OF restoring the poll
adopted at the opening and pursued Tor twely
years in the administration of the Asylums, o
requiring that the cost OF mainena in them b
betrayed by the parents or guardians OF tho in
ina tes, in cases where the circumstances Of III
parties fully Justify ii. They Will, | thin
also satisfy YOU OF the expectancy OF encourdge
ment. By law. to the establishment OF orvat
intirmaries aud A'ylums.in in which there is Tsaso
to believe many will be mainained By tL"i
own means or by relatlves, and friends, and tia
Others noecing help from the State, Ca a, IN man
cases, he provided for at much less than th
present cost They will also,it may b. hoped
rccommeni 10 all entrusted with the adnhlistH
ton of thrs- Institutions, the duties OF ecouom
in expenditure aud vigllancr in oversight.
Mtuy individuals OI the CLASSES partially pIt
yid-d Tor in the State As,iuias, so inmates O
the County lnirmarcs This hc' impaHs add
tloual force to the general considerations whic
suggest further legislation fDr The rqUlatiOn ,
these Institutions regrel thtl the Commission
er appointed under the ac' ofyo r pre- oceSSor
t9exlmin~ the ports roqu'r.G b. i',anl Nr1pur
q bll for the better endowment rerll i'ipn du
mau0g"m m,nt Of luGrntrtes has ~ yet bea ul
able 10 fulf the duty Imposed by BIS appoiu
'nent trust however, thit tn or-plratl'
o, u ptOptr bill, aul tive n1C s-,rY i,gislau'