New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-14

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ony say ths. if child can survive month of tina
,sphere, tire present generation win never s,ten,
the funera al OF that bsby for hipg kill it. Sh
has two children, I6a May and Simeon Draper; the,
wege rot looks sckiy, and seemed as clear ss CIR
cuustsnces COZ { allow.
Caikarine GE!isaa, No. 32a Eda 7lir.sssh ssrect =
She has two children Serena Nolan and Mary Coltnsn
| they appear to be well cared for.
Maria A,mou-, No. 299 East Thirteenth street-Us
! one child, John McMshos by name, 20 mouths old
drtv ,ro ct. estng beefsesk and screaming b,weer
uourhfuls We'l enough on
NJ, Ero,, No. J. 81 Thiny-tGird strcet-Mrs. Frost
the Visiting Muse Of th,' Department, has five child
ren under her care. The, ore wen taken os'e OIL
Their names are Lemuel Hin III 'oiue'u' Andersoo'
Sarah Amos, Mary Stspton and }, vi e''ck.
Mrs. Gordon, No. lsi East TAL Y'st1A street
This muse has ,ix children under hei eua'se' tnsy
seem TO be well taken care Of Tneir VINES are
Msrg.ret Cusack, TismeDs Cooper, Jebn bryan'
Msry A. Banchard Rachel Ann Cutter and Ere, 'sf'ck
FIrnegan.
On the whole the investig alton, so far as Il went,
dscoeed notIirg Of any very great importance. Only
twenty.styen children were seen, while the whole
rumter oder the charge OF this department is about
two hundred. II accept the stsiement OF the
officers that the cases limited fair samples OF the
whole ard that the average Of cases in which children
are neglected and abused is greater than in the list
above reported we must conclude that toe case which,
some dsys SINCE called forth our remarks was an
extreme though not isolated one. Wes on Satdr-
dav the child that was formerly in the care of Mrs.
CsIloek and that had sucked its arm" until the
surface wss raw and bloody and though that untoItu
pae infant is row in better hands, IT ia still, the most
emscsted miserable, falnishei object ever had the
mistoItune to look on.
Several Of TIE other infants were in condition OF
health nearly as wretched, being nothing but puny
skeletons of what children should he, cingng TO Life
by the merest spark of vitality In all these cases the
stow Of each Of the is of course that this state
of things was existing from the very birth of the babe,
or at any rate that il when she received 1t. ~
s equally impossible for them TO verify or us to dls
prcye this assertion; all If in hs dark We have only
vague suspicon the side Of those desiring to inves
gate opposed to positive assertions on the part OF
those who might chance to be harmed by the results
Of III expostion.
When a child is given out to nurse, It's name and
probable age are recorded but note is taken of its
condition of heat and it is therefore utterly mposs
bic in very many cases. when it is discovered that an
infant is wasting and declining, to decide whether the
decline is owing to neglect the part of the nurse,
or to coneenital causes. Doubtless, many OF
them are pupy, sickly, diseased things when brought
INTO the world and for the heah of such "a these no
nurse can be held responsible. But, on the other
hand il is eq 1aly incontrovertisbe that many are
killed every year by the druggirg aud neglect OF
nurses who care for nothing but the securing OF the
miserable pttance received frsm the Alms-House De-
pertinent.
We think this state Of things can be much bettered
even under the present Of doing business, but
we do not believe it possible utterly do away WITH
Gil deception and abuse the part of the nurses, until
a thorough refoi m is inauguraed, and new sys,em
established, the leading feature of which shall be q
more liberal com pensaton to the outdoor nurse.
Under the present management Of the Ten Govern
os nurse is allowed one dollar per week for the care
OF each infant tn h ntrused to her care Tne Depart
uent also provides clothing for the young ones OF
decent ard comfortable description, and in quantities
anply sufficient to meet all their wants. No one nurse
/. iutrasted With more than six children at once, as
rule though Mrs. Frost has bad, az one tune, seven.
The usual number s one t~o 1t is hardly necss-
sary TO set forth how utterly insufficient is the
paltry sum of one dollar week to
nav for the care aod the trouble OF
nursing aud tskiDg care of young infaot. La some
Dstsnces the purse will become attached TO her little
charge snd will treat il WITH all the tenderres and at
te ton which che would bestow babe OF her own
But these cases rare OF course, that they
are not 10 be taken into consideration when discussing
a plsn for properly providing for these poor waits.
The rule must govern, not the exception. In some
other instances a woman will take five or six children
at once and for the thus realized she can afford
to devote the greater part Of her time TO their care and
thus her charges will probably be az well rested As tbs
average number Of the children Of people in the poorer
classes Bot in other and Is TO be feared in the ms
ory Of cases. the nursing of these uufortunates
pur,lv me,eepary matter and is undertaken because
w.rt presses and even the miserable dol ar week
viii be of some eight avail to keep the wolf from the
coor IL is not a libel human nature to suppose
that in these az in other business transactions the
uuwlingness TO render moro service than the money
vii re remunerste should prevail we must not, there
fore Judge there nbumsn If they do try to get
Along with their babies with little trouble possible,
ard If. in order to further this end, they re-
Fort TO opiatss in forns more less mild.
That they do this cannot be deuisd. Macy OF hess
bspless b.bes are kept in state Of semi pescton
nearly all the tme by Of cheap cordals' and
"ehIirs," that they may not be troublssome.' Tlos
mspy of them die every year, mediciosd out OF the
world, ard stsr all the blame lies not hsf go nesviy
on the guorant, unscrupuous nurses, a. on those
,ficsls wDose nggsrdy policy renders necessary the
empoyu ent of 80 ignorant and 60 unscrupu'aa.
II cannot be ested that dollar per week snoud
purchase the faithful attention Of competent nurse,
and the cases must even be rare where tle persons
who a Undertake the party for that scsnty pttance,
are either competent Trustworthy. The remedy for
ttir greet evil is nanfesy to increase the price paid