Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-05-14

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hBPoRT % GRAND JuAv on Poos House
On the 10Th inst. !dsy, 1861 tie Grand
Jury visited tlAe Poor H..usc aid subjcct<d
the bu,I,iinxs, The pauper inmates, and the
rensral srr1n nRements. u . strict aud de
la,led examination. AZ result, Tie Grand
| jury desire 10 express their most earnest and
upoualitjetl disapprvval of the condition Of
this dena I tment Of the county charity. The
buiLIines are in every respect entirely IN.
s0ita biz ~. the rurp,ses for which they are
nov ,,ccupjed. Il 6e,nx.x CONSTANT feature
If our paurer syslem si.at nearly al ~.
plicalions for relief are from petsons suffer
iue with temporary or chronic disability or
d,s.ss. Il il inL,spcusably necessary that
thrre bs suitable hospital accommojasions
i0r their ur0per treatment. In the present
Poor H0,,ec NJ such accommodations ex,st,
exen in the slightest degree. The l,aul.r
in,,,.tes are huddled together; im6eciles,
idiots. fever patients, cases vi ulcers, cancers,
etc. being sll crowded into The Ssme C,,p.
mon sleeping, sitting and dining rUoms
with,,ut regard 10 ave. color. or personal
condition. The separation Of the sexes being
all the distinct,on that the li,niledspAcs wi
,nits and even this separation Is Is unavoid-
ably O., ilnper tectiy maintained, that instxn-
ces of improper intimacy sre Of continued
occurrence. In the one common sleeping
room two lodgrrs are assigned 10 each bed.
anu t,aupcrs oi the most extren,sly di-gus-
ting physical condition are thus brought
into close proximity, and even actual con-
tact, with all others. Paupers whose per
soual condition and iilthinets perCepsably
infected the atmosphere u distance # sev
erwl yards, are ocrupyiay beds whh,n but .
few fect Of patients affected with tsvrrs, re
ou,riDr the purest air and surrOianaIlue clean.
liness Uuder these circums, auces rvgUvery
IL almost impossible, and 10 consign the tick
TO such influences is but 10 hasten DEATH
Ev, ry inmate is constantly cxlNsed 70 con
,agiOn. and y sweeping pessilehce y contin.
uslly possible
In the female department the general Or.
rang,mcnt and condition is kss Objections
bic only because they are fewer innsates ol
,his clsss. Yet here, also, the sick and the
we'll. white and blAck, old age and infancy,
i,nbecillty and iJi,cy, are all iurcei to occu
py the same crowded apartments.
Throughout the entire buildings there art
no facilities for ventilation or bathing, and