New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-08
The Committee then detail their visit 10 the Infant
JIoy,,i,ol an Wnrd's Island ~ follows:

Hospital ON Wards Island ~ follows:
II was custom 20 send foundlihg~ ana abhhuonrd
Infants md Infants whose mother were unable e. Work,
10 the Alnsliuuses where the niait "li.O mother
were committed TO The care OF the iemAlc inhicS IL
appears however from the rcport OF the Commissioners
that the mortality among the Infants without m9,hriS
was always per cent. aud cxcuing those hdotd rom
time 10 time an inai seldom survived year Tue Com.
nssioners III 1906. decrease this mortality erablShti
"A separate hospital ana hl"'Hteh - IuaI,"n npi plu
nurses TO charge. The change. although lrrcepilht,
was entirely satisf"ctory The CohinsNohrrs men
Introduced June 1867. the wetuursr kyrt.h' ny trims-
frtiug Of the wctur,eS Ia Tie nihlt hosplh ih
ths rolomcng the Infants IT became necessary
transfer Them, temporarily, 10 PoIhh "i me iepil
transfer will continue until the Infant Hospital now IN
course Of erection Randas leland H. completed the
number of infants now ut the ho'pthi Il 9iS hhn mo
average mortality IL about 20 per cent Your 1onnllre
examined this Institution very thorouchly Inc lh,nns
room by tlonselyes Thesc hopeless cnseT ARE mostly
those from weeks old aud upwatl picked up III lio
streets Of the city by the police They are fohd grhet-
ally starved or halffrizen condition several 0 ,noSo
by the Committee were IN dying Stale Inc o"'
nlSsOiers receive an avcrag" from Two 10 ihfe M
fantsdaily. Your Committee found the rooms c9hino
dious well aired aud clean ana snlr1 %,tn n ,,, 'no
Each has charge Of Two Infants whom she NURSE
After again compmcnting the commissioners ne
Committee give account of their visit To tandals
Island including childrcns nurseries ana hospitals,
and the Asylum for Juvenile Ia OTIS. Tho nulnbr oil
children in the nurseries on anuaiy was 30 lhey
are educated until they are bound out TO trades or
other pursuits. The character of every applicant iOr
a child is carefully examined by the commissioners
before the child is bound out Ont of over one thou-
sand children sent West by the Commissioners, not
more than five six have turned out bad lhe 1000
and garments of the children on the Island are OF
GOOD quality, the dormitories are comfortable ana
well ventilated and the beds clean and well supplied
with clothing Everything was in the best OF order
In the Childs Hospital there were 80 inmates Every
thing was right in this department About GO idiots
were in the Child's Lunatlc Asylum school ZOE
the education of juvenile idiots Is III operation win
good results. -,
1900 drunkards, Migrants. and disOrderly persons
we're found in the workhouse The cleanliness and
admirable system OF management Is commended.
The hospitals for cpileptcs ana paialrltlcs are
praised. az is also the gymnasium Tor eptpuc per
sons. The inmates of the Lnnac Asylum proper mum
bered gl7 PERSONS The building N much crowded,
there being properly room for not more than 52l pa
tients. The Committee recommend that the accom-
modations he increased The hospital Tor incnrabes
was also visited. The number of patients was "a.
Everything was correct. The alins-hOuses next
claimed the attention of the Committee. The in
mates consisting OF those who from old age or last
ing nrmties unable to earn a livelihood, num-
Der 242 Ablebodled persons applying for relief are
supplied through the Bureau for the Relief of the
Out Door Poor or are colnitted 10 llle W3rknosr;
old and infm The wards were clean and well ven
tlated and the inmates were comfortably cared for.
There were 475 prisoners IN the Penitentiary, di-
yided into three CLASSES. according TO gravity of
crime. Although subject to the same rules IN respect
TO discipline they work in separate gangs and eat mt
separate tables and each prisoner occupies separ-
ate cell Those who have not been guilty of felony
are exempt from wearing the distinctive dress of the
Penitentiary. The COMMITTEES find the condition OF
the building admirable. and the cells neat and clean.
There were .053 patients in the Charity Hospital,
and the institution found in good condition. The
medical department OF the Island is composed OF
young physicians, graduates of the various colleges
in the country. who are not admitted until they have
passed an examination. number of the best ply
scians in the city give their attention and advice
free of charge. The Asylum for the Blind was found
in excellent order The Morgue visited. or the
bodies received during the past year. "a were reeog'
nized, and 81 were buried without recognition: The
institution is pronounced O success. of the Bureau
for Outdoor Sick, connected with Bellevue Hospl-
gratuitously relieving the sick and in preventing
them from coming into the public institutions Belle
yue Hospital is efficiently managed.
The City Prisons were next visited Essex ana
Jefferson Market Stations were found in good condi-
ton. The Committee further report:
The first district prison 1.-THE Tomhsj completed In
the year with provision for the confinement nj 100
prisoners though the average number Tor that year was
about So The Commissioners report that In the year
1866 the average number was &c., aud during the month