, 1869-04-22
THURSDAY, APRIL ~, 1869.
pUrLIC CHARIT1FR.

PuLAAC eaAA1IlE&.
The Lrslalatura Of Illinois has recently
created IL State Board Of Charities, with
power of visitation and supervision over all
tie State institutions, including tho county
and city al.nshouses. jails and other prisons,
IL%re could be no more hene6cent legislA-
tlon. 4 majority Of our local prisons, aims
Ls'.sts and hospitals, especially the arrange
1n'n1s for the pauper insane, are disgrace
tn humanity. nni demand an early and
thorough reform. Five years nso the State
of Massachusetts created similar Board
:.nd the wisdom VI the policy is conspicu-
onsly shown on every page cf its ffth an
n''.l report, which has Just been pub
Eehel.
From this report we learn that the State
institutions ire ten in number, exclusive Of
the Charlestown State Prison. They hare
a property valuation. in land md buildings,
Of Sl.5o0.Iia, rot including furniture,
farm stock, and other matters, valued at
S5::.n0n.
Tho Worcester Insane Hospital, with an
.,ssr:gr af :'.a patients, cost. for tie ye.r,
s.1.'.';;. The Taunton Insane Hospital,
with an average NJ $50 patients, cost, for
t1:.' year. SS:;,!!S. The Northampton Hos
l.it.l for Insane, with ll3 patients, cost
slsM,,*n. Total nu,nber of patients, LICE,
TT i cost If s:25S.sll. This cost includes
I'll ordinary expenses.
The poIics Of classification Of the insane,
sud their separation by classes III detached
h;sihlings. is strongly recommended. Tie
cottage plan, as developed ut Ghscl, in Bel
s,i1m. is pronounced the hest system. The
present plan of one building, in which all
kin,!s and clAsscs Of patients aEe kept, bus
tcen abandoned everywhere Of late years.
Is. Reu.is. Of one Of the Massachusetts
hospitals. thus writes on the subject:
In England, aszllms which were rcsar,lca
',,-,, l,.' Improved hs vile departures from the
q. : ;,:;i.FoscI wed r!aas.
We 1lrt,t 4 ill1Ic:sn; class Of heuses anil more
LARK We need arrangements rh,ch will dispense
4 tie :!4o-: part, with thu nectsslt! ier tockS
l7,,< AID ha7s. with ralntso'es aal helts. and. II
{"s>, IL. "l.'a drugs. Ine4l!cnes and Sleeping
r;lghls- We need all the arrangements for the
ti.utlon and warmth. ". reed everything calcu-
lated 10 1'ral,nole the hest hegienic cont!on OF
1l,> Insane: AMI :.'s,ve ALL VIC need such lrraage-
;.+rn I" e,-rrs tnali'' and to every body placed
.."s.r Il = rare tf iflr akslNln"
IL, State Of Illinois, having recently
1r".:.!eI fur two additional hospitals for
H., Insane. this branch Of the subject de-
f.rv.s I'll. especial attention Of our Board Of
Charities 10 lock up MI the patients in
,ne 1'ril,lins. and keep the inc'rab!es and
E,It!e>s manifestations unfort'nates the
r.cit.l II whose 1,s;nishmcnts at Jnckson-
vile Lt.. thrilled every rea,1er-in the pres
t!.cr AMI henri1sy If the temporarily or pnr-
'..ilv insane, is l'ASlaTity fur which there
is II" nYs'tey. The e1perienc" of tho
world Lns l,,~n that the separation
.d patients AZ much as possible,
rist.nt with safety, il tho wisest
pf nll policies. Such IN nsylum onsh. not
tol" l'rait'l in n city Vt town, but upon n
Iar..n f,sr,l mud h1"uld constitute com.
.n'lsity hy its"lf, 1utln up. AZ 1ltnny clnsscs
It Patients as the mature Of their nillictiull
Mill require. u1.el gathering Of these iu de-
in"h"l building, where none would ever he
.,,,,i.ix',l ~ rendered incurahle l'y witness
,'.t the tHrfnl manifestations Of disorder
81, ,hc parts # ,dl,ryn.
There urt III n!,litiu,i tn these insl1lc, soy
raj hundreds III l',raI"r patients ts'ntints
IN the Stn,r Al,unsls',,H,' iii 'fcwkH',ury, i
,..aclln.ctsH. There ti,e employment ,
.l.. insane In ,nn,,,,nl lut,ur IN l..noral, M
III. Su,mri1,tc tcu,lrnt saya of It; s.
"Thr ss-t.,nnt cn,,in, ln9 thc insane III varo
na,'pi, lnaug1iratcsi isst year. }lnx i,tn c,ni,'
t."fn .1 s:s' JUST 'e" e'oee" MI" '"e null
And if ia further statol.
.,no,hcr year. experience ha, fuIiy Jn.tlns
~, ~ s ,s ~ " VI. It st;nt
=, s!a1'ulcss uni tur;.s'c, rgnrt!ln, toth the !.
,ar," n,s ~ hc,n ,hn t1nnn'r,t ron,i1'nn ~ tbn.
vino hav. performed manual labor, especially npo
~, 1.,e I'm ~ W.. .h,,s rmninystl ,1h.n riait,n
,hem have fregucAt! solicited as favor u:
u,sou IT.. farm. ''''A" 'N''>
In tho paupcr branch of the Tewksbn1
Al,nsLuuse, the ave1ngo number supporte
is41l per;ons, being mostly hopeless case
the ,.lj. tebiItated md diseased pauper,
and dasa consequence the deaths annual
average .norr thnn half tho regular numb
of inmates. Included in these deaths, ho'
ever. IS large percentage Of infant
Children are bound out to families. Tho
not bound ont a.e transferred to m instit,
tion at Monson, which is called the State Pr
mary School. In t1lissc;ool, which is attachs
TO the alu,slouse, there are 400 children a
tending Tl.ey are all paupers, M
many of them c,ippled and otherwise infrn
To this school are transferred children fro
the Reform Schools. and from the alusbous
II sEt State. The number Of adults in Il
:s.u.sLouse branch Mt Ahnson is sa3.
4, Eridgewater is another State !almshous
with farm Of .S:, acres. 1t is divided in1
an nlmshouse proper and q vorkbouse 4
criminal paupers-thus relieving the Cou
~ Jails and relieving tho almshouse.
1uniuritv If the wo1khouse inu,atcs are "
men, whose illegiti,nate children arc left
thu t.l1ushouse. The labor performed l
these inmates is annually becoming mo
productive. Tic number remaining at 4
md .f the yea. was :,.s. These fu,r n,
peS establishments had an aggregate a,l,nj
sion during the rt,.r Of :, .,s:,s different NJ
IONS. nnd II. the elise Of the year %
were remaining in them.
Another branch Of the State Institute
ar, the juvenile rcformatories. The fl
is the State Reform School Mt Wcsib,rou.
The whole number Of buys in the sch
during the year was 4si, Of VIII
81 remained ut the close Of the year. I
Stat. industrial Sch',nl fer Girls, 1T Lane
4- ;,,r,r1a1 ne ,,ra.,,f +I,a ,noct ,,cafn1