The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-14

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several physicians herewith submitted The following
table shows their aggregate service for the year,
Number of vista to patrni. .''... " 7o0s
Number OF office consultations 49,
Gunner Gunner % '' SSb
Nu,mher nur .a,,nhn,en,a 10
Number Of days treatment OF patients KEEP, from hos
pitfalls. ts,los
ALMsHoUsEs AsyLuMs.
the AGAINST sre eos to he % a
The areoo1sd who apply Tor maintenance are either as
signed to the Workhouse where they are REQUIRED labor
Out Door Poor after careful seruny into their condition
Ihe nmbor oi inmates in The alnshouses on
January 1850 was ila, one in ias OF the population
January 1861 1854, in %, Of the population
January 1870, liza one in Soa of the population
rho Legislature session. appropriated $4,000 for
the reef of such Of thu ndgen, Nina as had in The
conditions prescribed and the sum appropriated has been
To IL having children, $50 each .......SL00
70 q having three Minor children o S sloo
TO "7S having Children $40 EACH is9o
Total S2l,a5O
Besides the foresong there on Bnckwe!i's Island
houses they have separate wards, more generous diet and
better clothing than other inmates and provided with ut
The Hurse res on Rsndals Island for children
years age abandoned by parents taken up by
the police and Tor those whose parents cannot from Their
the schools estabshed by the Board
t2n ana - suitable ages are aprreneed 70 useful trades
house and place them in charge Of the female inmates Of that
institution In 1893 The erected hospital
Randas Island exclusively for infants AMI appointed in
charfe sSiu phvslsian mar9n and pad nurses since
under the udieous administration OF Dr. Dunser the rest
dent is reduced to nearly the rate o in
the statstics hospital the infants classified
Foundings aui orphans.
Mothers infants, or infants nursci by their mothers
The mortality OF foundings m
isSo WAS Is u Der cent
And AND ON Of mothers pS mans s.i IN
'i isss was vas 5 5SN Per Per cent cent.
Dr. Dnser OF opinion that The annual mortality win oe
st turthy reduced by the fu development the OF
the Commissioner.
in maintaining the Union during the late rebellion depor
able Large nnmsrs Of them are unable 70 wors because
cut pensions while diners receive pensions Tor
sral a"e la. es,ased hospitals and
be deprived Of his pension separated family
for whom the pension may be the sole means o. SUPPORT
hospitals Of the department sick and destitute citizens of
Inc east wing OF the Asylum uoi provision
% be SsO ss y f he sa %
year oil soldiers and there there Isl January 2s
There Iays worsHOass
Lido, Asylum. Randa's island there LIST
over the number on Is, of January Of the previous year
The asylum srsay @ s and vii be
The school attached to the asylum has been eneny sue
have made Dacepbe progress inen studies. The reror,
81 s Dsnpsy ae Ss CHILDREN viii BE-
The new Luna,ic Asylum WARDS Island viii be
psed and ready tor oecnpancv in July next viii con,
& o nsnr S ~. viii @ Ss %
adequate for this csss Of patients Ins capacity Of tue
committed to the of the Commissioners was on
January !, le59 ............-.'..'..... !uto
ras saa 49, he
the due is probably more by
practice Of surrep!itous bringing :. the city The insane
pc taken NY by the police REQUIRES me nnrem,ans at
residences Of the foreign insane return them whence
they we're brought the asyiuns would he filled with
patients who claim on the public charities OF the
nnrcpased and The school essbhed IN The autumn Of that
year There have received board s 20 the h
Of January 55 of whom have shipped
sssnt service on 1 oas The NsTeu,
n @ n from sse ac Of IT,. near, w s
whole number acquired the skin rank ordinary
esoo at srt. Is and waiting .he dseh.rse present
There have been Industrial School Hart.
Island the is OF january 2 boys ne aces OF
pursuing ther studies or empoca IN lsh labor VA boys
rue n sare r prov en or The custody u
At the Tomos or Era, psre, Prison The nsess
sha,ss with or convicted Of sssvs crime,
thor,es city The prison has been twice presented 10
The Sy sn Of The sapa s 81 % "ma
i ,he care OF lao p,ones hut az ono period
OF whom held FOR trial convicted Of murder and
h9r ssp' na Prison ns Of a @
confinement Of persons may be erected amore ana
The worsho9se for custody warrant and disord.ry
soss were Ss co anS curing he
whom there e9"n 1 sa *, Of @
number o. for %ps ss g
Of he peace The law imposes penalty $40 upon every
person n The public streets, and N default dcI
Mary q the 20 committed are stranger: In
n,ed IN that report whether jus. punish BY imrri.
sonmen occasional Or accidental & ana ee ns
their led them to believe that while the
Is the caasc Of suffering wholly ncommensnrste with the
the loss %, Sa Sa Of
person the streets to the police station
p1"i for s the csSce Other hand the punish
men, Tor has.us s oS.s a
arnnSsrd They by the magistrates clons in
ss ss dess"sh. w,A TSey must
se ssa sy ns ens Of labor Of
they released 70 be IN CIV GAYS ssn
.aS. hsr h sg hsspts BE-
expensive or Intellectual means Oh reioaon man W "a"
'''~o''"e' prSIrwsrrARy
In their last annual report the Commissioners recon-
mendsi the removal Of rsniena,y % iiar,s Island
vide additional the increasing number OF psoner
Though twothrds of the prison are for males mas gse
TO the limited area OF he
female prison. The proximity OF the Pcntenary 20 e
numbers of visitors daily to the hosam
and asylums the island render difficult 10 prevent COM
muncation with the prisoners wnen AZ WORK Inc IA am,
the exhausted and the means OF cut
poyment Of discipline will then be seriously diminished
Harts Island Ia In respect more eligible sie
mile from the shore and sixteen mics from tne cy
healthy, and with OF the Industrial School, ~
the extremity Of the ssnd unoccured The of re-
moving the structure from acKweis Island would DO ia
considerable FOR could be done oy tue LABOR OF the pr
soners.