, 1873-01-21
THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION.
Annual Report of the Board Of
Inspectors.
The Class Of People Sent Thcre...IIoW
Employcd.-.Cost Of Main.
tennnce. Etc.

Tho Board OF Inspootora Of tito House OF Cor
rection submitted their first annual report to tho
Council Inst evening. Subjoned ia m abstract
| OF tho document:
| The construction Of tho HOUSE Of Correction was
ateuoss Of tho old city prison. formerly known as tho
Dridowell and ls chiefly intended as place TOR tho
dnanceu Of tho city, md who unablo to Pay such
fines as imposed upon them. othor prisoners may
Board to make contracts for tho Of prisoners
yictcd Of crimes nnd insemcanora u my county in
T so y Essnsa them tt
ordinances are ,mprsonod ono day for
them, or until discharged by lilo payment Of baauco
due, or by appeal OF otherwise. al others ,lst bo
sentenced for definite periods Of tme not less than
thirty days each.
gust 1e1l y the transfer Of TIC city prisoners from
managed by tho Comptroller Of tho city and the Bride
well oomnltoo q tle Common Councl until SEPT. il
man, lion. John Q. H4iues, Louis Wall, Eaq., and
Colonel Q. q. Hammond, as board Of Inspectors,
took charge Of It, Thy system under =, which i hesl
dry following Is ta fiscal affairs wero managed By tic
Comptroller until that date, the Hoard did not thiuk II
sad i Lad receipts to rspo.t. Al the opening q
tho pranon there wero transferred from tho Bridewe
e As 70 t. De- III sulve s
CHARLES E: Felton,. having boon y appointed By tho Tho
ruiee wore adepted or the government q ia oa!csss
instttution aud periodically examined into It's manage
men giving directions as to its Industries, and caro-
fully Watching the progress of gil its works.
for the Inmates, and rcalizin8 tho difficulty Of
obtaining employment for th9 Class Of prtsoncrs
brick as hp most nvlfnto industry. Other cm1}oy-
ment for the males was aoloited but tho manufact-
and nearly all of them had becn employed.
After referring to tho snperntoncntH report here
tender ago often convicted complaint Of their
p1ace for them. Thoy frequently showed edonco Of
. ssa po Avn cI nsr
Some more waits, without homes frleuds and
should DO sent to the State Reform School, Or different
no t. b. Hs9v fSr tSn % ao
DOORS md were permitted to gro" to majority without
moral reatralnt and education, thoy would become
usually Constitute tho younger portion Of Tho male aid
fonao inmates, md generally bear tho strongest o-
nsgsi o9 b,
order, and tho atmosphere Of the premises indicated
number Of inyAids reported the result Of dis
sipated habits prior 70 fmprsonment. Tho City
I'll a1Ct1ts, Df. JoHn tucf SjHea tho prison pCr1o1
icaiy, and when called by tho Superintendent There
but eleven deaths during tho year. out Of pop-
lation averaging nearly 400, which was sufficient to
show that all Tho aick mud complaining Ind boon prop
Tbs @ expenditures for tho year ,Eoro : Jan. is to
ia'sf ma,fh ~ " rs April to Dec. 81 sa5'o
Tho cash receipts woro for aundries credited to
House Of Correction fund, sl5 81 executions COL
$29,616.b7.
There wa also duo and unpaid for earnings Of tho
year, 1851 .0j Increase Of Inventory valuation of
!tema Of general expense on hand Doc. 81, 1872,
ss % IT, to s.s ss sses sss q 81? nd
oonstsueon fund }or any q Tue improscnents mada
ditto Of tho Board assuming charge Of the insaon.
for security and comfort wore aeKg aud It had boon
the wish Of tho Board to na1o oil necessary improve
men msns % with as uttlS aolsy aa was consistent
boen been made waH readiy ttis noticcab1s 's and TIC the
expense created had been entirely satisfactory.
other improvements were for the coming
year They would bc made at M expense Of materia1
a6r ss 9X IN III as neas to
that under tIe former system Tho eaal expenditure
for prison and house, hllo he cost under The former
syssen for prison only would have beon s33, ,a92.11
not Inconsistent with tho character Of tho offences Of
tho inmates their length Of sentence. The severity
required ut convict prisons seemed inappropriate at
the House Of Correction and had not been required.
The recommendation Of tho Superintendent In re-
gard to separate prison for fonslcs ndorecl by
tho Honr but ia construction could la postponed for
time account Of lack Of available lneana but not
for rea length Of tmc because the Increase OF pris-
oners was rapid that arge addition to tho nubor
Of cen must before long 10 provided; and wlen that
wnB to he done, tho hotter would 10 to crect
House Of Correction for fenalos the north limo Of
the grouuds which would separate It fur cuougl from
the 1naic rraon The present building, with tho work.
shop additions now constructing, would be found nonu
too large for tho accommodation Of tho mule prisoners
alone within couple Of ycars, or ovcn less tiMo.
r1tYsIuIAN's nEToRT.
Tho report Of the City Physician, DR.. John
Guerin, which accompanied that Of tho Board,
shows that no epidemic has vlsitel tho institu-
tion during tho yoar. Only two persons had
boon attacked with smallpox, one OF whom was
brought from tho Police Court while suffering
from the disease. Both were removed to tho post-
house. The escape of tho inmatca from small
pox Is attributed to thorough vaccination. Dur
ing tho winter montha pulmonary diseases Of an
inf1amnlatory and tuberououB character and mi
asmatic md continued feyera wero quito preya-
lent, aud during the summer diarrlDa, dyeen-
tory and intermittent and remittent foyors at
tackled mnny. TAeso, added to u large number
OF dclirium tron,ens and vonorlal caaea connti-