, 1873-01-08

Deferred TELEGRhMS.
Report OF tho Stttte 93onrd Of rubllt
Charities.

Report OF tho Stnto 8soard OF 1'ubllo
Cllnritlca.
speciat Dispatch to Tho CAicago Tribune.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.,, jan. G.-The forthcoming
report Of tho State Board Of Public Charities
will mike book OF botwoon 800 and 400
pages. It is divided into two parts. undor
tho hoatls Of "Alisfortuno' and "Crmo."
There ayo eight chapters Of Tho former and four
of the lattor. Tho frat chapter treats of tho
origin and csusas OF human dogonoracy OF tho
influence Of hereditary loscont Of congenital
misfortune; Of tho tonaoncy Of oonsanguin-
oous marriages to CAUSE degeneration of tho
power Of disease to produce infrmitios and Of
tho offoct Of climate, soil, social organization,
and tho moral cauaes, especially intonl-
poranco. Tho second ol1nptor ia day-
nosiB Of tho pYlnptomH Of insanity
and idocy, and concludes with an interesting ca-
say on tho poouliarities OF the blind and deaf.
Tho fourth chapter is history Of tho charitable
legislation Of tho State, tho fifth q gcnoral do
scription of tho institutions OF tho State, tho
sixth an account OF tho condition of tho County
Alma Housos, tho seventh notice OF private
charities, and tho eighth bkotoh Of the organfz-
alton and work Of tho Board.
Tho second aoct1on Of tho report under tho
hoad Of crlmo treats in the first chapter Of priB-
on roform, ita riso aud growth, in tho second OF
prisons Of tho s tate, aud III tho third OF reforms
demanded.
or tho 37,932 insane persons In tho Unitod
6tatoH, ulinos has !, COS; Of tho al,527 idiots,
Illinois Inns 1,243, of the 20,920 blind Illinois
1.o42, and of tho II, 1905 deaf 1nutes Iliinos has
839, milking total Of unfortunatos in tho
total Of a,7Aa. OF TIM lattos, 400 ara whlto,
md 43 colorel. Thoso figures ara considered
approximate by the Board, which helioyea that
there are 60 nor cent moro unknown to tho
authorities OF tho Census Duroau Of the State.
OF tho victims Of Insanity, idiooy, blindaosa,
aud deaiuoss, ncoorling to tho report, loast Inns
boon dono for the idiot'i. It is Estimated that
there are in tho stato ago il:9,ta, OF Of
There nro 5000 insane pcraona, ana &C.
comsnodation for only 300. Tho remainder
aro confined In nlma houses or ials, Or wa',dor
1nnorably from place 10 place. 4 small number
troatmont, find rofugo in private asylumB. Moro
a3yum accommodation ID don,andod. County
institutions there are none except In Cook Couti-
ty, aud Its experiment hns produced ~ instltn-
compared with tloao Of tho State. Eyon il
eyory county cured for it's own insane, the az
gregate efficiency of treatmont and comfort Of
tllu patent. would not bo as groat aB 1t thoy
lisl.n'onts: Tho report aasorts tint tho
asylum ut Jacksonville has paid tho State
from flyo to ton millions ot dollars over und
above it's original cost aud tho expenao Of Bua-
leraons cured Hlnco it's foundation. It - Het
forth that tho taxutom noces4ary to maintain
tho asylum and kin.lrod iustt,ltio..s is simply
an insurance ayalnat calamity to which all aro
liable, and thaE tho oxpenao III caring for all tho
unfortunatoa OF tho btata would DO hut fifty
cents por arlunl to each inl.abitant. Tho iii-
lne4iato completion Of tho Northorn ana boutla-
cru asylnma ia urged.
The report recommends tho abolition Of tho
pay syu!e1n, by which some porHons n:o charged
Tor tlio care OF their frionda, while os'lera jay
nothing. Tho Warden il, rouurod to Investigate
Tho circumstances of each patlout, aud compel
pay in proportion to tho ability OF Tho patients
family. .IAiy III doomed in4unitorial, anil
ago ,neortaiu, ~ it iu inoahlbll11 to fslry onl-
culatn tho lmonHt Of compensation. Eyoly clt-
izon should stand on M o,iua!iLy IN tho natar,
nnl those WHO Do no lle g pHbllo n;ya" a wil
prohont synto ou!us,Iisou carts III /. public i,-
stItuton, and !9As who Fry tl!Ial' they are @ Gu,
caunot anorA il, tllnash butI aro rS4llyi OIL tho
uaa.o footing and aro troasoa pyo.!aoly nike.