National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-12-08
1915. aud rom Ssly 1, 1875, to June 20, isa;,
are herewith inclosei.
Very respectfully, your Obcdient servant,
TIMOTHY LUEEY,
Commissioner NashingtOn AsYIunH.
EEPoRr or M INTENnANT.

TIMOTHY LUEEY,
Commissioner Washington Asylum
REPORT or THE INTENnANT.
WASHINGTON ASYLUM, November -, TIA,
T5,StJhy Er'sy s'7.' C0"''''s'''''' ""sH''9''f
SIR: have the honor to transmit the fol
lowing report OF the Washington Asylum from
juno 20 to November 81, 1874, giving namcr
age, color, nativity, Sc., Of all persons re-
ceived aud dischaI sed: also, the uuIBlCr Vi
transient dodgers and the number Of ratiOns 10
sued to the same. Also, an estimated value
of Asylum building, hospitals and other prop
erty belonging to the institution.
In reference to the inmates Of the work
house, q number of the males have been AMI
are now engaged I'm grading Nineteenth street
east, from B street south TO Georgia avenue, Il
distance of twelve hundred feet, at an average
cut of nine feet.
The honorable Commissioners Of tic District
of Columbia established chain gang Sep;cm-
Der l. 1874, since which time they have beer
kept at work on the streets in different parts
of the District The number so employed al
present is twenty four. and are capable Ofdoiu"
/ considerable work If properly looked alter.
Others are engaged in manufacturing collins,
which are used for tho burial of deceased pau
pers, whereby a considerable sum is saved the
/ District annually, the cost being only that ul
the materials used.
On receipt of order from Board Of Health,
telegraphed to this institution, the collins arc
/ furnished and the ambulance wagon IS sent to
whatever locality in the District the body may
be lying, and it is then conveyed to AMI buried
in the Asylum grounds, should the friends Of
the deceased have no other place ofburial. The
ambulance is also employed in conveying sick
and disabled paupers to the Asylum on order
from proper authority.
The female inmates are employed in washing
and sewing for 10th wOrkhousc and almshousc.
The majority Of the pauperS when they arc
/ Cd filthy rDuditiDu anil ar
sometimes covered with yCrmiU, 50 that We are
| Obliged to wash them and give them an entire
new suit Of clothing. Many Of these person,
, stay hit 4 short time in the Asylum; many
, inyenting excuses TO get permission 10 visit the
! city, and returning only when they want 4 new
suit of clOthes-hcncc it costs the District =
considerable amount TO furnish the paupcTS
with clothing. I therefore recommend that
r there be some coarse but good strong material
procured, and suits made here for all the in
mates-the clothing to be uniformly made, in
order that the paupeTS may be known by their
clothes, and prevent them from receiving
| charity on the streets, and thereby cause many
to cease visiting the city.
If this mode OF clothing nc adopted, clean
suits can be furnished every week, the clothing
kept in good repair, and the inmates clean arl
= | healthy, al q much lees cost than at present.
Il also recommend the erection Of two plunge
baths and wash rOOms-Ouc Of each for males,
9 and one for females which is an actual meets
: sity, and will add to the health and comfort Of
" the inmates of the institution.
would respectfully state that our city
has increased in population, 50 also has TIC
number of criminals increased, and to such all
y extent that the present wOrkhOusc is ina'lc-
: Quate to the demand.
> When the present building erected the
, records show the average number 20 be thirty
> two: today VIC have ono hundred aud twenty
five, and will average at least that number
LVI,r lao I rf1rrs
recommend that 4 separate building he erected
for the wUrkhuusC, " hich may he built tOUI
" hundred feet south of the present building,
aud thereby completely separating the Crimi
mails from the paupcrs. This building may h'
erected at 4 cost Of from twenty to twenty five
: Thousand dollars, as the inmates could do a
,f considerable portion of the work.
i In view of building n new WuTkhUUsC.
VI would suggest that the present position Of the
building now used for pentCnts Dc rcpIirC,
Is and used for insane paUpers now sent TO -
IS Elizabeth's hospital, United States Asylum
- for the Insane.
~ would respectfully state that the genera
health of the inmates has been better than iU
several years past.
Estimated value of asylum building, huSPi
tails and OuthOuscS, SIOO,OOO; bcdstCads an'
bedding, 81 ,jlG.JO: sewing machine, 500 fur
uiture, SlO3: two hundred and twenty-five
~ yards of prison cloth, S3G1.2j: stoves, SlGD
NJ garden implements and tools, $3.50; thrcr
carts, SIS; three wagons, S22O; one carriage
5000: harness, SO; live stock, $40; drugs
medicines, &c, 500.
u hereby transmit the following estimate o
IN salaries and contingent expenses from Deem
Der I, 1874, to juno 80, 1875, also from July l
ne 1875, to june 80, 1876; also for Georgetown
S almshOuse; also report Of the physician t.
as Washington asylum.
have the honor to DC, very respectfully
your Obedient servant,
Jos. +. HuDGSON, IntcndaHt.
y THE WASHINGTON ASYLUM.
= 10 Timothy LgJty, Esq, Commissioner n H'fst
u iRgtOR Asylum:
o. SIR: respectfully submit the following r.
re port: The number Of patients i'm the hOSpita
n department June 20 was go; admitted sine
June 20, lO6: making total of of lG6 patient
re treated in the hospital department, Of whicI
Ct number 20 were discharged, 81 died and 81 re
main in the hospital. Although the humble
in of deaths may seem large, yet we have bad u
in contagious diseases, the deaths being phthisi
w pulmOnalis, senle debility / general ana
area, , carcinoma uteri, = dysentery, chroni
ia bronchitis, paralysis, hamilton, l abScCss q
abdomen, l pleuriSy, 1 typhoid fever, cor
iestiOn of lungs, l ascitis, peTitOnitis, mel
nights, still-birth. The number Of births,
of Value of instruments, drugs, &c. on hand j
4. dispensaTy, 500.
IT. Very respectfully. your Obcdicut servant.
/. MOSES COOPER, VI. D..
=. Physician to Washington Asylum.
20 NOVEMBER ~, 1874.