New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-01
THE CITY'S CHANGES.
REPORTS OF THR wARDENs OF BELLEVUE HOSPITAL,
THE rOMBs, AND THE wORkHOUsE.

REPORTS OF THR wARDENs OF BELLEVUE HOSPITAL"
THE roNBs, AND THE wORkHOUsE.
The annual reports of the wardens OF Belle
we Hospital and CITY Prison have been submitted to
the Commissioners Of Charities and Correction The re
mort of Warden ORourke OF Bellevue shows the number
of patients treated during 1876 to have been 565s, and
the number of deaths, Cos. There were remaining
i'm the hospital the close or 1879, 493
patients and 5l65 admitted during the past year
The expenses OF the institution for the year were
sllO,j6s 10 and the daily average number OF patients
under treatment was 700 Tho warden reports the SAM
tary condition OF the HOE pal as excellent "A NUMBER
of improvements were made last ear win paupel hep'
and others recommended COR ne present year parVc
uI,rly additional precautions against fire. Inc removal
of HE or ntng office of the Institution, aud the building
of "A surgical pavilion are also Iccninmtnueu
The report OF Warden Quinn, OF thc Cly Prison, SHOWS
the number OF inmates At the close of 1875 to have been
40 During the year 3S,O37 were committed To the
romb 9,G22 were Ia the different district PRISONS
making a total OF 1863 one man Was executed. and
two escaped. The report OF DR.. Brekes, physician IN
the Warden that the sanitary condition OF the
prison is better than It has been ior years, anu
States that only six deaths occurred out of an
Aggregate OF 3sC37 inmates during the year
The free use Of disintectans aud close regard 10 the
cleanliness of the prison and it, inmates are regarded a.
prominent for The small death rate In regard
10 the discipline OF the prison the report says " Inc
OF any prison this other countries No disturbances
have occ Cured during the year The principle OF cult
has done away with many antquaed methods OF punish
ment aud restraint, and has proved more potent than
Daring the past year according to Warden Allaires
annual renor Is PERSONS have been cared for at the
workhouse on Blackwclls Island including the 1896
remaining Dec. 81 1870. OF these II 49, wers me1
and I27 10 women EIghty-sX died l22 escaped, and
2l:52 were in the institution at the beginning OF the
present year the report states that large number
w,rr subcommittee" seeking the wOrkhouse as a
refuge during Winter months. The number OF snch
pcrsous grew large that the Commissioners OF Char-
ties ana Correction Obliged To diminish IT ny order
ing the applicants to appear before them TIL cost oil
mo institution has been S7O,3il II. The expenses nave
been reduced by the employment OF the inmates. The
tailoring department turned ont during this year about
ia 600 ARTICLES of wearing apparel, and the shOe-shOp,
$50 pnirs shoes and slippers To tn" other instltU-
lions the workhOuse furnished help and assisted IN many
Valuable improvements thu island The. laundry las
been enlarged and 1000 pieces weekly for the
use of institutions on Backwe.rs and kahdas Islands
Duriuc the wear Warden Alalre Kept record OF the
bov. and lirs committed TO tie wOrkhOuse who were
under the axe Of - or these there we're boys under
wears under II years, under II years, - under
III wears - between II aud II years, 647 Girls be-
tween II and 10 years OF age, III; total 9ls. ma
iority of these were committed for intoxicaton.