The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-21
REPORT or THE GRAND JURY.
CHARITY HOSPITAL MATTERS AND THE
INDECENT FROM OTMER STATES.
Judge whitaker's Remarks 60 the Jury,
Late last evening the Grand Jury presented TO
Judge Whitaker the following

Judge Whltakcrs Remarks 60 the Jury,
Late last evening the Grand Jury presented 70
Judge Whitaker the following
| SPECIAL REPORT.
! NEW ORLEANs, June 20, 1877.
Hon. VIM. n. Whitaker, Judge Of the Superior
Criminal Court tor the parish OF Orleans:
The Grand Jury would respectfully submit the
following special report with reference to the
Charity Hospital OF che city ofNew Orleans:
| Their attention has been directed TO the action
Of the authorities of our own Southern and
Southwestern cities, and Of those even OF the
city Of Havana, in avoiding the expense and in
convenience attending the treatment OF their SICK
and the unceremonious transfer by them, at their
own cost, OF these poor un0rtuBAtes TO our Charity
Hospital These are not isolated or extraordinary
oases. Their number 10 yearly increasing, and
these instances have already grown into an oner-
Gus and .reprehenslble abuse of
the charity Of our people. Impoverished
by the results Of Che late civil war;
denied that representation natural to condition
OF peace, by the mierule and tyrappical oppres-
sion which has weighed down upon them with an
iron hand since its close, tho citizens OF Louisi
ana osn barely afford to exc out from their re-
sources the means necessary TO- alleviate the suf-
ferings OF the hundreds OF unfortunate, stricken
ones already among us. They cannot afford
to continue caring for the needy and sick
who are forced upon them by the inhuman
policy OF richer but more tnbosptabls cities.
Cruel as IL must be TO turn from the doors
Of our hospitals the poor, pain-tor ured unfor-
tunate 60 brutally left to our charities, unre-
lenting duty TO the sick and destitute within our
own borders renders II necessary that our
State Legislature and Executive should take such
steps as may be adequate TO prevent repititons
Of these acts OF fragrant injustice which leave to
our hospital surgeons no alternative but TO turn
these innocent sufferers from all hopes Of relief,
or TO heap upon state and city an expense they
should not be made to sustain.
Very respectfully, W. Il. DAVID,
Acting Foreman Grand Jury.
Judge Whitaker, after reading tho report of
the jury, said;
Gentlemen "A copy OF your report Of The po-
lice stations and prison shall be sent to the
Mayor. and tho report which WAS made to-day
in the matter OF the present Charity Hospital
shall be given this evening to all this papers for
publication. think that you, in making that
investigation really did very great good. / re.
member twenty years ago, when the same thing
was brought before ,he Legislature OF
Massachusetts, that commission was
they found that paupors were sent to that State
sent to take advantage Of the charities which
were supported by the people of that State.
They were sent to the hospitals and aims houses,
and tho State had TO take care Of them. The
care thing occurred In New York, and think
they took the same steps then.
The same thing was done in Philadelphia, and
IL arm not mistaken 10 WAS done Ia Baltimore,
aud IL Ia high time IL was done at homo. shall
endeavor to have copy OF the report published
In TO morrows papers and copy sent TO his Ex-
cellency the Governor.