Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-11-14
The District Jail.

ANNCAL REPORT OF WARDEN CROKER.
Gen. Croker, warden Of the jail, has sub
mitted his annual report to the Attorney Gen.
eral. After paying high compliment to the
deputy warden and guards. he says that tn, ths
Young Mems Christian association has supplied
the Jail with religious instructors. VINO nave
held services there regularly on Sunday, and
that the Ladies' Christian Temperance union
has also sent representatives TO visit the jail
once during each week.
The sanitary condition Of the prison has
been excellent. There have been no malig-
nant fevers, no contagious or infectious dis
cases. and but very little sickness of any kind
among the jail inmates. No deaths have oc-
CURED during the year, nor any during the
three years the new building has been occupied
Gen. Croker considers the healthy condition of
the prisoners as somewhat remarkable, eSpe-
cally as the jail is situated on the margin OF an
extensive marsh and within the range OF a de-
cidedly miasmatic region.
AS In the last ANNUAL report, reference is made
to the exposed situation OF the jail, being with
out surrounding walls. 1t Is situated beyond
the commons, is away from the city, and too far
IN case OF any extraordinary occurrence. In
case an emergency should arise, the sole de-
pendence would be upon the guards and the
employees. Happily no such emergency has
ar1sen and the prisoners remained as quiet and
as securely guarded during the recent fire as
before The loss occasioned by the fire was
Repairs to the building have been made during
the year at a cost OF 1888 Al.
TRANSPORTATION OF PRISONERS.
In compliance with the law in regard to the
Criminal Court OF this District to the peniten-
tfary designated for the purpose, the warden
has transported during the year 1874 males and 5
transported to the Maryland penitentiary at
Baltimore Md, at cost OF $3.50. 10, and 81 males
and females to the Albany On. " penitentiary
at cost of 1851 Is. The warden, as required by
law, has also transported to the Boys Reform
School OF the District OF Columbia Al boys who
were sentenced to that Institution by the Police
and Criminal Courts OF this city.
CLASSIFICATION OF PRISONERS.
The daily average number of prisoners con-
fined In jail during the year was 1S2. The total
number OF prisoners confined in Jail during the
year was zoos, OF whom there were males 500,
and convicted. The prisoners committed dur
ing the year for some Of the graver OffenseS
were charged as follows: Murder, !, including
female; rape, q; burglary, q; assault and rob-
berry, 81, including females; forgery, 10; per-
jury. male and females; grand larceny. l05
males and II females; assault with intent 10
Kill, IS males and females; manslaughter. /;
arson, s. horse stealing, 3: bigamy, 3: petit lar
ceny. $50 males and G2 females; selling lottery
tickets, IL: keeping faro bank, ); keeping bawliy
house, male and female cruelty to animals
=; puollc prostitution, females; violating eX-
else laws, 3. OF the number serving out i.,il
sentences there were pardoned By the President
males 70, females /.
REPORT OF THE PHYSICIAN.
Gehefaf trCckef einDodieS III his report the
following report OF Dr.. Young, piy sic!a1 to the
Jail:
NO deaths have occurred. The same evenlp
ton from malarial disease has been witnessed
as during the past two years bat four cases
having occurred. More or less of the influence,
OF malarial poison has been exhibited uooa
some few OF the prisoners and some of the
guards but no we'll developed disease exec IT as
above stated. Some cases have occurred In DIFF
terent parts of the City exposed to this poison.
though not many, and perhaps fewer than usual
Some or these sections are not exposed as we
are: surrounded by miles of marsh, abounting
in decaying vegetation in fresh water it is fair
to attribute our exemption In great measure
to the precautions taken OF closing the windows
next the marsh at an hour before shutdown and
not re0pening until 10 a. m. the following morn
ing Add to this the thorough ventilation of
our building, the free use OF diSinfectants, reyu-
lar hours, tri-weekly bathing in tepid water.
good and sufficient food, cleanliness Of bed and
body clothing, and the prompt administration
OF proper remedies In checking inciplent disease,
ported