Daily Republican., 1881-04-27
THE HOUSE ON THE HILL.
A LITTLE LIGHT ON A VERY
DARK SUBJECT.
The Annual Report OF the Trustees
of the Poor, Read at the Yearly
Meeting gTO.day-Facts about
the COunty's Poor.

The documents is pretaCed with the re-
port of Superintendent Barlow, who
riyes the number of inmates to date as
follows: White male adults, IS: white
female adults. %; white male minors,
7; white female minors, 6 black male
adults, % black female adults, IL;
black male minors, /; black female
minors, 3; total number Of persons i'll
Aims House, 1856. Total number of
persons in insane department, Il; IN
sane white males, 80; insane white te-
males, 81; insane black males, ,; insane
black females, D.
During the year ending with January
26, the following number of persons
have been admitted;
From Wilmington hundred, 257 !;
from Rrandywinc hundred, 10: from
Christiana hundred 10; from Mill
Creek hundred, l5 from White Clay
Creek hundred, ); from New Castle
hundred, u from Red Lion hundred,
from pencader hundred, I from st.
Georges hundred, l3; from Appoquini.
mink hundred, l0 from 1lackbird
hundred, 4; total number admitted,
367 number discharged during the
past year, 2!l.
The products oft Aims House farm
have realized 81, ,59l.
Superintendent Barlow submits the
following: Amount Of money received
for board during til" year, Sl,l2S.75;
from products of land, Sl4o93, total,
Sl,27s6S; expended for supplies of
Aims House during the year S974. Is;
commissions allowed for collections,
SI6.4l; amount paid to the treasurer
during the year, S24S.O6; total eNpendi-
lures, $l,27S.6S.
The report Of the Committee on Hos
pital shows that Mr.. p. ID. Croney re-
signed the position of superintendent on
the Sth day OF September last. The
same day Charles c. Fisher and wife
were engaged to take charge. Eight
cases of smallpox have been admitted
during the year ending with January
26 All were admitted since SeptCm-
her 8. Seven cases We're admitted from
Wihnington hundred and one from ST.
Go, .'.rS hundred. One patient was ad-
unttrI into the AlmShOuSe by an order
NOT stating the disease. On eXaInina-
ton by the physicians in charge it was
Immediately removed to the small pOX
Hospital. The committec, in Conclu-
sion, recommended that (if poSSihlc)
all trustees get the opinion of Il phySi-
elan Gas to the nature Of the diScaSc)
before giving orders until smallpox has
gone from orr midst.
The report of the visiting physicians
calls attention TO the general good
health of the institution. OF the eight
cases OF smallpox admitted during the
year only two have ended fatally. The
report also calls attention to the I'M
comfortable condition uI TIL" insane de-
partmrut for men. During the past
severely cold weather it was only by
careful watching, and changing about
from room to room, that the inmates
have been kept from actual sut-
fering. The building has been con-
demncd by the Grand jury more than
once. The physicians strongly urge
the trustees 10 take measures to i'm
prove the condition of the building.
The services of u resident physician and
Skillol nurse have been dispensed with
during the year. This has caused the
visiting physicians considerable extra
labor. The physicians thank the truS-
tees for their cooperation in all met
sureS suggested for the comfort and
happiness Of the afflicted, and express
gratitude TO Mr.. and Mrs. Barlow and
their assistants for their willingness to
assist in the doctors endeavorS for the
relief Of those under their care.
There have been 50 deaths during the
year. - have been white males, 10
white females, Il colored males, and
ScOlored females. 2S were white adults,
white minors, l3 COlored adults, and
10 colored minors. The causes of death
We're General debility, l.; consump-
ton, 10; exhaustion, / pleurisy, l ;
heart disease, 2 maraSmus, 2 syphil-
lis, 2 ; insane, , pneumonia, 4 drop
Sy, 4 ; compression of the brain, |
epilepsy, psoriasis, dysentery, ;
taumatic fever, cholera intanJum,
paralysis, ! membraneous Group,
smallpox, 2.
During the year there were 8 births.
were white males / white female, 2
black males, and black females.
The report of William f. Lane, Treas
urer of the Poor, for the year 1880,
shows the following debts Balance
in hand for 1879 Sl,o74, 60; received
from County Treasurer, balance Of ap-
preparation for 1879, in full, S4, ,261.73
received on account Of appropriations
for 1880, $23, 900; received Tor certificate
of Indebtedness, $1,000 received from
Superintendent Of Aims Housc-board
of Inmates, Sj96 - received from divi-
dendS of insurance companies, S67.SO ;
received from error in bill of K. w.
Birnie, $40 returned for order not used,
$3.50; ; received for part of a division
fence, S2.3l total, $3l, ,9l97l.
The credits were as follows: BY pay
ments on vouchers allowed April, 1880,
81 ,449.33; on vouchers allowed July,
1880, 81, 239.6S; on vouchers allowed Oc-
tober, 1880, $G,S34.76; on vouchers al
lowed January, 1881, 81, 796.3l balance
i'll hand after January payments, ST.
1906
From the above it will be seen that the
CGnnty Treasurer has paid to the Treas
urer of the Poor the balance in full of
the appropriation for 1880, amounting
10 ~, l95,0l; balance previously remain
ing il hands of treasurer, 81, 400 G3;
applicable to April allowance, 81, 1D4 "a.
The statement Of the County Treas
urer with the Treasurer of the Poor
shows the following debts Amount OF
tax levied for 1880, So, 2,574.9S. The
credits are: Cash paid Treasurer of the
Poor, July %, 1880, $1,000; cash paid
the same October 2S, 1880, 5000; cash
paid the same ia Iuary q, 1881, $4,000
additional errors allowed by the Levy
Court for 1879, and errors allowed for
1880, Sl,5lG, 49, commissions allowed
collectors, Sl,S63,5l; cash paid Treas
rrer of the Poor i'll full for the year
1880, So, 1891; total, So, 574.9S.
The liabilities OF the Board of Trustees
are: Henry Latincr's bond, $1,000;
jesse Lanes, $4,000; $ S. Norris 81 900
$. a. Morris, 1900; total, $4,000.
First Appearance.
The Millard Band will make its ap-
pearance in their new uniforms on the