The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-04-27
Trustees OF ne Poor.
QmarterIy Meeting aa.. tho Aims.
IlOuse-Reports for the year.

following reports for the year ending
January 2eth 1881, were submitted:
OF THE sUPERINTENDENT.
Number eliminates at this date: white
male adults 10; white female 50;
black male adults 22; black females, I2;
white male minors, z; white female min
ors O; black male minors 4; black female
3. Total in Aims house, 185.
Insane white males, 80; females 81;
Insane black males, 8; females, s. Total
in Insane Department, IL. Total 256.
Number admitted during the year end
ing January 26th, 1881 from the Hdn-
dreds were: Wilmington 257; Brandy
wine 10; Christiana 10; Mill Greek Is;
White Clay Greek 8; New Castle al:
Red Lion A; Pencader 7; st. Georges 10;
Appoquinmink 10; Blackblrd 6. Total
s67. Number discharged during the past
year, 294.
The products Of the Almshouse farm
amounted in value 1854. The stock
comprises 2 horses, @ cows and 10 pigs.
The SUPERINTENDENT receipts were
$127S.68 of which $1129.75 was from
Board and $14s.e3 from sale of land pro-
ducts. The sum of $974,18 was expen-
| wv AoA SupphOos
| OF THE COMMITTEES ON HOSPITAL.
Your Committee on small pox Hospi-
tai report that Mr.. p. d. Croney resigned
the position of Superintendent on the 9th
day of September last. The same day
we employed Charles G. Fisher and
wife,to take charge. Eight cases of small
pox have been admitted the past year, ,alI
since September the 9Th. Two are
patients at this time. Seven cases were
admitted from Wilmington Hundred
and one from st. Georges Hundred.
One patient was admitted into the
Aims House by an order not stating the
disease. On examination by the physi-
clan in charge, it was pronounced
malignant small pox, and Immediately
removed to the Small FOX Hospital
Your committee recommend that (ii
possibly all Trustees get the opinion Of
physician, Gas TO the nature of the dis
sase), before giving orders, until small
pox has gone from our midst.
OF THE VISITING PHYSICIANS.
We respectfully report the suhjoined
statement of deaths and births, for the
year ending January 20, 1881, and call
your attention to the general good health
| Of the institution.
During the year we have had eight
cases of small pox in the Hospital,two oi
which resulted in death. All the cases
were from Wilmington, except one Of
thoselwhich died,a colored man admitted
from st. Georges Hundred.
We cannot but feet compelled TO cal
your attention again, as we have done IL
past reports, to the uncomfortable condl
tion OF the Insane Department for men
During the pest several cold weather i
was only by careful watching, ,and chang
ing about from room to room, that the,
have been kept from actual suffering
The building has been condemned b,
the Grand Jury more than once, and w
cannot urge too strongly upon the Trus
J tees the early and prompt taking o
measures for improving the condition o
these poor Hnfortunates.
We have this year got along withou
either Resident Physician or skillet
nurse. 1t has been the cost of a con.
! siderable increase of labor to ourselves
but we are happy 10 say our death rat
is lower than for some years past.
i. We are thankful for the kind CO
operation of your honorable body il
all measures suggested by us for tn
comfort and happiness of the sick an,
afflicted.
We feel grateful to Mr.. and Mrs
Barlow and their Assistants, for thei
willingness TO assist US In all our en-
: deavors for the relief of those unde
, our care.
Respectfully yours,
HOWARD OGLE,
Il WILLARD SPRINGER,
Visiting Physicians.
There were k5 deaths during tn
year, and II births.
TREAsURgR's REPORT.
DEBTS.
To balance In hand from 1879
$1S74.65; to cash from County Trea
surer, balance of appropriation 70
,, 1879, in full, $4861. .73; to cash on 40
! count of appropriations for 1880, s2s,
900; miscellaneous receipts, $6sS. 80
a total, $s1, ,o1S.T.
al CREDITS.
BY payments on vouchers allowed
a $50, ,eso.08; balance in hand afte
a January payments, 81, 5s9.eo tots
pdymtubS, poll lis1V.fl'
Q From the above it will be seen tina
n the County Treasurer has paid to th
, Treasurer of the Poor, the balance i
y full of appropriation for the year 1885,
amounting to, 80, ,195.01; balance pre-
viously in hands of Treasurer, 81,
5os.eS; applicable to April allowances
d $7T94.64. WIN. +. LANE,
/ Treasurer of the Poor.
LIABILITIES OF THE BOARD.
Bond, Henry Latimer, $4,000; bono
Jesse Lane, 5000; bond, s. 8. Morris
$1,000; bond, s. A. Morris, 81, ,O0(
total, $4,000.
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
:. President, Thomas Bird; Clerl
]. w. Cooch; Treasurer, William .
IS Lane; Attorney, Walter Cummins
Visiting Physicians, Howard Ogle
It Willard Springer; Sup't Aims Hous
u and Insane Dept, Malachi Barlow
Matron, Insane Del q artment, Mrs. Re
!. becca M. Emerson; Superintendent
Small Pox Hospital, Charles G. Fish
n or. All reelected.
u The following are the committees OF
pointed this morning:
On Supplies-C. Hill Brinton, Mil
: ton Lackey, Stephen Springer, ]. Wi
kins Cooch.
n On Accounts-H. ID, Hickman, Mi
n ton Laokey, Stephen Springer. {