Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-24
IuE GRAND JURY.


The grand jury found true bill against
| A. j. MelChOr for fOTcible entry aud
| iguOred tho bills against benjamin Hen.
| dersOn charged with embezzlemeEt and
| WIN. Wcsthaclior, selling liquor without
| license, with county for costs, m tue two
latter cases. The tinal report UC the grand
jury WAS a. follows:
| To the Honorable, the Judges OF the Court Oi
| Quarter sessions OF the County OF Lancaster
| The grand inquest cmpanneled To in
quire ia aud for the November sessions,
1883, do respectfully report that tho dis
| trict attorney submitted 20 us 10 iudict
ments OF those We returned SO az true
and "a as ignored.
On Tuesday afternoon We made an un-
| expected visit to the county hospital aud
| almshOuse. We were shown patiently aud
| carefully through every department of the
| several establishments by DIR. MoCreaTy,
| resident physician of the hospital, and his
| assistants, aud by Mr.. John Brock, the
steward. We report with great pleasure
| that the buildings aud grounds we're found
| in first class order, indicating constant caIe
| and watchfuness and "A hearty interest in
| tho comfort and well being OF the inmates
| on the part of those having charge of
the patients. All the FOOD Of patients and
attendants is to be supplied from the
| hospital proper. This we are satisfied
| should not be. Tho communication bo
tween this contagious disease hospital and
| tho inmates of the other should be reduced
| TO the smallest possible limit. Common
prudence therefore demands that provision
should be made for preparing tho food for
| the contagious patients and their attend-
ants at or in the building itself.
We visited the site Of the new building
| ordered to be erected by the county com
missOuers for use as hospital for patients
sick with contagious diseases. IL is located
about ono square south of tho hospital
proper, and we found IL advanced as far as
the laying of the jOists for tho first floor.
We examined and learned that the build
ing was to be two story frame, "a feet
wide by 80 feet long, and each floor divided
into two rows Of rooms, about eight feet
square separated by a six feet wide corridor
running the whole length of the building.
The rooms are all intended for use.
We therefore express the opinion that the
plan should be changed 30 that a kitchen
| with all the necessary implements and
conycniencos should DO permanent part
of It.
While much hss boen done TO Improve
tho eff iciency of the hospital management,
our inquiries have strongly impressed us
that an important improvement Is needed
in the insane department. We learned
that weak minded inmates are OF necos
sity used as helpers in caring for tho
several wards. On wash days the female
aids ara taken away to help at the wash =
ing, aud tho wards are then left without
any oversight. The resident physician
and others assured US strongly that
the help Of more persons, male and
female, sane aud healthy, was needed
for tho constant care OF the insane
wards. Three more males aud two To-
males would supply all these needs, The
male ward keepers get $40 per month, ana
the females 81 per month. IL would re-
quire $3.50 per annum to pay these hve
needed assistants, a pittanco 30 small IN
comparison with the increased efficiency OF
the work accomplished aud the well being
of the patients secured, that we feel tho
proper officers should not hesitate mo
ment in ordering their employment.
Good superintendents have IN time past
been worn out before their time by con-
scentious efforts TO do duty far beyond
the powers. Tho comfort, efficiency aud
lives of needed and well tried servants
should no longer be sacrificed to ideas of
economy.
AImsnouse ANA Hospital Report.
The following are the statistics for the
almshouse and hospital at this time
Men, 147 women, 81 male children,
A; female, Z. Total number OF all
classes, 225.
la hospital proper Males, "a females,
81 children, |. Total, 90. Colored de-
partment Males, 5 females, o chill
dren, 8. Total, 10.
Insane department Malos, 4s females,