New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-18
THE STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES.

TIL STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES
WHAT 1T HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE LAST YEAR
ALBANY, Jan. 1.-THE sixteenth annual
report OF the state Board OF Charities was
presented to the Senate to-day by Senator Mccarthy
The report states that the Institutions suJect to the yis
taton OF Board composed Of three clssses as FOL
lows: Ii sttutIons founded and supervised oy inc
state institutions supported and managed by cities ana
countless and institutions under the control ana a.,
rection OF Incorporated benevolent associations In
the first class the hospitals Tor tDe
insane asyuns for the chronic Insane Institutions
for the education OF tho blind deat and DUMB ana dots
the second comprises the various county and city poor
houses and anshOuscs. and tho third the orphan asy
ums and homes for the friendless, hospitals ana dis
pensaries
81 The state institutions" the report continues. have
been generally visited by the Standing Committee on the
Insane during the year, aud frequent visits have also
been made to them by special COM
mittees and members OF tho Board
Most OF tho city and county Institutions have been,
visited by tho commissioners OF the respective distrcss
and tho secretary. under direction OF the Board mar
Institutions In many Instances these visits have beer
made In company win the State Sominlsslones
Of the iy. t 0 have United in making the
examination. The suggestions OF the Board In regard 20
needed improvements changes I'm modes OF admins
trstion have generally been well received and acted
upon. Many improvements IN tho managelnent ana
institutions have thus effected during the year.
The several hospitals for the acute insane have
uospita aud the Buffalo state Asylum each planned
for 900 patients that the completion Of these nstt-
tions according 10 their respective designs would give
total capacity for the custody aud treatment OF
200 insane by the state During the past year
theae Institutions IL appears had an average OF l3O2
patients under treatment and the number In ther care
October 1882. was l9ll II wi thus oS Gbsesy ,e
29s patients during tho year. ana thst tney cpaeu'
We believe that no iurthef approprauohs LOT the
enlargement OF the state hospitals TOT tue
n appears that the state has asylum accommodations
for 2l50 chronic panPer insane. II is dsttlc1ed oe-
tween the willard and BnghamtOn aylnlns aud thoy
receive this class only transferred from ume 10 ume
from county pOorLOuscs and the several state insane
tbeir msutenaucc and care liked by the the
actual cost, was, the pas s'al year % % per Weea
opening IN 500 It's accommodations have been taken Dy
tie counties a- MADE. and Is now practically
full The Bnghamton Asylum has been opened
les. than fifteen months and u had $50 patients In s
care January l. 1888 thus leaving spare room FOR only
ia evident VIII very soon According TO the
turns OF the supern.endents there were
county poor houses and county asylums October
0th,T counties IN uos OF which little orno proyAoh
exists Tor their proper oversight aud care,
eaur 0f the exempted counties now IN fair cOnd
ton amd comfortable. There isa tendency moot OF
the counties, however 10 put on making the needed n
taoy ARISE aud II requires constant watch
part the Board to that these not
neglected, aud that proper standard OF care for the
insane maintained In tho examinations by special
committee OF tho Board. appointed for the PURPOSE
1881 extending TO all the exempted counties build
ing, many cases, were found defective. aud faults
In adminis ration were apparent Ia several
OF them After u survey OF the subject the commit
tee reached the conclusion that tue management
of tue chronic insane IN none OF these Counties
was entirely satisfactory, ana that evils Of admlnistra
ton existed III several OF them The Board immediately
aGdrAsed Itself so far ~ practicable 10 correct tsess
evil aud several important improy ements have been
effected IN THESE countics during the year.
Tho number OI insane In the counties not exempt from
tie operation Of tie willard Asylum Act. October l.
1882 according 10 me returns, was Males, 3l7 fe-
80 IN Livingston, and 81 IN Wayne County. These
counties havO each erected separate buildings Tor their
chronic insane, anu applied to the Board for
authority 10 retain them under county care
The condition OF the insane OF New York Cy has been
carefully eKa,uined during the year by the New-YOrk
Commissioners, cOmuee OF the Board appointed for
the purpose IL found that the for
this class especially In the mems department, were
greatly crowded, aud that they could not be well
tended IN tne Locality upon the islands, owing
mend purchase Of farm outside OF the city, and
the VI plain and inexpensive detached cottage
buildings upon II, with view OF the removal OF part
OF tue cnronc Insane meI to them. Tho matter was
brought to the notice OF the Board OF Estimate aud APP
porOnnent, who thereupon made an Appropriation
facilities outdoor employment of the Insane
crowded condition of the present accommodations.
The standin. Committee on the Blind has visited TIE
Institutions In the during the past year These in
sttutons appears pnssess the proper facilities for
purposes aud tho sonoos are believed 70 he gener
ally IN prosperous condition Thought that no iuI-
ther provision for the education of he blind, By tue
State ID at present necessary. The number OF deaf
and dunno under instruction IN the various In
solutions Of this state, October l. 1882, was 297 The
institutions generally are in prosperous condition, and
the pupils nave made good advancement during the
year Tue schools mostly full, but the state
modatons ins class are believed to be adequate to
the present requirements.
The Stae Asylln tor Idiots, NJ Syracuse had
age of 800 pupils under instruction during year,
lie number In the institution October l, 1882,
was olO. lho Cusloulhi branch VI
Newark, for feeble minded girls and
Young women. maintained au average OF 1875 inmates
during the year. This institution has greatly relieved
the hoises Of this class, and the main
tenance and care is only ABOUT the same la those
Institutions, 10 longer DO regarded expert
mental There still considerable numbers idioIic
and predetermined young girls in tho poor houses, or
otherwise dependent, and we recommend the
meuts OF all tnis class. The Allegany class In The
Poor house, among the Oldest, II not the
oaest OF ia State, has for long time been much dilap
dated buI by frequent repairs been rendered
Bile The whole number OF paupers In the poor
aud aims during tue year was 5s351, follows
In the county houses 10, ga in the city aims
houses AZ 707 The wnole number in the same nstitu
tios tue preceding was In the county poor houses
10 GO7 Ia the city Al 1885, total 522 The
nnIDer care Ia the county poor-nouses Aovenber
l. 1892 6,4l0 in tue city aim 10 OF to-
tai I6,6O7 against ia IN the former and 1914 In
the latter November j, 1881"