Daily Republican., 1883-05-31
POOR TRUSTEES.
A Lively Discussion over tho Re-
InOval Of the Smallpox Hospital.

The regular montblv neetiny Of IN,
Trnstees NJ tbe poor of N.w C,atl,
Countv was held at the office In tL.
AlDs6ouse this morning Mr. Bird In
the chair.
| Sunerintend.nt Cutbr;e suhmitted IN.
following rrn,rt.
! Number of inmates at the nrese NJ
time. White males IA. females No
children 4 Colored males II
females, q: children, T. Total l56'
Insane denartm.nt white males ~
females. 81 color,.I males &: females
& Total 6s Grand total in bnrh,
DEPARTMENTS. 224.
The deaths during the month are az
follows. Nav Ml Ambrose Callahan.
of Wilmington, aved M wears. Nav 7
Rachel Simmons colorrd AGED 27 wears.
Nav IL. Lewis G. Smith. PhiladeIpbia
av.I Al wears. Nav lY. Patrick Dricev
AGED q wears Dennis Rowan ayed 7G
years. Nav % hahv Soxton culored
AGED . months: Nav N. John BIei,n !.
line. all of Wilmington. AGED "a wears
A claim from NJ Rlandy for one
half ofthe wheat crop raised on the
farm purchased by the Board. was not
allowed, as the wheat was planted after
the purchase was made. A motion was
then made to allow Mr.. Bandy for
the seed and wheat, and after some d s.
cussion the motion was adopted. Mr..
Bradford otfere, a resolution to the ef-
feet that hereafter 10 liquors b. furnish
ed ut the County's expense to the Trus-
tees and their friends. The resolution
was suueched bv the following vote
Ayes = Bradford, Williams, Hart,
Sprineer-4.
Nays-S. A. Armstrong, r. G, Bird,
Lackry. Thos. Bird. Cooch and !. p
The salary Of Mr.. G. Austin, nurse at
the Almshouse, was increased to Sl5 Der
month.
Mr.. Raw, of the Finance COMMITTEES
reported the $1,000 negotiated and
S50, 900 of the sum turned over to the
Treasurer of the Board
Messrs. Bradford and Farra, of the
Committee appointed to look after a
site for the erection of a SMALLPOX hos
pital in connection with the new Aims
house, reported in favor of erecting a
suitable building Immediately opposite
the uew buildings,
The report occasioned lengthy dis
cussion, participated in by Messrs. Raw,
Lackey, Springer, Bradford, Farra,
Hickman, Cooch, and others, for and
against the report. The general feeling
was against erecting the hospital at the
place named. and. al times. the discus-
,ion was lively. A motion was made
% Law the reuort on the table. which
Utter lengthy debate, was lost by
vote of toG and the report on motion
was rejected
Mr.. Williams offered a resolution that
he commirtee be instructed to make
i,-ther iuuuiry AS tolocatiop ofsmall-pox
lo,pital, with power to call the Board
ogether on the ground at any time.
which was adontpd
Dr. Ople submitted the following re-
,or which was read. giving the uum-
,er of small-pox patients treated dnrinp
he present month Number of patients
n the hospital at the beginning of the
month, 70; number admitted. 20: total
reateti. 50 admitted from Wilmington
IS; New Castle, /; White
,lay Creek. &: Christiana. TO- Dis
harped during the month. white admits
.: minors. total. IL. Black admits
; minors, !; total. 8, Number oil
|ea,hs during the month. whites .
,lacks, 8; total, 3, a per cent. of l6
which il below the ayerope Remain
,,r in the hospjtal are "a eases all Of