Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-11-23


has been hinted, the smaller children
look pale. there being deficiency of th,
red corpuscles of the blood. This ma,
be the result of the want of proper
nourishment. By this remark it is moi
meant that there is an insufficient
amount of food supplied. but it is wor
Thy of consideration whether it is OF
such character as TO be assimilated, anC
thus sustain the system. At the risk oi
repetition. more milk, and milk as il
comes from the COW, is recommended
When meat diet is necessary, it should
be fresh beef, at least during the sum
mer. To slaughter and pickle beef fol
the Home in August is, from diatetic
standpoint, poor economy. 1t would bt
better for the table. to sell The animal
and purchase the supply of meat as
needed for daily use.
In addition to the superintendent and
matrOn, there are employed in the Home
an assistant matroD. four care-takers
one seamstress, one in the dining room
two cooks, two in the laundry, an engin
eer, farmer and two school teachers
This force is competent TO run the insti
tuition in perfecr order, if judIciopsly
applied.
As the institution is named, it seems
difficult TO recommend retrenchment
without detriment to the Home. In the
clothing and boarding departments re
trenchment would be personal injury
to the children. The building is kept in
good order. The boys wash-room might
! be improved by an arrangement by
| which they could wash under running
water. The supply of towels should be
increased so that more frequent
charges could be had. The school room
for the infant department ought not to
be in the basement. There was an ex>
peuse incurred in papering the halls,
which sanitary considerations should
have forbidden. Papered walls are lia-
BILE to become propagators or abSorbents
of disease germs. which might seriously
affect the health of the institution The
free use of lime, in whitewashing all
the walls and ceilings twice year,
would be one of the most economical
diSinfectants that could be used. The
further papering of the house should
not be contemplated. if any regard is
paid to TO the sanitary condition of the
Home. The water closets, which had
been very foul for some time past, were
thoroughly cleansed within the last two
months, and they Can now be flooded at
will, which was much needed improve
ment.
No report was obtained of the num-
ber of ihdehtures during the year. The
number of children is not decreased
Greater effort should be made to reduce
the number by securing permanent
homes in good families. A standing
population of seventy-tive or eighty is
too high. Then great care should be
exercised in the admission of children
A poor home under the parental roof is
better than the Home, in that the train>
ing, discipline and provision is not so
artificial, and is more practical. There
is necessarily too much OF prison diSci+
pline in the congregated system of the
Home to qualify for the social lite of the
outer world; and children leave the
Home with limited and, it may be, incor-
rect views of domestic relations. Hu
manity dictates that indentured chll>
dren should not be cut off from all COM
munication with their parents. Cases |
occur where children are sent to the |
Home on account of tue affection of the |
pal CuSS. ouCu pal W hilON
of the welfare of their children, and they |
should not be persistently denied the
The relation between |
parent and child is not dissolved. when
the child becomes the ward of the cOun-
ty or state, and mutual obligations still |
remain.
The general management is approved.
is recommended where
injury to the children will not result.
Change in the management should be
made for cause. Improvements in
the school arrangements. dormitory
and laundry should receive attention
The production of milk on the farm
should be considered from financial
REHABILITATION.
A more suitable, nutricious and appe+
tizng diet for the aged and sick at the
Infirmary. a trained male and female
nurse for the insane department and
hospital. Provisions for the intellect
and religious wants of the lnimary.
An increase in the water supply is i'm
peratively demanded.
The population of the Home should
be reduced by judicious indeDture.
washing and ironing appara-
5us would be economical. The children
in the infant department should be fur
nished suitable, nutricious food. and he
assisted at the table when disinclined to
wait on themselves. Could the adult
force of eighteen persons he reduced
without injury to the institution? If
the products of the farm and the pro-
1uction of milk, beef aud pork do not
at least cover expenses, these operations
should be discontinued.
The quarterly running expenses of
the Infirmary and Home should be open
10 inspection. The financial advantage
Of farming in connection with the Infir>
mary and home should no longer be
The inmates of these
Institutions, not the real estate connect {
ed herewith, should receive the first
Papering is detriment {
10 the welfare of these institutions.
Respectfully submitted. {
THoS BALPH. Chairman,
Miss JANE EDGERToN, Sec,
Mrs Ross J. ALEXANDER,
MRS. WILLIAM EATON,
CHARLES E. KURZ, NJ. D. {