New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-10
THE CITYs WORKHoUsE WARDS
REpoRr OF The VISITING COMMITTEE.
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PAUPERs.
r, N. sixteenth animal report Of TIE Ssg-York
vn,rtu9 Committee to the state Charities Ad Asso-
ef.,isn. the statistics and data given cover tfe
year ending October /, 1883 The doc1rseni snoHs
thst On thzs date the whole number Of inmates N
the institutions governed b. The Board Of Cnsrtss
az Correction was 1875. besides 1sS'' Cheers
sud eupIoyes ar Increase Of ga 70 the irraaies
and Of 21l in the employees. as eOzpssed With the
numbers on October Of the p-vi9ts year Especial
attention called 70 TIE conditicE Of aiats In ne
vorkhouxe and The grave 1ecefsity for stringent
measures Of reform IN that diref ion II then sDes
On TO say:
he s-owdtng Of EoTEhous1 vita ed cfenosFs -
peatscy reeSn,sed for shoz- ts Las e0atNa 70 s'ss
s eezstsse grave an1sty. Geoojas % TIE report q
TIE STATE Charities Aid Asseiasa 81 1881 sJ ID PER
csnt .. and 50 pr cens Of tie TersA eoI
Fitted 70 the duSin 10 last sx Hs cf tha'
resr acknowiarsa preTi5us .on.tnnt IN tie FRS; SIX
o,,ss tou, a TIER, hayinr been connitts1 rEes
Unass system - obviously zosud no efors 70 improve
The dfscipiRs and efcency o. tke 1oltnnte can % q
mach avail Tie sbssnes % Elective ela-siae@toa among
tie inmates Of he wsgksuse las beea frsa2snty fsDs
m h,su which NUS snsue Is obvious. remember
has sr Is nc refofrz.osy this city fcs girls OF boys
over sixteen pears Of zge, AMI that In the course o. M
yea, soe hundreds Of yo1ng people Q, Dota seAes
sixteen and twcnty sem % the workhousc aIo Gu
IN contact with hardened o1ende1& Another nuluo
source Of eva The l0ngessoished practice o.
tie inmates Of the werhsnse perform domestic ssros
IN cther institutions where teJ have no TRAINING s1o ss.9
little oysrsght strietsr eonhnenent and logger b7
CT eonznfrEens would We believe, dzHniAa rs co..
which now Dasses daily into and out Ct tSs NofAADus
kseu,nr ouea me Communication between ~ inmates ana
TIE loves. hsuns o. the city Meme sh0uh 80 oyena tos
SUPERVISOR o. the superintendent exeep, pefh@s nc
selfcon1nitted whose presence In TIE rofEhoas - Al
,nonlr and aeains. whose esesps precautions need b
taken
Ths rsport again urges that tie steady increase IN
The number of Iunatcs under the Of this depart
reut should not be overlooked. There is. II says,
a constantly growing population of chronic psuper
Iunaties and 10 calls attention 10 the bad Rouse
keeping in some OK the departments.
Regret IS expressed az the decrease IN the paid
employees Of the slDshouse at BlsckweIs Island and
a, the inadequate supply Of ciotking but the general
condition Of Affairs there receives measure OF con-
rncndstion. IN regard 70 the vorkhouse. however.
the report speaking Of IL In detail. declares tna'
sweeping measures OF reform should be begun IL
places the number of employees on October At thirty
five, fvenfy-three and twelve women. and the
number OF inmates al 1546. The increase Of those
admitted during the last year over 1857 was 1-252
Continuing the report says:
As usual, 10 Ter cent Of TIE admissions hOse ssit
committed Jus 50 per eent Of the number committed y
CT less Excluding sun6a5z holidays and three Gays 81
tie ssblizzard-when were otnittsf-ths average
Of admissions seVenfysx per day On forty days nc
nurrser received 100 report upon his inst
tuition Be slfae moro tna1 rcfAAoa OF Sf 1tpF "a
last year for while superintendent ard matron ard
many Of their s1boranates 70 Be doing their oess
with the very unpronsng material upoa which they must
work. that 'tbe worst evils Of the IL
stution-thoss which make radical reform impossible
remain untouched viz he eowding which prevents prop
er classification and repeated imposition Of short
sentences upon hsbituai offenders
The undescl0snIng q the consists Of cotton
cks-nse and petficoat OF cotton sug, and tho
day women have usually stockings II cold weather
this clothing IS not SUFFICIENT for health especially for
thsss women who work The boats highneeked
under. garment q cci;on flannel and woolien srt
would be preferabe. For the Who Work out q
Doors CT Ia exposed sisusonA thick undershifts are
now provided The woskh0uss hospitals On the nsn's
and wonen's side. esntatn tWentythrte ard twenty-five
beds respectively ard usualy AZ ieas. twice
a. many patients. The overflow Is accommodated. On
the woens SIDE IN adjoining cells; the msa's sice.
In cells On tier below. One orderly takes charge
OF al TIE pstents and IS ezlled night ~ he Eateh
nan II needed He 70 be efacicri E.z- bst
cannot possibly proper Of from fsrJ se niy
ssck rssn-soms Of ysgy sickby dAy and night IL
tie wonen's hosyfts1 TIE Ten1laroa is not % good
and In The ANNEXED cells the cir if 0fen veTJ foul but
understand hat vsnsasors VII Be pns In here sso
TIE ward has now TIVE rocking chairs second day
nurse has beea employed; both nurses. however sS
pess careless and Indifferent
Tho report goes On 10 speak OF the Eev-York CITY
Luna.ic Asylum on the Island; the homeopathic
Hospital Wards Island: the New-York City Asylum
for the Insane, wards Island. and the RandalPs
Island institutions In regard 10 the latter the com
iftee declares that the for tho Infants Hos
pita are often unframed. careless sloveniy and far
TOO youngs protest IS made against keeping moth
ers there ia idleness un their children two years
cid, and the whole system Is characterized as being
merely premium upon ideness and vice.'