The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-05

| SLlUuJlOnS.
10 the Honorable Jadgc Of the Court 81
Common Pleas of Hooking County,
| Ob;o.
The undersigned committee, appointed
for the purpose Of inspecting benevolent
and nenal ;nst;,n,;ons beu Leave to suhm;t
A.. cs,,.,..:.,
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| On our visit to the orphans Home we
iound the condition OF the building and
the clothing oil the ch,idren to be cleanly;
ana ihe deportment OF the children indi-
cated care ana attention on the part oi the
| ma,roh
Dut we observed soon tnat 'he meansfo
conuucung the 'nsl'tesio, IN u Hamdhe
mdHHeT were not proviuee py the Direc-
TORS Inc chiidren, 'or dinner, were pro-
vided with salt bacon, potatoes, and dry
bread ana water, without any spread what
ever ior tne oread' we ala not observe
the oreaktast or the supper, out were IN
formed that the principal diet tor break
iast was mush ana milk ana Tor supper,
oread ana molasscs. -FOUR committee does
not regard such % d,et as conducive to % either
the physical or mental health OF the in
mates, ana wouid recommend more liD-
erai and Judicious management.
we also tound the BEDS literally covered
with vermin' ana were informed that the
means ior extermihatlon were not provid-
e9: Inns cah' anu shouid easily oe rem
ed,ea' ,.,
we iouha the cniidren eaung their meals
without Knives or FORKS, put were competed
10 tear their SAT- meat with their tiny, nm
gers ana your committee YOU'D NJ ieast
recommeha tnat these uhiortuhate ones
snou,d oe !reated as weli Us the inmates
Oh uRe .eni,ehuary
we 'ouha 5hat tne chlidren oeds con
.alneu nc piliows' out on.y haLu straw Dol.
siers, WINE WE are snt.s,leo .l'h. az leas,
cmsHen OF turkey 'eh.hers cou'a DC uSeu
"'fnoI. IN ~ eS .ipe.' pemSe " .ae oouay. c
IN the s.eePlns apartments we loumd an
absence Oh o.ner hecesslt'es lor wen reg
u,ateu 'tst'tut'o''' "h'ch shou'u DC sup
plied'
ms .n ey'oehce OF !le .tggaraW hahher
:" w"'c" the ihst'tu.'o" 's Go'aucteu' we
ues're 10 cai, attehtion 10 the iour coun-
Ies, IN tn's otate' nav,ng the lowest eNc
pehse per capita lor the maintenance Oh
1Is orphahs: -, a. ,.,, O q, o,
pelance county, Win - ch''ureh' 3e 3s'o5 o5
Logan ~ 5000
summit I ~ ~ ~, ~. .,a
i9Sk,hg ~ oo:LZ
ne ine ABOVE Is taken from 'he s'at'sucs
Oh 1901
az .he ihnr"ary we iounq lhe same eat
aoles US at the orphan nome, ana we
Iouha at ieas' siY Darre'S Oh salt Pork
" whlcn, IN our !nusneh', sho"'! one.ha't
pe eAe"n"Se1 'or ',eon N'ea.', ''s'e"u vi
being allowed TO become putrid, as we
,0und nice MAINS III the soapgreasc ohrrei'
we ,n'nk tne Renera' hea'th OF the ,ntnates
%ouiu ne improved oy more frequent
cnanses OF u.e., Wn'ch cnanees couid pe
maze 40, w'thout aaui.'ohai expense.
Inc basement OF tne lnhrmary is nnht
ior occupancy, ana proper steps shonld be
taken 10 remedy tee eH'stine eeiects'
At Ihe oottom OF the east WINDOWS VS. mere e,e
are SINK ho'es that are recep'ac'es 'or nun
ana corruption, ana rom these thc ,rn oaor
Is carried smroueh the basement. lhese
shon'd oe nilea 70 .ne oottom t, or tne win.
aows' ana d'sihiectahts shon'd frequently
oe used.
beneath ana pack oil the east steps ue,
cayed 'egitauon ana garpage mas coiiec!ed
unit vicious OuOr Is constantly CBrrtp0