New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-09
OVERCROWDED ASYLUMS.
MORE ROOM NEEDED IN ALL THE CIrYS IN
STITUTIONS.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE VISITING CO.
MITTEE OF NETWORK COUNTY

MITTEE OF NETWORK COUNTY
rho eiottcenth annual report Of the New-York
County visiting Committee for Bellevue Hospital ana
o.hor nublc institutions 10 tie state Charities Ala AS
socatlon shows that on October 1, 1890, the WHO'S
number Of persons in the institutions OF Tue DePut
ment of Charities and Correction was inmates io'-oD
officers and employees $50; In comparison WIN 'lo
number on October l, 1850 there Is decrease VI -
In fine inmates and an increase Of 20 In the employees
The committee say ,.o,,on
b dosr,hcncss OF dividing Charities from CORRECTION
has been agitaed during past year in several quaV
| and we have good hope that the cohihuh' Vs. =. ..,h
| recognize IL to be wise. The disgrace OIL sO'"7 -,
sand" degrades the man or woman VINO ) honoht
hv innocent m,fortunc the fact that some are ofous
o nv misfortune lessons the disgrace for those VINO are
brought thcr. by vices and until the Two arc
sora,ed in the public mind both classes VIII W i'''
los IN ured bv being confounded together
We again call attention TO the Accumulation VI - o.
n thc charge Of the city. During the year ehdng W.
tober l. 1880 the admissions to the three Guy asyu
! GLIDING trlnsfcrsJ exceeded the sum oil u''""'s ~
deaths by 2jo . -, H.. . ,,ck
- visitors There is no visitor for the Harlem Hospital
the Homeopathic Hospital, or HsrtS l'lalu
,here IA also hospital FOriham from when We h ~
,eport, whatever. Tho enormous Male ms Ns ,
has b,t one visitor Female Asylum ana "ofAnpuoo
Ian, on, visitor between them for RandallS lslahu' ""
are fourteen or fifteen widely scattereu ou'7'' c.
hnt five visitors and at Bellevue anu ''
Hasn't
Thn number of pcrsons admitted to Bellevue Ho'ptal
during tho yea, ending October 1890 ha, been gieaer ny
I5lO than during the previous year 1his ".iu
,ions 10 IN, Alcoholic Cells and PaNillonS Tor he d
but not admissions to tie Lodging House 90 e Zoo
there have been in the year ending November 'V ''
oo2 q s44 men and 3O5S women, decrease OF ffo "Pn
and an increase OF li7 women. a. o'mpare1 WIN ~. 80
ending October l. 1889. The LunlD'r ueaVcu !" "'o -
s,rv has increased BY 10O1s, average OF over ~ Per
day. ,, as nm
Last winter the Diet both general and SPECIAL was u
satisfactory; eggs poor MILK stale hsh ana "oO'
of uurearcd stew constantly relorted we arc ~
formed That the daily per capita allowance io e%, p' e.
ta, now been raised Il % 10 10 cents ahc ucr'
nrkd Improvement In the food both a. to quality anu
variety. ,,.,o ,ho
separate ward for women under arrest 70 oo'-'e NV
reccsslty Of having policeman sIaNoheI J" '
ward Is greatly 70 be desired. .,.o
During the last year the Of the Training schooi ID"
steadily increased aud prospered and II no" hui,' nv
distinct hospitals Charity, Maternity the lhlah ,n
on iianCls Island, ana God'tIheur anu Ii'i'ei" " w.,
city IL ma, 40 present sixty -four pupils whe ur'9-ioui
roncnt ur,cs are in various services I'm Charity anu dt
Eaadalls Island making all ninetyesht nurses uhdef
the Immediate -usery!sion OF the superintendent "
average OF AZ patients are cared daily, while during inc
year GIj have passed through the HANDS az inc SchOo'
Notwithstanding the increase Of accommodation 'hp
almshou.e Backwes Island. appears 20 De h'SiS -
crowded The average number o. inmates Du'"7
the year ending Juno 80 1880 exceeded th' pfeh' '"
m beds by 1919 the excess varying from Az IN February 10
~ m upc There 4, the usual conf plant Of short sup
py OF water the largo mains upon when the ''u
d.l,n nd, has been broken Tor months
me number OF persons the Workhouse on OCTOBER
o, mn. var was 1913 les, than September 1883 the
dr.r.nco being mainly on the wcmcns side The "hol'
~ ,ulltuoots shows an Increase Of 242 men and
decrease o., 40 women compared with the year ehuih2
september 1859. Tho proportion OF 'hortteF" S''H''
-to,,s no diuiuuton ~ the 2O37l commitments t'NciHu
, the .l,conmittod during the year lSso 1l263-o'er
30 per ccnt-w,re terms 0; ten DAYS or loss how many
D., % .ra rcommitments OF the same person WI have no
man, Of a,rcrainlng
Tho accumulation o, patients in the Female Insane
sr,u IA. been -ightly checked tho maximum for the
,, mt ,ud,i being over 20 than that Of the pre-
l.r, v,ar and tho number u patients on october J.
1899 being twelve loss than on october J. 1851 II mu'
no, De forgotten however that oven TINS numoer Is so
In Nce. u the normal capacity q the asylum mat ths
xcoss during The year was loss than 49,. ana NJ
,,r r.a,bol G4l: and that large number about halp
N n. patients LODGED in ckety old pa'iIions "hch
are wholly unfit FOR habitaton
Tbr j. APPARENTLY reduction Of the death rate OF the
obIr, received tho Infants Hospital on Hanuaiis
Island although as numbers given this year overlap
h.,, - last year. accpra.' comparison j po'''o'
In the y,al ending September !. s'9 the deaths III inc
ro-ltl were - per cent ~ all the babies u'aV
IN ne. v,1r ending June 40. 1890 the deaths were not
pl. r. rcr cent The death rate u the babies boarded
wo,tchc>tcs county has been unusually hieh' sc'''"'
.a.s %. t,hoid fewer occurred among the nurses
Attention must asa'n b. called TO the accumulation o'
,tu,. I'm the Harris Island Insane Asylum There are
nm, 700 insane men and otcrs have been brought nero
,- whom vacancies occurred In that number; oht the
number u women ucrco,., s;'3iI'y The minimum 81 ,'
ycar just post being close upon tn" MAXIMUM ." ''
needing year and The number q patient, on october l.
$500 exceeding by $40 the number on october J. lS'9
W. conclude that The Improvements u be sought are
For bellevue Hospital ~ separate ward for women
under arrest 90 reception wards for men ana women
g. tie removal Of the alcoholic cells from the basement OF
IL, hospital.
For the Emergency Hospital. floors
Tor the Harlem Hospital H. additional space ~ pa