Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-02-02
ABOUT FOREIGNERS.
What Figures Show in
the Bay State.
POINTS ON /" BABY FARMS" !"
More Legislation Needed to Prevent
Frightfal Abuses.

BosTOy, Feb 2--The thirteenth annual
report Of the state board Of lunacy and
charity gives the total expenditures for
the year ~ s31i ,0es. ~, but over the greater
part Of this sum, the report says, the
board has no direct control Thus Of the
above report ti55, ,967. II was for the sup
port Of state patients In state lunatic
hospitals, 81, ,f77s1 for the support of sick
state poor and cases Of wife settlements by
cities and town, D ,672 20 for the burial Of
state poor by cities and towns, tls, ,0o7 Is
for the temporary aid of state poor by
dties and towns. s3D9 IA for the care and
burial BY cities and towns Of those i'll
With diseases dangerous to the public
health. esi33.v ~ for the support Of the state
inmates of the Massach setts school for
tho feeble minded and the hospital cot
tages for children. The running expense
Of the board amounted TO t6S, 1882.
A Years Arrivals.
Considerable space is given In the report
TO the supervision Of immigration. The
passengers arriving at the ports Of Massa-
chnsetts from foreign ports are thus clas-
sifled:
Aliens from transatlantic ports. .........3e sNS
Aliens from British Provinces. s....... ..,.2l 9s3
American citizens from British Provinces 9,967
American citizens from transatlantic
ports...''.'' .......,................ 4,1s0
Total.."..........................6o go, AIS
There were 1876 immigrants from transat-
lantic ports debarred from landing, and
returned to the countries from which they
came. OF these, 80 were men, % were
women. and 40 were children. There were
II immigrants from British provinces so
debarred, and returned during the year.
The annexed statistics are for the pc
rod from April I, 1891 to Sept. 10, 1891 and
cover all the time since the immigrant act
OF 1891 went into effect.
ARRIVED AT THE PORT OF BOSTON.
Passengers.
From transatlantic ports. ......... ...... q, ,sno
From the Dominion OF fCanada.........., 23,282
Whols nuaber of passengers. sOyeW
AnRIvBp AT TIE PORT OF BOSTON.
Aliens.
From transatlantic rts.................A,&57 ,&57
From the Dominion Of Canada ............l5.57p
Whole number of passengers ...........40.ois
How They Fsred.
or the s4,4S7 aliens from the transat-
!antic ports. B4 were detained for further
of which 50 were permitted
10 land after . special Investigation, and 1856
on furnishing satisfactory bonds, and ll9
were returned to the countries whence
they came at the expense OF the owners OF
the vessels on which they arrived. or the
15.5D aliens from the Dominion of Can
ada 30 were detained for further examina-
ton, OF whom IS were permitted TO land
after careful investigation, and 10 on
furnishing satisfactory bonds; and 81 were
returned - the countries from whence
they came. at tho expense Of the owners Of
the vessels on which they arrived.
The amount Of head money received dur
ing the year was t18,27S.50 The amount
charged the United States OH account of
the immigrant fund was go, ,2o6.ai.
"Baby Fsrms."
II 10 evident that very much more could
be accomplished in the way of preventing
the frightful abuses connected with these
places, and the consequent destruction Of
infant lives, II the matter Of licensing and
all places In which infants are
taken to board as business were placed
In the hands of the state board; and the
board recommends legislation, placing the
Of boarding places for infants in
the hands of the state board of lunacy and
charity, upon the recommendation Of
local boards Of health, with authority to
revoke such licenses In case of abuse.
In this connection the board also recon-
mends legislation In amendment of the
laws relating to settlement, 50 that an IL
legitimate child may follow any settle
ment which may be acquired by its mother
during its minority, instead Of being con-
fined, as At present, 20 the settlement, IL
any. which she may have at the time Of its
birth.
The Nursery
for the TEMPORARY keeping OF the infants
TO the board has been supplied
With many Of the modern appliances OF
hospital and has been used ns such with
great benefit during the summer. One
hundred and twenty-three infsnts have
been admitted during the year, eighteen Of
whom have died Among these are in
cluded the children taken from baby farms
and those removed from their boarding
places so III that they could not be prop
erly cared for therc.as we'll rs such as were
too feeble to be transferred to boarding
places when received.
The mortality rate among the Infants
was notably higher than usual. This was
largely due to the number of practically
nohbund children removed from baby
farms, and to the feeble condition Of nearly
All the Safanta receiyed