The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-01-11

The general assembly, at Its first session,
provided for the selection OF site for new
asylum In eastern Ohio, through commission
10 be appointed by the governor The commits
sion reported in favor OF site near Massilon,
Stark county, consisting OF two hundred and
thirty acres, valued at S43,5OO. This tract OF
land has been donated 10 the state and war
ranty deed therefor filed with the auditor OF
state. In obedience to the act, have appointed
Ave trustees, two OF whom are experts In the
care OF the insane, to prepare plans and specif'
cations and TO estimate the cost OF the proposed
buildings Their report will be transmitted TO
the general assembly for its Information.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS oRPHANs' HOME.
There are nine hundred and nine children in
this nstitution-forty-eight more than year
rgo, and ninetyeight more than two years ago.
Among the improvements noted this year are
tae growth OF the manual training the introduc-
tion OF steam power and appliances in the engi-
neering, clothing, printing knitting and shoe
departments. These prepare the pupils 10 take
positions in important industrial pursuits when
they leave the institution The farm, garden
and horticultural departments have beeen con-
solidated under an expert with view OF giving
the boys practical knowledge OF farming,
while the girls have been given increased facili-
ties In instruction in phonography, cooking, sew
ing, etc. The cottage hospital system has been
completed Under the present law, the boys,
upon being discharged from the institution, re-
ceive sl5, and the girls receive but ,l2. know
of no Just reason for this discrimination, and
therefore recommend that the sum OF sl5 be
given to the girls upon their discharge from the
home.
At the soldiers and sailors home there is an
enrolment OF 9T7 old soldiers
HOSPITAL FOR EPILEPTIcs.
Three OF the cottages are now completed, and
two othersare under roof and are being pushed
to carly completion The kitchen, bakery and
the boiler and engine houses are also well under
way This contract Is TO be completed on or be
fore February 1, 1893 When the work now IN
progress is finished two hundred and nftN pa
tents can be admitted for treatment With an
appropriation OF 10000 the board OF trustees
report that the institution can be opened in the
spring OF 1893 The cottages now built and In
progress OF construction are intended for the
accommodation Of males. II Is recommended
by the trustees that equal accommodations be
provided at the earliest possible day for fe
males, and they ask an appropriation OF S243,Ol1
concur with the board OF trustees that the
cottages now under way should be completed
with the smallest possible delay, and be made
ready to receive patients.
In work so important as this, and which, Of
best is somewhat experimental In its charac
ter, the largest discretion has been given TO the
board OF trustees, and should be continued. Tho
most sliillful physicians and experts in the
treatment OF epilepsy should be employed by
the board, and the board should have authority
10 pay salaries which will secure them. / es
pecially invite the attention OF the general as
sembly to the report OF the board OF trustees
II will Re found TO be full and selfexplanatory;
and recommend TO this institution. on you
part, the most liberal appropriations consistent
with the condition OF the public funds
THE DEAF AND DUMB,
The number OF the pupils in tho institution
for the edrcation OF the deaf and dumb is 351
During tn first three months Of the present
management there was saving OF over s2,01
as compared with the same three months Of
1890, and u saving OF s9,6js as compared with
the same three months OF 1891.
THE BLIND.
The nrmber OF pupils in the institution fjI
tie education OF tho blind during 1872 was 2O2
The present administration only took control
one month before the end OF the fiscal year Of
lS9!.
At iberia, Morrow county, there is o modest
but useful institlton-lhe Ohio working homo
for the blind II now has thirty inmates. II Is
capable OF accommodating nfty. II is urgently
represented by the board that II tho general as
sembly world give them larger annual Sppro
pria.ion. which would constitute q working cap
ital, much money might be saved. and the cost
OF maintaining the institution greatly reduced;
that because Of the inadequate appropriation to
purchase material for manufacturing, good
part Of the time the inmates are idle, and their
entire support falls on the state
TEEBLE-MSDED YOUTH
Al the institution for Feeble Minded Yoult
there are s5i inmates enrolled. The suggestion
Is made that as preventive means against the
hereditary class q separate department for the
adult feeble minded be established. Hundreds
OF these are now In the county innrmaries, in.
sane Gsylums and prisons, and many are In fam.
ilies whrro they cannot receive proper attention,
and large number are altogether neglected
BOYS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
There are 10 inmates Of this school During
the past year Qs91) the institution has had
three stewards. Under tho frst the per capita
cost OF maintenance per month was Slsss;
under the second, lilbih, and under the third
and present steward, i60ih. The large unwar.
ranted deficiency occurring under the previous
management-and which was ascertalned by a
non'partisan commission, appointed by the gov.
ernor under q resolution OF the general assem-.
bly, Of Its first session, the report OF which ]
transmit-only gives emphasis to the necessity
for the most rigid scrutiny Of purchases and
accounts by boards OF trustees
The number Of inmates In the Girls Indus.
trirl home is 327
REFoRMAToRY AT MANSFIELD
This institution is not yet In condition for
use. II should be completed II the condition
OF the treasury will not permit OF an appropria.
tion large enough for such q purpose at this
time, earnestly urge that some part OF the
buildings be completed for immediate ocoupa.
tion for there are many inmates Ia the penl.
tentiary who are young mon, paying the pc malt,
for first onenses, who ore not hardened Grim
inalg and for whose benefit the Mansfield In
stitution was intended. The boys Industrial
school OF Lancaster Is crowded beyond ia
capacity. and the superintendent and board Of
trustees recommend an appropriation for add.
tiona buildings, which are very much needed
II the Mansfield reformatory were opened up
the necessity for the buildings at Lancaster
would not be so pressing. Every consideration
would seem 10 require that some portion OF the
reformatory at Mansfield should be completed
for immediate use. There have been appro
priatcd since 1885 the sum Of t0O6 ,o7s 81
STATE BOARD or HEALTH.
Invite the attention Of the general assembly
to the report Of the state board Of health IL
duties during the past year have been unusually
important and arduous. II had TO deal with The
epidemic OF small pox aiong the Ohio river A
Pomeroy aud other points, and more recently
with the threatened cholera. In both OF thes,
emergencies II acted with prudence and prompt
ness, The board was allowed an emergenc,
fund Of $4,000 TO protect the state from cholera
and OF this allowance II spent. A,iO2 a. II Il
believed In many quarters that there may b,
danger during the next year OF the cholera in
vading our shores; and 70 the end that Obi,
may be prepared for any emergency, recon
mend an increased appropriation for the use Of
this board, having confidence that II occasion
pended.
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