Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-21
Facts From the Annual Report Of
Warden Leonard.
SANITARY CONDITION NEARLY PERFECT
The Physician Reports Some Of the
Food Furnished Bad.
THE S M ALP OK S G A r e

The Attorney General has received the
annual report of John r. Leonard, warden
of the United States Jail In this city, for
the year ending October 81 last. The num-
her of prisoners November 1, 1893, was
293; received during the year, 2,516; dis
charged during the year, 2,412; number re-
naming November 1, 1894, 337. The largest
number Of prisoners on any enc day was
357, and the smallest number was psi. The
average daily number of prisoners during
1894 was 295, and the average during the
preceding year was 291 OF the 337 prison.
ers November 1 last 81 were white males,
PSI were colored males, and 20 colored fe-
males. There were no white female prison
ers. During the year 49,. prisoners were
conveyed to the Albany penitentiary under
sentences imposed by the Supreme Court
of the District, being "a more than in 1893,
and 80 more than in 1892. During the year
IL persons We're sent to the District reform
school by order Of the various courts of
the District. Six prisoners were pardoned
by the President; were sent to the insane
asylum; 80 were discharged by United
states commissioners; l was executed by
hanging, and died. During the year IA
persons were committed to the jail charged
with murder; of these o are white and 5
are colored, and all are males.
Sanitary Condition Good.
The warden says that the sanitary con-
dition of the jail is as nearly perfect as
could be expected. During the year expert
ments were made with several kinds Of
disinfectants, both powder and liquid, and
the one now in use gives entire satisfac-
ton. Several improvements have been
made In and around the jail One that was
niue needed, says the warden, was the
repair OF the roof, which, he adds. will
made The warden says he is much in
depted to the Department of Justice to the
judges OF the Supreme Court of the District
and TO the United States district attorney
Tor their assistance, ami also for their
promptness in disposing of cases awaiting
trial.
The Physicians Report.
Dr. Shute, the physician of the Jail. In
his annual report, says that there were
three deaths at the Jail during the past
year, one from consumption, one from
pneumonia and one the result of an acct
dent. During the months of September
and October a large number of the pris-
oners and several of the officers of the
Jail suffered severely with malarial fever
due, in the physicians opinion, to the Close.
proximity OF the jail to the marshes of the
eastern branch. The cases yielded read
lily to treatment. Apart from those pris-
oners, whose lives had been of such a
character as to induce disease in any To-
cahty, and apart from the malarial cases,
DIR. Shute says the health of the prison.
ers has been remarkably good.
Proximity of the Smallpox Hospital.
ION several occasions" he says, 1.-The
bread, meat and fish furnished the Jail
were found to be of such inferior quality
that 1t was necessary to condemn them;
since then the food furnished the prisoners
by the contractors has been entirely sat-
isfactory. 1 desire specially to mention
the fact that the close proximity of the
contagious disease hospital to the jail is a
constant source Of danger to the large
number Of inmates, officers and prisoners
who are daily in the jail During the pres
ent prevalence of smallpox in the city
and at the contagious disease hospital we
have taken every precaution to prevent the
disease getting among the officers or pris-
oners of the Jail. All the officers and pris-
OnerS have been vaccinated and all pris-
oners coming to the jail every day are
vaccinated. There is no case
of smallpox in the Jail nor has any case
occurred here during the past year. AS a
further precaution against the possible en-
trance of smallpox into the Jail during the
presence of the disease in the city, the
friends of the prisoners are prohibited
from visiting them"
Warden Leonard says he Endorses the
views of the jail physician In regard to
the contagious disease hospital, which he
believes, In case of an epidemic, to be too
close to the jail.