The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-18

said she could make the children live
| if anyone could. She was there five
months.
I DR.. Waggoner asked if the nurse who
| had charge Of the infants did not take
their food up to them III a large pan and
| feed them out of it from the same spoon
| those who had sore mouths eating
/ with the rest. Mrs. Shaw did not know
of anything of the sort
In answer to question about grocery
| bills, she said that one month the bill
amounted to SCI, but it included brooms
and other supplies, which constituted
more than half of it.
DIR. WARD
| Testified that he was appointed by the
| local Board of Health to look over the
institution in august, 1894 at the time
| of the high mortality. In his judgment
| the situation of the building is very I'M
! fortunate. The sewage in times OF
high water sets back upon the lot and
makes a bad odor and cannot be
| healthy.
| An attendant asked him to suggest
anything he could to save the children.
| He pointed out to her a number of chill
| dren who would die He found them
emaciated and suffering from skin dis
eases, and they all died afterWard.
He found the nurses were ringing the
| changes on the UlIleFSnl 1OOQS III hOPN1
I of lettering the children's condition.
! III his opinion, the great cause OF the
mortality is the condition in which the
| children are brought there.
He saw nothing important about the
| condition of the building at the time
that was unsanitary. About two weeks
ago he visited the place with Dr. Wag-
goner. He found that the old bedsteadS
! had been thrown out and partly re-
1 ! hI1T
mattresses were on the floor, as enough
beds could not be secured. He saw no
| indications that the children were not
J we'll fed and the sanitary condltlon OF
| the building at present is good.
| The statistics of such institutions
show that the mortality rate is very
| large They are generally taken on an
| average of number of years lie
| thought the mortality in this one was
not unusually large.
DR. Lame asked if the witness
! thought that the SO a month allowed
J by the State for the inmates food was
| ample to give them plenty to eat, and
/ DR.. Wizard thought that it was ample
/ for that purpose
In answer to Dr. Waggoner, he said
| that about a pint of milk would be the
! proper average daily allowance TO q
child. unless some substitute for mix
/ " = l.
/ enough for the number in the institu-
/ ton.
DR.. Ruggles asked if it was not the
( fact that 80 per cent. of handled babies
/ whether public or private-died under
+ , years of age, and DR.. Wizard answered
/ that it was.
/ The admission was made that after
DR.. Waggoner's visit the bedsteads that
/ harbored bedbugs We're removed and
/ iron ones substituted, in order to get RID
! of the insects.
The charge that persons wishing TO
adoDt children from the institution had
/ been asked for a specific consideration,
and when they refused to pay 1t, were
refused the privilege of adoption, was
withdrawn by DR.. Waggoner, as he
| said that it was only hearsay testimony
! and therefore not allowable.
He also withdrew the charge that
| children had been drawing State aid
after they had left the institution.