The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-14
uorSE OF REFUGE CUT OFF.
-,,yTIyED YESTERDAY BIZ THE
,Qo nO1RD OF HEALTH.

r,,,s.nt Physicians Have All Resigned,
INC THAT Disease ls Prevalent In tho
n'.,,,,,,on owing TO Neglect on the Part
- ~. Hoard of MnnaEers-An old Row.
80. IooIth Board passed q resolution yester-
n.norantining the House of Refuge on Ran
IN Island, owing to a quarrel between tho
o snD nbysicians and the Board of Managers
..Lo institution, which had resulted In tho
"In.tion OF the doctors, who claimed that the
IN.aaoers neglected to properly care for tho in
\ ill., Tho row between the doctors and the
""u.sers began six months ago. when tho doc
- oharred the board with neglect of duty. On
.s..dov tho last two members of tho medical
~ ro.iVned and tho doctors then notified tho
LIN BOARD that the institution was in n gen.
liz unsanitary condition, that thoro were
49, coses OF eye disease there. and that tho dis
-" was spreading because the Board Of Man
-, had neglected TO provide an ample supply
| oitowels.
! The Health Board Investigated the matter,
~ IA A result the following resolutions wero
adopted by II yesterday:
Uh,r,os, From a report made TO this department
S.ptroori, attending physician Of the House Of
ppsfuse. and subsequent reports made by inspectors
0 shsr qSpa The report Of the sanitary superintend.
IN. dated April Is, 1897. shows that the premises
-. occupied Dy the tOube u I ttCIuH0 IN the city u
n nw YORK for the care and maintenance OF inmates
n.mm,tted by the various Magistrates and commit.
sas Ssase y; n ,bs the S, First, 81 s ssS Sor And are Thru N s eo aSHiStai
Ssnsrrous TO life and detrimental to health for the fol.
l lS~nis and prirics in said premises are filthy, emit.
,rg foul and offensive odors; that children now on
: ,S Sse pps and are not properly ISOLATED. and that
nrper and sufficient nurses have not been provided
90 IT. to s seTs5D 70 health and cleanliness 81 said chill.
dren; therefore. be IL
Re,Ol.sd; That the he. s HSIss Of OF Re- sS,or under the he
Juvenile Delinquentsi In the city of New York. be and
b hereby prohibited from receiving any person, or
srsr OF the Board OF Health.
!, Rssolrrd. That for the purpose Of carrying out the
, %pesrintendent is hereby directed and authorized TO
quarantine said premises until the further order Of
hb board.
The House of Refuge is a reformatory for chill.
dren under Is years of age complained Of and
Convicted OF crime. vagrancy, or disorderly con-
duct, who receive there a common.schoo educa-
ton and industrial instruction. 1t receives in
mates only on the commitment of Police Magis-
trates and courts or law in New York county
judicial districts. During the past year $40 chill
aren were committed to the institution.
Apoliceman Of the sanitary squad served the
on, President of the Society for the Reforma:
tion Of Juvenile Delinquents and Of the Board OF
Managers Of the House OF Refuge, at 4 o'clock
: 1.-THE action OF the board seems somewhat ar
htrary, and | think that the resolutions upon
which its order to quarantine Is based are ex-
IRENE. They exaggerate the danger. I do not
say, however, that the board is not justified in
placing blame for certain unsanitary conditions
due TO lack of repairs. These conditions exist
because we have not obtained from tho State
authorities the money to make the repairs that
all recognize to be needed. Two years ago
| we asked for money to renovate the plumbing
other items were cut out of the appropriations
in 1898 AID 1896. This year we went before the
Committee on Ways and Means of the Assembly
and we thought we had convinced the members
the appropriations for them were cut out Of tho
bill as reported. The directors then went to
Albany and had this omission rectifed and also
occurred the favorable opinion of Comptroller
Roberts upon the amended bill. AS soon as we
set the money the repairs will be begun.
Heretofore the State has only given US money
action Of the Health Board will probably bring
matters to a crisis. There are 500 inmates in
the house to-day. but their condition is not
Board would appear to indicate. Tho trouble
al along has been the apparent unwillinsness
ofthe State to maintain the buildings because 1t
they stand on are owned by the society, which
! secured them from the city under the provisions
\ Of an agreement that the land and buildings
should revert to the possession OF the city II the
Officers failed to carry out their pledge to proper.
E maintain the inmates. Formerly we received
money from the city theatrical licenses, but that
has been gradually devoted year after year to
other institutions. until now we get practically
no money from the CITY,"
The quarantine hadn't gone into effect last
night, and the teachers who live in this city and
Conduct the evening classes in the House Of
Refuge went over to the Island as usual last
night. Reporters and others who had business
with the institution were also allowed to come
and go as usual.
Assistant Superintendent Gallup said last
evening that no notice of the quarantining OF
the institution had yet been received.