The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
THE COST TO THE STATE
EXPENSE OF MAINTAINING CHAR
TABLE INSTITUTIONS FOR A YEAR.
information to BE Found in Latest
Bulletin of State board
of Charities.

The December number of the Indiana
Bulletin of Charities and Correction con-
tains considerable valuable matter Ii
opens with a WORD with Township Trus-
tees" The article says:
I'VE are pleased to say that for the year
ending Aug. 81, 1898, the Board of State
Charities has received reports of poor relief
given from every township trustee in the
state for each quarter IL the entire Year
Those trustees who had given no aid adj
vised us accordingly. l. is gratifying 10
note that in many instances the amount OF
relief was much less than that given either
OF the years preceding the report. Quite a
number referred TO this and spoke of the
influence of the present laws in making
such a reduction. They are entitled to COM
mendation. 1t is to be regretted, however
that while there have been improvements
some of which are very noticeable, on the
other hand there are townships in which
there has been a remarkably unaCcOuntabie
increase in the amount OF relief given
1t is the desire of the board to help the
trustees in everything possible, the article
continues. and to correspond with them
freely with reference to poor relief. Trus-
tees are urged to be prompt in making re-
ports, even if no relief is afforded during a
given quarter. Last year some of the trus-
tees thought 1t unnecessary to commune
cate with the board when no relief had been
furnished. Trustees are requested this year
to state in quarterly reports the amounts Of
money they have received for services as
overseeTs of the poor.
The bulletin gives an extended report Of
the National Prison Congress and the State
Conference of Charities held in this city d
few weeks ago. 1t contains in full papers
read by j. G. Rogers. on the state and Its
insane" and What Shall We DO for the
Predetermined" by Alexander Johnson, at
the state conference, and on The Parole
System as Applied to The State Prisons
by r w. McLaughry, before the National
Prison Association.
NUMBER OF INMATES.
statistical exhibit accompanies the bull
Ietin, showing the number of inmates en-
rolled in the charitable and correctional in
situations, the cost of maintenance, admin
istration, per capita cost of subsistence,
etc, for the fiscal year ending Oct. 81, 1895.
At the beginning of the year there were
3219 inmates in the four hospitals for the
insane; 1,001 were received during the year,
making the total enrolment at its close
1895 The total number received at the
cha ritable institutions insane hospitals, SOL
diers' homes, School for Predetermined, etc,
during the year was l,6l6, making the en-
rolment at its close $685. the daily average
being 5O47. During the year 1881 persons
were received at the correctional inStltu-
tons the total at its end being 265S The
increase in the charitable institutions of the
average number present daily was much
greater than in the correctional institutions.
The daily average in the hospitals for the
insane increased from 1891 to BOSS; in all
the charitable institutions, including hospi-
tails for insane and the Soldiers Home, Sol
dierS' Orphans Home, School for Feeble
minded, etc, there was an increase from
4,SS7 to 5047, while in the correctional insti-
tutions the increase was from 2,5Ol to 1888
Following is a reorganization of eXpend-
lures in totals for the various groups of in
situations: