The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-17


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 Hartford Jan. 1.-The twentieth an nual report of the state board of chari- ties for the fiscal year 1901 has just been presented to the governor, The port wsa presented in typewriter form, but will be printed with the report for the current year for distribution before the next session of the General Assem- bly.
 The report contains d general review of the years work in all the institu tions in the state for the care of the de- lnquent, defective and dependent classes, with which the board is con cerned, together with statistical infor
 nation and recommendations for inn provements in certain directions.
 There is shown to be in the state for the care of the classes mentioned to- tai of 91 institutions which are visited by the board, besides SS town aims houses. The remaining 80 towns in the state which do not maintain aims houses, are also visited by the board to examine the provision otherwise made for the town poor. The expense to the state for the maintainance and super vision of the institutions mentioned was $6S1, ,034 for the year. an increase over the amount SC expended in 1900 which was $633,6 This increase may be ac- counted for by the increased numbers of inmates supported. The amount eX- pended by the state for building opera tions was 2000, making the total cost to the state S823, 034. The amount paid by the towns for the support and care of the poor was $775, 480 making grand total of $1,59S, 514 expended in the state in the department of charities and cor rection. This sum, though q large one, is not considered excessive when com pared with the amounts devoted to sim
 liar purposes in other progressive com monwealths and the report states that the expenditures of the institutions in Connecticut on the whole are adn1inis- tered to advantage.
 In the case of the late prison, the admirable spirit evident throughout the institution under the administration of the present warden is highly praised and qualification is expressed at the passage of the law establishing indeterminate sentences Mention is made of the completion of the new buildings and improvements, and it is said that the prison may now be classed among the leading penal institutions of the country.
 At the school for boys in Meriden commendation is expressed of the classes established in manual training and of the work of the supervising agent for boys released on parole. The addition of a gymnasium is urged and greater attention to physical develop ment Hope is expressed that the next General Assembly will provide a sys- tenn of suspended sentences for juvenile offenders as operated successfully in Massachusetts.
 The industrial school for girls at Mid dletown is highly praised for the ex- cellent training given it's inmates and for the good records maintained by the girls after they go out into family homes. The school is one of the best of it's kind in the country.
 County jais are reported as showing, in general, conditions of reasonable or tlel dIIu utcGlll tUIilOil, Dul tIe SySlGIl is condemned as irrational and utterly | lacking in reformatory influence. Rec is again made that these l be brought under the cen tralized control of a state commission | of prisons, thus securing economy of | administration, greater returns from | the labor of inmates, and the introduc- | tion of reformatory measures. The ef- . forts made in the last Legislature to se cure the establishment of a state refor matory are reviewed, and the need of such an institution, especially for Wo- men, is strongly set forth.
 In regard to the hospital for the in l sane at Middletown, regret is felt at he retirement of Dr. Page from the su- and hope is expressed hat the progressive features inaugu 'ated under his administration may be 'arried, on to a successful development rhe same steady increase in the mum ,er of patients has continuad during the 7ear, the average number present being nore than ? 100, but it is expected that he overcrowded condition will be re ieved by the changes involved in the of the new buildings.
 Twelve private sanitariums for men al and nervous diseases are visited by he board, and a considerable diversity if conditions is found in matters of equipment and general management.
 As to the school for imbecilss at Neville another year of success ssful ffort is recorded. but it is recom nended that a separate cottage depart nent be added for the specialized treat nent of epilsptics The important work f this conservative. but well-conduct- d school deserves liberal treatment at he hands of the state
 The addition is noted. at the Ameri- an School for the Deaf at Hartford, f the substantial and commodious ; uilding recently completed for the use f the classes in industrial training. do- nestle science and gymnasium work The number of pupils present at the pening of the term was larger than lst year, and with its improved facili- { les the school is better fitted than ever z 3 receive from the state the patronage l hat it's long and successful record de- srves. At the Oral School for the Deaf l Mystic plans have been under con I iteration for changes in the manage ! rent of it's affairs The work of the i
 
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