The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-08


 
 es established in manual training anG
 of the work of the supervising agent
 for boys erleased on parole. The addi-
 tion of a gymnasium is urged and
 greater attention to physical develop
 ment Hope is expressed that the next
 general assembly will provide system
 of suspended sentences for juvenile of | lenders with supervision by probation
 officers as operated successfully in Mas
 sachusetts.
 The industrial school for girls at Mid dletown is highly praised for the ex- , cellent training given its 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 its kind in the country.
 County jails are deported as showing, in general, conditions of reasonable or
 der and decent comfort, but the system Is condemned as irrational and utterly lacking in reformatory influence. Rec
 ommendation Is again made that these institutions be brought under the cen tralized control of state commission of prisons, thus securing economy of administration, greater returns from the labor of inmates, and the introduce ton of reformatory measures. The ef- forts made in the last legislature to se- cure the establishment of state ref ormatory 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- sane at Middletown, regret Is felt at the retirement of Dr. Page from the superintendency and hope is expressed that the progressive features inaugura- ted under his administration may be carried on to a successful development. The same steady increase in the number of patients has continued during the year, the average number present being more than twenty-one hundred but it is expected that the overcrowded con dition will be relieved by the changes involved in the completion of the new buildings
 Twelve private sanitariums for men tai and nervous diseases are visited by the board, and considerab ble diversity of conditions is found in matters of equipment and general management.
 As to the school for imbecles at Lakeville, another year of successful ef- fort is recorded but it is recommended that separate cottage department be added for the specialized treatment of epileptics. The important work of this conservative, but well conducted school deserves liberal treatment at the hands of the state.
 The addition is noted, at the Ameri- can school for the deaf at Hartford, of the substantial and commodious build ing recently completed for the use of the classes in industrial training do- mestic science and gymnasium work The number of pupils present at the opening of the term was larger than last year, and with it's improved facili- ties the school is better fitted than ever to receive from the state the patronage that it's long and successful record de- serves. At the oral school for the deaf in Mystic plans have been under con for changes in the manage ment of it's affairs The work of the school has been conducted in much the same manner as noted in recent years
 The report reviews the invest igation that was made of the affairs of the Connecticut institute and industrial home for the blind by the appropria- tions committee of the last legislature, and notes the change effected in the of the state board of edu- cation of the blind. In the case of the department of the Connecti- ,ut institute it is believed that the 1 number of officers and instructors is un- | large for the number of pu- l pills present. The kindergarten de- oartment shows an effort to conduct it's affairs on more economical lines. Hope [ S expressed that hereafter the meas lres adopted for the education and in- lustrial training of the blind may be with credit to the state and | benefit to the recipients of the states bounty.
 Fifteen public hospitals, besides five hospitals and private estab- ishments, are visited by the board, and he report mentions the new depart nent of the Hartford hospital for the reatment of tuberculosis, the new 4itchtield county hospital at Winsted md important additions made at the New Britain, New London. Stamford nd DayKimball hospitals. The Sol iefs' hospital al Noroton is commend- d as a worthy and well managed insti- ution.
 The records of the county temporary omes for dependent and neglected hildren show a total of three hundred nd five children committed to their are during the year, as compared with wo hundred and seventy seven in 900. The number of family homes se- ured for the children was two hundred nd siXty-two as against two hundred nd seventy nine in 1900 and three undred and fifty-one in 1S99 while the 1tal number of children in the institu- ions on September 30 was seven hun red and tWenty-eight, an increase of |