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

school has been conducted in much the
 same manner as noted in recent years i The report reviews the investigation 1 that was made of the affairs or the | Connecticut Institute and lndustrlai School for the Blind by the approprla- | tions committee of the last legislature l and notes the change effected III the membership of the state board or eau cation of the blind. In the case or the industrial department of the Connectl- cut Institute it is believed that the number of officers and instructors is un- necessarily large for the number of pu- pills present. The kindergarten depart ment shows an effort to conduct US ar fairs on more economical lines. Hope is expressed that hereafter the meas ures adopted for the education anu ln- dustrial training of the blind may pc conducted with credit to the state and benefit to the recipients of the states S bounty.
 fifteen public hospitals, besides live emergency hospitals and private estap- lishments, are visited by the board, ana the report mentions the new depart ment of the Hartford hospital for the treatment of tuberculosis, the new Litchfeld county hospital at Winsted and important additions made at the New Britain New London, Stamford and Day -Kimball hospitals. The Sol diers' hospital at Noroton is commend- ed as a worthy and we'll managed insti- tuition.
 The records of the county temporary homes for dependent and neglected children show a total of 305 children committed to their care during the year, as compared with 277 in 1900, The number of family homes secured for the children was 262 as against 2I9 in 1900 and 351 in 1899, while the total number of children in the institutions on Sep tember 30 was 72S, an increase of twen- ty-three over the previous year. This steady increase in the number of in- mates in institutions that were designed to be only temporary should enlist the efforts of all concerned to correct the tendency. The limit of age until which boys may be supported by the county homes was reduced by the last legisla- tufe from eighteen to sixteen years
 A large number of towns were visited during the year by the board to exam inc the almshouse or other provision made for the town poor. Common de- fects found are lack of classification of the inmates, want of sufficient water supply and bathing facilities, and the absence of regular employment for the able bodied. It is recommended that groups of adjoining towns unite in es- tablishing and maintaining district almshouses on the cottage plan where the respectable but unfortunate poor may be separated from the degraded and deranged, and where aged and in- valid persons may be given especial care befitting their needs, The present practice of boarding town poor at the for state paupers at Tarl1- vile is condemned as illegal and un- The institution mentioned has received some incidental Improvements during the year. but is considered unfit for the care of the large number of per sons who are herded there.
 Thirty private asylums and homes for old people and children are visited by the board, and in general they give evi- dence of good management and kindly treatment of the inmates.
 The report mentions the twenty eighth annual meeting of the national conference of charities and correction held in Washington in May last, which was attended by several delegates from The next session of the conference will be held in Milwaukee, Wis. in May 1902
 During the year regular meetings of the board have been held monthly at it's office in the Capitol, and provision is made for special meetings. also, when needed In addition to the regular quart erly visits to the state prison, hos 1ital for the insane, school for boys and girls industrial school, other visits nave been made at intervals, and it Is he desire of the board to cooperate with all of the institutions with which l t is concerned in promoting the wei are of their inmates and the best in- | .erests of the state.
 The report is signed by the members | md secretary of the board as follows. | H. H, Bridgman, president, Norfolk; | 2ebekah G. Bacon. New Haven; Mary | Hall, Hartford; George F. Spencer, Deep River; Edwin A. Down, M D., | Hartford; Charles P. Kellogg, secreta- y, Waterbury.