Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-05
STATE CHARITIES
Report of Boad is Sent to the
 Governor.

Hartford, Jan 5.-The annual report of the state board of charities for the fiscal year 1905 has just been presented to the governor. According to the GUS tom of the board in years when there is no session of the legislature, the report Is presented in typewriter form and will be printed with the repor; of next year for presentation to the general assembly of 1907.
 The report reviews the conditions existing in the ninety-nine institr. tions with which the board has to deal, in addition to the almshouses or other provision made for the care of the poor in the 1GS towns and cities of thf. state, and brief summary is given of the legislation of 1905 in the depart ment of charities and correction. Al most all of the institutions visited, it is said, give evidence of efficient man. agement, good order and comfort, but recommendations for Improvements are made in certain instances.
 The expense to the state for the maintenance and supervision of the iE. stitutions mentioned is shown to be $771,972 as compared with $723, 3,152 de- voted to similar purposes in 1904. The chief increases noticed are said to Dr due to the increased number of in mates cared for in certain institutions and to the addition to the list of state and state aided institutions of the Norwich hospital for the insance and the Middlesex hospital in MiddletOwn. The amount expended by the state for buildings. etc. was $164,947, (as com pared with $207, ,494 so, expended ill 1904, of which the largest part was devoted to the Norwich hospital for the insane and new general hospital in the town of Greenwich. The total expense for maintenance and build ings, $936.919, is the largest recorded
 for the last thirteen years, but it is be. lieved that as whole the appropria- tions are well administered and that an annual increase in this direction is almost inevitable if the state is to keep pace with other progressive common wealths.
 The state prison, it is said, continues to maintain the high reputation which
 it has earned under the direction of
 it's present warden as one of the best
 managed institutions of its kind in the country. In regard to the operation of the indeterminate sentence law of 1901, the report declares that the in- tervals between the minimum and
 maximum limits of the sentences TOW imposed by the courts must be made longer if the principle of indeterminate
 sentences is ever to be fairly tested !Hs
 reformatory measure in this state.
 Mention is made of the report of the
 commission on the state refOrmatOry. which was presented to the last legis- lature. and the hope is expressed that the effort to establish such an instty- ton. or at least a small reformatory [ for women. may not utterly fail in the next general assembly. The probation service established in 1903 is said to
 be achieving satisfactory results and , to be amply justifying itself as a pre- ventive and reformatOry measure in
 the lives of many misdemeanants, espe-
 cially juvenile offenders.
 1 Little change is noted in the gen. eral condition of the county jails.
 which in most cases is marked by a fair degree of cleanliness and good i order.... Recommendation is renewed ! for the construction in New London ' county of one modern institution to re-
 place the two ancient structures now i in use. and the suggestion is renewed
 that all of the county jails ought to be placed under the control of state
 commission on prisons.
 At the School for Boys in Meriden the work of the manual training class
 es is especially commended aAd it is
 urged that similar occupations should
 he still further extended to replace in large part the chair-caning industry.
 The number of boys committed to the school during the year and the numbe' on the rolls at its close are the largest | recorded for the past four years.
 1 The Industrial School for Girls in
 Middletown has been carried on in its
 usual successful manner during the year. and some special improvements.
 lond needed. have been made possible { by an appropriation for the purpose from the last legislature The in 1 creased allowance from $3.00 to S3.iN per week for the support of girls in the school will be found useful in enabling i the school to maintain its high stand
 ards of work in all departments.
 The number of inmates present dur ing the year at the Hospital for the Insane in Mliddletowi. 2.4l7. breaks ali
 records in the history of the institu-
 tions, but, in spite of its crowded con- ditlon. the hospital presents an ap-
 pearance of good order and cleanly ] comfort whenever visited. Mention is made of the new structures in process ! of construction at the Norwich hos
 pital. under an appropriation of S420.. ! GOO from the last general assembly. which are part of comprehensive 1 plan for an institution to accommodate a thousand inmates. It is expected 1 that the new hospital will take it's place in the near future as one of the representative institutions of the state. The number of private sanitaria for
 mental and nervous diseases in the state has been reduced from twelve to
 eleven by the closing of the AriendaIe sanitariuhl in Greenwich. A great va riety of conditions Is found in these in- stitutions according to the class of pa tients received and the nature of the accommodations furnished.
 The School for Imbeciles at Lake vile is said to be more than flied with 251 inmates and an addition to its buildings Is recommended The school
 is conducted in a sucyeSsful and con-
 servative manner. hut the number Of epiIeptics present. together with those ! found In aImShouseS and other places. [ special provisiOu for their care.
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