The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-08-26
RANKS VERY HIGH
IN CHARITY WORK
Indiana State Board Shows De-
v%eIopmemnt OF System.
CARE COSTS MANY MILLIONS
Report Shows Total OF $40 Penal n
Correctional Institutions. Homes
and HospltaIs-Flrst Rank
In Crime Prevention.

Indianapolis-The growth OF public
charities and correction In Indiana Is
well set forth in a pamphlet just Is
sued by the Board OF State Charities.
The development OF the system oil
charities al state expense Is grapnl-
callly shown in a chart.
The first effort at outdoor poor re
lief was made under the territorlA
government In 1876 and In 1873 the
system of farming out the poor TO the
lowest bidder was begun. In 1871 the
first poor asylum was established. ne
school for the deaf was established IN
tS44 and the school for the blind In
1s4T.
The next year the first provisions
ever undertaken by h state lot the
insane were made. The Northern nos
initial was established In 1883. the Cen
trail hospital in 1889 and the Eastern
and Southern hospitals in 1880. Inc
Southeastern Hospital for the insane
az Madison will receive inmates Aug
is.
In 1861 the first provisions were
made for the soldiers and sallcrs'
their wives and orphans. The sol
diers' and Sailors Orphans Home az
Knightstown was built in 1871 and
the Soldiers Home at Lafayette IN
1896.
Dependent children were cared TOT
in private orphanages from 1919 10
1881. when county orphanages we're
established. Dependent children were
placed under the supervision or the
County Board OF Children's Guardians
In 1889 and under state supervision
in 1897. In 1909 and under state su-
pervision in 1897. 1909 provisions were
made for licensing maternity hospi-
tails and baby farms.
The School for Feeble-Minsed
Youths was created in 1879. the new
school in 1890 and the Institution ior
Minded Women in 1901. The
Fplleptic Hospital at Newcastle was
opened in 1907 and the tuberculosis
hospital at Rockville is in process Of
erection.
Outdoor poor relief has been under
state supervision since 1879. Inc
board OF state Charities was created
by An act OF the General Assembly IN
1889. The boards of county charities
In 1899 and uniform state institutions
boards established in 1907.
The correctional system in Indians
also has been under the supervision o.
the Board of the State Charities since
It's creation. Until 1922 convicts wer'
confined in local jails. In that yea
the State Prison was erected. In $50
this institution. located az Michigai
city was divided and the Southern
Prison established at JehersonVihe
The Southern Prison was changed INT
the R~eformatory in 1897. The Mich
gan City prison. which was called Ia
Northern Prison after 1860. becam
again the State Prison in 1897. A a
partment for the confinement OF II
sane criminals is In the process 9
erection.
The Boys School at Plainheld owe
Its origin 10 an act OF 1868 The Sirl
School and Women's Prison was esta'
llshed in 1873. but a separate scho'
for girls was built in 1907 and a co
regional department for the Women
Prison opened in 1908.
Juvenile courts were created
1908. adult probation courts In ~
and supervision Of hayward boys
the Judge was begun in 1909.
There are $40 penal and correction
institutions. homes for adults. orphan
homes and hospitals In the state ~
total population OF these institution
in 1909 was 1862. Including tho
aided by township trustees and tho
brought into school by truant once
in I9OSl909. there were 9e,4os pup
changes IN the state. There IS 3
proximately one public charge for
cry seven voters In the state. Aho
Ing for those who pay little or
taxes. the support Of the charita'
and penal institutions Of Indiana "a
upon a comparatively few men. ]
total cost of maintaining the public
stitutions alone in 1909 was s3.4.
$3.50.