The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-01-03
WOULD ESTABLISH
REFORMATORY FOR
ERRING WOMEN
Liberal Provision sought to
Establish New State Col
ony for Epileptics
State Board of Charities
Make Many Recommen-
>dations In Report Made
Public Today.

Hartford, Jan. 3.-The preliminary
report of the State Board of Charities
for the two years ending September
so, 1910, was made public, today.
The complete, printed report will be
a volume of about 225 pages and will
be ready for presentation to the Gen
eral Assembly and for distribution as
early as possible in the new year.
Mention is made of 1O8 institutions
for the care Of delinquents, detectives
and dependents that are subject to
visitation by the board. In addition
to these institutions, many of the 169
towns OF the state, OF which ~ main
tain almshOuses, are visited by the
board to examine the almshouses or
other provision made for the care Of
the poor.
The general condition Of the char
liable and correctional Institutions OF
the state is said to be satisfactory, but
attention Is called to certain def1cien-
ments and to certain needs of the
state in this direction that are as yet
untitled. Recommendations for legis-
lative action are made as follows:
1. That liberal provision be made
t stts eoony Of OF the
2. That a wOmen's reformatory be
established for the care of young
women offenders over Is years of
age.
8. That the present indeterminate
sentence law for the State Prison be
SO as to provide larger in
tervals between the minimum and
maximum sentences imposed. AMI
thus furnish fairer test Of the law
as a reformatory measure.
4. That the State Board of Chari-
ties be granted a sufficient appropria-
ton to provide for a more extensive
placing out and supervision of chill
dren from sthe county temporary
homes in family houses.
5: That the State Board of Chari- 1
ties be granted larger mandatory
power to enforce it's recommended
ton.
Qualification is expressed in the re-
port at the establishment of the new
State Reformatory and Colony for
Epilepcics. and 1t is believed that the
relieve the State Prison, the county
jails and the Boys School of a num-
Der of inmates who may be amen
able to it's influences for rehabilita-
ton.
The State Prison is highly commend
ed for it's excellent management. The
county jails in the eight counties of
the State are said to exhibit widely
varying standards Of management and
At the School for Boys at Meriden |
the completion of a gymnasium is
noted as a. feature Of the school work |
to be commended. The Industrial
School for Girls at Niddletown has
Its customary high stand
ard OF excellence In all departments, |
out it is believed that a womens re-
'orInatory is necessary to relieve the |
school of a number OF the older girls |
who need the discipline of an institu- |
ion for adults.
Mention is made Of the extensive |
building operations at the Norwich |
Hospital for the Insane and Of those |
IF lesser amount at the hospital at |
Middletown and both institutions are |
approved for good management.
New buildings and improvements |
ire noted at number Of the general |
hospitals and it is shown that the an
lual appropriations granted to them 1
,y the State increased from $4,000 in /
9o7 in aid Of 16 hospitals to $114 500 |
n 1910 in aid of 22 hospitals.
The eight county temporary homes |
or dependent and neglected children |
ire said to be well managed but the |
ZONES in Fairfield and New London
are much overcrowded. More
# the children should be placed out in |
GOD family homes and the State board
mould have a sufficient appropriation
o supplement the efforts of the homes |,
n this important work. The number
# children ON support Of the homes,
october 1. 1910, was 931, OF whom 698
we're in the homes proper. % were
,oarded in families. 1913 were boarded
n Catholic asylums and IL in Protes-
amt asyluIns. About 1,460 children,
till wards of the homes, are living
UT in family homes or with their rel
,tives and a large number Of them
ave been visited by representa- tives Of
he board.
The town and city almshouses |,
the State vary greatly in
heir conditions but it is felt that a
majority Of them afford comfortable
and good treatment |
OF the inmates. Complete statistical
etur1ls have not been received yet in
egard to the cost Of public poor re-
eff. but it is estimated that the cost
D the towns and cities for aims houses,
inside poor. and persons aided in
ospitals and asylums is $500, 600 for