The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-25
COUNTY CHARITY BOARD
VISITS CO. INSTITUTIONS

twenty-seven cows, eleven horses, one
hundred and thirty-one hogs.
$4,000 repairs. ins- and taxes
ss.000.O0. sal supt. and emp.
s22.9o0.0o supplies and maintenance
10000. 90, produce consumed.
Detention Home, Grown Point.
Visited Aug II. 1917. by Mrs. A. T.
Cox. Mrs j NJ Turner and MIS-. H.
Alschuler.
Matron is Mrs. Furman, draws
salary of nine hundred dollars.
The entire institution is we'll kept,
the children clean and well fed. Inter
Tor of building needs repairs, some OF
them very urgent.
This board mas. during the present
administration. never been able TO ma
any information in regard to accounts
and lack Of system is very evident. The
board commented in report Of Feb. J.
1915. on the addition Of bars to win
dows TO insure proper care Of unruly
inmates, in order TO avoid keeping
minors in county Jail Yet in our last
visit, we found that one girl had been
sent to the jail for unruly conduct. thus
defeating one of the aims of the lnsti-
tuition The management Of the home
should be in hands Of person strong
enough 70 deal with the various kinds
of children who naturally are housed
there.
capacity Of home is twenty and on
the day of visit there were 1--WE children
there.
Physician is employed only on cali
There are no religious exercises
The matron would like new rug for
the living room Better laundry equip
nd trees
ana small fruit could be planted TO good
advantage.
Sc 500 90. matron and other expenses
s1.5O0.00. supplies, light and fuel
$4,000. improvements.
s.. Margaret's Hospital, Hammond
visited aug. IS. 1917. by Mrs J. NJ
Turner. Mrs. H Alschuler. t'r. Jansen
and Mr. b. s Narcovich. Number of
township cases. L.
The conditions here are improved ana
patients seem 10 have good attention.
Mercy Hospital, Gary.
visited Aug %. 1917. There We're IS
township cases during the month Long
time patients. one for two months, one
for three months and one for four
months.
Usual clean conditions prevailed.
City Jai1s.
Visited Aug IS. 1917.
! Hammond-No prisoners. one tramp.
! Indiana Harbor-Three men prison
ers. Kitchen clean. It is recommended
that mattresses be furnished in wom-
| ans ward.
East cago-Twenty-one prisoners.
! 10 men and one woman criminal and 10
federal prisoners. Kitchen again was
not clean.
Gary jail-There We're IS prisoners
here. of whom 80 were federal prison
ers The unusual conditions that pre-
vail at the present time make II almost
impossible to handle this question.
| Crowded. filthy jails are the result and
some place should be provided to place
the L. s. prisoners. Grown Point can
take care of "a good many, if federal
authorities could arrange for immediate
| transportation.
There is no place in Gary Jail for
Juvenile offenders and there frequently
are cases that must be taken care Of
! Either they are placed with older
prisoners or confined in cells in WON
ans ward Either place is bad and the
board recommends that some quarters
be fitted up for juvenile offenders.
An Improvement in mems corridor is
a kitchen sink with running hot and
cold water The mems cells are in bad
condition, in need of pain and general
cleanup.
FIR. THOS. JANSEN. Pres. Gary. Ind
MRS. A. T. cox. Sec, East Chicago.
MRS II. ALSCHULER, Gary.
MRS j. NJ. TURNER. Hammond
MR. n. Z. JACKSON. East Chicago
NJ BRIEN S. NARcOWICH. Gary, Ind