Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-06
COUNTY DOCTORS
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Middletown. north of railroad and
northeastern part of Londonderry town
derry township; w. p. Daley, Steel
ton, south of Walnut street; NJ. o.
Putt, Oberlin; \. l.. Marshall, Steelton,
coiored.
Costs Kept Down
Despite the high food prices and
other increases in maintenance
charges, the average cost a day for
each inmate of the couatv aims
house was s.43h a day during 1918,
as compared with SAP 81 n day
during 1917, according to the annual
report of the Directors of the Poor,
made public to-day.
The total appropriation from the
County Commissioners was $4,000,
income from boarding and farm
gales $6,3s3.55, making Il totei
amount of s76.:93.55, available of
Which all but S12.17 was spent; as
compared with $74.164.11 available
in 1917. and a total expenditure that
year of S74,f61.05, leaving a balance
of s3.06.
Maintenance of the almshouse
cost s33,220.22 last year. The num-
ber of days support given inmates
totaled 64,605; average weekly cost
per capita, S3.03 and average num-
ber of daily inmN tes TT. In 1917 the
cost per capita each week averaged
S2,.9i and the number of inmates
daily averaged 172.
improvements MaIe
OF the amount spent at the aims
house $9,44f.62 was for salaries,
, wages, labor fnd medical attendance.
$S,236.67 for provisions and sup
plies. 35.t05.G7, fuel and light: ST.
420.52, clothing, dry goods, shoes,
: bedding and furniture, $1,59S.s9.
medicine and medical supplies, SAL
ary for special medical services and
for trained nurse; S631,04, repairs,
hardware and disinfectants; S1O3,6S.
travelling expenses and transporting
inmates; s5,352.o4, fran expenses,
$1.029.99 incidental expenses.
| Building improvements during the
year cost s10.S30.O2. Among the al
! terations and additions which were
( made were construction of a storage
! house and vegetable cellar; installn-
; tion summer hot water heating sys-
! TEN, erection of chicken house ard
painting farm buildings AMI houses.
Crop Report Favorable
For outdoor relief $5,263.74 were
spent; quarantine relief for families
kept indoors because of SMALLPOX.
influenza and similar epidemics, s2.-
| Ss7.06; insane in state hospitals. S4.-
1891; children in homes and pri-
vate families, $4,3e1.0S; investiga-
tions and payment to social worker.
| $76O.80.
OF the s6,3s3.55 received in cash.
$3.477.21 was for boarding for in,
mates and the balance from the safe
of produce and farm stock and mis-
cellaneous items.
During 1918 the crop report COM
pared favorably with that Of 1917.
In some instances the produce raised
was far in excess of the amount of
the previous year. Bushels of wheat
| raised, 472; corn on ears, 2.476; gov
beans. 23; string beans, As; beets. 2s.
| buckwheat, Il; lima beans, is. LET
tuce, 100; onions, 1903; oyster plants.
81; oats, $50; peas. 8; parsnips. az:
radishes, 10: tomatoes, 26T; apples
A; stalks of celery. 5000; heads OF
| cabbage, 1900. tons of hay, AZ.
New Inmates
The total number CT inmates ad-
mitted in 1918 follow: Male. white
lis; female, white. a.. male, colored'
40; female, colored, a; total 212.
deaths, IA: births. 1.
DR.. NJ. l.. Hershey, attending phy-
sician. made 275 visits during the
year, and a total of 2,e40 visits to
patients. Many different diseases