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New York State Asylum For Idiots, Thirty-Fourth Annual Report Of The Trustees, For The Year 1884

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Date: January 15, 1885
Source: Steve Taylor Collection

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Movement of the Population.

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Males. Females. Total
Present at the beginning of the year 191 129 320
Absent temporarily at the beginning of the year 5 9 14
Since admitted 18 19 37
Readmitted 1 1 2
Returned after temporary absence 27 23 50
Total for the year 242 181 423
Discharged 10 21 31
Absent temporarily 30 24 54
Died 5 3 8
Absent temporarily at end of the year 8 2 10
Present at the close of the year 189 131 320
Average daily attendance 193 133 326

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Total number of weeks' board furnished to the pupils 16,952
Total cost of maintenance and instruction of pupils, including all expenses except clothing $56,458.42
Weekly cost of maintenance and instruction for each pupil 3.33

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The general health of the asylum inmates and of the entire household throughout the year was excellent. Three cases of scarlet fever occurred among the pupils, none of which were fatal. No other contagious or epidemic disease prevailed. As noted above, eight deaths occurred among their numbers. The causes of death as given were as follows:

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Consumption 3
Pneumonia 2
Paralysis 1
Peritonitis 1
Acute dropsy 1
Total 8

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Of these, five were males and three were females. The average age of those who died was sixteen years.

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The matron presents the following report; of sewing done by the boys and girls:

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Boys' List.

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Overalls 110
Shirts 173
Collars 215
Neckties 186
Suspenders 30
Caps 18
Bean bags and pin cushions 55
School puzzles 49
Holders 44
Buttonholes on girl's dresses 140
Bed spreads 13
Blankets hemmed 153
Pillow ticks 12
Pillow cases 119
Sheets 156
Table cloths 4
Towels 126
Ruffling (yards) 91
Door mats 35
Aprons 9
Bibs 356

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Girls' List.

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Dresses 158
Sheets 138
Pillow covers 213
Spreads 54
Towels 230
Christmas bags 175
Night dresses 6
Collars 43
Ruffles 303
Hospital articles 10
Mattress covers 20
Bibs 48
Napkins 13
Wash cloths 42
Suspenders 12

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The steward reports the following as the products of the farm and garden for the year ending September 30, 1884.

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Apples, 700 bushels at 50 cents $350.00
Beans, String, 65 bushels at $1.00 65.00
Beans, Butter, 6 bushels at $1.50 9.00
Beans, Lima, 9 bushels at $1.50 13.50
Beets, Green, 210 bushels at 50 cents 105.00
Beets, Garden, 350 bushels at 30 cents 105.00
Beets, Farm, 800 bushels at 25 cents 200.00
Cabbage, Early, 900 heads at 5 cents 45.00
Cabbage, Late, 3,250 heads at 4 cents 130.00
Currants, 10 bushels at $2.00 20.00
Corn, Sweet, 180 bushels at 50 cents 90.00
Cucumbers, hot, 120 dozen at 50 cents 60.00
Cucumbers, pickle, 28 bushels at $1 28.00
Carrots, Early Horn, 50 bushels at 35 cents 17.50
Carrots, Long Orange, 300 bushels at 35 cents 105.00
Celery, 2,500 heads at 4 cents 100.00
Grapes, 2,000 pounds at 5 cents 100.00
Gooseberries, 50 quarts at 10 cents 5.00
Hay, 57 tons at $10 570.00
Lettuce, 4,000 heads at 2 cents 80.00
Milk, 65,700 quarts at 4 cents 2,628.00
Asparagus, 700 bunches at 4cents 28.00
Crab apples, 6 bushels at $1 6.00
White beans, 3 bushels at $3 9.00
Corn stalks, 3 tons at $8 24.00
Oats, 550 bushels at 40 cents 220.00
Pears, Bartlets, 150 bushels at 50 cents 75.00
Pears, Bergamot, 50 bushels at $1.25 62.50
Pears, Seckel, 135 bushels at $2 270.00
Peas, 130 bushels at $1 130.00
Potatoes, 1,360 bushels at 40 cents 544.00
Pumpkins, 29 dozen at 50 cents 10.00
Peppers, 7 bushels at $1 7.00
Parsnips, 200 bushels at 75 cents 150.00
Pie Plant, 900 bunches at 2 cents 18.00
Pork, 6,500 pound at 5 cents 325.00
Raspberries, 250 quarts at 6 cents 15.00
Radishes. 600 bunches at 2 cents 12.00
Spinach, 300 bushels at 25 cents 75.00
Squash, Summer, 45 bushels at 60 cents 27.00
Squash, Winter, 3 tons at $30 90.00
Turnips, Strap Leaf, 375 bushels at 30 cents 112.50
3~urnips, Sweet, 350 bushels at 40 cents 140.00
Tomatoes, 325 bushels at 50 cents 162.50
Cauliflower, 400 heads at 5 cents 20.00
Onions, 3,000 bunches at 4 cents 120.00
Onions, 300 bushels at 75 cents 225.00
Sowed corn, 50 tons at $8 400.00
Oat straw, 8 tons at $8 64.00
$8,167.50

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Having received the appointment of superintendent of the asylum in October last, and not until after the close of the fiscal year, the operations and general administration of its affairs are only familiar to me except as obtained from inquiry and examination of the books and official records.

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To become a successor of such an eminent and experienced physician and gentleman as the lamented Dr. Wilbur, and without special experience in this particular field of labor, to carry on a work he began and with such marvelous success conducted for a period of over thirty years, was, under the circumstances, a position not easily assumed without a possible misgiving.

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In looking over his long and successful administration, and viewing the prosperity and reputation of the institution that has always attended it throughout its history, the future opens out a vast work that requires a resolution it is hoped may not fail in its faithful performance. From close and careful observation, a strict attention and devotion to duty on my part, with a corps of loyal assistants trained to the work under the care and direction of the master mind, that so long and so wisely guided the fortunes of this tender charity, to aid my efforts, together imparts a courage to forecast some degree of hope and promise. The special aim of the institution, the education of the idiotic and imbecile youth of this State, and all that pertains to their general mental and physical improvement and development will continue to be the foremost object sought.

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