PAGE. TABLE XXXIII-Showing the receipts of orphan asylums and homes for the friendless aided by the State, for the year ending September 30, 1870, 149-152 Table XXXIV-Showing the expenditures of orphan asylums and homes for the friendless aided by the State, for the year ending September 30th, 1870 ...... Table XXXV-Showing the number of persons supported in the orphan asylums and homes for the friendless receiving State aid, and the changes during the year ending September 30th, 1870.... Table XXXVI-List of hospitals aided by the State during the year ending September 30th, 1870, with their location, date of organization, and the names of the resident officer, and officers of the board of trustees or mana- 153-156 Table XXXVII-Showing the value of the property of hospitals aided by the State, and their indebtedness September 30th, 1870 ..... Table XXXVIII-Showing the receipts of hospitals aided by the State, for Table XL-Showing the number of patients treated in the hospitals aided by the State, and the results, during the year ending September 30th, 1870, Table XLI-List of dispensaries aided by the State during the year ending September 30th, 1870, with their location, date of organization, and the names of the resident officer, and officers of the board of trustees or mana- Table XLII-Showing the value of the property of dispensaries aided by the State, and their indebtedness September 30th, 1870 ..... Table XLIII-Showing the receipts of dispensaries aided by the State, for Table XLIV-Showing the expenditures of dispensaries aided by the State, during the year ending September 30, 1870..... Table XLV-Showing the number of persons treated by the dispensaries receiving State aid, during the year ending September 30th, 1870........ Table XLVI-List of charity week-day schools aided by the State, for the year ending September 30th, 1870, with their location, number of scholars instructed, whole attendance and the amount received by each ... REPORT. The Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities respectfully submit the following as their fourth annual REPORT: In conformity with the design originally formed by the board of obtaining, by direct visitation and inspection, a thorough acquaintance with the actual condition and management of all the public charities of the State before venturing to offer any suggestions relating to their possible improvement, a resolution was adopted at a meeting held in Albany July 1st, 1870, instructing the secretary to visit the State and local institutions, and afterward, all remaining incorporated institutions. This duty having now been most thoroughly discharged, and the secretary's report, hereto appended, giving the particular details of the same, reference may be made to this for further information. DIVISIONS OF THE REPORT. The same order of arrangement as in previous reports has been followed by the board, as supplying the most natural classification of our State charities, viz. : I. State Charities. II. Local Charities. III. Incorporated Charities. PART I-STATE CHARITIES. There are ten institutions embraced in six classes, as follows: 1. Institutions for the insane. 2. Institutions for the blind. 3. Institutions for the deaf and dumb. 4. Institutions for idiots. 5. Institutions for inebriates. 6. Institutions for reforming juvenile delinquents. Table first in the appendix to the secretary's report gives a list of the several State institutions, their location, date of opening, name and date of appointments of the present superintendents, and the names of the officers of the board of trustees or managers. Table second, shows the capacity and cost of the buildings of the several State institutions. By this, it will be perceived that they furnish accommodations for 4,045 persons; that the aggregate cost of construction was $4,164,880.45, and the approximate cost, per inmate, about $1,029. This amount is rendered thus large, by the exceptional cost of construction of the State Inebriate Asylum, which, per inmate, rises to $4,000, while the Western House of Refuge only reached $416. Table third, shows the total and classified valuation of the State institutions, at the close of their respective statistical years in 1870. By this, it appears that the aggregate value of the land owned by the State, in connection with such institutions, is $486,578.84, and of the buildings separate therefrom, $3,964,880.45, amounting, for the whole of the real estate, to $4,451,459.29. In the same manner, the amount of personal estate owned by the State in its several institutions amounts to $4,837,070.42. Table fourth, shows the receipts of the various State institutions for the year 1870, to be $853,925.59, of which $378,676 were from special appropriations; $167,242.61 from deficiency appropriations, and $259,944.48 were from the general appropriation. To this must be added their receipts from farm produce, labor of inmates, cities and towns, and all other sources, amounting to $1,439,746.84. Table fifth, shows the expenditures of the State institutions for the year 1870, the average number of inmates, and the weekly cost of support. By this, it appears that there were paid out for salaries, wages and labor, $201,558.23 ; provisions and supplies, $238,426.54; clothing, $49,045.14; medicines, etc., $7,633.11; furniture, $26,912.71; and repairs, $20,541.73, in all $1,362,339.25, and the average weekly cost of support is as follows: Tables sixth and seventh show the number of insane persons supported in the State, municipal and incorporated institutions receiving public aid, that number being 6,439. Table eighth shows the number of blind persons in the various public institutions, amounting in all to 485. Table ninth shows in like manner the number of deaf-mutes, amounting to 689. Table tenth, the number of idiots, viz., 724. Table eleventh shows the number of inebriates in the several public institutions, amounting to 257. Table twelfth shows the number of juvenile delinquents in the several public institutions of the State to be 3,181. |