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New York Asylum For Idiots, Twenty-First Annual Report Of The Trustees

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Date: January 16, 1872
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TRUSTEES.
JAMES H. TITUS,
HENRY N. POHLMAN,
ALLEN MUNROE,
GEORGE F. COMSTOCK,
FRANKLIN TOWNSEND,
LYMAN CLARY,
E. W. LEAVENWORTH,
LAKE I. TEFT.

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STATE OFFICERS -- Ex OFFICIO TRUSTEES.
JOHN T. HOFFMAN, Governor.
ALLEN C. BEACH, Lieutenant-Governor.
G. HILTON SCRIBNER, Secretary of State.
NELSON K. HOPKINS, Comptroller.
A. B. WEAVER, Supt. of Public Instruction.

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PERMANENT CHAIRMAN.
HENRY N. POHLMAN.

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SECRETARY AND TREASURER.
ALLEN MUNROE.

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
E. W. LEAVENWORTH,
LYMAN CLARY,
JAMES H. TITUS.

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OFFICERS.

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SUPERINTENDENT.
HERVEY B. WILBUR, M. D.

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MATRON.
MISS ALVIRA WOOD.

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HOUSEKEEPER.
MRS. SUSAN E. LOESCHER.

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TEACHERS.
MISS S. P. YOUNG,
MISS E. PETHERAM,
MISS E. M. AMES,
MRS. M. E. COOK,
MISS M. AMIDON
Miss H. M. FOSTER

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STEWARD.
MR. WILLIAM H. WOOD.

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No. 15.
IN ASSEMBLY
January 16, 1872.

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TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE NEW YORK ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS.

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To the Legislature of the State of New York:

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Agreeably to the provisions of the act establishing this institution, the undersigned, trustees, respectfully submit this their twenty-first annual report.

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The total cash receipts for the year ending September 30th, 1871, as will be seen by the treasurer's report, herewith annexed, were as follows:รข

Cash from State treasurer $25 ,000.00
County treasurers, for clothing State pupils2,451.65
Cash from individuals, for instruction and clothing, etc., pay pupils4,850.80
Cash from superintendent, on contingent account20.34
Overdraft at bank, September 30th, 18711,795.70
Error2.36
$34,120.85

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The expenditures for the same period were as follows:

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They are classified under sixty different heads on the books of the asylum, but are here condensed for convenience of comparison with former reports.

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Provisions and supplies of all kinds $10,452.65
Fuel 696.51
Gas 809.20
Furnishing articles and furniture 2,206.71
Farm, garden and stable 1,478.44
Repairs, improvements and additions 2,463.15
Drugs and medicine 146.98
School books, apparatus, stationery and printing 278.07
Salaries of officers and teachers 5,974.00
Wages of attendants, servants and farm labor 5,224.09
Clothing 2,435.46
Freight, express and telegrams 112.84
Postage 61.78
Interest on loans 54.58
Traveling expenses of trustees 95.13
Traveling expenses of superintendent 87.66
Sending children home (refunded) 46.76
Miscellaneous expenses 28.24
Overdraft at bank, October 1st, 1870 1,468.70
$34,120.95

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From the above statement it will be seen that there was an overdraft at the bank, October 1st, 1871$1,795.70
There were also due at that date bills of various kinds, amounting to2,326.29
$4,121.99

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CASH ASSETS OF ASYLUM, OCTOBER 1ST, 1871.

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Due from individuals for board, instruction and clothing $2,019.93
From counties and individuals for clothing 80.00
$2,099.93
Other assets of various kinds, on hand, and available for present year's support 2,556.00
Total assets $4,655.93

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The actual expenses for the year, deducting the clothing bills, amounted to $30,216.79.

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Dividing this by 145, the number of pupils, we have an annual average cost of $208.39 for each pupil.

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In the last annual report of this board to the Legislature, application was made for a moderate appropriation to increase the then existing accommodations of the asylum. This application was favorably acted upon, and the sum of $30,000 was granted.

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The expectations of the board as to what could be done with the sum named were thus expressed. By the expenditure of this amount ($30,000), accommodations could be provided for eighty additional pupils. "A part of the sum would be expended in enlarging one of the buildings in the rear of the main building. The remainder would be applied either in adding a wing to the principal building or in erecting a new building of moderate size, at a short distance from it. In any event, these additions would be built in the most inexpensive manner.

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"The entire State appropriations, for building purposes, to the asylum to date, have been $86,000. Adding the proposed $30,000, and it will make a construction account of $116,000, for the accommodation of two hundred and twenty pupils, or, at the rate of $527 for each inmate. This would be an outlay scarcely exceeding half that of any similar institution in the State."

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Owing to delay in procuring suitable plans of building, only the first part of the proposed additions was made. The gymnasium was altered and enlarged, and a new school-room added.

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The new rooms are large, well ventilated, and heated by steam in the most approved manner. Convenient dining-rooms and bath-rooms have been furnished and supplied with all the proper appliances.

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