WAYNE COUNTY-PUBLIC RELIEF: STATE INSTITUTIONS. STATE CUSTODIAL ASYLUM FOR FEEBLE-MINDED WOMEN, Newark, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Hill November 12-13, 1902; January 10, April 1, July 21, 1903. Established as a branch of the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-minded Children, 1878; incorporated separately by chapter 281 of the Laws of 1885. Object. The custody and maintenance of indigent feebleminded women of child-bearing age who are residents of the State. It aims to improve their mental, moral and physical condition. Board of Managers.-Ellery G. Allen, Farmington; George O. Baker, Clyde; Mrs. Augusta R. Beach, Syracuse; Hon. Edwin K. Burnham, Newark; Richard P. Groat, Newark; Mrs. Nellie R. Hotchkiss, Lyons; Hon. Charles McLouth, Palmyra; Walter F. Marks, Chapinville; Mrs. Gertrude A. Moss, Rochester. President. Hon. Charles McLouth, Palmyra. Secretary.-Ellery G. Allen, Farmington. Treasurer. Hon. Edwin K. Burnham, Newark. Superintendent.-Charles W. Winspear, appointed July 1, 1893. Value of real estate, including buildings and land (42 acres), $274,125; value of personal property, $32,318.93; total valuation of the institution property, $306,443.93. Capacity of asylum, 515; total number of inmates during the year, 536; average number, 491; number remaining October 1, 1903, 515. Average weekly cost of support, including the value of home and farm products consumed, $2.42; excluding such value, $2.26. Receipts for the year ending September 30, 1903, including balance on hand ($601.61), $75,317.65; ordinary expenditures, in cluding $271.28 returned to State Treasurer pursuant to the provisions of law, $58,179.43; extraordinary expenditures, $15,819.76; total expenditures, $73,999.19; balance on hand October 1, 1903, $1,318.46. Application to be made to the county superintendent of the poor. COUNTY AND TOWN POOR LAW OFFICERS. Board of Supervisors. Chairman, Gorham J. Wilson, South Butler. Clerk, W. J. Toor, Sodus. Town of Arcadia.-Wm. H. Kelley, Newark. Marion.-O. H. Sherman, Marion. Ontario.-C. C. Norton, Ontario Centre. Palmyra.-R. N. Backus, Palmyra. Rose.-J. W. Tindall, Clyde. Savannah.-P. Morgan, Savannah. Sodus.-H. F. Seaman, Alton. Walworth.-J. Andrew, Ontario. Williamson.-Samuel Lyon, Pultneyville. Wolcott.-C. Madan, Red Creek. County Superintendent of the Poor. John F. Doty, Wolcott, N. Y. Overseers of the Poor. Town of Arcadia.-M. H. Richmond, Newark. Butler.-R. M. Armstrong, Butler Centre. Town of Huron.-Myron Gillett, Wolcott. Lyons. Allison B. Coon, Lyons. Macedon. Heury Steiger, Macedon. Palmyra. Alfred C. Hopkins, Palmyra. Rose.—Darwin E. Miner, Rose; Elmer E. Mitchell, North Savannah. David B. Reamer, Savannah; Irving Wilsey, Sodus. David Vandy, Sodus; John J. Proseus, Wal- Walworth. Hiram McKee, Walworth. Williamson.--Philip H. Mühl, Williamson, Wolcott.-Rolla Stewart, Wolcott; William J. Sharp, COUNTY INSTITUTIONS. WAYNE COUNTY ALMSHOUSE, Lyons, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Dorr November 26, 1902; by Inspector Lathrop September 21, 1903. Keeper.-John S. Jordan, appointed April 1, 1900. Attached to the almshouse are 196 acres of land, 185 of which are reported to be under cultivation; value of land and buildings, $60,000; estimated value of the labor of inmates during the year, $200; estimated value of the products of the farm, $3,600; receipts from sales, $486.25. Expenses in connection with the almshouse for the year ending September 30, 1903, $10,253.38; estimated weekly expense per person, $2; expense of temporary (outdoor) relief administered by the superintendent and overseers of the poor, $15,041.61; expense of support in institutions other than the almshouse, $1,497.60; aggregate expenditures for support and relief, $26,792.59. Total number of inmates in the almshouse during the year, 134; remaining October 1, 1903, 83 (52 males and 31 females), includ ing 3 insane, 5 feeble-minded or idiotic, 3 blind and 2 epileptics; number receiving temporary (outdoor) relief, 784; number supported in other institutions, 18; total supported and relieved during the year, 936. STATE CHARITIES AID ASSOCIATION. Central Office, 105 East Twenty-second Street, New York City. (See New York County.) Has local visiting committees in 53 counties. The following is the list of members for Wayne county; Rev. L. A. Ostrander, D. D., President, Lyons; Mrs. Hannah R. Tinsley, Secretary, Lyons; Rev. John Chester Ball, Newark; Mrs. Mary E. Burke, Palmyra; Hon. Henry R. Durfee, Palmyra; Hon. R. P. Groat, Newark; Mrs. Daniel Morgan, Lyons; Miss B. B. Ryerson, Clyde; Mrs. Phoebe A. Vary, Newark; Hon. E. B. Wells, Clyde; Mrs. E. B. Wells, Clyde; Rev. V. M. Yergin, Clyde. Visitors to State Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women at Newark.-Hon. M. I. Greenwood, Newark; Mrs. Phoebe A. Vary, Newark; Mrs. L. T. Yeomans, Walworth. WESTCHESTER COUNTY-PUBLIC RELIEF. STATE INSTITUTIONS. NEW YORK STATE HOSPITAL FOR THE CARE OF CRIPPLED AND DEFORMED CHILDREN, Paulding Avenue, Tarrytown, N. Y. Inspected by Inspector Hill November 28, 1902; February 23, May 27, July 13, 1903. Established by chapter 369 of the Laws of 1900; opened to patients December 1, 1900; formally opened May 17, 1901. Object. The care and treatment of any indigent children who may have resided in the State of New York for a period of not less than one year, who are crippled or deformed or are suffering from disease from which they are likely to become crippled or deformed. Board of Managers-George Blagden, Jr., 56 Wall street, New York city; J. Adriance Bush, 100 Broadway, New York city; Right Rev. Henry C. Potter, D. D., 10 Washington square, New York city; J. Hampden Robb, 23 Park avenue, New York city; Newton M. Shaffer, M. D., New York city. President.-Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, D. D., 10 Washington square, New York city. Secretary and Treasurer.-George Blagden, Jr., 51 Wall street, New York city. Manager and Surgeon in chief.-Newton M. Shaffer, M. D., 28 East Thirty-eighth street, New York city. No real estate; value of personal property, $4,312. Capacity of the institution, 25; total number of patients during the year, 37; average number, 25; number remaining October 1, 1903, 25 (16 boys and 9 girls); average weekly cost of support, $8.63. |