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WASHINGTON COUNTY ALMSHOUSE, ARGYLE, N. Y.

M. S. GRAHAM, Superintendent.

A considerable number of improvements have been made at this almshouse. At the time of inspection it was found in a clean and well-ordered condition. The buildings are all in good repair.

New window sashes and glass have been placed throughout the work and service building. A building for the storage of wood and tools was also erected, and the main floor of the old asylum building entirely rebuilt for hospital purposes. The telephone service has now connected the hospital with the nearest village.

At the time of inspection an examination was made of the food, which was found to be well cooked and served in abundance.

The great need of this almshouse is a better water supply. At times there is great scarcity, and it will be necessary to assure the institution such a certain and adequate quantity of water as will provide for all the needs of the almshouse.

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REPORT

OF

Visitation of Almshouses

IN THE

FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

583

REPORT.

To the State Board of Charities:

I have the honor to submit my annual report upon the almshouses and public hospitals in the Fifth Judicial District. In submitting the same I am glad to be able to state that these institutions in the several counties of the Fifth Judicial District have been personally visited by me; that they have been inspected also by the almshouse inspectors of the State Board of Charities, as well as by the Superintendent of State and Alien Poor.

In this district three types of institutions come within the general definition of "almshouse" as that term has been used in the past. One is the almshouse proper, which with its various buildings, serves as the home of the aged, infirm and disabled poor who have no other refuge. The second is the hospital maintained wholly at public expense, and intended to provide for the indigent sick who are not inmates of the almshouse, and who upon recovery will be able to undertake their own support again. The third type of institution is a new venture in the field of public charity-the municipal lodging house.

Only one institution of this character exists in the Fifth Judicial District. It has so far been an experiment, an attempt on the part of the city of Syracuse to provide temporary shelter and food for homeless men and women seeking employment.

CLASSIFICATION.

These three types of institutions are developments of the original almshouse, which served as a shelter for all classes of dependents upon public bounty. As the necessity for the classi fication of public dependents has gained recognition, the inmates

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