the integrity and efficiency of our Superintendent and Matron, The unusual amount and severity of the sickness in the school for the past year has increased largely their labor, and afforded additional evidence of their willingness and ability to meet the emergency. We take pleasure in making this record of our appreciation of their services. We publish the laws as now in force governing the institution, with the hope that the irregularities in commitments may be rendered less frequent. All of which is respectfully submitted. EDWARD O'NEILL, ANDREW E. ELMORE, S. A. RANDLES, Managers. WAUKESHA, October, 1874. TREASURER'S REPORT. To the Managers: There was a balance to current expense account as per last report-including amount estimated for furnaces, gas works and fixtures, vouchers for which as allowed, are in the first quarter's expenditures, as herein reported The sum of.... Received from state treasurer, as paid by counties Appropriated by legislature of 1874.. Transferred from building account, as directed by legislature. To close building account, to balance Received from superintendent... SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. WISCONSIN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS, WAUKESHA, Oct. 10, 1874. To the Board of Managers: GENTLEMEN:-In obedience to law and usage, I again present you with the annual report of this institution. How brief the year looks in the retrospect. It has been one of activity, anxiety and care, yet as I trust and hope, fraught with results both satisfactory to you and beneficial to the state. Varying from my usual method, I propose to present first, all the tabular statements, hoping by so doing, to condense and abbreviate my report without detracting from its value. For convenient reference to the tables, the following order is here stated: Table No. 1 shows the number of inmates each year since the school opene 2 shows the number of inmates received and discharged during the year. 3 shows the number committed each month. 4 shows the offenses for which they were committnd. 5 shows the courts by which they were committed. 6 shows their ages at date of this report. 7 shows the counties from which they were committed. 8 list of counties and amounts charged to each for those com ted for vagrancy, incorrigibility or vicious conduct. 9 shows the birthplace of inmates. 10 shows the nationality of parents. 11 shows the social and domestic relations. 12 shows the deaths of the inmates since the opening of the 3 che 13 shows the division of labor. 14 shows work done in shoe shop. 16 shows work done in broom shop. Table No. 17 shows work done in cane shops. 21 shows the farm products. 22 shows the garden products. 23 shows cost for support of inmates per capita. The whole number of inmates in this institution, since its opening in July, 1860, to September 30, 1874, is 1,081. Of this number 73 were girls and 1,008 were boys. TABLE No. 1 Shows the number of inmates each year since the school opened. |