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

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Date:		January 22, 1873
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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.

STATE OFFICERS -- Ex OFFICIO TRUSTEES.
JOHN A. DIX, Governor.
JOHN C. ROBINSON, Lieutenant-Governor.
G. HILTON SCRIBNER, Secretary of State.
NELSON K. HOPKINS, Comptroller.
A. B. WEAVER, Supt. of Public instruction.

PERMANENT CHAIRMAN.
HENRY N. POHLMAN.

SECRETARY AND TREASURER.
ALLEN MUNROE.

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

OFFICERS.

SUPERINTENDENT.
HERVEY B. WILBUR, M. D.

ASSISTANT PHYSICIAN.
DR. JOHN FRAME.

MATRON.
Miss ALVIRA WOOD.

ASSISTANT MATRON.
MRS. F. A. HARDY.

HOUSEKEEPER.
MRS. SUSAN E. LOESCHER.

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

STEWARD.
MR. WILLIAM H. WOOD.

No. 24.
IN ASSEMBLY,
January 22, 1873.

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

To the Legislature of the State of New York:

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

The total cash receipts for the year ending September 30th, 1872, as will be seen by the treasurer's report, herewith annexed, were as follows:

RECEIPTS.

Cash from State Treasurer	$25,000.00
County treasurers for clothing State pupils	2,687.40
Individuals for teaching and clothing pay pupils	5,710.20
Overdraft at bank, September 30, 1872	651.99
	$34,049.59

EXPENDITURES FOR SAME PERIOD.

Provisions and supplies	$9,138.28
Fuel	1,610.47
Gas	914.90
Furnishing articles and furniture	1,732.69
Farm, garden and stable	1,785.22
Repairs, improvements and additions	1,638.62
Drugs and medicines	156.96
School books, stationery, printing, etc	380.52
Salaries of officers and teachers	6,150.00
Wages of attendants, farm labor, etc	5,313.12
Clothing	2,311.57
Freight, express and telegrams	64.62
Postage	34.88
Interest on loans	57.61
Traveling expenses of trustees	105.12
Traveling expenses of superintendent	36.00
Sending children home	10.30
Grading cemetery lot	110.94
Water	425.00
Funeral expenses	35.60
Cash in hands of superintendent for contingent bills	241.47
Overdraft at bank, October 1, 1871	1,795.70
	$34,049.59

From the above statement it will be seen that there was an overdraft at the bank, October 1, 1872, amounting to	$651.99
At the same date there were due bills for supplies, amounting to	2,398.29
Salaries for quarter ending September 30, 1872	1,462.50
	$4,512.78

CASH ASSETS OF ASYLUM, OCTOBER 1, 1872.

Due from individuals for board, instruction and clothing	$1,753.75
Due from construction account fund	567.81
	$2,321.56
Other assets of various kinds on hand, and available for present year's support	2,340.00
	$4,661.56

The cost of maintenance and instruction of each pupil, taking the average attendance for the whole period, was about $204 a year.

Two years ago the Legislature made provision for the enlargement of the asylum, by an appropriation of $30,000. The sum of $5,000 was also appropriated last year to furnish the buildings thus provided.

In the last annual report of the board of trustees, mention was made of the steps taken to that date, in carrying out the contemplated improvements.

The work has now been completed, the buildings furnished and occupied, as will be seen by the report of the superintendent.

The cost of all these improvements has exceeded the estimates to such a moderate extent, that no further appropriation on building account seems called for at this time. In fact, the cost would not have exceeded the estimates at all, but for two reasons: The first was, the contract for the last building erected was necessarily let last spring, just when there was a large rise in the cost of all building materials; the second was, there was a necessity for a considerable outlay in altering the former buildings, to adjust them to the new arrangements.

The construction and furniture account has been kept entirely separate in bank from the current expense account or ordinary funds of the asylum.

The amount of bills now outstanding on the construction account is $3,608.44. With the exercise of a very close economy in management the coming year, it is the opinion of the superintendent that it is safe to charge these bills over to the current expense account.