Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2024 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Seventh Biennial Report of the Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities of the State of Illinois Presented to the Governor, November 1882 [p. 258-259] McLEAN. - The McLean county almshouse maintains its reputation for good and efficient management. The premises are in excellent condition. The front yard is adorned with a profusion of flowers. The interior of the building is neat, clean and tidy, and the beds and bedding in good order. The building is supplied with water-closets and bath-rooms, and an abundance of water is furnished from a tank in the attic, which is supplied by a wind pump. It is heated by a furnace in the basement. The inmates are well fed and well cared for. The number present when visited was seventy, eight of whom were children, twenty- seven insane, ten idiots, one deaf-mute, two blind, three deformed and crippled, and one a woman awaiting confine- ment. Two of the children were said to be illegitimate. Nine of the insane were found in seclusion. The increase in the number of inmates above that of two years ago is worthy of note. The number admitted during the year was seventy-five, and there were three born in the institution; the number discharged was fifty, and there were eight deaths. The pauper expense of the county remains about the same. ===========================================================================