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Seventh Biennial Report of the
Board of State Commissioners of
Public Charities of the
State of Illinois
Presented to the Governor, November 1882


         
         [p. 265]
         
         SANGAMON. - There is no change to note in the condition of
       the Sangamon county almshouse. The roof leaks in nearly every
       room of the main building. The ceilings are water-stained and
       cracked, and the plastering will have to be renewed in nearly
       every room. The floors throughout the entire building are as
       clean as could be desired; the rooms all neat and tidy; the
       beds and bedding, especially in the rooms occupied by women,
       are in excellent condition. The number of inmates present was
       sixty-nine, of whom four were children. Twenty-two were insane,
       five idiotic, one a deaf-mute, two blind, and one a woman 
       awaiting confinement. Of the children one was illegitimate;
       of the insane three are in seclusion and one in restraint.
       The number of paupers admitted during the year was one hundred
       and fifty-three, four were born upon the premises; the number
       discharged was one hundred and twenty-two, and there were nine
       deaths. The average number during the year was sixty-nine, and
       the per capita cost of maintenance is said to be forty-seven
       dollars and thirty-two cents per annum. The insane man reported
       in restraint was discharged from the hospital at Jacksonville.
       When discharged, he was quiet, but on the county farm he developed
       a violent temper, which rendered it necessary, in the opinion of
       the keeper, to confine his wrists by straps attached to a leather
       belt, so as to render it impossible to strike with his fists. The
       restraint imposed has further irritated him, and when seen he was
       savage. The county farm is evidently no place for him.
       
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