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Page 105         Biennial Report of the State Board
                    of Corrections and Charities
                               1875

                              EATON

      The poor-house consists of two buildings, one a frame, and
   the other of brick, on a good farm a short distance from the
   village of Charlotte.  The buildings are but poorly adapted to
   the purpose for which they are used.  The provision for the
   care of the insane is not at all sufficient.  A crazy woman was
   shut up here in a dark, plank cell, in the cellar, there being no
   other place in the building in which she could be cared for in
   cold weather.  In warm weather she was permitted to range
   about the yard of the premises.  A woman who had formerly
   been a school-teacher, and had become insane, was confined in
   the small rooms without any treatment, and was a sad specta-
   cle.  The general condition of the house was orderly, and the
   inmates seemed to be well fed.  One of the superintendents of
   the poor accompanied us on the occasion of our visit.

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Page 137          Biennial Report of the State Board
                    of Corrections and Charities
                               1907

                               EATON

        Infirmary three miles from Charlotte.  Consists of three brick
     buildings, two of two stories and a one story building, and so pro-
     viding for separation of sexes and defectives.  The larger building
     has been entirely remodeled and modernized and is well equipped; the
     buildings are heated with steam.  Good bathing facilities, closets,
     etc., have recently been installed.

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