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Page 106         Biennial Report of the State Board
                    of Corrections and Charities
                               1875

                             Genesee

      The poor-house is a large two-story brick building, located
   on a farm of 103 acres, near the village of Flint.  The build-
   ings are plain but roomy and presented many indications of
   care for the comfort of the inmates.  Neatness and good order
   generally prevailed.  A large portion of the inmates were kept
   in a large hall, in which the beds were arranged side by side,
   after the manner of a hospital.  A boy of about sixteen or
   seventeen years of age was chained in one corner of this hall
   because he was filthy and mischievous.  He was troubled with
   epilepsy, and was constantly making repulsive contortions,
   which must have been an annoyance to the other inmates.  In
   two small rooms, off from the hall, were two sick men, one of
   whom was upwards of a hundred years old, and required the
   same attention as a child; the other with a cancer eating out
   his face.  The stench from both these rooms was strong and
   foul.  There were three insane persons in this institution, but
   none of them was violently so.  No suitable provision has
   been made for the care of insane persons.

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Page 138          Biennial Report of the State Board
                    of Corrections and Charities
                               1907

                              GENESEE

        Infirmary two and a half miles south of Flint.  A two story brick
     building; the older portion has been remodeled and furnishes a fairly
     good home; the house is heated with steam and well provided with bath
     tubs and lavatories.  A portion of the second story has been fitted
     for the detention of delinquent children.


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