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Executive Documents of the
State of Minnesota
For the Fiscal Year
Ending July 31, 1892

                         INSPECTION OF COUNTY POOR HOUSES.
                         
              HOUSTON COUNTY POORHOUSE was visited August 6, 1892. 
            There were 11 inmates; 2 men and 9 women. The overseer has
            no salary but receives only the use of the farm and the
            board of himself, wife and six children. The overseer fur-
            nishes milk and garden stuff for the paupers; the rest of
            the produce belongs to him. The county pays $2 per week
            for one servant girl.
              This poorhouse is unfit for use. It was built for a way-
            side tavern. It has no ventilation, no facilities for
            bathing, no sitting rooms, no sleeping rooms down stairs,
            no facilities for separating the sexes; the summer kitchen
            has a dirt floor. The furniture is poor. The old bedsteads
            should be replace by new ones of suitable construction.
              The house was clean, the beds and bedding were very clean.
            The paupers appeared to be comfortably clothed and well
            cared for. The following bill of fare was reported:
            Breakfast: bread and butter, coffee cake, milk on draught,
              coffee with milk and sugar.
            Dinner: bread and butter, salt meat, potatoes, beans, apples,
              tea with sugar.
            Supper: bread and butter, fried potatoes, tea, milk, some-
              times coffee cake.
              The overseer seems to be doing as well as could be done
            with the means at his command.
            
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