Remarks upon the tables. In presenting the statistics of the institutions for the care and training of the feebleminded it appears that there has been a large increase in the number of schools, of pupils, and of teachers. Returns have been received from 26 institutions, an increase of 4 over last year. Four thousand seven hundred and eighty-four pupils are in the institutions at present, an increase of 463 over last year's report. The increase of instructors has kept pace with the increase of pupils. The number of instructors reported this year is 141, an increase of 19 over last year. The amount appropriated by the States for the public institutions is $936,425, an increase of $10,168. Of the 26 institutions that have reported to this Bureau 15 are supported by States, 1 by a county, and 10 are private homes, which do not furnish any financial statistics to this Office. Eighteen have manual training and 16 have kindergartens. From four to five hours each day are spent in the schoolrooms. After the school hours the younger children are allowed to play and romp either in the play rooms or out of doors if the weather permits. The older ones, under competent instructors, are all given some useful employment, the males in the work shops or on the farm, the females at sewing or household duties. State. Number of in stitutions. Male. Female. Summary of statistics of institutions for the feeble-minded for 1888-89. Instructors. Pupils. Total. Industrial department. ⚫ Male. Female. Total. Music. Kindergarten. Receipts. Expenditures. Volumes in li brary. Post-office address. Statistics of institutions for the feeble-minded for 1888-89-Part I. California Home for the Care and Training of Feeble- 1884 A. Edgar Osborne, M. D... 2 3 4 76 56 6 (402) 240 10 (a103) 19 86 1860 John Q. A. Stewart, M. D. 4 85 70 10 30 155 155 86 50 24 Private Institution for the Education of Feeble-Minded 1848 Catharine Brown 5 10 9 62 22 Geo. A. Brown, M. D 12 Fayville, Mass Hillside School for Backward and Feeble Children. 1870 Mesdames Knight and 2 6 6 5 6 23 28 Garrison Home aud Training School for the Feeble in Mind. 1889 Rev. C. F. Garrison 1 1883 Margaret Bancroft and 3 2 1 Jennie Cox. 80 0 110 30 34 34 31 11 20 3 26 21 Amityville (Long Is Brunswick Home*. land, N. Y. 22 Newark, N. Y 23 New York, N. Y. 24 Syracuse, N. Y 25 Columbus, Ohio Elwyn, Pa. 1888 Rev. O. F. Brown 1 1 (27) New York State Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women. 1878 W. L. Willett.. 1 2 (250) Seguin's Physiological School for Feeble-Minded Children. New York State Asylum for Idiots.. Ohio Institution for Feeble-Minded Youth Pennsylvania Institution for Feeble-Minded Children 5222 6 10 9 *Statistics of 1887-88. a Number present June 1, 1889. Statistics of institutions for the feeble-minded for 1888-89--Part II. 1231 California Home for the Care and Training of Feeble-Minded Children. 10 Connecticut School for Imbeciles.. $31,267 0 $3,294 $1, 601 15 3 Cavarly Cottage... $11, 007 16, 423 $12, 354 10,057 1 200 Illinois Asylum for Feeble-Minded Youth. 4,000 77 Indiana School for Feeble-Minded Youth 69, 002 3, 403 4, 145 10, 131 45, 301 $14, 492 17, 372 3,000 20, 343 Iowa Institution for Feeble-Minded Children 36,000 77 7 Kansas State Asylum for Idiotic and Imbecile Youth *(62,000) *22, 000 *20,000 10 Kentucky Institution for the Education and Training of Feeble-Minded Children. Font Hill Private Institution for Feeble-Minded Children.. 20,000 2, 540 16, 634 58 500 32,000 1,600 34,000 7,500 1 200 10 Home School for Nervous and Delicate Children and Youth.. *(5,000) 1 Private Institution for the Education of Foeble-Minded Youth Hillside School for Backward and Feeble Children. 0 175 4, 175 300 *(4, 100) 8 400 New Jersey Home for the Care and Education of Feeble-Minded Children. Brunswick Home... 2,000 2,856 307 2,000 1,620 1, 200 1,962 *50 *2, 888 *676 22 New York State Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women 23 Seguin's Physiological School for Feeble-Minded. 60, 307 20,000 6,546 3,180 New York State Asylum for Idiots 41 25 Ohio Institution for Feeble-Minded Youth. 330 102, 340 8, 147 4,403 50 20 Pennsylvania Institution for Feeble-Minded Children. 181,570 15, 313 2,661 32, 000 385 1,000 *60,000 *34, 155 *21, 812 *15, 726 * Statistics of 1887-88. III.-REFORM SCHOOLS. The cottage system.-The term "family system" seems to be used as though it were a synonym for the expression, "cottage system." Thus, in answer to the inquiry, "Is your institution operated on the cottage system?" one school answers, "We have one family;" another, "The change to the family plan is now being made;" still a third, "No; but we have the family spirit." It is possible to consider the inmates of a large building having the usual assortment of stories and wings, as an overgrown family, and the building as an overgrown cottage; and it is also possible to conceive the inhabitants of such a building broken up into groups, just as a regiment is composed of companies. In both these instances the manner in which the family or families are organized is the main feature; but in the cottage system the distinguishing feature is in the isolation of the family by giving each a separate habitation. It would seem that the term "cottage system" may mean the organization of the family system, and something more. Among the institutions reporting for the year under review, there are forty which give information in answer to the inquiry as to whether they had adopted the cottage system. Fifteen answer "yes," and eighteen "no." Three others give the responses noted in the preceding paragraph, and the others are introducing the cottage system. Movement of the population.-Thirty-six schools, not including the Elmira State Reformatory for Men, report their population during the year, and also the number leaving during the same period. In these 36 schools there were 17,661 pupils enrolled, of whom 7,181, or 41 per cent. were disposed of or left the institutions under the following circumstances: Discharged at expiration of term. Removed to other places of destination... All others dismissed (in many cases the deaths have been included here) Total Per cent. Receipts from public funds, etc.-As far as reported the amount received from public funds is nearly $2,000,000, though the reports are somewhat imperfect. This goes to show that from 85 to 90 per cent. of the means of support of reformatory institutions is received from the public treasury. Of the amount received, $357,708 were expended in building and improvements, and $527,622 for salaries, 17 per cent. and 24 per cent., respectively, of the whole expenditure. 1 These figures are for the year 1888-89; the figures of the summary are, in some instances, for 1887-88. Receipts. Expenditures. |