[Fifth annual] report of the trustees of the State Idiot Asylum : Feb 11, 1856 / New York State Asylum for Idiots.

  • New York State Asylum for Idiots.
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[1856?]
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Credit: [Fifth annual] report of the trustees of the State Idiot Asylum : Feb 11, 1856 / New York State Asylum for Idiots. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT Of (iic Trustees of the State idiot As>iuiu< To the Hon. the Legislature of the State of New-York : In conformity with the law establishing an Asylum for Idiots, the undersigned trustees of said institution respectfully REPORT: That the institution which has been entrusted to their care and supervision, still continues to be prospered in the increase of its numbers, the health of its inmates, and the confidence it has in¬ spired in the public mind. The report of the Superintendent herewith transmitted, pre¬ sents the main facts in the history of the institution during the past year; the removal to the new buildings at Syracuse, the in¬ crease in the number of pupils, the mode in which persons in¬ terested may avail themselves of its benefits, and the general ob- ■f jects and ends of the institution; and also makes a suggestion as to the prospective growth of the institution. Since that report was written, an abstract of the census furnish¬ ing the number of idiots in the State under 14 years of age has been received by the trustees. The number thus rendered is 296. This does not include the number already at the Asylum. It is imperfect to the knowledge of the officers of the institution,