Fifteenth annual report of the managers of the Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane for the year 1885 : transmitted to the legislature January 15, 1886.

  • Buffalo State Hospital.
Date:
1886
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Fifteenth annual report of the managers of the Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane for the year 1885 : transmitted to the legislature January 15, 1886. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    want. It is proposed to put up a brick shop of about 16x20 feet located by the main chimney, to take the place of the present board shanty, which is entirely inadequate and unsightly. A plain wooden shed for storing lumber and materials for repairs and a woodshed complete the required outbuildings for properly conducting the work of the asylum. For building for employees and emergency hospital. k or piggery with conveniences for cooking feed and for slaughtering... a , For blacksmith with iron repair shop!!!!!!!.!!!!!! For paint shop, lumber and woodshed. $3,360 00 1,200 00 600 00 750 00 .$5,910 00 The inventory of property in possession of the asylum at the close of the last fiscal year has been prepared in accordance with a clause of the Supply bill, and accompanies this report. A committee of the board gave their personal attention to the estimation of the most important items, and care was taken that the whole inventory should be just and accurate. The board desires to acknowledge the faithful services of the offi¬ cers and employees of the asylum during the past year. The con¬ dition of the wards, the appearance of the patients, the evidences of improvement in care and in comfort, the advances made in the instruction of attendants, all give the most ample proof of the thoughtful and intelligent supervision which has characterized the whole administration of the institution. We close by commending the asylum, with all its varied interests, to your attention, feeling assured that it will receive from you, as lepresentatives of the people, the kindest consideration and such substantial aid as will enable it to fulfill, in the highest degree, the humane purposes for which it was erected. All of which is respectfully submitted. FRANCIS H. ROOT, GEORGE R. POTTER, J. M. HUTCHINSON, JOHN D. HILL, H. HELLRIEGEL, WM. M. IRISH, JOHN BOARDMAN, CHARLES G. CURTISS, FRANKLIN BURRITT, I „ . DANIEL H. MoMILLAN. Buffalo, January 13, 1886.