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'• Itisa net 25— 51a Lies aorar..yo.retmiinmgtntb« Aims House April I, 51 ■* admitted from April Istio Sepi. 1st, 133nlt;*« —184discharged dffring same period, 158deaths 12—140jll*Fa.n[•^! Ilt;o now rrmaining in bou«v, (Sept. 1st,) 4-Ji j Although w« have not beuti visited with any i j malignant or coniagiou* diseases during iheiic , ] prerji itt much ^ickite** ban prevailed j* urnohg paup-r*, mostly, however, with new I m f comer*, and the physicians have been kept busy f r j generally. The number admitted into the Aim* Hou*e( as per report herewith submitted, will give the board some idea of ii* extent, in addition lo the out pat lent s. Fortunately, a large number of the case« have been of *Wr dura- -turn, and very few deaths compared wi'b the! number of ca^es. At the date of this report, I uosvever, sickness is greatly on the increase, a* i wtll in the towns as in/tlie city, but we tru*£ i q that the prevailing diseases will cease liefore tbt*; telling iti of winter, otherwise we may expect great distress wi;h the poor having toencouo ire the high prices uf provisnm* and bouse rents. The every day arrival of paupers from ^Uajother states is iruly Harassing. the most of which come here wck, if not’nick, become so in a few days, and consequently become a county charge, and many of mero permanent. Your superintendent* have, in all c**es practical, sent them to other places where they were willing . to go, being much less expense than to let them i ^ remain here. This evil, I fet*l confident, will j f, be in a great measure relieved when the new ^l buildnigs at the County Farm are completedand arranged with waitable work-hups and the exerci'e of a proper decree of discipline em ployed. Provisions for wood aro necessary to be made 3 wiuter will wouu be upon u». Respectfully submitted. H. FOWLER. • A. ROCH, Sept. l»t, 1S55.£
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Milwaukee Daily News
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Oct 20, 1855
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