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j Although w« have not been visited with any | j malignant or coni agiou* diseases during the : prew itt much Mckfie*?* has prevailed jamong paup-r*, mostly, however, with new ; coiiiefs, and rile phyMcino* have been kept busy j generally. The number admitted into the Aim* Him*-, per report herewith suhmilted, will give the board some idea of hs extern, in addition to the mi! patients. Fortunately, a large number of the case* have been of short duration, and very few death* compared wib the 1 number of cases. At the date of tbi* report, I however, Metrics* is greatly on ike increase, » i well in the towns a* iu/thecity, but we trusti that the prevailing diseases will cese ttefore the ; selling in of winter, otherwise wtz may expect great distress wtih ihe poor having loencouo ire ihe high prices of provision* and bouse rents. The every day arrival of paupers from iiiher states is -truly harassing, the most of which come here sick, if not'nick, become so in a few days, and consequently become a county charge, and many of them permanent. Your superintendent* have, in all c**es practical, sent them to other places where they were willing Hi go, being much less expense than Jo let them remain here. This evil, I feel confident, will be in a great measure relieved when the new buildings at the County Farm are Completed and arranged with suitable workshops and the exerci-e of a proper degree of discipline employed.Provision* for wood aro necessary to be made 3 winter will soou be upon u*,R^pecifully submitted.H. FOWLER.A. KOCH,Sept. lit, 1S55,
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Milwaukee Daily News
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Oct 20, 1855
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