Statement of Money received from Visilors, during the year ending November 17, 1845. Balance on hand, Nov. 17, 1844, $104 26 This am't received during the year ending Nov. 17, 1845, 198 24 $302 50 Aug. 1, Statement of Officers salaries, as per accounts rendered to the Au, ditor General, and paid by the State Treasurer, during the year ending October 31, 1845. J. H. Titus, Agent, from Sept. 1, 1844, to March 1, 1845, $375 00 L. Goodell, Dept. keeper, "Oct. 5, 8, M. Shoemaker, Inspector, from April 8, to Sept. 1, 66 J. C. Backus, Inspector, from April 9, to Oct. 31, Inventory of property remaining at the State Prison, and belonging to the State, October 31, 1845: WITHOUT THE YARD. Three dwelling houses, one barn, two double, and one single wagon, three carts and harness, four horses and harness. IN THE OFFICE. One iron safe, two stoves and pipe, one clock, two book cases, one desk, ten chairs, one table, one settee, one cupboard. IN THE YARD AND SHOPS. One steam engine, shafts and bolts, two single carding machines, one picking machine, one spinning jack, five looms, one engine lathe, one stocking loom, one copper kettle, warping bars, spools and bobbins, five stoves and pipes,two tailors' tables, barbers' tools, two keepers' desks, kitchen furniture and bedding sufficient for 124 convicts, wash-room fixtures and implements, carpenters' and blacksmiths' tools, three sett stone cutters' toools, 9 wheel-barrows, 15 shovels, 6 picks, 9 crowbars, 12 stone hammers, 12 trowels, 1 buck saw, 3 axes, one bell and hangings, one cook stove and furniture in hospital, 10 muskets and accoutrements, 5 pistols, one large grindstone, four large stoves and pipe in the prison, one medicine case and contents, 1,000 pounds wool in the fleece, 100 cords wood, 200 pounds cotton batting, 600 pounds cotton yarn, 100 yards convict stripe, 60 yards sheeting, 9 pounds linen thread, 30 thousand brick, 300 feet cut stone, 200 bushels lime. J. H. Titus, the Agent, and Walter Budington, the Clerk of the Prison, being duly sworn, depose and say, that the foregoing statements and inventory are correct and true, according to the best of their knowledge and belief. JONAS H. TITUS, Subscribed and sworn before me the 3d day of December, 1845. WARREN N. BUCK, Notary Public, Jackson Co. Physician's Report. To the Inspectors of the State Penitentiary: GENTLEMEN-In compliance with established usage, the following brief report of the health of the convicts in the Penitentiary is respectfully submitted: During the six months which have elapsed, since the commencement of my charge of the Medical Department, the general health of the convicts has been good. The total number of prescriptions during the period, is about four hundred and twenty, being an average of nearly three daily-the number of convicts prescribed for, about fifty, or nearly one half of the whole number a proportion which, considering the generally bad habits of the convicts prior to their incarceration, is believed to be somewhat less than occurs in general practice. Many of these cases, moreover, were of so slight a nature that without the walls of the prison, they would have been treated only with domestic appliances. In none of the cases, can the influence of the discipline or hygienic regulations of the prison be traced-on the contrary there can be no doubt that the regularity of habits induced by the discipline, and the simplicity and wholesome nature of the diet and regimen exert a highly salutary influence upon the health of the convicts. A reference to the hospital register shows that by far the greater number of diseases occurred during the latter part of summer and the earlier autumnal months, a fact which finds its explanation in the greater intensity of the enedemic influence at that period—yet such has been the general healthfulness of the season, that comparatively few cases of remittent, none of continued fever, and not a single death, have occurred. All of which is respectfully submitted, A. SAGER, M. D. Physician to the Penitentiary. Jackson, 10 Dec., 1845. |