Twenty-third annual report of the Trustees of the New York Asylum for Idiots of the State of New York : transmitted to the Legislature January 15, 1874 / New York State Asylum for Idiots.

  • New York State Asylum for Idiots
Date:
1874
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Credit: Twenty-third annual report of the Trustees of the New York Asylum for Idiots of the State of New York : transmitted to the Legislature January 15, 1874 / New York State Asylum for Idiots. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. 13.] support shall certity that such idiot is an eligible and proper candi¬ date for admission to said asylum as aforesaid. The state pupils in the asylum will be selected in equal num¬ bers, as far as may be, from each judicial district, from those whose parents or guardians are unable to provide for their support therein. “ The state pupils will be expected to come to the asylum pro¬ vided with a supply of neat and substantial clothing for the first six months, after which period the clothing will be furnished by the asylum, at the expense of the respective counties of which they are residents, as in the case of the deaf and dumb, and the blind asy¬ lums of the state. “ A bond will be required in all cases, except the case of a state pupil, to insure the removal of the pupil free of expense to the insti¬ tution. “ All pupils will be received upon trial for one month, at the end of which time a report upon the case will be made to the parents or parties sending them. “ The education furnished by the institution will include, not only the simpler elements of instruction usually taught in common schools, where that is practicable, but will embrace a course of training in the more practical matters of every-day life, the cultiva¬ tion of habits of decency, propriety, self-management and self- reliance, and the development and enlargement of a capacity for useful occupation. There shall be a vacation during the whole month of August, unless otherwise directed by the board, at which period all pupils must be removed from the asylum by the parents or guardians, if required by the superintendent. Applications for admission to the asylum, stating age, sex, gen era! health, and such other particulars as will enable the trustees to judge of the teachableness of the person for whom application is made, must be directed to the superintendent. Dr. H. B. Wilbur.” It will be seen by reference to the foregoing, just what the mode of admission is. Application is first made to the superintendent of_ the asylum, furnishing such particulars of the condition of the per_ son for whom application is made as will enable the executive com mittee to decide whether the party is a suitable subject for admission. If the case come within the purpose of the institution, a blank form of application is at once sent, which, when filled up and returned to the superintendent, furnishes a statement of the name, residence, etc., of the party, and his or her pecuniary condition, or the pecuniary condition of his or her parents, verified by the affida¬ vit of two persons acquainted with the circumstances related in the statement, and confirmed by the certificate of the county judge. On the return of this circular, if there is a vacancy from the judi¬ cial district in which the party resides, permission is at once given for his or her admission. If no vacancy exists at the time, the parties interested are so noti¬ fied, and the application is filed, the applicant to receive the benefit of the first vacancy, in turn.