Biennial report of the Industrial Farm Colony for Women, Kinston, N.C

              1:1944/46 Dot,
EIGHTH BIENNIAL REPORT
of
DOBBS FARM
(Formerly Farm Colony For Women)
KINSTON, N. C.
For the Two Years Ended June 30, 1946
PERSONNEL
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Clyde A. Dillon,
Chairman, N. C. Board of Correction and Training Raleigh
Samuel B. Leonard,
Commissioner of Correction , , Raleigh
Executive Committee:
Dr. Rachel D. Davis, chairman . Kinston
Miss Gertrude Weil... Goldsboro
Dr. Houston Moore.— Wilmington
RESIDENT EXECUTIVE STAFF
Mrs. Maude R. Jimison Superintendent
Mrs. Emma A. Anderson Budget Officer
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
To Hon. Clyde A. Dillon, Chairman,
North Carolina Board of Correction and Training
Raleigh, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Dillon
:
The three years just past have been a period in which Dobbs
Farm has been standing trial before the budget commission and
the courts of North Carolina.
The executive committee consisting of Miss Gertrude Weil, Dr.
Houston Moore and myself with the whole hearted cooperation
of the administrative staff, headed by Mrs. Maude R. Jimison, has
given much thought, time and great physical effort to renovating
the physical plant and the program, in order that it could be of
greater service to the group of women for whom it was intended
and to the state of North Carolina. The institution is in excellent
physical condition- The program is effective for the small number
of people reached. The small number makes the program pro-hibitive
because of its high per capita cost.
The great commonwealth of North Carolina, its counties and
cities spend much money in arresting, sentencing and confining
criminals. If the combined cost of the justice systems for this
state were added and divided by the number of arrests made, the
per capita cost would be astounding. Merely sentencing a man or
woman to a jail does little for the individual as is evidenced by the
repeaters ; so, much of the cost of the courts is lost for public good.
It is hereby conceived that the courts greatest good rests in the
fear of it held by the non-offenders rather than in its handling of
the criminals. If the courts of North Carolina could go a step
farther and use the rehabilitating institutions of the state, the
state would progress, but this will never be done until every
criminal above sixteen years of age, brought before the courts is
accompanied by an adequate social and welfare history and the
sentence passed in court, passed in the light of this history with
the idea of rehabilitating the offender to again take his or her
place in society. Such institution as Dobbs Farm will never be
successful to North Carolina until the courts of North Carolina
follow the above policies.
It is regrettable that the courts of the state of North Carolina,
its counties and its cities have not seen fit to use Dobbs Farm for
at least 30% of the three thousand women annually sentenced by
these courts.
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The Department of Welfare of the state looks on the program
at Dobbs Farm with favor and pride. Other forward looking
states have commended this state for having such a program and
after it have patterned their own.
God grant that we go forward in our system of Penology rather
than go backward as is now evidenced by the attempts to discard
this institution.
Respectfully submitted,
Rachel D. Davis, Chairman.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT
To Dr. Rachel D. Davis, Chairman of the Executive Committee,
and Members of the North Carolina Board of Correction and Training.
Dear Dr. Davis:
This Biennium has been a period of many changes, and some progress.
Following the resignation of Miss Elsa Ernst as superintendent on July 19,
1944, the present superintendent came to the institution on November 1,
1944. By an act of the 1945 Legislature the name was changed to Dobbs
Farms. Twelve thousand dollars was allocated for a complete renovation
of the buildings, which was completed in August, 1945. The Honor
System has been established and only those inmates on restriction for a
serious violation of rules are locked up.
Now as never before there is a great need for helping the already delin-quents
to take acceptable places in society. Individual unhappiness and
misery do not show up very clearly on our statistical records, nor is there
any way of measuring by graphs the satisfaction that can come to indi-viduals,
or the benefits society may enjoy, from adjustments we help our
girls to make.
Special case work has been carried through in a small number of cases,
and the need for professional care in behavior problems has been demon-strated.
Women are not reformed en masse but as individuals; each
individual needs to make up her mind that she wants to reform and will
work with influences that are placed where they can play upon her daily
life. The women who are sent to the Farm need hospitalization. Seventy-five
per cent of all cases admitted here had venereal disases, and some
have been found suffering from both syphilis and gonorrhea. There is
such a close relationship between all behavior and the physical condition
of the case being studied, that we have come to recognize that much anti-social
conduct may be changed through proper medical care. Our health
work is such a vital part of our correctional program, but has been
seriously hampered for lack of funds. An increased appropriation for this
program is imperative.
The past year on the farm was very satisfactory. Due to the high cost
of feed, our dairy herd has been disposed of and milk is being purchased
from the Caswell Training School at a considerable saving. Fencing is
needed and posts and wire are on the premises for the completion of this
important project. Our gardens have yielded sufficient vegetables for
table use and for approximately five hundred gallons that have been
canned to date. Our small peach orchard supplied an abundance of
peaches for both the table and canning. A new tractor has been purchased
and the farm equipment is in good repair. Extensive ditching and tiling
are needed and a program of soil building has been inaugurated.
A financial statement is included in the exhibits. The courts have not
seen fit to use the facilities available at the farm and our enrollment has
remained at about one half of our maximum capacity. This makes for a
correspondingly high per capita cost. But who can estimate in the coin
of the realm the value of one bewildered, unhappy individual that finds
her way back to decent society through our doors!
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To the Executive Board and our capable Commissioner of Correction and
Training, who have given so generously of their time and thought to the
program at Dobbs Farms, I wish to express my gratitude. Their encourage-ment
and cooperation during a very trying period has been a contributing
factor in any measure of success attained.
Respectfully submitted,
Maude R. Jimison, Superintendent
Biennial Report fob 1944-45—1945-46
MEDICAL STATISTICS
For the Two Years Ended June 30, 1945 and 1946
Complete physical examinations
Wasserman examinations on admission
Additional Wasserman examinations (rechecks)
Total Wasserman examinations
Positive syphilitic cases
Syphilitic treatments:
Intravenous (chlorosen)
Intramuscular (thrio-bismol)
Total number of syphilitic treatments
Gonorrheal examinations on admission:
Vaginal smears
Urethral smears
Additional gonorrheal examinations (rechecks)
:
Vaginal smears
Urethral smears
Total number of gonorrheal examinations
Positive gonorrheal cases
Gonorrheal patients treated
Gonorrheal patients negative after Penicillin
Stool examinations
Positive hookworm cases
Hookworm cases negative after treatment
Regular visits made by doctor
Hospitilizations
Glasses
Average weight on admission
Average weight on dismissal
Average weight of hookworm patients on dismissal.
Typhoid vaccinations
Smallpox vaccinations
Number of smallpox takes
Infectious diseases
Deceased _
Years Ended
June 30. 1945
54
54
104
154
152
158
310
54
54
162
162
216
12
12
12
54
5
5
48
5
2
125
138
130
56
15
15
June 30, 1946
51
51
122
173
6
82
60
132
51
51
183
183
234
23
23
23
51
2
2
47
12
10
130
145
130
80
20
20
8
The health record of the institution for the past beinnium has been gratifying. The general health of the group
has been excellent, with no outbreak of communicable diseases. The institution has maintained a high standard of
sanitation, which has been approved by inspectors of the Health Department. Statistics above are self explanatory.
Thomas Leslie Lee, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Dobbs Farms
DENTAL STATISTICS
For the Two Years Ended June 30, 1945 and 1946
Number of dental examinations for year
New cases showing positive Vincent's infection
Total negative examinations for Vincent's infection after treatment.
Number of Vincent's tests (rechecks) 1.
Total number of tests made for Vincent's infection
Number of positive cases carried over from June 1945
Number of cases still under treatment June 30, 1946
Number of Vincent's treatment given
Number positive both syphilis and Vincent's infection
Number of pyorrhea cases
Number of cavities of decay..-
Number of extractions
Number of patients showing no cavities
Number of partially erupted third molars
Number of denta 1 plates made
Total number of clinical patients
Total number of visits by dentist
Average number of patients seen each visit
Years Ended
June 30, 1945
54
39
50
162
216
650
125
20
700
50
16
June 30, 1946
51
37
47
153
204
5
8
730
153
48
10
2
1
790
48
The incidence of Vincents disease in newly admitted cases is still high. All cases which become negative after
treatment are continuouslychecked for Vincent's disease every eight weeks during their entire stay at the institution
,
and are placed immediately under further treatment in those cases showing a recurrence of the disease.
Due to lack of dental engine and other needed equipment, all fillings, cleanings and prosthetics have had to be
accomplished by having patients brought to private office. George W. Price, D.D.S.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Date of opening April 3, 1929
Plant:
Land, 488 acres (106 farmed) $ 4,880.00
Buildings 129,816.57
Equipment : 23,187.69
Total value $157,884.26
Officers and employees in service at end of year:
Superintendent
Budget Officer
Nurse
Dietitian
Housemothers
Sewing Teacher
Laundry Teacher
Farm Teacher
Relief Teacher
Farm Manager
Farm Hand
19 H5 1945-40
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Total 11 10
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FARM PRODUCTS CONSUMED AS FOOD (Including Produce Used for Canning)
Fruits:
Cantaloups 700 .10 70.00
Citrons 260 .05 13.00
Grapes 75 bu 1.25 93.75
Peaches 30 bu 3.00 90.00
Pecans 40 Lb .35 14.00
Watermelons 180 .30 54.00
Vegetables:
Beans, Lima 65 bu...
Beans, Snap 50 bu...
Beets 25 bu...
Cabbage 1 150 bu...
Carrots 15 bu...
Collards 40 bu...
Corn 250 Doz.
Cucumbers 46 Bu...
EggPlant 8 Bu...
Lettuce 8 Bu...
Okra 8 Bu..
Onions 90 Bu...
Peas, Field 35 Bu...
Peas, Field 35 Bu...
Peas, Garden 36 Bu...
Potatoes, Irish 185 Bu...
Potatoes. Sweet 195 Bu...
Radishes 20 Bu...
Rutabagas 6 Bu...
Squash 90 Bu...
Tomatoes 90 Bu...
Turnips 28 Bu...
Turnip Greens, Spinach 130 Bu...
Eggs and Milk:
Eggs 1578 doz.
Milk (until December) 1481 gal..
Meats:
Chicken.
Pork.
.1063 lb.
.3169 lb.
650 lb.
Veal 190 lb.
Shortening :
Lard 750 lb.
Butter 240 lb.
3.00 195.00
2.00 100.00
1.25 31.25
2.00 300.00
2.00 30.00
.75 30.00
.20 50.00
1.50 69.00
1.00 8.00
2.00 16.00
1.50 12.00
2.00 180.00
2.00 180.00
1.50 52.50
2.00 72.00
1.50 277.50
1.50 292.50
2.00 40.00
1.00 6.00
1.00 90.00
1.50 135.00
1.00 28.00
1.00 130.00
.35 552.30
.75 1,110.75
.35 372.05
.30 950. ~0
.35 2?7.50
.35 66.50
.20 150.00
.50 120.00
1,215.00
Farm Products Used on Farm:
Hay (Lost due to storm) 5 Tons.
Fertilizer (Manure) 15 Tons.
FeedCorn 450 Bu....
Truck Waste... 350 Bu....
Pasture 24 Acres.
Farm Products Sold:
Vegetables
Hide
Total Production $ 7,254.18
Sale of Dairy Herd ., . 750.00
Sale of Farm Equipment.... . 460.00
35.00 175.00
6.00 90.00
1.25 562.50
.25 87.50
12.50 300.00
5.40 5.40
4.48 4.48
8.464.18
334.75
\144.75
1,663.05
.75
270.00
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AVERAGE POPULATION AND MAINTENANCE PER CAPITA COST
For the Two Years Ended June 30, 1945 and 1946
Function
Fiscal Year
1944-1945
Fiscal Year
1945-1946
128.71
350.33
162.78
116.83
405.82
' 42.99
165 64
466 52
Agricultural _.--_.. . _ .1 ._ .... ... _ . 211.22
Operation and maintenance of plant 199.09
Additions and betterments ... _ ... ..... 56.96
Employees' War Bonus ... .
Emergency Salaries . . . _ ... . 36.91
Total 1,207.46 1,136.34
29.57 27.35
REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES
PREMANENT IMPROVEMENT FUND
At June 30, 1946
Revenue
Appropriation—Chapter 296 of 1937, Code 1433
Appropriation—Chapter 1, of 1938, Code 1475
Expenditures
Appropriation—1937
Appropriation—1938
Balances
Appropriation—1937 $
Appropriation—1938
$
1 7,000.00
8,625.00
s 16,625.00
-1 6,862.70
9,593.85
$ 16,466.55
137.30
31.15
168.45
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MAINTENANCE FUND
For the Two Years Ended June 30, 1945 and 1946
Revenues
Appropriation:
Chapter 530 of Public Laws of 1943
Chapter 279 of Public laws of 1945
Institutional receipts: Sale of farm products
Sale of dairy herd
Sale of farm equipment.
.
Total Revenues.
Expenditures
Administration
Custodial Care
Agricultural
Operation and maintenance of plant.
Additions and betterments
Employees' War Bonus
Emergency Salaries
Total expenditures
Balance reverted to general fund.
Fiscal Year
1944-1945
i 35,704.48
521.75
$ 36,226.23
3,805.94
10,359.27
4,813.31
3,454.70
12,000.00
1,271.26
$ 35,704.48
Fiscal Year
1945-1946
31,079.08
750.00
460.00
32,298.96
4,530.36
12,759.09
5,776.49
5,444.99
1,557.68
1,010.47
31,079.08
83.61
Dobbs Farms
MOVEMENT OF POPULATION
13
Years Ended
Persons in Institution
June 30, 1945 June 30. 1946
39
44
4
2
32
Admissions during year:
38
5
6
2
4
54
54
93
51
51
83
Separations during year:
14
26
2
1
6
14
21
7
4
12 7
61
32
53
30
Average daily resident population . _ . . . 29.57
55
27.35
55
Movement of Population by Cases
Total cases, first of year:
In institution _ . 39
45
32
On parole 31
Total cases under supervision _ _ . 84
32
31
63
Total cases, end of year:
In institution . 30
On parole __ 17
Total cases under supervision .„___ 63
54
117
-47
70
47
Number new cases committed to institution during year. . . .... 44
Total cases cared for during year . . 91
Number cases discharged during year . ... _ 39
Total cases with institutional obligation at end of year 52