60 Document No. 10. [Session
able to work, none; helpless, 2. Food, plenty of bread and
meat, at cost of .$1.25 per capita for food ; clothing extra. The
keeper isDrury Conn, Henderson ville, at §5 each per month
and he is a satisfactory officer. No regular attending phy-sician
; fees for physician when needed. On December 1,
1890, there were 7 inmates; admitted to December 1, 1891,
4; died, 1 ; under care at present, 2 ; 1 assists in work a little.
Premises new and in good condition ; has 100 acres, mostly
tillable; poor. The keeper has a yoke of oxen and hogs;
crops raised belong to keeper. Not well shaded. Manures
saved. No religious services. Outdoor relief for two per-sons,
at $4 and S5 per month.
Remarks.—You will note the small amount paid to keeper
of Home—$5 each per month. Of course, the keeper has a
house, rent free, but the land tilled is small in amount and
poor, and the pay is inadequate. The clothing is furnished by
tin' county, and is comfortable.
J. G. WALDROP, M. D.
HYDE.
The Home is situated one mile from the county seat (-Swan
Quarter); and to the south and east of a heavy forest. It has
3 buildings; 2 about 28 x 18 feet, and one 40x40, 2 stories
high, built of heart pine, roofed with cypress shingles. Two
of the buildings contain 2 rooms each; the third, 0. They
are well ventilated. The chimneys are of brick and the
keeper is very camions in regard to fire. The water supply
for cooking, drinking and bathing purposes is bad in the
extreme. The buildings are heated by brick fireplaces, and
accommodate comfortably 25 or 30 inmates; but only 6 are
in charge al present. Of the-e, none are able to work ; 2
are helpless. One is insane, who, for very many years, was an
inmate of the North Carolina Insane Asylum, sent there
from Tyrrell county; by all means he should be returned to
the I nsane Asylum. The inmates are allowed as much good,
wholesome food as they will eat, including coffee and sugar.
