County House Figures

Countyhouse Figures

What It Costs to Care for The Poor of Washtenaw.

The Figures Show An Economical Administration of Poor Affairs in This County.

The annual report of the superintendents of poor ending June 30, '99, for Washtenaw country will show:

The whole number of male paupers in the county house during the year was 51, female paupers 21, the average maintained during the year is 39 37, under the age of 16 is 2, idiots 5, blind 2. Their nationality is as follows: American 34, English 6, Irish 10, German 12, French 1, Negroes 6, Mulattoes 1, Italians 1, Bohemian 1. The number of deaths was 5, number outside of poor house temporarily relieved 588, number of permanent paupers outside of house 40.

The number of insane from Washtenaw which are in the Eastern Michigan insane asylum is 23 and there are about four in the other parts of the state. The total amount expended for persons not in the poor house who received temporary relief is $,642.32. The total expense of maintaining the poor house and farm for the year, exclusive of interest on capital invested and value of paupers' labor is $3,565,66.

The cost of maintaining Washtenaw's insane in the state asylum is about $2,454.17 or about $200 less than last year.