SUNNYSIDE ASYLUM.
CROWDING AND DMEABI. PEE FBBBS AMOOMTIOX. Chbjstchoeoh, June 6. Tha Canterbury members yesterday paid a visit to tha Asylum. Mr T. E. Taylor, fil.H E., afterward* communicated the wsult to the press, H« states tbat littl*, if any, clar«ifloation of tie inmates is po*ibl« under the existixg'Joocditions, The place ie so ov<-rcrowd«d ihat newly 100 men havu to eUep in the oorridore every night, shakedowns heing provided, la the event cf fire, the live* of the inmates would Le seriously jeopardised. Tbo work of the institution ie much hampered. Fifty men out of three hundred o-d in toe Asylum ere Buffering from simile decay, and are so feeble that they could not possibly inflict in* jury on anyone if allowed at large, where they ought to be. It is dear they cufcht no* to be in Sunnyside. Another sellout matter is that try* sipel&s is now affeoting some of the inmates. As prar tally always th re is no accommodation for a hospital md no place to set aside for proper treat* ■rent of the disease, crowded is the iomit s art-, for years the disease haa been constantly brtskirg out,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 134, 8 June 1903, Page 2
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193SUNNYSIDE ASYLUM. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 134, 8 June 1903, Page 2
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