780
COUNTY OF ELGIN
By-Law No. 780
"TO AUTHORIZE AND PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT PAYMENT
AND DUTIES OF THE INSPECTOR, KEEPER, MATRON AND PHYSICIAN
FOR THE SUPERINTENDENCE, CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE HOUSE
OF INDUSTRY AND REFUGE OF THE COUNTY OF ELGIN, AND TO PRE-
SCRIBED RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT THEREOJf.".
Passed November 18th, 1910.
The County Council of the County of Elgin enacts,
under the authority of the Municipal Act .
That Angus Turner is hereby appointed Inspector of
the said Hause of Industry and Refuge at an annual salary
of one hundred and fifty dollars, and shall hold office .
during the pleasure of the Council.
That David Go6ding be and is hereby appointed
Keeper of the said House of Industry and Re:fuge and shall
hold office during the pleasure of the Council, at an al~ual
sã.lary of four hundred dollars, with board and lodging in
the said House at the expense of the Corporation.
That Jennie Gooding be and is hereby appointed
Matron of the said House of Industry and Refuge, at a salary
of two hundred dollars per annum with board and lodging in
the said House at the expense of the Corporation.
That William F. Luton, a legally qualified Medical
Practitioner, be and is hereby appointed Physician of the
said House of Industry and Refuge, and shall hold office
during the pleasure of the Council, and shall be paid for
his services as annual salary of two hundred dollars, in-
cluding medicines.
STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL
That a committee of three members of the Council,
to be called the Standing Committee on House of Industry,
shall be appointed annually at the first session in each
year, whose duty it shall be to oversee the management and
examine into the state of all matters and tñ1ngs relating
to the support and employment of the pauper inmates; to
audit all accounts quarterly and report yearly to the County
Council at its regular meeting in November; and shall: "also
at the June session in each year present as estimate of the
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ensuing year for the sup-
amount required for the
maintenance of the poor.
probable
port and
BILLS AND CLAIMS
That all bills and claims against the Corporation
for supplies furnished to the House of Industry and In-
dustrial Farm shall be duly certified as being correct by
the Inspector ,or Keeper before being presented for audit,
and on the same being examine and passed by said Committee
the Chairman shall be authorized to grant his order on the
County Treasurer for the several amounts allowed to be paid
by the said Treasurer
ADMISSION OF PAUPERS
A Reeve or Deputy Reeve of any Municipality in the
County, or Inspector or County Clerk may, by writing under
their hands and seals, commit to the said House of Industry
or of Refuge to be employed and governed according to the
Rules and Regulations and Orders of the House.
All poor and indigent persons who are not insane
or afflicted with a contageous disease, who are incapable
of supporting themselves and who belong to the County of
Elgin, and the Keeper of the said House of Industry shall
and is hereby authorized to receive such persons and no
others. The commitment to the said House of Industry shall
be in form set forth in Schedule "A"
EXPENSES OF SENDING TO HOUSE
The expenses of sending all persons to the House
of Industry shall be paid by the Municipality from which
they are sent
CHILDREN
All children between the ages of two and sixteen
years committed to or born in the said House of Industry
shall be transferred, in accordance with the provisions of
the Childrens Protection Act of Ontario, to the; .;Shel ter of
the Childrens Aid Society of the City;of St. Thomas
BURIAL GROUND
That a sùitable place on some part of the industrial
Farm, lying within the Township of Southwold,. shall be
selected for the burial ground for the burial (ff:pauperin-
mates
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who may die in the House of Industry and Refuge, and whose
bodies are not disposed of under the provisions of the
Ontario Anatomy Act, or whose friends do not claim their
bodies for interment. Said burial ground shall be fenced
in and properly laid out in tiers or rows, and graves to
be plainly numbered. A Búrial Register shall be kept in
the form of Schedule E to this By-Law.
OFFICERS DUTIES
DUTIES OF 'rHE INSPECTOR
It shall be the duty of the Inspector to see that
the Rµles and Regulations hereinafter provided are duly en-
forced; he shall visit the House at least four times per
month, hear any complaints that may be made, and report the
same t9 the Standing Committee on House of Industry and
Refuge at its meetings. He Shall also, under instruction
from the said committee or the County Council, authorize the
Keeper to procure all necessary help and supplies for the
House and Farm, and certify all bills and claim for the
same to the Board of Audit, the aforesaid Standing Committee
The Inspector shall also, in conformity with Section
461 of the Consolidated Municipal Act, and in books to be
provided at the expense of this>Corporation, keep the follow-
ing Registers and Accounts, that is to say;
A Register of the names of all paupers, vagrants
etc., admitted into the House in the form of Schedule "C"
to this By-Law.
B
The Inspector shall also make a yearly report to
County Council for the year ending the 31st,October in each
and every year, in the form provided in Schedule "D" of this
By-Law, with an additional report upon any other matter or
thing that he may consider of sufficient importance to bring
to the notice of the Council. He shall also, on or before
the 31st of October in every year, check an inventory of
personal property belonging to the Institution and value
the amount of produce on hand
,
A Burial Register Schedule
DUTIES OF KEEPER
It shall be the duty of the Keeper to underißk$_.
the general superintendence of the House of Industry and
Refuge and the Industrial Farm attached thereto, and, when
not otherwise engaged, shall devote his time to tilling and
cultivating said farm, securing and harvest~ng the crops,
or at other manual labor, according to the requirements of
the several seasons of the year, and in order to work such
farm in a skilful and husbandlîke manner. He shall give
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his attention and time for the benefit of the Institution,
and shall carry into effect all the Rules and Regulations
adopted from time to time by the said County Council for the
government and management of said House
He shall also furnish the Inspector with a list
all the provisions required, and it shall be his duty to
that the provisions furnished to the inmates are of goód
quality and such as the Committee or Inspector may approve
of, and he shall not allow any waste thereof, and shall
not permit the use of intoxicating drinks by any of the
inmates, and all work done on the premises to be done as
directed by the Inspector or Committee of Management. The
Keeper shall take charge of all raw material for manufacture
and working tobls provided by the Inspector for the full
employment of such of the inmates as are able to work and
direct and superintend their work and labor under direction
of the Inspector.
of
see
He shall also keep fair and regular accounts in
writing of all materials, provisions, fuel, clothing and
other necessaries provided for the use of the Institution,
and of all expenses and charges attending the maintenance
and support of the poor, and of all monies received by him
from the sale of the products of their labor or otherwise
on the premises, and shall submit the said lists and accounts
to the Inspector and Standing Committee on House of Industry
and Refuge at the meetings of said Committee
He shall also keep a correct and particular account
of each and every article of wearing apparel issued to the
inmates, and shall keep a complete inventory of all personal
property in and about the place, and assist the Inspector
in checking the same for the purposes of the annual report
and also assist in the valuing of provisions, produce, etc
on hand
He shall also keep a Visitors' Book, in which
parties visiting the Institution shall enter their names,
with any remarks they may see fit to make of a proper nature
He shall also examine all paupers on their ad-
mission into the House, note such facts in regard to them
as are important tõ be preserved, shall cause them to be
thoroughly cleansed and suitably located, having reference
to their age, sex and general character, shall be especially
careful that the infirm inmates and children are treated
with considerate care and kindness, and shall see that
proper attention is given to the sick.
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He shall also see that every department and all
furniture and utensils are kept neat, clean and in order,
and that all provisions, fuel and every other article con~
surned in and about the premises, are used with the strictest
economy.
He and the Matron, or their assistantè;detailed
for the purpose, shall also visit each and every occ.upied
room after the ringing of the retiring bell, and shall see
that the inmates have all retired, excepting those on duty
and shall see that all the fires are made secure and safe
and that all lights are extinguished, save and excepting
only where fire and lights are permitted to be kept for
the benefit of the sick
He may also, for violation of any of the rules for
disobedience or bad conduct by any of the inmates, inflict
sui table punishment at his discretion (þut empl'oy: no: impr9per
means) by confinement or otherwise; but in case of solitary
confinement not for a longer period than twenty-four hours,
unless by the direction of the Inspector; and he shall not
absent himself from the Institution at any time without
the consent of the Inspector.
In case of the death of any inmate, for the dispo-
sition of whose body no provision was made at the time of
commitment, or whose body is not claimed by friends, that
the Keeper be required to report the death to the Reeve of
the Municipality from which the inmate was committed, with
a view to having the body claimed for burial instead of
being sent to 'the Tnspectôr':ofAnatoíny as\.pequired:.by':the
Anatomy Act.
.'
DUTIES OF THE MATRON
It shall be the duty of the Matron to take charge
and oversight of all the indoor operations; to see that all
the female inmates are provided for according to their
respective wants; that cleanliness, both in their persons
and apartments and that good order and decorum be observed
at all times
She shall be careful of all the goods, property
and furniture committed to her charge, that the same be not
lost or embezzeled; she shall direct the detailing of the
women under her charge to such branches of labor as in her
judgmént they are best fitted to perform.
She shall at proper and stated times have all the
clothing of the inmates and the bed-clothes changed and re-
placed with clean apparel; and shall be vigilant over every
par~ of the house in regard to cleanliness, and shall see
that the female inmates observe all the rules that may be
prescribed for ablution.
d)
cont
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DUTIES OF THE PHYSICIAN
It shall be the duty of the P;hysician to undertake
the sanitary supervision of the said House-and to attend
all cases of sickness that may occur.
He shall also, in a book to be fbrnished to him
for that purpose, note/all cases treated by him, and in
case of death to certify therein the cause; and shall also
report in such book all the births in said House.
He shall also, when called upon by the Keeper,
examine any of the pauper inmates feigning illness, or
otherwise as to their ability to work. He shall visit the
House at least once a week.
RULES FOR THE INMATES
I
At the ringing of the morning bell every inmate
in the House (the sick and those in confinement excepted),
must rise, dress, wash and be in readiness to proceed to
work.
2
The bell will ring ten minutes before each meal,
when all will leave their work and be in readiness, with
clean hands and faces, for the ringing of the second bell,
when they will repair to the dining rooms and take such
seats at the table as are assigned to them by those in
charge, where they must observe silence, decency and good
order.
3
At the ringing of the slow bell, after meals,
every inmate shall immediately repair to work.
4
No inmates shall be allowed to loiter about the
kitchen, nor shall any provisions or food (excepting at
regular meals))be carried to any part of the house without
the consent of the Keeper; nor shall any cooking be done
except in the kitchen.
5
At nine o'clock in the evening, at the ringing
of the retiri.h.g, _ bell, the inmates must secure the fires,
put out the lights, and retire to bed in their respective
apartments
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6
No inmate shall be allowed to trade or exchange
clothing or any other thing, with any person whomsoever, or
beg of those who visit there; nor shall they receive any
money or other article from anyone, without the consent of
the Keeper
7
All persons shall deligently and faithfully per-
form the duty or task allotted to them by the Keeper un-
less otherwise excused.
8
All person guilty of drunkenness, disobedience,
immorality, obscenity, disorderly conduct, profane or in-
decorous language, theft, waste, or who shall absent him-
self or herself from the premises without the permission
of the Keeper, or who shall be guilty of injuring or de-
facing any part of the house or furniture therein, or who
shall commit waste of ayy kind shall be punished as the
case may seem to demand.
9
In cases of solitary confinement, the prisóners
shall be debarred from seeing or conversing with any person
except the Inspector, the Keeper, or the person employed to
supply their wants, and the food of such prisoners shall
consist solely of bread and water, unless otherwise ordered
by the Inspector or Physician.
10
Any person who shall havE! communication, either
directly or indirectly, with anyone thus confined, without
permission, shall be subject to punishment by a like con-
finement
11
No one shall go beyond the limits of the Industrial
Farm unless by the permission of the Keeper, nor remain out
beyond the time specified by the Keeper.
12
The Sabbath Day shall be strictly observed, and no
irreligious diversion or unnecessary labor be indulged in.
At the ringing of the bell for the purpose of assembling for
religious instruction and worship, every person (unless
excused by the Keeper) shall appear dressed~n', clean apparel
in the instructing room, and shall behave with decency and
)
d
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made in any part
sobriety. No noise or disturbance shall be
of the house during such exercises
13
the
All persons wilfully absenting themselves from
place of meeting, or violating the Sabbath Day, shall be
subject to prompt and severe punishment.
14
Every person previous to admission as an inmate of
house, shall be subjected to examination and search by
Keeper or one of his assistants
the
the
15
No person shall have admission to the house on the
Sabbath without the written permission of the Inspector or
by the consent of the Keeper upon good cause shown.
16
All persons aggrieved may refer their complaints
to the Inspector when he is visiting the house
OFFENCES AGAINST THIS BY-LAW
That any person or persons who shall commit any
infringement or breach of anyone of the provisions, re-
quirements, enactments, sections or clauses of this By-Law
or any offence against this By-Law, or any such person or
persons neglecting or refusing to obey and perform any of
the reasonable orders of the Inspector, Keeper or Physician
given in the execut.iôn .of the duties of their respective
offices aforesaid, he, she or they shall be liàble to a fine
not exceeding five dollars, exclusive of costs, and not less
than fifty cents, exclusive of costs, and in case of non-
payment of such fìne to be inflicted for any such breach or
offence, and there being no distress found out of which
such fine can be levied, such person or persons so offending
as aforesaid against this By-Law shall be imprisoned, with
or without hard labor, in the jail of the County of Elgin,
for any period not exceeding twenty days, and upon an in-
formation laid or complaint made before anyone or more of
His Majesty's JustJ,ices of the Peace of the County of Elgin,
that any person or persons has or have committed or are sus-
pected to have committed any such breach of this By-J"aw,
such Justice<or:<ùustices may proceed thereupon and hear
determine the matter of such information or complaint,
(cont'd
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such person or persons so offending against this By-Law upon
conviction before such Justice or Justices, shall forfeit
and pay such fine as may to him or them seem meet, not ex-
ceeding five dollars exclusive or costs, and not less than
fifty cents, exclusive of costs, as aforesaid, (together
with costs if ordered), such fine to be paid to the Treasurer
of the said County and to form part of the funds of the
said Corporation of the County of Elgin, and in the event
of the non-payment of the fine imposed by such Justice or
Justices, together with the costs, if ordered, either,'irh""
mediately or within such period as such Justice or Justices
at the time of conviction, appoints thereupon such Justice
or Justices may issue his or their warrant of distress for
the purpose of levying the same out of the goods and chattels
of the person or persons so offending, and if there be no
distress found out of which such fine can be levied, then
such Justice or Justices may adjudge the offender to be im-
prisoned in the Gaol of the said County, there to be kept
with or without hard labour, for any space not exceeding
twenty days, unless such fine and costs and charges there-
upon shall be sooner paid '
Council Chambers
St. Thomas
18th November 1910
Donald McLean
Warden
McKay
Clerk
K. W.
County
Passed 18th November 1910
Certified K. W. McKay,
County Clerk
780 is an Inspector's Report
Commitment to the House of
Poor.
(cont'd
)
Attached to By-Law No.
and also a copy of the
Industry and Reí'uge of
NOTE:
By-Law No 780 Page 10
ELGIN COUNTY COUNCIL
HOUSE OF INDUSTRY
INSPECTOR'S REPORT
To the Warden and the Members of the Elgin County Council:
Gentlemen, The following is my report on the House of
Industry and Refuge for the year ending 31st October, 1909
1. Number of inmates in the House at last report 50
2. Number admitted during the year, 4 females 14
males 18
3· Number of deaths 8
4. Number discharged. 7
5. Number absconded 3
6. Number now in House -- 26 males, 24 females 50
7· Number of inmates sent from the several municipal;
ities in the county during the year:
Aldborough 1
Dunwich 3
Southwold 3
Malahide 2
Bayham 3
Vienna 1
Aylmer 2
.. Port Stanley 1
Dutton 1
Born in House 1
8. The various cases of pauperism of inmates admitted
to the House during the year may be classed as follows:
Sickness 4
Destitution 4
Old age 6
Blind 1
Insane, idiotic, etc. 1
All other cases 2
9· Average number of inmates during the year 54.2
10. Average, with keeper's family and hired
help 61.2
11. Number of weeks board of inmates 2830
12. Average, with keeper's family, etc added 3196
13· Total expenditure during the year $6329.13
lLf. Permanent improvement to cottage
walks, silo, fencing and tiling $370.69
(cont'd)
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Receipts
From inmates $214.30
From farm produce hogs 80.36
From farm stock 434.42
From sundries lO2C.80 $832.38
~.-. $:(,.203.07
15 Leaving amount actually expendèd for support of
inmates $5~126.06
16 Average expense per week for each
person 1.60
17 Avereage expense per day for each
person 22. .8
18 Average expense per year for each
person 83.20
19 Amount expended for house and farm
during the year is divided as follows
$ 92.00
20.00
357·55
50.00
214. 52
$734.
Farm Expense:
Hired help
Implements
Feed
stock
Miscellaneous
07
$327.00
396.49
629.34
383.04
191.59
2, 1. 37
123·53
193.31
79.83
890.36
285.22
$3,741.08
House Expense:
Hired Labor
Bread
Meat
Groceries
Provisions
Dry goods
Boots and shoes
Furniture and Hardware
Drugs
Coal and Wood
Miscellaneous
~~ 49.90
312.76
3'i10.69
600.00
200.00
100.00
$900
General Expense:
Convey of inmates
Repairs
Permanent improvements
Salaries, keeper and
matron
Physician
Inspector
)
00
(cont'd
.
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12
Page
10
60
$1,877.1.5.
$11~~
122.
Commi ttêe',
Incidental
$6,352.30
was raised on the farm
20. The following produce
during the year
Corn
Bushels of Peas
Bushels of Swee~
Acres Corn Fodder
Bushels Carrots
Bushels Table Carrots
Loads of Straw
Heads of Cabbage
Bushels Parsnips
Hogs (killed)
lbs. Butter
Barrels Soft Soap
Hogs (sold)
Barrels Dried
10
15
9
17
12
20
1,000
10
10
2.225
7
12
2
94 Bushels of Wheat
54 Loads of Hay
300 Bushels of Oats
35 Bushels Barley
42 Bushels TUrnips
)256 Bushelsj:5otaiDes
8 Bushels Beets
100 Barrels Apples
20 Bushels Onions
374 Jars of Fruit
10 Bushels Salsify
130 lbs. Cheese
Apples
In addition to the above, a large number of vegetables
etc., were raised and consumed during the year, of which no
account was kept.
21. Number of articles of bedding and clothing made
up during the year by matron and the inmates -- 890.
52.
Number of visits by the Inspector
$ 400
350
650
60
156
60
Farm Stock
2 Horses, valued at
2 Colts "
13 Cows "
4 Spring Calves
13 Hogs "
2 Sows "
100 Chickens
12 Geese
8 Ducks
5 Turkeys
"
22
23
House of Industry
amount expended by County
The total
as follows
24.
is
$ 7,250.00
11,750.40
666.81
390.06
124.99
3,095.27
1.180.50
d)
(cont
cost
Farm, 100 acres,
House of Industry
Laundry
Fire escape
Root cellar
Cottages, etc.
Brick ice house
etc
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Barns etc $ 4,732.62
Tile drains 641.87
Tile drain outlet 60.70
Hot air pump, tanks and
connections 350.00
Refrigerator 40.00
Fencing 1,08l.18
Orchard 85·85
Heating apparatus 1,979.00
Deep well 827.66
Silo 243.67
·$!3{¡.;500.58
25. Received from the Government on account expendi-
tures for lands and buildings. 4,000.00
Leaving amount acuually expended by
county. $30,500.58
All of which is respectfully submitted.
Angus Turner
Inspector
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COMMITMENT TO THE HOUSE OF INDUSTRY AND REFUGE OF POOR
of the
To be given under the Hand and Seal of any Member
County Council in and for the County of Elgin.
To the Keeper of the House of Industry
and the Refuge for the County óf
Elgin.
)
)
)
CANADA
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
COUNTY OF ELGIN
To Wit:
for_
WHEREAS, information hath been received
the undersigned, that of . _
a resident of this County, is poor and needy and not
able to support self, --these are therefore to
require you, the said Keeper, to receive the said _
into the House of Industry and Refuge, and to provide
according to law.
by
day
at the
hand and seal,
County of Elgin, this
under
in the
A.D-: 19_
Given
of
of
-
N.B. The official signing this commitment will please ex-
plain the provisions of the Ontario Anatomy Act to person
applying for same, and, if possible, fill in name and address
to which notice of death should be sent.
., the property
to the Institu..
Old clothes, trunks, valises, etc
committed, should not be brought
of persons
tion.
admitted
(cont'dJ
All inmates will, on their arrival, be
only at entrance to Bath Room in rear of Building
By-Order
By-Law No 780 Page 15
"EXTRACT FROM THE ONTARIO ANATOMY ACT AS TO THE DISPOSAL OF
BODIES OF INMATES DYING IN HOUSE OF INDUSTRY".
Sec. 12-- The Superintendent of every public insti-
tution shall, upon the death of an inmate of the institution
who is not known to have any relatives or friends entitled
to claim the body, give notice within twenty-four hours of
such death to the Inspector of Anatomy for the locality,
R.S.O., 1887, c. 149 s. 1052, V.C. 24, s. 6.
Sec. l--Any person, who immediately before death
had been supported in and by any public institution, shall
be immediately placed under control of the Inspector of
1\.natömy for that ]¡oøality,. and shall be by him delivered
to persons qualifiêd as hereinafter mentioned, unless such
body is within twenty-four hours after death claimed by rel-
atives or bonafide friends.
Persons other than known relatives are required to
obtain an order from a Police Magistrate, authorizing the
delivery of the body to them.
NO.
COMMITMENT OF NOTICE
The Keeper will please no-
tify the undersigged of
Sent from the death of the inmate
hereby committed, should
Age Years it occur while is an
inmate in the Institution,
Born in - and the body will be elaimed
for burial.
Cause of Pauperism
NAME
Received into House
P.O.
19
Telegraph Office
Filed this day of
19_
Keeper
This is to Certify that is not insane or af-
flicted with a contageous disease Dated this 19_
M.D