Tin: AhMs ns:)usi:. 



^ For iIk; suj)ooi-t niid o:iip!oyiii(^iit of the Poor/' m 

 Philadi^lpiiia. is an ifistiUition r'.foivat IxNU'fit to paupers, 

 :nKl relic vci; tlr^i cit'zons oi I'i'.iladolphhi from a heavy 

 Imrdcn, by the prnclent ccoiv'niy of ith manajieinent.-- 

 An account of its operations lias been pui>lish'Ml. From 

 4!iis \vc learn, that V29A poor men, women, and ehihh-cn, 

 €fn an avei*a?^'e, have been constantly su;.)ported (hnin-i; 

 the year endin/;- May 23, ISIO; sometimes there were 

 l'iS2 paupers receiving i-elief. 



In the manufactory which had nnreha<;ed raw material?', 

 machinery, &c. to the amount of 17'3,'X) doih\rs, (here 

 lias accrued a profit of near lOOO dollar.-; — there havirijj^ 

 been sohi mannfactnifd goods amoniitiiiii,- to ll.ulG (U^ls. 

 The whole expenditure ol" the Alms House and Ilousi? 

 of Employment in the past year, after (leduetino^ elothina; 

 ))rovisions, &c. on hand at the beginninij;, is 76,035 

 tiollars, a small sum compared ^^itll the (juanlily of nii- 

 fa'cry relieved and comfort dispensed. 



The spinning' of cotton, llax, and tow, thehatchling of 

 ftSLX, and weaving of various sorts of goods, form very 

 considerable items ; but the relief afforded by the JNIedi* 

 cal Department of this House of Charitj- to jiersons af- 

 tlicted with ever}' species of ilisease. is the most striking- 

 feature in this good Samaritan Picture. — Of 2095 pa- 

 tients admitted, 1445 have been cured, 16i relieved, and 

 261 remain under treatment. From the list of cured avc 

 extract the following: Of abscess 8 — asthma 12 — atro 

 fhy 10 — burns 17 — catarrh 82 — cholera morbus 18— di- 

 arrhoea 70 — dropsy 20 — intermittent iexer 50— -remittent 

 or bilious 18 — typhus i — gout o— inllammation of the 

 stomach 25 — leprosy 1 — Mania 67! — natural small pox, 

 2§ — pleurisy 41 — rheumatism ^6 — scrophula 13 — con- 

 sumption. 12. 



This institution is worthy of imitation by every great 

 city; being as good a model, perhaps, as could be (levis- 

 td ; combining labor with charity, preveiiting idleness, 

 and relieving poverty from famine and disease. 



§ One iMUont died oXthis dii-.is'-, T\Iiile 17 patients vaccinate J, all recovered. 



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I'rlcc ^ 2.50 for twenty four NumbcrSf 

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