REPORT OF THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION. HOUSE OF CORRECTION, BOSTON, April 30, 1872. TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS : Gentlemen, I respectfully present the following tables of statistics as the Report for the House of Correction, for the financial year ending April 30, 1872: The prisoners committed from May 1, 1871, to April 30, 1872, inclusive, have been, Males Females Total. The number of inmates remaining April 30, 1872, was, Males Females Total. 615 91 706 304 51 355 The prisoners are weighed on their admission and discharge. The result is subjoined: 532 inmates gained 4,124 lbs.-average 7 lbs. 12 oz. Actual gain, 3,246 lbs. Actual average gain, 4 lbs. 10 oz. 15 drams. 7" 4 drams. Breaking from the House of Industry Maintaining a tenement for the illegal sale and illegal keeping for sale of intoxicating liquors Attempting to break and enter a building with intent to steal Assault and larceny Maliciously breaking glass Assault with intent to ravish 16 8 4 1 2 1 1 2 3 fraud. Industry Assault with intent to maim and disfigure Malicious mischief. Fornication Attempting to commit larceny from the person Maintaining a liquor nuisance. Cheating by false pretences with intent to de Larceny in a vessel Making an unlawful escape from the House of Unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors 1 and larceny therein 1 Making an assault with intent to rob Threatening to commit an assault and battery Receiving stolen moneys 1 1 1 Vagrancy Unlawfully rescuing a prisoner Assault and battery with a knife Perjury. Assault with intent to murder. Falsely pretending to be an officer of the peace 1 |