Brought forward $216,270 91 Sewer pipe 1,096 89 Electrical work 2,815 20 Deduct (not yet issued) Balance, as per Auditor $400,000 00 220,183 00 $179,817 00 150,000 00 $29,817 00 House of Correction, South ACTUAL Cost OF CONDUCTING DEPARTMENT IN 1902–3. Expended. Actual Income. Net Cost. House of Correction, Deer Island.. $153,655 70 $9,460 25 $144, 195 45 House of Correction, South Boston. 63,226 62 23,675 89 39,550 73 Office EXpenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,062 31 |. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,062 31 Steamer J. Putnam Bradlee . . . . . . . 18,366 25 10 00 1S,356 25 Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $257,310 88 $33,146 14 $224,164 74 TABLE SHOWING GROSS Cost OF HOUSES OF CORRECTION FOR LAST FIVE YEARs. -- Jan 31, Jan. 31, Jan. 31, Jan. 31, Jan. 31, Year Ending......... 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. House of Correction, House Of Correction, TABLE SHOWING NET COST PER INMATE PER WEEK FOR LAST FIVE YEARS. House of Correction, Deer Island... $1 79 $2 30 $2 80 $3 06 $2 85 Bouse of Correction, South Boston 2 79 3 37 3 ()5 3 59 2 30 RELEASEs ON PERMIT TO BE AT LIBERTY. Male. Female. Total. House of Correction, Deer Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 53 301 House of Correction, South Boston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Suffolk County Jail... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2 12 Total... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 55 315 PERMITS REVOKED. Male. Female. Total. House of Correction, Deer Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 | . . . . . . . . . . 7 House of Correction, South Boston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * s to s is a do w & & H & 8 & & 8 & & & s so is e i = w to s 2 & o os e o os Suffolk County Jail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & s & s e o os & e o os o is to s & & & & s & & so as a g o o so so o os. o so. Total ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 | . . . . . . . . . . 7 These tables will show an increased average in the number of inmates at Deer Island, as compared with previous years, and a decreased cost in the maintenance of same. The number of prisoners remaining in the charge of this department on February 1, 1902, was 1,240 — 796 at the House of Correction, Deer Island, 608 men and 188 women; and 444 at the House of Correction, South Boston, 376 men and 68 women. On February 1, 1903, the number of prisoners at the House of Correction, Deer Island, was 1,202 — 956 men and 246 women. The number of commitments to the House of Correction, Deer Island, for the year 1901–2, was 6,769 – 5,808 men and 961 women — and to the House of Correction, South Boston 742 – 528 men and 214 women ; a total of 7,511 to both institutions. For the year 1902–3, the number of commitments to the House of Correction, Deer Island, was 7,158— 6,178 men and 980 women — and to the House of Correction, South Boston, 416 — 289 men and 127 women; a total of 7,574 to both institutions. This number would seem to show an increase of 63 commitments over the year 1901–2; but 403 of the commitments to Deer Island were transfers from the South Boston House of Correction, so that there is really a large decrease in the number of commitments to both institutions for the year 1902–3 as compared with 1901–2. This falling off in the number of commitments enabled us, in the early part of last June, to begin the transfer of all prisoners confined at the House of Correction, South Boston, to the House of Correction, Deer Island. These transfers continued until October 4, 1902, when the last prisoner from the South Boston institution was transferred to Deer Island, and the House of Correction, South Boston, was abandoned as a prison. These transfers were made without friction, and the prisoners took to the new situation with as much satisfaction as could be expected. In addition to the regular Deer Island cases, commitments are now regularly made to the House of Correction, Deer Island, of the class of prisoners formerly sent to the House of Correction, South Boston. The removal of these prisoners added materially to the number of prisoners at the House of Correction, Deer Island, and, while it does not tax that institution to the limits of its capacity, still there is now a larger number there than at any time for several years. The office of Medical Director was abolished July 1. In November, 1902, the following-named gentlemen were appointed as the Consulting Staff of the Deer Island Hospital: George F. Jelly, M.D., Prof. William T. Councilman, M.D., Charles G. Dewey, M.D., William H. Devine, M.D., Edward M. Plummer, M.D., James G. Mumford, M.D., and Alexander Quackenboss, M.D. They are to advise with the physician in charge, consulting when necessary, and give the benefit of their skill and experience in maintaining the high standard of the hospital. They give their services without pay. The concentration of all the steam-heating and electriclight plants in one building is very much needed, both as a matter of convenience and of economy. Upon investigation, I am satisfied that the cost of making this change would be more than paid for in the saving of fuel, which now, because of the scattered condition of the different plants, is very much greater than it need be. The contract for rebuilding the wharf at Deer Island has been awarded, and the work is already under way. A school for illiterates has been established at Deer Island, and is under the charge of the same instructor who taught them at the South Boston House of Correction. The new building for the House of Correction, Deer Island, is nearing completion, and we hope to have it finished during the present year. It is my desire to commence at once to |