Albany County Alms House daily reports of admissions and discharges A3154

Albany County Alms House daily reports of admissions and discharges

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

This series consists of standard forms, submitted daily, recording inmates admitted to or discharged from the Almshouse or its hospital. Entries include inmate's name; address or city/town; and date admitted, readmitted, or discharged. Deaths are recorded under "Discharged".

Creator:

New York (State). State Board of Charities

Title:

Albany County Alms House daily reports of admissions and discharges

Quantity:

0.2 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1903-1904

Series Number:

A3154

Arrangement

Chronological.

Scope and Content Note

These are standard forms recording inmates admitted to or discharged from the alms house or its hospital. Legislation of 1896 required the keeper or principal officer of charitable institutions to submit to the Superintendent of State Alien and Poor (member of the Board of Charities) within three days of admission or discharge the names of persons admitted, discharged, died, or "absconded".

A form was submitted for each day even if there were no admissions or discharges that day. The left side of the form records alms house admissions and discharges; the right side records the same information for the hospital. Each entry provides inmate's name; inmate's address (this is sometimes a street address and sometimes only the name of a city or town; "City" refers to residents of the city of Albany); and date admitted, readmitted, or discharged (for discharged inmates, admission is also given; deaths are recorded under "Discharged").