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from extreme old age, that they will require to be supported by the Government or some source for the remainder of their lives.

The confirmation of this will only be necessary to call attention to the following statement of the Physicals condition of the Patients now in Hospital.

Blind 20
Blind and Deaf and Dumb 5
Old age 64
Aged and Crippled 55
Loss of Limbs 6
Paralysis 15
Idiotic and Insane 29.
Phthisis  6

The appropriation for the support of the Hos. is vital for the fiscal commencing July 1st year 1871 and ending June 10th 1872 contains the proviso, which prohibits the applying the Appropriation given to the Hospital to the support of any new Patients

[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]