IN LIBRARY ROOM.-1 stove and pipe, I table, 1 book case, and about 500 volumes of books.

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IN GUARD ROOM AND ARMORY.-1 stove and pipe, 1 table, 1 clock, 4 revolving rifles, 6 carbines, 4 muskets, 2 revolving pistols, 2 common do, 4 powder flasks, 2 powder canisters, 4 bullet moulds, and a small supply of ammunition.

IN THE HOSPITAL.-1 medicine case, 1 case of surgical instruments, 1 dispensatory, 1 instrument for adjusting dislocations, and about $100 worth of medicine.

IN THE CHAPEL.-1 stove and pipe, 1 Chaplain's desk, 6 keeper's chairs, 1 common chair, and seats to accommodate 350 persons..

IN PRISON BUILDING.-4 large stoves and 500 feet of large sized. pipe, 2 large suspended lamps, 12 side lamps, 2 water casks, 1 large and 1 small oil can, 2 chairs, and tables, benches, bunks, beds and bedding, clothing and night buckets to supply and accommodate 246 convicts.

IN KITCHEN. 4 large and 1 small cauldron stoves and pipe, 2 tables, 2 sinks, 1 small pump, 1 bread cupboard, 1 bread tray, 1 clock, 12 patent pails, 3 baskets, 6 water cans, 15 baking pans, and tin plates, cups, basins, spoons, knives and forks to supply 246 convicts.

IN STORE ROOM.--1 set scales and weights, 1 flour and 1 meal bin, 653 bushels potatoes, 736 lbs. flour, 259 lbs. meal, 33 bushels rye, 3 bushels barley, 20 bushels turnips, 30 gallons molasses, 18 gallons vinegar, 24 bbls. salt, 10 lbs. pepper, 16 lbs. saleratus, 15 bushels beans, 14 bbls. pork, 200 lbs. lard, 85 pork barrels, and a number of boxes and old barrels.

IN THE WASH ROOM.-2 cauldron stoves and pipe, 1 clothes box, 4 pails, 1 water cask, 6 soap and pounding bbls., and 1 small stove.

IN FEMALE DEPARTMENT.- -2 stoves and pipe, 2 tables, 4 chairs, 2 stools, and 6 beds and bedding for each.

IN BARBER'S SHOP-1 stove and pipe, 1 barber's case, 3 chairs, 1 table, 1 shaving can, and 1 full set of barber's tools.

IN TAILOR'S SHOP-1 stove and pipe, 1 tailor's board, 4 sets of tailor's tools, and 181 yards of stripe cloth.

IN CARPENTER AND JOINER'S SHOP-1 stove and pipe, 1 grindstone, 4 work benches, 3 bench screws, 1 set of coopers' tools, 1 set of car penter and joiners' tools, 1 tool chest, and 1 small desk.

IN PRISON YARD-1 hand cart, 4 wheel barrows, 4 shovels, 3 iron bars, 4 buck saws, 3 bucks, 1 pick, 2 hoes, 2 axes, 1 set of stone cutters' tools, 3 pairs of handcuffs, 10 pairs of shackles, 5 balls and chains, 2 sets of tackle blocks and ropes, 1 gin and fixtures, 1 iron rake, 4 cauldron kettles, 1 hand screw for raising buildings, 200 feet of dressed stone, 150,000 brick, and about 2000 lbs. of scrap iron.

IN GUARD AND GATE HOUSE-5 stoves, and pipes for each, 5 chairs

and 5 tin cups.

IN PRISON BARN AND YARD-1 horse, 1 cow, 1 buggy and harness, 1 cart and harness, 1 cutter, 1 hay fork, and 3 ladders.

IN SWINE PEN-40 head of swine.

Physician's Report.

MICHIGAN STATE PRISON, HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT,

December 1, 1854;

To the Inspectors of the Michigan State Prison:

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GENTLEMEN-It becomes my duty to make the annual report of the sanitary condition of the Prison, for the year just ended.

The transactions of the hospital department will be found embodied in the annexed table, which contains all the facts required to be set forth.

The year just ended, although we have passed the ordeal of the chol era, diarrhoea and dysentery in an epidemic form, which have scattered death over many parts of our State, has been one of unexampled freedom from serious disease and death. Sporadic cases of diarrhoea and dysentery will always be more or less frequent in an institution like this, owing to the depraved constitutions which are found here, and to the coarse diet adopted. In the months of July and August, they assumed an epidemic form, during which time more than two-thirds of the convicts were attacked with one or the other form of this disease, but from the attention given to the first development of the symptoms, they were promptly arrested, and no deaths have resulted from these diseases; for which happy result, I have to record the active co-operation of all the officers of the Prison. During the prevalence of the excessive hot weather of the past summer, and the attendant drouth, much suffering was caused from the want of proper ventilation in the cells, and it is to be hoped that in all future additions to the number of cells, or in the solitary confinement prison, this matter will be properly cared for.

There have been three deaths in the Institution the past year. The first occurred in May, of "Phthisis Pulmonalis," in a young man of twenty-the disease was hereditary. The next in July, of "continued fever;" age about fifty. This case had been for a long time in close confinement, in consequence of violent insanity. The third in August of "Typhoid Fever," age about 30.

There have occurred during the past year, two cases of mental derangement among the convicts, which have readily yielded to treatment; besides which, there are at present three cases of permanent insanity for want of suitable arrangements for their appropriate treatment, nothing has been done for their restoration, and they should be transferred to a suitable Asylum, as soon as one is provided.

The greater number of convicts, with the consequent increase of hospital patients, calls for a like increase of hospital facilities. The sick, for the most part, have been kept in the cells or in the hall; necessity will soon demand their separation, and for this purpose, a safe and appropriate room is required. Another matter which will demand your consideration, is the proper disposition of the infirm convicts; made so by age or disease. There are thirteen such now in prison. Seven were of this class at the beginning of the year, three have becɔme so, four have been admitted during the year, and one has died. In the returns for work during the year, this number shows as an entire loss to the State, although some of them have been able to do light work some portions of the time, such as the manufacture of buckets and quilts for the cells. They cannot be kept in close confinement in the cells, they do not require hospital treatment, nor should they have the liberty of the hall or yard. As the number increases, it becomes a question of moment, what shall be done with them, that they suffer no injury, and the State be benefited. The present contractors do not want them, nor are they able to be put on the contracts; but if some light work could be furnished under proper restrictions, they would cease to be a tax on the resources of the Prison, and at the same time have an opportunity to recover health and strength.

I cannot close this report without acknowledging my indebtedness to the Agent and his deputy, and the officers of the Prison, for the kind manner in which they have aided me in the promotion of the health and bodily comfort of the convicts.

JOHN L. MITCHELL, M. D.