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[page 593] Q. Do you know what became of this man [Sweeney] A. He went to the alms house at Portland I think. I have an impression that he was a patient supported by the state. Q. Will you please tell the Committee the actual labor of the lady visitor in the hospital? A. The law tells you that better than I can Q. Well, what does she do? A. Does her duty I suppose. Q. I did not ask you what you suppose but what you know? A. She does a great deal. Q. I did not ask the quantity but the quality? A. She looks to the lock letter boxes removes the letters from them and sends them to parties to whom they are directed, if proper. She writes a great many letters to the friends of the patients. She visits every ward whenever she chooses by night or by day, with keys in her own hands. She does a great deal in interesting the patients, talking with them, learning their condition, and watching the attendants. Q. She is a human, faithful, kind woman in taking care of those patients that fall into her hands is she not? A. No doubt of it.