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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.