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Investigation of the Committee of the Legislature of 1881 Concerning the Management of the Maine Insane Hospital Part 2
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Q.(cont) at the close of your term of service as compared with its condition at the beginning? | Q.(cont) at the close of your term of service as compared with its condition at the beginning? | ||
| − | A. I could not tell precisely, I do not know as there was any change, we intended to have the best attendants we could get. Something has been said about having experienced attendants, that is a thing you can not very well get, these people that go in there are young people, | + | A. I could not tell precisely, I do not know as there was any change, we intended to have the best attendants we could get. Something has been said about having experienced attendants, that is a thing you can not very well get, these people that go in there are young people, they do not mean to make that a business for life, they do not want to live there always. you have got to teach them, unless you get them from another institution. |
| + | Q. Do you know what wages they pay attendants? | ||
| + | A. Used to pay all the way from $20 to $40 a month, perhaps there could be some classification of attendants and raise the pay the longer they stay there, I do not know that it is desirable to keep one always. | ||
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1184 Q.(cont) at the close of your term of service as compared with its condition at the beginning? A. I could not tell precisely, I do not know as there was any change, we intended to have the best attendants we could get. Something has been said about having experienced attendants, that is a thing you can not very well get, these people that go in there are young people, they do not mean to make that a business for life, they do not want to live there always. you have got to teach them, unless you get them from another institution. Q. Do you know what wages they pay attendants? A. Used to pay all the way from $20 to $40 a month, perhaps there could be some classification of attendants and raise the pay the longer they stay there, I do not know that it is desirable to keep one always. Q.