Sometime around 1869 the State Orphan Asylum was moved to 16 George Street, which was then known as the Elliott Mansion, but is now known as the Middleton-Pinckney House. This house, though large and elegant, provided a home that was no where near adequate for children and it was in relatively poor condition. This is a scan of the Physicians Report in the “Report of the Board of Trustees of the State Orphan Asylum for the Regular Session 1872-’73.” In his report the physician for the Asylum, Dr. J.S. Buist, tells of twenty-two deaths, eleven males and eleven females, ranging in age from one to eight. The various causes of death include: Scrofula, which is now known as swelling of the lymph nodes of the neck; Consumption, meaning tuberculosis; and dropsy, now referred to as edema.Download Original File
