And from the medical officer of the Western State Penitentiary we have a similar report of the uniform prevalence of good health. There has been less indisposition within the prison during the year just terminated, he says, "than during any similar period of time since my professional connection with this institution, and yet the number of prisoners has never been so great." As to the mental health of the convicts in the Eastern State Penitentiary, the physician reports it to be "no less satisfactory than their physical condition;" and of the Western State Penitentiary the medical report is, that "no case of insanity has originated within the prison during the year." Of the sentences of the one hundred and twenty-six admitted, ninety-one were for three years or less. And of ninety-six received into the Western State Penitentiary, seventy-five were sentenced for three years or less. Of the one hundred and twenty-six commitments to the Eastern State Penitentiary, ninety-six were for offences against property, only seven of which were accompanied with violence; twenty-five were for offences against the person, and five for violation of marriage laws. While of the ninety-six admissions to the Western State Penitentiary, eighty were for offences against property with and without violence, and sixteen were for offences against the person. The general summary of the two Institutions is as follows: East. West. State Peni. State Peni. 23 years. 26 years. Of the whole number received, there were disch'd by expira'n of sentence, 2005 1061 Pardoned, 422 305 Deaths, 230 81 Removed, 31 4 Escaped, 1 10 Remaining December 31, 283 187 ---- ---- Total, 2972 1648 A very slight examination of this statement reveals some singular differences, especially in the items of pardons and deaths, which an analysis of the annual returns would doubtless satisfactorily explain.