Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-01-01

| OF the $247,5l7 as | remaining in the Treas
ury onlhe 18th of November, 1876, $86 1903 98 2
was the balance in the Treasury atthe commence.
ment of the fiscal year, November Is, l945.)
From the foregoing statement it will perceived
that the money paid into the State Treasury du-
ring the year 1916, exceeded the current expen.
ses Of the State in the sum of $l6l, ,209 46 8.
REPORT OF THE LUNATlC ASYLUM.
We have received the Report of the Directors
and Superintendent of the Ohio Lunatic Asylum
from Mr.. ECKLEY. The report is chiefly devoted
10 statement of the progress of the building.
The building contains 44O rooms, and is capable
of accommodating besides officersand assistants)
$50 patients. Since the institution went into op-
Grafton IN Nov. 839, there have been S66 patients
admitted. OF this number, 461 were males, and
4o5 femalcs 247 supported themselves, and 649
were supported by the State; S58 have been Gu
red, and 90 have died; 490 were recent cases,
Qess than years duration,) and 446 were old
cases; of the recent cases, 289 were cured; Of
the old cases, SO; 279 were natives Of Ohio; l6
of New Jersey; 12 of New Hampshire; 33 of
Connecticut Ga of Virginia; SO Of Delaware; 40
of Massachusetts; 8 of Rhode Island; 29 of Ire
land; of Scotland; of the District of Colum-
bia; 5 of Maine; 1876 of Pennsylvania; GO of New
York; of North Carolina; 20 of Vermont; l6
of Kentucky; 90 of Maryland; of Tennessee;
80 of Germany; 81 of England; of Canada;
8 of Nova Scoto; and of Switzerland. 60
were aborers; 4millwrights; 5wagoners mil
ers; surveyors 2 brick-masons; 16 carpenters;
7 students; 9 taors; 10 merchants; 6 coopers; |
collier; potter; 8 engineers; II talIoresses; 4
butchers; ullers; 2 haters; timer; cabinet
makers; botanic physician; wotchmaker !
painter; broker; 2O3 farmers; blacksmiths; a
tobacconists; printers; 81 teachers; brewers;
13 shoemakers; lawyers; 8 saddlers; 2weav-
ers; 12 clerks; preachers; 2 musicians; sea
captain; 8 turner's; 2 innkeepers; farrier boat
captains; 2pedlers; l pIasterer; dentist; and
physicians.
During the past year It's patients were admit
ted SO males. and 81 females; l01 were recen
cases, IA old cases; II were cured, and Ia died
, A number are still improving, with fair prospects
: of recovery. 1876 are supported by the State; 4'
support themselves; Sc are single; 80 married;
widows; and2 widowers. Averagenumber in tn
: Asylum during the year 244; whole number un
der care 399. The number of patients in the In
stitution at the close of the fiscal year was 99l
Of these, 81 are favorable for cure; IA doubtful
l26 unravorabe 81 unfavorable, but improved
/. Adams county has q patients; Allen /; Ashtabu
, la a; Athens 8; Belmont g. Brown 6; Butler
!, Carroll /; Champaign 8; Clark 6; Clermont
. Clinton 2; Coumbana 8; Coshocton 3; Crawlor
: d; Cuvahoga 4; Defiance /; Darke 2; DeIawar
!. 7; Fairfield 8; Franklin III; Gallia4; Geauga
= Greene Q; Guernsey 3; Hamilton II; Harrison
; Hiphland s; Hooking 2; Holmes 2; Huron
/, Jackson 1; Jefferson 5; Knox 8; Lake 4; Law
}, renee 2; Licking 6; Logan /; Lorain 8; Lucas
Madison 4; Mahoning 2; Marion 2; Medina
, Meigs 2; Miami s; Monroe 2; Montgomery
= Morgan 8; Muskingum 9; Ottawa 1; Paulding
. Perry 5; Pickaway 4; Portage 4; Preble 8; Pu
: nam /; Richand 5; Ross 6; Sandusky 4; Scot
Il 2; Seneca4 Shelbyl; Stark6; SUBMITS; Trun
bull S; Tuscarawas 5; Warren 5; Washington
IS Wayne 7; and Wyandou 3.
The receipts of the Asylum for the fiscal yet
e amounted TO $93, 1851 OF; the expenses to Ss3
e I49 Sd; balance remaining in the Treasury o
o the Is Of November, 1876; $2os So. In add
d ton the entexpenses for the year, s1s,oo9 9
st was expended in enlargng the building. Th
Directors, speaking the caPability of the Inst
5, tuition, without further enlargement, to supply tn
d wants of the State, make the following observ'
tons: "THe great object Of the Institution as to
n feet cures. By keeping this point steadily