The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-02-09

| ry IS. 1871. and 500 copies ordered printed for
the use of The Legislature by it. Res. No. o, 81
| In pursuance of notice of our appoint
ment, as provided by chapter 165 of laws
| of 1868, your committee assembled on the
evening the 18Th of December, at the
executive chamber in the city of Madi-
son, and arranged the manner and order
of our visit and Investigation of the in
st tutions named in section of said chap
ter, commencing on the morning of the
18th, our examination of the
HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE.
The trustees and superintendent re-
ceived your committee in the center
building, spacious and substantial in its
balls, parlors, officers, and private apart
ments, presenting an air of comfort, or
der and system, so necessary to such an
| Institution.
! Passing tn the wards IN the west wing,
containing the female patients OF the
hospital; commencing with. the most hope
| ful and durable cases. designated as No.
/, and continuing through the entire
wings, numbering 6 wards, each contain
ing about thirty patients, graded and
classified according to the stage Of the
malady, habits, and hopeful results, down
to the incurables, numbering a large pro
portion of the whole. On leaving this
portion Of tie building, we passed to the
east wings, embracing six wards Of male
patients, in numbers, classifcations,
grades, etc, about the same proportion as
in the female wards, with the same pro
portion OF incurabl or hopeless. cases
the care of the latter class being the most
i :, Il ii ~,
habits destructive, filthy and repulsive to
all. Passing to the lower stories and
basement, through the kitchen, store
room, bakery, and tax ng limited sur
vey OF the Turkish bath rooms, just com
pleted, we continued our way through a
4 .subterranean passage, brick-lined and
vaulted, some six hundred feet in length
to the engine house, laundry and gas
manufactory. The steam for heating,
water and gas, ale forced into the Hnspi
tai through PIPES laid in this passage
way, which also serves as means of ven
! t;lation--s large fan being situated at
the opening, and worked when necessary
In the location or the hearting apparatus,
has not economy been greatly sacrificed
TO SAFE tv? We think so--based upon the
amount and cost OF fuel necessary for this
establishment. Having emerged into
light, we notice the surround
ings and location to be invit
ing and beautiful ample grounds,
improved and beantltipd, aided with
Natures choicest advantages, skirting the
border OF Lake Mendoza, with hospital
fronting south, overlooking that trans
parent sheet of water that moistens and
cools the dry winds of summer, and lends
beauty to the scene, which is sufficiently
retired, removing its inmates from the
busy and distractipg scenes of the outer
world, ami yet very soon to be placed in
railroad communication, which is very
desirable for the necessities of an estab
lishment numbering nearly five hundred
persons. Its farming lands are in guam
tity sufficient under cultivation to pro-
vide many of the necessary supplies, as
now directed with experience and econ
omy; many of the inmates being capable
of assisting in light and simple employ
ment. The management of the hospital
IS directed by trustees of capacity and
experience, superintendent by gentle.
man Of known ability and extensive prac.
tice, with his assistants So tar as your
committe are competent to decide from
their limited observation and knowledge
OF the conduct of this institution, we un
hesitatingly express our most decided
approval. The books of account, bill OF
purchase, and vouchers were thoroughly
examined, compared. checked, and the
prices paid for articles well known to the
trade, were duy criticised and compared
with the knowledge and experience OF
your committee, eyidencing care and
economy in the purchases The attention
OF your committee was called to the
guards across the corridors in two of the
female wards, and also the wire screens
for the protection of the windows in the
rooms occupied by the more violent and
destructive patients. They are much
needed and We cheerfully recommend an
appropriation to fully carry out the views
of the Superintendent. The improve
ments and repairs made in and about the
building, at an expense of 1874 "a, (see
page 40 of trustees report,) were much
needed; and the committe are satisfied
that the money for their completion was
judiciously expended. The land which
has been purchased the past year, and for
which special appropriation was made
have, IN the opinion of your committee.
added more to the value of the farm than
it cost, as il has furnished site for GEM
etery and also an excellent location for a.
barn, each being very much needed.
Your committee see there is urgent
need for barn, for the protection ofthe
stock and provender for the anne; also,
the farming tools, sleighs, wagons, &C.,
and especially for keeping from the storm
he straw for the patients beds, of which
about seventy five tons are consumed
yearly We recommend an appropriation
of five thousand dollars, for the purposes