, 1873-12-31

pnl improsemont of tho grounds $1,D0O for
oha,go Of air-aues. At tho commandment Of
the yoar there wore in tue hospital, under treat
nlont, B73 pationtR,-18a mnloH and l01 females;
tho number admitted during tho year Ia 2l2,-
lit males and 07 fo1ualca making the total
number u,,dor treatment 6B5, ,-207 malos and
22H fsmalas. There wcre 89-2l ina!as af,d Is
ICY mnles aa 80 pd'1 %
proved; and 134-7a malos and 0l femalea.-dta.
chnrgod ,tnimprovea. Ihere },aye % ated.--l3
temalea and D mates. Tho whole number dis
charged during tho yaar was 271-l4a males
lie Tie eloso % 81 te yesr, ai47%14s males aud 1o5
leinnlos. Tho daily average number undor
troa.munt during tho year was o20,-l0l maloa
und 10S fcnlalos. Much valuable lniofmhson
au1 sound views a. 10 tue troatIent 81 anu olaael-
tication ri tho insane arc embodied III Tue re.
port. and tho necessity for moro room strongly
proaontotl. Thore aro several tablos Of statls-
tics, some Of tho most Important OF whioh nre
titus BumHh1izeus
Admissions and Discharges From tho begnntng
Tho wlloo number admitted has been 073 nalea,
8y2 fetnalea: discharge recovered, e7A improved,
asI; nnmrroycd. 37o. There were AZ admitted tho
been 2l2 }n 1B73 tho sulscAt a in 1s04 Tho largest
number discharged recovered waa 60 In 1874 ext SO
larHest number Of deaths ~ In 1870 Tho larg cat
nun.bcr treated was b85 70 1874.
Stx s. s 81 4 Gelx.s sa ssa % s s ~ yst s DO %
tween 40 and bo 90 between 90 and 0 and less tian
l6. From tho beginnlng 68A were between 90 aud 10
and So 4S bctwesn 60 and o. 60 %, 14s betwocn
IL 9nd 20. aud 20 oss than 70 years Cd. ,.-,,,,,
Nat.p1ty--of those admitted from tho beginning 3a2
il ills your Norwegaus DID il iii, 81 h. year, born
altogether reprcsoing swo1ty stes Of tho Union
and twenty foreign lu1lds, with SO unknown.
81 e s wers 1etsi1s ;s
year: 720 III E-491 mules, 23B fenaatce-wcse single
mud VI u those th!s ysar IS were widows, % Wild
Duration ef i,,santy-of alt admitted 691, and this
year 81 Ind been insane loss than months 2l8 In nl
70 ta year. batween : and months aso IL all and ID
ths ycar, between an years; md Is who had been
iusane over 20 years before adnaslou.
wcro Of those WHO wore bctween Is aud 20 wien n-
tackled thosmalos Of those over TO- q cent. The
percentage recovered when nsanc ees than SIX months
before admission VIE Is, tho percentage decreasing
with the duration Of insanity hoioro admission Tho
average length Of treatment Of thoso recovered Was
littlc eight months, $40 having been recovered
with less than six ,nonths' treatment. Tile average
duration Of insanity Of those recovered was 1a.S)
Iho Frospecs-of the 84l present Inmates 2ol arc TO
gardcd incutable, 81 curublc.
NORTHERN HOSPITAL FOR INSANE.
This is located in grove on tho han)ia OF Lake
Wnnphago, milcB from Oshkosh, with Hto OF
398 acres. ItB plan s similar to TINT Of tho hoH-
pital hore, ouly more extensive md improyea,--
the centre aud tue north wing Of the main build
ing having been erected. It Was opened in
April last, under tho charge OF Or. Wn>ter
Kempeter, 9 eentloman Of long experience IN
northeastern part Of The State, from Osaukoo to
Joiferson aud Marquette, and thence NORTH, were
assigned to it., and lit were transferred from the
hospital horo. Since tho opening there have
beon 214 patienta-106 mon and 109 womon-
adm1ttol; 2 discharged recovered; each in-
proved and unmprovod mud 205 remained Sept
80. OF tho admissions, 60 wore cases OF chronic
mania, at,G ~ dementin. Thoro were 127 rho
had boon insane from two to fifty, years; 81 were
10, . over IT, aud 30 years old. hlanJ
Of the pattonts wero intir1n, and some OF
them extremely feeble; Eomo were In Ill nd.
vancod stage OF phthisis one WAS blind; one
had both icga amputnted.-the result OF fr0ez'
ing after becoming insanc,-and eleven ~ele
tics are given to show that the provision for the
iuBal1e Of tic State is eutitaly inadequate, and
tho completion Of the south wing is urgently ad.
vooatol, tint it might be roatly Tor tho reception
total appropriation Of s2oo,25o is asked, ol
which $i61,000 ID for tho construction Of the
south wing; some 1900 for fixtures nnd fur
rishing; aud S58. 600 for subsistence OF $50 pa.
tlentH III the present Hospital for Que year
This report, like tho other. contains much mat
tor Of value to all Interested i'll tho treatment o
tho iuHane.
INDUSTRIAL sIloDL FOR n0Ys.
Thfs-opened iu 1HG0 ~ a House Of Rafuge
the namo changed to lleform School, aud the1
to it, present deBignation-ls located just wes
Of WaukoAha, noHr tho railroad aud on Fo,
River, and IN designed as place Of oonfnomen
md instruction Of ragrnnt. criminal, Or iucorri
| gibly vicious boys betweon and 16 years Of age
Courts, down to Justices. having power to sent
boys here till 81. It liz, aud for several year
has boon, under tho Charge Of A. D. Hendsick
| son. The whole number who have been In th
school is 096 Tho number last year waa 3G2 0
| whom 28t were there or ont Oh 1onyo Oct. l
The boys aro classod III families, occupying 81:
man and woman !; aud thoir treatment ID ali no
apects is such as is calculated to educate an
train them into virtuoua and Industrious citi
zens. They are taught tue common branches 0
Nh English education, In four different depart
nlents; and arc taught cano-scating, tailoring
knitting sloo.making, employed OH tile fnrn
aud otherwise. Tlo following atatistics ar
| compiled from tho report:
OF the inmates Ct have been committed for vagran
es 1t2 for lareony, 1s7 for ncorriglby, for bury
ary cacl for arson, rape, aud assault and battery
year 1863. Altogether there have been committed
limiting commandments betwee, lo apd ID years.
ether ages Of thoae now there 10 arc TO- 20 arc H.
AZ 81 10 naiona'ity there were 900 born in Amcric,
2l9 Of thonl in Wisconsin, - In New York. IL III iii
nos. " ia foreign countries ID Of them III German:
" were Americans, 50 1ssh 60 Gsr,nan 4s English.
colored 7 each French aud 8cosch. ~ unknown.
For tho next year the sum Of S4B.000 IL Asket
Of which 1000 ia wanted to complete ne
building. TIE opinion ia expressed by Some
tue Waiting Committee that there arc boys thar
who ought not to bo, aud that thu power OF Jul
ticcs to sentence boys Aere til! Al should be II
atrtetod.
| TIE RTATE PRISON.
This is located ut Waul,uu, aud was opened
1864. It haa large buildings aud shups, sui
stantinlly built and ineloHeds 1t has been #
two torHR uudor the management Of tho Hol
George T. Wheeler. After tue frat Monday
Jauuary. tho management will DO changed ar
1t will ba.uuder the care Of tlirea Directors, wi
will appoint Warden. Tue laat report aays;
Tho number Of canv1c!s coaaued iu the prison
tho aoth of septembcr, 1877: wus 1856; total numb
Sept. 80, 1874 l80, Of whotn are women. Numb
received duldng the }esr, 81; number discharged. 81
tuitel 6tates convicts,7. DAily avaraga during tt
| Yaar. lHQ L. Qi thQha taclar0ci. "a Mcrh rci,