, 1874-02-18
Increased Accommodations eeded---
Asylums for the IncurabIes
Not Desirable. =,
Tho Legislature Working No
Grent Benefit to Public
Interests.
Careless Manner In Which tle Statutes
Are Revised.
Ex-senator Doolittle's Appeal in Behalf
Of Chicago University.

OF Cnlcaeo university.
, THE NoURABLY INSANE.
Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.
nEponT OF Mn. SECRETARY WINES
spnNoF1ELD, ILL.,, Fob. 17.-Tho special report
Of tho Board Of Public Charities on the number
aud condition Of the ncursby insaue in Illinois,
which Is appended, reveals adoplorablo statc Of
facse. There arc 800 insane In tho State, Of
whom great majority, probably four-1fthB, aro
incurable. The provision for tnkfug caro- Of
them in the State ut present is wholly insufTl-
cient. The State, county, and private asylu,ns
now erected will. accommodate about 1900.
Whom the Northern and Southern Hos.
pitfalls shall have boon completed, there
will be accommodations for 900 additional, or
100 in oil, LOWING 1900 still unproyidod for.
There are now :, -.
IN TIE COUNTY 'JA11s AND IhfH-uousss
of. Illinois about 700 insane, Of whom 450 are
outside Of Cook County, besides many others
supported by tho towns and countieB, and by
friends outside of alrns-houses. Vho condition
Of the insane on the county farms Is represented
BY tho Board as extremely unfortunate for the
most part.
But tho Board oppose the building Of asylums
designed exclusively for the chronic oanos. They
Immediate completion Of the hospitals now,
building, and aro of tho opinion that ,4,t "
ADDITIONAL, HOSPITAL, AccoMMoDAT1oN
will bo demanded BY tho people of the State in a
ri lilo pay-dIet in NIL stnte hospitals for the In
sa,1e, and the making Of them absolutely FREQ to
nll people Of tho State, 80
Iho report was prepared by, aud is mainly tho
Frod II. Wiuos, tho competent Secretary OF tho
Board Tho following is the
FULL TEXT OF THE REpoRT:
DoAnp or PUBLIC cIIAR1TIEs, sEonETAnYs Orr1oE,l
20 tho Hon. John EsSy res'tt M IT, e. IT,
SIN: have tho honor to acknowledge tho receipt
Of The following resolution adopted by the Senate Jan
Rtsoptd, Tint tho State Board Of Charitable 1nsti-
ttioa b. and they arc hereby requested to report to
State whore tho incnrably insane be
friends and that Tho Secretary of the Sonata furnish
the Chairman OF oad Board with copy Of this reaolu
A complete reply to tho foregoing inquiry Will in-
clude information on the following points, namely:
Foun GENERAL. 1NQu1n1Ea.. -
Eiret, what Is tho number Of Insane PERSONS res-
dens n tlls State? Second, Of this number, what
proportion may be regnrasd as practically incurabo
nTeady nude in Illinois ior the proper care md treat
n,ent Of tho insane and fourth, what further pro-
vision any iatho State called upon to make for ita
WHAT IS the suMpEa OF INSANE m 1nI1No1s7
year IL is7o ndsr sstls tic M of an
Wakor tho number Of insane III Illinois Is statod At
1c2s , But this @ figure gea5 is very much too oy,
CATION On sho sbect Instituted 81 tie board Of rubo
chnrtes II 1872 a4 1n carried ri to isl u Revision
mud second biennial reports Of this Board
II will be eeen that in accordance with the desire Of
s il npsn: s1ay ID
the State Of Illinois, for the purpose Of asccEtaIntng
his immediate neghborhood, The replies received,
which permanently filed in this Office and open to
by Counties. ali duplicated numes wore crossed out,
and al idiots rerorted ~ insane were carefully sepa-
na s s assn
Of h sat9 had pers9ns 9nsa knowledge OF Of
We wsro fully aware thst the reurns received BY us
,ntign md ea;dssyoF, W failed to obtai, from 477s
Walker; tle Superintendent ot the Census, manu-;
akers in this State The LII referred % to s M st ii1 IL our
possession. The Secretary Of the Board, with an
ristans then made consolidated Hat from the two,
md revising lis work aovoral mea to avoid tho post.
hity Of sny considerable orrgr The 5ssalt ta cn
ssss'a' toas sp's ts%9 Ta!sa . g.
takers, but not to a, aud 1,5t3 retrned by tho
Ryseinna Of tho State to ns but not to as% Walker.
ions not diBcosere 1t Wilmington by do co1ks IN
tho Census Otlco were expungod from Con. walkers
oWn ,ss oy hs Wines Whoss oppoEtunties TOR verify
IN the compendium Of tho census in foot-noto
some engl tint tho figures obtained by incor-
rect; hut since tho publication Of tho compendium,
7ff %fsr 7sn5 sSs Te ser M s o
Wines withdrawing the argument alluded to, and nc-
hnowls''ss ag tnst Tss founded ap0n atsspprehsa
physicians ot the sito. Without any motive, debor
We reply; therefore, to the question, How many IN
Bane are there In 1llinoa by saying little 500U,
State,
WHAT IS THE suMesn OF 1NounAn1Es7
,.ns y an asss a In
Out Of gig rccoycres, for instance in the Hospital for
The 1naa,e At Jacksovills in 1s1l md 1s72, but il
reroverea Of patients insane for mora than ono
year before admission to the IIohpal. The number
Of ncurahlo cases III any community, therefore, muat
bs approximately commensurate with tho number Of
The number Of recent cases may 10 estimated,
tst III illinois. IN larea majority Of nsiances app-
cation IL lnado to the Sperinsendcns OF hoapala for
s oaa fra Sf ssy a wn xyo
ulnation Of the reports Of Tho institutions ut Jaokso
vile and at lgin showH that there wero aditto1 In
1871 to those two hospitals about 500 rocont cascs
casea ol lesR than years. DURATION It is evIen
sreore thnt tho ratio of ourabe to tnourah'e cases
The tables published by in first biennial re-
rort show that Of l75 caaea Of Insanity in which the
Inrution 0f tho l!seaHe WIS known and stated only
A50, Or tslo oc-fourth, recent cusoa. e.,
cases Of css than years duration. OF 1,452 caaoa
durability, only 3s3, or little over ono.fourth, wero
caled euraIe by tho lhyBlcana reporting.
If detlnite estimate ts desired Of tho numhor Of
pion 10 oxactness, about oue-hfth-or 70 per cent
which wnnll give MS:
1ncurable, about. 400
s4.. .3Uuu
Probably ttore aFs not 600 craplo cafes In iIIinofa