The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-22

The last General Assembly appropriated
$50, ,O0o to defray the expenses Of this de-
partment for the year. Of this sum $6,574.92
remains in the State treasury unexpended.
The EXPENSES were less than ever before in
the history OF the State. s- 80
The superintendent, In order to ascer-
tain the cost of pnblic printing, binding, &C.,
in the different States of the Union, sent
circular letter to the Governor, of each OF the
States, and received responses to them. IL
will be seen," he says, "that the expenses OF
this department of our Government (popuia-
tion being considered) are smaller Than IN
any State in the Union"
The work for which special appropriations
were made, aud therefore not chargeabie to
the printing fund, was: Grattan's Reports,
vol. 24th, 50 414.24; Grattan's Reports Vol.
25tb, So, 1868; Robinson's Reports, vol.
1st (reprint), Sl,77s.05; Robinson's Reports,
vol. ID (reprintl 81 1,954.3l-total, %, Slz.99
These reports are sold, and the State relm'
bursed. - =.
Eastern Lunattc Asylum.
The Board of Directors of the Eastern
Lunatic Asylum (P'. Montagu Thompson,
president,) in their report to the Governor,
dated October l, 1915, say:
. tsThe board fully endorse the appeal OF
the superintendent for an increase ct the ap-
preparation for general support, and also Tor
an appropriation to provide accommodations
for one hundred additional patients. &
: "Tbe following statement Is made n con-
sequence of repeated charges That patients
who can pay for their support Ia the asylums
have always preference of admission over
pauper- or State.patents .1I.I. zE-.s, q
Whole number of patients in the asylum! ...306
Number who pay In full for their support......
Number who pay in part for their support..... 0
Total number of pay-patents. 13
Total number received during present year,. "a
Number received during present year who pay /,
In full or in part for their support ..........
"In conclusion the board bears willing
testimony to the great ability aud untiriug
energy and industry of the superintendent
in conducting the affairs of the Institution,
and to tine faithful discharge of their duties
BY the officers and employees generally"
.sUPERIsTENDENTs REPORT. - :.
superintendent Brewer says: As has
been repeatedly urged, insanity is curable in
the inverse ratio of its duration. About
eighty per cent. Of clsss placed under hos
.pital treatment within, three months OF the
inception of thee disease will recover, whereas
this fortunate result eau be attained inonly
about twenty per cent. that have existed
twelve months and over" ses4'zE7 ti5.a az
Phe arecord of deaths and recoVeries re-
flutes the prejudice that exists In the minds
Of some people In the State against the
Fhealthfuluess OF this locality, and estab abllshes
its general fitness for the treatment OF the
@ The !r percentage Of deaths Of the whole
numb mber treated Is FIVE and one tenth. Thlls
is two and four tenths less than that OF iast
year, and less than the general average OF
previous years. y. .:t@;t2 -, ~. :e
"a history ofaIl applications for admission
has been kept, and when vacancies have ioe-
Cured they have been flled from the cases on
file, invariably giving preference. not 70 the
rich. as SOME haye supposed, but TO those
cases that presented the most reasonable
hone of restoration. It tlafords us pleasure
also to be able to say that no recent and
cnrable case has been refused admission
during the past year. aPis.s,5lE z g. -
: aWe again recommend, as the most expe-
idI.;eusa and economic method OF progidins
for the insane OF the State now awaiting
linn treatment; the enlargement or tne ex.
i,ting asylums, and believe that the additlon
of, one hundred patients each to the western
and Eastern sAsylums will relieve presen,
necessities. The, appropriation OF Soi,9vs
viii so far enisrge this asylum as TO anaois
ms to accommoda date one hundred aadIional
patienss without In any, way Interfering WILD
the effielencysof It's Hlanags snent. .or
THE reeeipts OF the stitution we're Sous'
a3a 8S. Of Y Yhich $50, ,000 came irom tne ssats !.
,Sreasurs; iishuSsements, .S6o, ,pS4.zs; oal'
ance pns hand, sssss7. 81 s''ss s.,ssss &.