South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-04-12

rectors for the West Virginia Hospital
for the insane. returned FROM bis at,
tendance at a meeting Of Ahe. hoard, at
Weston. Satssday. and We are Indebted
to him Cor tue following fasts:.
The Board held iss semj ann ual. meet.
ing at the Hospital on, April sd and
9Th, and transaeted the. necessary bus
mess, such ~ examining, the accounts
OF the Tr~asgfer, and. Superintendent
and eSamiping the .coGdsti0n orthe Hos
pit9i araE patients, &c.
ThsSpperintendancs, report, embra.
chg the, six months prior to April ist,
!, vas read and accepted. fire, humber.
Of insane in, the. Hospital on October 1,
1877, was M. Received. in Hospital.
III. six m nths. 27--malcs Is, females
! II. Total number under treatment, 444;
discharged 21.; remaining AIT; males
22l females, 1875. Highest uumberun-
der treatment. Alb lowest. 4eJ. aver.
age Ala 1-2G. Cost per capita per day,
S3sct; cost per capita per week S3.-.
rhe hoNpiial WAS found, To, be in.
good condition and the patients we'll
cared for. IT is i'm an oycr-crowded'
condition, and the Superintendent re-
ported that I'VE have erred. perhaps. in
receiving as many patients as We have,
but it has been very hard to withstand
tie petitions, appeals and threats so qr.
gently and persistently made for those
who were langnishing and suffering in.
tho various jails of tie State, when the
comfort and treatment so necessary to
reco ;ery-eoaid not be had"
! 'Notwithst anding our efforts to re-
heve these unfortunate ones, who have
Mt all times our d, epest sympathy, we
have fallen sadly short Of our humane
intentions. Since the last meeting of
your Boaru, six month, ago, there have
been eighty-eight applications for. adj
mission. OF these We have, received
twenty seven. and at this time there are
over Sky Insane ciamoring for cure
AMI treatment. or these. twenty seven
are males and thirty -four females. and
all are white. We have been able to
receive al The colored of the State, and
have eighteen of this class, twelve fe-
males and six males.
Thoae received and those seeking
admission are distributed over the
different districts ~ follows: Applica-
tions from the First district, so; appli-
cations from the Second district, % :;
applications from the Third district, IA
Total. SO. Received from the First dis
tricf, 10; received from the Second dis
trict, 4; received from tie Third dis
trict. 10; total p. Remaining in the
First district p; remaining in the Ia
district, l6; remaining in the Third dis
t'ict, %. Total, 81
The cast for keeping the insane out
side. of this institution is. we learn, s
per day or 81 per week, which is fol
boarding alone, without clothing or med
ica' attention. or any Of the comfort
that can be had at a 'hospit al, while
they have been kept in the hospital for IT,,
last six months at '335 cents per day. o
81 33 per week, which includes board
ing, cIothi2g and medical attention and
pays for salaries Of officers. cmploye,
&c, SO that it can be readily seen tha
there is neither comfort nor &c ono my il
not extending tue hospital building am
!proyiding rooms. an in Keeping these
unfortunate sufferers in the j'.ils, where
they are slowly and surely drifting iao
incurable insanity. And 1t ia to bC
hoped that the wisdom and policy o
the next Legislature will lead them &c
make ample provision Tor this unfortu
nate class.
Those who have been applying for the
admission OF friends and relatives cal
readily see.by the foregoing statements
that it has been impossible to receive
them INFO the Hospital in its prcsen
GRO Hded condition and there will no
be room until it is made by the 'Legis
; l.ture. through an appropriation. excep
rs n vacancy occurs by death or cure
AT the Hospital Whetti'g Register.
ASHAMED TO TELL MoTuER-Sucl
was little boys reply TO his comrade
who were trying 10 tempt him to d.
wrong.
But you need not tell her, no one viii
know any thing about IT,"
i would know all about it myself, an,
I'll feel mighty mean i'll couldn't tell INC
Their"
ITS n pity you wasn't girl. Tn
idea of boy running TO tell his mothe
every little thing?'
''You may laugh il you want TO-" sal,
the noble boy, "but I've made mp m,
mind never, as long as I live. to do ans
thing would be ashamed to tell my mo
Their"
Noble resolve, and which will max
almost any life true aud useful. Let /
nc the rule Of every hoy and girl to d,
nothing Of which they would be asham
cd 70 tell their mother.
An Interesting Letter.
The following words from a heart
broken wife aud mother in Utah are
portion Of a letter sent TO an old friend
and which was handed to the Presi'en
on Wednesday last:
/ read with much interest Thy persia
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