The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-19

l., predicted that within q teT
\, M Ii. money question will be out Q
- aiding that he had no expecta
m, the Resumption act would be re
N Il. said he did not think the dis
-r Of the meaning of the ciphen
= hut hi, party much.
W.
:. ~, virginia Hospital for the In
sane. y.
a, Ftou. wm. L. Hearne, a member o
N.re,Ory Of the West Virginia Hos
q =, ,be Insane, returned yesterday
TetOu, where he has been in at
,.s,s upon the regular annual meeting
a. Bard, and we are indebted to him
ID, Glowing particulars in regard to
sssituiOn:
N Board, in conformity to custom and
:, r,mi.ed their proceedingsby spend
!, ,r,nl hours in inspecting the various
,t,d,he Hospital and conyersing with
! atirnts, and they found everything
,.a.iasD the comforts and well-beins
4. inmates in good condition. The
,s,s with few exceptions seemed 10
t,sed With their surroundings, and
,m = happy as could be reasonably ex-
,,iruder the circumstances.
btl be remembered that the Legisla-
-tis last session, failed to make an
e,,,pration for the extension Of the
sraal. and owing to this reason, not
,ss,ading the wards have been con-
ruBy filled to their utmost capacity,
baa applicants have been necessarily
,.d uon. OF these % were from the
/ TS District, % from the Second District,
i y from the Third District. In the
nm, crowded condition OF the Hospital
r,rts an be admitted only in the same
rs tha, discharges are made, which, OF
1S, Is but slow process with a large
u sal1se Of incurables, and is, conse-
,gssy, insufficient to meet the demands.
II Bard will incorporate these facts in
sarport to the Governor, and through
i. make an earnest appeal to the Legis'
rn br an appropriation commensurate
VII the necessities. Another section oi
/ " Sliing, which would make room for
rsy additional patients, is needed at
re md iii to be hoped that as soon as
pdable after the assembling together
ta4 legislature provisions will be made
ka construction.
Fna more than one consideration 1t is
Mpicy 1.-THE part Of the State TO allow
y h1s to become the continued rccepta'
ah its insane. In the first place, the
dsVse designed for criminals, and moi
k4G class Of afflicted humanity whose
ems upon our charity and commisera'
IN ur Just and undeniable. Moreover,
a.aspeOple cannot be properly treated
! iulposition with the murderer and
'ElI, and even II they could it costs
sNs times more to do it than it does
iSN they enjoy the comforts and con-
RneHcs Of IA well arranged hospital.
hhh report to the Board, the Medical
'Fentsadent shows the movements o.
esppuatiOn in the hospital for the yeal
sdag Sept %, 1873, to have been as fol
an' Number Of patients on the lst o
OsSbeE ISL, four hundred and seven
ss1i admitted during the year, fifty-seven
Eitag the whole number treated fouI
i1adndAad seventy.tour. OF this numbe'
haE.niue were discharged recovered
tR much improved, five removed by
ssad' unimproved, and twenty died
l4HHg remainder Of four hundred ant
tatsa-twO hundred and twenty.six male
n one hundred and eighty.nine females
IAaloFed insane-seyen males and tel
als-aFe included in this calculation
lHashest number in the Hospital at on
ne during the year was four hundre'
ID nineteen, and the lowest four hun
~ and nine; daily average four hun
sS and thirteen and one.halt. The cos
s''ek tOrkeepiug each patient was tw,
s4iS aadtwenty.twoand four-ffth cents
lss covers all expenses for salaries an,
- OF officers and employees, clothing
I'd heat, and, indeed, everything tha
'aen into the running OF the insitutio
1de Of repairs. Thisis certainly a yer
4'''s0Ie statement, and is about Isl cent
p capita than it was last year, whic
IN ineasure due, doubtless, to the d'
'eiation in the prices Of -four, meat
FVeiies and other provisions.
'as'e have been under treatment sine
z Oeganing Oithe Hospital nine hunt
~ md iory one patients, Eve hundre
.aanine'een males and four hundred an
"sa'!tWO females, otwhom two hunl
,~lad twenty-five, one hundred and 81,
ga silesand hundred and nine female
we been discharged recovered, making
= aiifT Ot?S 81 onl the whole numbe
y SePast year the per cent. OF recove
.'I,, ! o. admissions is 5Oss. Taking in
~ 'atioa the fact that at least thre
.s o. those admitted were regarded
Ss, SsSIe' BY reason of the duration
: s.Rla'aaity, l this result may be yiewt
%ga'e y favorable II not flatsefing.
%'ae number now in the Hospital
S.,l SGas 70 Ohio county, II to Wood, IS
E@Fl u 70 Preston. 10 to Randolph.