, 1880-11-21
INDIANA CHARITIES.
Reports Of the Trustees of the Insane
and Blind Asylums for the Past

Reports OF the Trustees of the Insane
and Blind Asylums for the Past
Year.
Special Dtspateh to The Chicago Tribune.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. 20.-The Trus-
tees Of the Insane Asylum have filed their
report for the year ending Oct. 81, 1880. The
capacity Of the women's department is 454;;
In that OF the males, 625; total 1,079. Eight
wards In the women's department, which
will accommodate 227 more patients, remain
unfinished The financial management, ac-
cordlng to the report, shows very consider
able saving, due to the provisions OF the law
relating to the purchase Of supplies. The
consolidated statement Of revenue and dis
bursements Is as follows: Appropriation
for maintenance department for men,
$l25, 700; tor women, 5000; total appropri-
alton, 1000. Disbursement: |: Improve
ments, So, 553. SO; clothing, $7,07.1l; main
tenance proper, s1o6, ,64o.67; total, slSs, ,22a37.
Balance unexpended, SIG, 1868. Appropria~
ton for repairs, $1,000; disbursed, Sc, ,559.49;
unexpended balance, S940.5l. Balance of
specific appropriation for furnishing depart
ment for women November, 1869, s., $50 95;
disbursed, S3,4Ss.8o; balance unexpended,
Sl7.Uo. Superintendent Rogers says the year
was begun with 629 inmates and ended with
1,010. During the year there were admitted
914 patients and 533 discharged, making
total Of 1,54S pesons treated during the
year. OF these 263 were cured, 50 improved,
81 unlmproyed, and LAG died A large por-
tion OF these were physical as we'll as mental
wrecks. Eighty-three per cent OF the deaths
occurred in this class Of inmates. Tha re-
port shows that one-half Of the insane ad
mitted during the year t2S7 In ally were
farmers, decided increase among
this class over 1879. The health of
the patients has not been so good
as in former years, the number Of deaths be-
ing 1863 25 per cent, against IS per cent
In 1677178, and S Is per cent In 1S78'79. The
report concludes by recommending the enact
ment OF q law regulating insanity, inquests,
and the committal OF insane persons to the
Hospital for the Insane: 4 draft Of the de-
sired bill accompanied the report
The Trustees Of the Blind Asylum also
filed their report this afternoon, show
ing the following financial condi-
ton: Amount expended for ~, current
o4 SspRes Pspars ana and GFSofy Soosy ] 5sRs5s e
7So:a2 Balance expended, $1,59o.2o. The
cost per capita on enrolment per annum
vas 2l1o5, against s264 g for 1877, S259o1
for 1873, and $2l3.88 for 1879. The annual
is $50.52. The current appropriation for 1881
is $4,000, and the Trustees recommend the
appropriation of the same amount for the
years 1882S3 They also recommend
s2,"o ,. PEI = annum q, for fer repairs I1
past two years. One hundred and twent r
seven pupils were enrolled during the year,
-sixty-six males and sixty one females. Tie
number OF new pupils was 122, ifty-six
counties being represented. Fifteen COM
pleted the literary course of study, being
granted diplomas and honorable discharges;
three completed the grammar-school course.
and two the Industrial work, and were dis
charged. Some pupils have been in the in
stituti0n too long, which the Superintendent
deems wrong. and recommends the enact
ment Of law fixing maximum
during the year, only two being iucorrigibie.
The value Of the girls. work sold during
the year is So9207, while thirty-three boys
have been instructed in the trade OF broom
making, eight Of whom finished the, trade.
edge Of turning. The general health has
place in the institution. Two other pupils
died at home. The enrolment for the term
opening Sept. s has eighty-tWo old pupils
and tWcnty-tWo new ones.