Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-12-19
OAkorAs INSANE.

Annual Report of the superintendent
steward and Matron "A Complete Show
Ing OF the A FAIRS Of the Insane Asylum
for the Year Ending November 80. 1859.
The following are tho annual reports
OF Superintendent McGlumphry and
bis subordinates for the year ending No.
vember 80, 1888:
To the Board of Trustees of the Da.
kota Hospital for the Insane Gentle.
men: In compliance With requirement
of the bylaws governing this institution
have the honor to present to you con.
densed report Of the workings of this hos
pital for the fifth year, commencing
December LIST, 1882, and ending Novem.
Der 3oth, 1888.
The number of patients remaining uu.
der treatment at the close of the fiscal
gear ending November Goth, 1882, was,
males 35, females go. total "a. Ther.
we're admitted during the year. just closed.
males 81. females 81, total 20. making the
total under treatment during the year,
males 80, females so, or l39 patients. OF
this number there have been discharged.
as recovered, males IL. females 9, total
1; improved males 2, females 3, total s.;
died, males S. females 2, total7 Whole
number discharged and died during the
year, males 10, females IL, total 80, leav.
ing now under treatment in the hospital,
males 7O females 36, total los.
vi those WHO died the causes of
death were as follows: Two
OF exhaustion of chronic melan.
cholia, two of phthisis pulmonialis, one
OF softening of the brain, one of exhaus
tion OF acute mania, and one by his own
hand.
The per cent. OF recoveries reckoned
upon the admissions was 29h per cent,
and the per cent. of deaths upon the
whole number treated fraction over S
per cent.
The daily average number of patients
during the year was 81. and the daily av.
erage OF the household 1l6.
The whole number of patients admit.
ted since the opening of the hospital is
2Ol, viz: from April llth, 1879, to Novem.
: Der S0th. 1880, 81 patients, not including
those transferred from the Minnesots
and Nebraska hospitals; aud from DE
cember LIST, 1880, to November 3Oth, 1882
"a patients; and from December lst
1852. to November 30th, 1883, IS patients
The above summary shows that toe
admissions for the last year have beer
one more than for the two years preced
: ing, and nearly two and one-half times
as many as during the first period.
This rapid increase in the humber Of
insane requiring custody aud treatment
> IN the hospital certainly proves the wis.
dom OF providing the enlarged facilities
for their accommodation now nearing
completion.
Besides the ordinary repairs the fol
, lowing improvements have been mad,
, during the year: A carpenter shop, car
. riage. wagon and farm implement house
coal house, one hundred and thirty.fiv,
acres of prairie sisnd have been broke,
and back set, the east wing kitchen, ,pantr,
and store rooms kalsomined, the frs
and second stories of centre buildin,
painted. and the second story window,
! hung by weights and cerds; screel
a frames were put in each window o
the first and second stories, and screel
4 doors hung in basement and first story
!. excavations we're made for three fiv
4 hundred barrel cisterns, and one Ion,
). cess pool at the mouth of the mai
sewer.
. respectfully submit as part of thi
. report those of the steward and matrou
To S. B. McGlumphy. superintendent
OF Dakota hospital for the insane-Sil
g have the honor to submit herewith
y statement Of the funds dlsbursed at tbj
hospital during the fiscal year commep,
ing Dec. lst, 1882, and ending Nov. 3Otl
i 1883; also statement of the products {
I the hospital farm aud the number {
> cattle, hogs and agricultural implemen,
:. purchased during the same period:
DISBURSEMENTS.
For board and clothing of patients and
I, board of officers aud employees from
Il papproprlatlon for 1881 and lsSz. 2641.
TOT Improvement OF hospital. so.
EW drugs ana pooks.. 81.
Eor improvement OF hospital farm.... 5S.
sor lncidental expenses. s................ 81.
Y ror pay o. Employee. 100.
,s sa,ats.
y From appropriations for 1882 aud 1884,
" For board of patients. clothing and
p board of officers and employees. ......s ISIS.
!. For improvements of hospital. SSS,
rs ror drugs aRd books s......,........... 5S3
! For improvement of hospital FARM. 2.2S2
l. Eor incideutSt cSperses........ $50
ror lights and fuel ,........ 1851
"a FOR pay OF employees. ALSO
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