St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-09
THE STATE INSTITUTIONS.
What II Costs Per Annum to Feed Their
Inmates. !.
CREDITABLE- SHOWING.
Large Retreats Are Not the Most Eco
nomical When the Figures Areas
Carefully Collated. Gin

A valuable statistical table was com!
pieted yesterday by Secretary Hart, of
the state board of correction and CHAR
tiles, showing the cost of food per year
for each person, including employees; in
the state correctional and charitabletin!
situations, for the year ending July 81
1887 and 1888. ~
AT st. Peters hospital for the insane,
an average of ,005 were fed daily dur
ing 1SS6-S7, and 1.065. in 1SS7-8S; - the
annual cost per person was S49. 20 in
1887. and S45.27 in 1888.
Rochester's hospital for the insane
had an average of us inmates in 1SS6-S7.
and 84S for 1SS7-S8; the annual cost per
person was $3.50 in 1887. and S44.65 in
1883. = ~
The school for the deaf had an aver
age of l46. patients in 1861, and Isl
during lSS7-SS: annual cost per person
was s43.1 6 in 1887, and $3.50 i'll 1883. =.
The school for the blind had an aver
age of 40 Inmates in 1861, and SO in,
1sS7-SS; annual cost per person s49.16 in
1887. and $685. in 1888. ~
School for the Predetermined had 1873
patients in 1sS67 and 1913 during 1878;
annual cost per person S39.S3 for 1887,
and s442. &c for 1888. .,...-.
School for dependent children con-
tanned 81 inmates in 1867 and 81 liz
1878; annual cost per person, was
So. 10 in 1887 and S24.G6 in 1888. -.
Reform school had 229 inmates during
1856? and 26S in 1878; annual cost
per person was S34 "a for 1881, and $39.27
for 1883.
The states prison contained 42S con-.
,yictS III 1SS6-67, and 46S during 1SS7-SS;
annual cost per person, as. 30 in 1887.
and S43.73 in 1888.
The Soldiers Home has only been in
existence during 1888, and shows an
average of forty inmates; the cost per
person per annum being S73.61.
The total average for all institutions
is: Eighteen hundred and eighty-six
and eighty-seven, inmates. 2,74S; an
nnal cost per person, $3.50; 1888. in
mates, 3,17l; annual cost, S43.S4. The
staple food in all the institutions was
meat, the totals of each year being:
BreadstuffS, $500 and Se.42; butter,
S7.95 and SILT; milk, 6S cents and 80
cents; eggs, Sl.36 and SLIT; fruit, $3.50
and $s.S6; meats, fish and poultry, SIS
and sl4.5S; Sundry supplies, 1927 and
Oh food, SIS cents and 45 cents.
Secretary Hart remarked in relation
to these figures: 1.-THE popular idea is
that the more people you have to care
for the cheaper it can be done. But in
the school for the blind the feeling of
an average OF fifty people per day cost
less per capita than at st. Peters hospi-
tai for the insane. where over 1000 are
fed. The truth is. as have long con-
tended. it is a great faIlacy to say that
the large institutions are economical.
for in the school for dependent children
the cost per capita for boarding eighty
four inmates was the lowest of all. An
other point of interest is that the total
average of expenditure in all insti1u-
tienS is about the same for the two
years, while during the past year there
has been all increase in prices" n.
Lost Husband and Property.
In the divorce case of Michael Ryan
against Mary d. Ryan, his wife, Judge
Simons filed an order yesterday grant
ing an absolute divorce to plaintiff, en-
titling him to the sole charge of child.
the issue of said marriage. Also AIDE
cree declaring certain deed givenby
the plaintiff to the defendant for prep
erty situated in Ramsey county to DE
null and void. asdvesting the sole right.
title and interest to the property ifrthe
plaintiff.