Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-09

Ing il iaesreses through al he vicissisades
ef Tie year. Duslag he coaeAgion Of diph
iberia. which Anally disappeared In June
no honicidal o. s1icidal impulsss OF acci'
denes have occurred, and . prosperous yeal
has been vouchsafed. The number oi
Aonicidal and suicidal patients admitted
during The year 10 bat t1ins Ices than IS
per cent. Of the whole number Of admis.
sions.
A. the beginning Of The year. Dec. l
1855. there were rsshisns In Tie hospital 57s
patients-3S9 men, and ~ women. Two
hundred and twenty-five have been admit
ted siuce-l39 men, and 96 womeo. making
the whole number under treatment. COS
as men, and SIS women. OF these, there
have been discharged. 33S-lSS men, and
20 women leaving as the close Of the year.
sSO-3SS men, and 3S5 women. The per
cent. Of rscoveries for the year. bassd upon
The number under treatment. 10 $50. and
upon the number Of admissions. as.ss.
The daily average number Of patients for
the year has been 57s.s6. They have been
supported In the following manner: a BY
their own means Or relasivss; 70 entirely
By the State and AS7 have received State
aid Of Oil 80 per week. towns or individuals
raging the balance.
Al the commencement Of the pressnt d.
cal year. diphtheria appeared with renewed
viscr; and while mild in charaster, yet dur
ing the month Of December IS persons we're
attacked. 7 attendants and . patients; In
February. 8, In March. l. In April l, In May
Z. in June l, which vas Tie last attached.
So that from the let Of December until the
20th Of June. ~ pers0ns suasred from the
disease, Is sttendsnts and II patients, and
from the result Of which attendant and 5
patients succumbsd. ABIDE from this the
general health Of the household has been
Exceptionally good. During the year .
large number Of patients has been admitted
very much advanced In years, and whom
lndTmtties Of ase make susceptible to In
creasing feebleness and dissolutiOn.
No especially new methods have been In
Iroduced In the treatment Of patients.
Chlofalmid - an hypnotic has recently
been introduced, but there must be further
ase and observation before Il can be inteili. /
gently recommended - drug for the pur-
pose Of producing sleep. yet DIR. Sanborn
10 favorably impressed With its effects.
The Doctor refefs to the salutary edects
II removing the patients 70 the barracks
'hile the wafds were cleansed, and TO the |
beneficial effects upon the patients Of re-
igious services and secular entertainments.
During the winter there will be numerous
Of . varied character pro- |
'idsd. large number Of patients were
employed on the farm daring the summer
'esson. and In the various industrial depart |
nents Of the institution.
The building enterprises and improve
nents are referred to In detail.
Farm and s;araens.
The farm, under the immediate super |
'ision Of Mr.. Cony. has been fairly pro-
iuctive. The hay crop was above the aver
&c. and the yield was we'll harvested. The
'upply Of oats was not up to the average,
'ut other crops compare favorably with
'ther years in quantity and quality. The
Iarden, under the management Of Mr.. Al. |
en-, 10 increasing Id fertility year BY year.
& has also been enlarged to the extent Of
sveral acres, and much labor has been as-
'omplished In this department, during
he past autumn. In subsoiling and gen
'ral Improvements. The garden 10 becoming
more and more . source Of profit to the in.
and lie yield Of potatoes this ses-
ION was large and Of excellent quality. The
Iarden also a6ords agreeable and healthy
employment to large number Of the In.
mates.
1t 10 suggested that, % soon % the finan-
.es will allow, . larger ward be provided |
Tor the sick and helpless women. Il will |
DO necessary ansshsr spring to further rem
Dvate the vards in which the dipbtheria |
patients were treated. snd to establish .
more modern system Of bath rooms and |
'ewers. The erection Of building in the |
park 10 desirable. Some steps should be |
'akss - f1saisA further facilleiss fer the
employme Of such . Glass - would be
benefited thereby.
During the past year the discharges and |
1eaths have been % follOvs: