The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-12-02
Eunatic Asylum.
The State.

The sixty.eichh annual report Of the Goar.! of Re
gents and superintendent OF the State Lrcatc a>y-
| lum was made public yesterday. 1t IS one OF the
most important Of all the annual reports, giving
exhaustive resume Of the treatment OF the States
| insane.
The number of patients treated during the year
was ,l322. or these, I3S remain at the asylum.
The cost per capita has been 3Gi cents daily. In
compliance with the law So harmless insane persons
have been returned TO the rariOaS Counties some
of the counties have demonstrated saying they have
| no aims house. The suggestion is made that the
laws of admission Of patients be amended rs asked
by the superintendent and the counties be made to
pay into the State Treasury part Of the ma'nte-
nance of their beneficiary patients.
An option has been obtained on 8 piece OF land
near by upon which 20 erect buildings for the col
ored male lunatcs, if the Legislature should so de-
| eide.
The report says that "the various departments Of
the asylum have been conducted, in measure to the
satisfaction OF the Regents
COLUMBIA, s. c., Oct. 81, 1891.
To His Excellcncy E. L. Tilman, Governor Of South
SIR TIE Board OF Regents of the South Caroi-
m Lunalic Asylum have the honor to submit to your
ENccllency the annual report with the accompanying
We wonld respectfully direct your attention to the
number of patients treated during the year, which
was l.13s; The number now remaining IN the Asy-
The cost per capita has been $6l cents per day, and
| fo- the year 1882
In compliance with the law we have returned to
the various Counties such harmless insane as could ne
cared for at home o. in Aims Houses. numbering in
all 3$ OF these three have been returned Some OF
the Counties have demonstrated, saying they nave n"
| Alms House, and en- make no provision ior then'.
1t would be well for all the Counties to organize Aims
! Houses, and make then scsustalnins, winch IS en-
| tirey practicable.
We would respectfully suggest that the law OF ad
mission Of patients be amennedas rs asked by the s'
erinte ndeut and the Counties be madc to pay mo
| no. ntn Treasury
beneficiary patients.
We call especial attention to that part of the su-
pcrintendents report relating to making provision io
the colored male lunatcs. The Regents have always
advocated the erecting Of all buildings needed on or
contiguous to our present location as being the most
advantageous to the State in every particular.
In accordance with this view we have AN option % on
piece of land near by upon which to erect ths DHd-
in.S if the Legislature shDTd so decl1".
Oar Superintendent is now organizing framing
School in the 4Asyum n, which will add materially to
the welfare Of the patients and we trust VIII meet
with the approval Of the Legislature.
During the year there have been changes IN Inc ON
c.rs of the Asylum. DR.. P. +. Griffin ceased t. De
Superintendent in May and his place has oecn .llleu
by Dr. J. w. Hahcock Mr.. II. P. Green, the secreti'
rv and Treasurer having ded, his place has heeh HI!
| ed bv Mr.. W. Bunch.
The various departments of the Asylum have been
conducted in manner to the satisfaction Oh 'ne ne
gents. =, -,
We feel assured that the Legislature Will Still
rrain:ain this noble charity in becoming manner
and make snch appropriations for it rs are NEEDED
We have the honor to be your obedient::ssSvant'
President of the Board of Regents OF 5. G. Lunati(
1 !.sI iuu.
SUPERINTENDENT BABCocKS REPORT.
In his report to the Regents Superintendent Bah
c:k SAYS: AT the beginning Of the year there Were
present T. IS pltirnts-}o9 male and 3S9 female. VI
these 44j were white and $53 colorcd. There were
absent on tril forty-thrce. During the year Sll
were admitted and the number under treatment LIZ
Tn" highest number Of patients was ,s2 and the low
est 80 There discharged 3S4 VI whom ~ wer'
c.sscd rs recovered. 81 as improved 6 nntnprovrd
Il were removed, eopcd. 80 died: ~ are atsen
on trial. The result 81 the end OF the yrar is '3s pa
iicntS 3GS male and $40 female, of whom 423 arr
white and 3l5 colorcd.
Compared with last year: II less were admitted
81 more discharged, 81 more under treatment, -
more discharged rs recovered, anG3 more died. In
addition to the 43 absent trial at the beginning OF
the year. 10 released on probation. vi these
81 were discharged rs recovered. - rs improved
uninproved ~ returned aid Gi are still out There
has been no epidemic disease Of ser Gus nature Oar
ing the spring mumps We're prevalent
ION Marcn 10th. white female patient committed
suicide BY hanging. She had .heel here aoont t"'
months and had manifested no suicidal tehdcnc!
The verdict OF the coroncrs jury eXonerated the otI
GERS and nurses OF the Asylum. Among 50 large N
insane population strive We may to prevent them
such unfortunate accidents seem Inevitable.
The following table shows the per capita cost I,
$l94 u; .7I-7S s1s902; .7S-79, $lI6.2o; $50
. *l55.;S 'so-Sl, Sl5$.2+ SIS. $!4l.4:; SIS
$ls6a4 s:-S1 $l4a.7S; SIS, $l46.:4; s5-SsS
Sl402-; SG-s7 $l31 30: SIS. $li0.59; 'SS--e9
; $l3744TI $3.50 $l%l.G5: '5O-9l. 1882.
".,ccorlinc I" TIE census OF leoO, there were II
this State total of LIP insane and 1,5s9 idiotic
Under date OF October Il 1891. a. +. ChildS, actin.
superintendent Of writes me that the pTcSrh
number of iasaTc in South Carolina Is shown hy tht
present census is 926 and the number Of iliotic 1
These are the only facts that have. rs Yet been tabu
lated relative to this class and the are liable 10
slight revision Iis probable thatrcvsion will dem
on, ,ratr that this estimate ow since II Is no
credible that the insane population OF this State
now nearly jO less than it was ten years AGO. Ii w
accept these figures the interesting fact presents its
c tnat according the statistics there arc 3l per
sonsIpt inciudin. al cpilcpics-to whom the ;'sy
luin Is open.
MANAGEMENT OF TIE ASYLUM
u sFrom time to time when the over-crowdci condl
ton Of the asylum demanded 1t, the commission
IL crs ot the several counties have been requested
" remove their harmless in accordance with Sec