The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-11-30
CAUSES OF INSANITY
INTERESTING STATISTICS ON ruE
LuNATlC ASYLUM.

tion-The Appropriation Asked for
Next Year.
Only part of the annual report of
the regents of the State lunatic asv,nn,
was published last week, Manv nor.
tions of the report yet unpublished ara
OF deep interest to the public.
For the fiscal year 1893 "a the follow.
ing appropriation for the Institution ia
asked or the Legislature: For main,
tenance, 800 600; mileage and perdliem
OF regents, 81 $500; sanitary Improve.
ments, D.! LOO, aud a detail of convicts.
$2,eoo. 1t appears that in 1889 the
Legislature appropriated $500 for the
9o9cat1on OF feeble. minded children.
Ihls money was drawn out of the
state treasury and placed in bank and
never used. Permission is asked to
use the money for sanitary purposes in
addition to the amount named.
During the year closed 3IS new pa
tients were admitted, 100 white and
100 colored. Tho whole number under
treatment was 1,109. The total dis.
ccharges, including deaths, numbered
ooO: Ot those discharged II, or "a per
CENT on admissions, were discharged
recovered; IL much improved; 90 i'm
proved and Ii unimproved. The Gus
tom OF sending out patients on proba-
tlon whenever their condition ius ilies
1t has been continued as in former
years. BY this method 1873 patients
nave been sent out during the year and
~ were brought over from last wear
making a total of 162. OF this mum
relapsed and 81 are still out on trial.
Twelve patients eloped. In some in.
stances this was due to carelessncss Of
attendants, who were promptly dis
charged.
The number of deaths was II more
than last year and the same rs the pre-.
V1ous year. Our large mortality IS uue
to the causes which have hren dwyu
upon at length in former reports, pui-
monary tuberculosis leading tie lis
thirteen patients died of general PARA.
Iyb1s, IL OF senlle exhaustion, $ from,
epilepsy, from exhaustion fr,n acuic
mania and from acute mtIuuCnniII;
OF general tuberculosis and exhaustion
from chronic mania. g each.
-.. IMPROVEMENTS.
Speaking Uf the n.provemr.rs
"nicn nave been made the rppOr st :: |
Inc sanitary condltlou Of the t.S iuiu |
has been improved hy placing doors, |
elCner Slated or screened with heavy |
wire, through the old asylum, and in |
Inc Whlte female wards aud som" of |
Gne male wards of the new SNlum |
Inc water closets in the new asylu,
nave been ventilated by "a Iditlprai
windows. -Four nrW water closets
nave been added 10 the end section for
Inc department for white men. The
pantry sinks have been trapped and |
ventilated. The furnaces nave al un-
oergone repairs. Six wards in the new |
asylum have been painted. Adjoining |
Che Kitchen special house has been |
Dullt 1or washirg and preparing vrGe
t6Dles. a new srWing room was ii.it q |
up for white women al the old as> lum.
"A we'll ventilated building tor su,lch
clothes from the fetuale wards of the
new asylum has bte Ell erected
OCCUPATION AND AMUSEMENTS
a Carefully prepared rsl'.na.,, stows
Chat a daily average Of about forty
per cent, or our patients are Engaged
IN some useful occupation. The work
anops, sewing rooms and farm not uuly
provide employment for the narielrS,
out their work IN these GeuAi lntus
serve serve, TO treeaducNrry eau materially 'he rx-
Duringthe summer the experiment
Of Employing some able .bohi,d patients
at brick making was ATTEMPTED with
partial success. About 10000 brick
were made Owing to tnr Inferior
quality of the clay and the primitive
methods employed, only secoud rate
brick were made. The result of the
experiment shows, however, what can
be done by employing dameuLed pa
tients for teW hours day. With
good clay "rd some machinery better
results could be expected.
EARM.
The report of the farm by the stew
art, MIR. j. w. Bunch, is herewith ap.
pended. While the results on the {
whole are not so satisfactory as they
were last year, yet considering the un.
favorable seasons they are at least T
creditable. ,
The estimated market value Of the :;
products OF the farm for the year is {
S2b,492 O3, and the cost of labor, fcrtil- I
izers, &c, was $l1 .099 OF, thus giving a !
profit of 1903 ", or $SH0l6 per acre for
tne lIO acres under culLlVatlOn
Ihe oat and corn crops were short. Z
yielding 400 bushels Of oats and 2.5OO
bushels OF corn. The supply of yrgc-
tables during the s2mmer was suni-
clent for the needs of the institution. ,
The farm supplied l,175 bushels of !
corn, which was ground on the prem :
1ses, thus providing nearly all the meal
used for the PATIENTS The tabullrrd
statement of the yield Of milk from the
dairy shows that 1918 quarts were
Supplled, which at a market value of n
o cents per quart amounts to 50 571Ol | y
Ihis excellent showing from the dalry q,
ls que to the food value Of cnsllage. OF =,
which large stock was put up last f.
year and used for the herd winter and T,
tSia summer. The supply on ensiIage for \,
Ciis year mas been nearly doubled, d
about BOO tons being now in the pits, Il
DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE. -
for some years the sewage of the Is
institution has been emptipd by wav +
OF smiths branch into Broad River o.
oince April all the sewage of the insti. i,
~ tu.ion mas peer used to irrigate twen- il
ty acres OF the asylum farm. The svs. y
tenn OF surface irrigation has been EN- ::
ployed, because the elevated ,cation y
o1 the main sewer and the sand char. y
acter or the soil seemed especially fty- y
ofable 10 this methed. 1t is estimated q
caaC oa oally aVeiaRe Of $4,000 gallons
VI sewage are distributed on the farm,
No storage or sypon tanks or other
h,hus OF reCeptaces have bpen II "a I