The sun., 1893-05-28

Hereafter They will Relieve the Counties OF
the Care Of such PatIouts

Hereafter They will Relieve the Counties of
the Care OF Such Patients.
With this year begins the State care for the
insane. Until now the counties OF the State
had every one for Itself taken care Of its in
sane. From now on the State at large will
take care OF all the insane within it's limits.
except those Of New York and Kings counties.
each OF which counties will continue to take
care OF Its own This is great financial ad-
vantage to the State at large. although 1t a xes
q greater burden on the taxpayers OF New
York and Kings counties. for they must pay
all the cost OF maintaining their own and
about two-thirds OF the cost OF caring for the
insane OF the rest OF the State.
Tho State has now insane asylums ct Utica.
Poughkeepsie. Buffalo. Middlstown. Willard,
Binghamton. Ogden 8 burg, and Rochester. Tho
Ogdensburg asylum burned down several
months ago. but 1t Is rebuilding. The Oldest
Of those asylums Is the Willard Hospital. which
was established In 1859. 1t u in Seneca
county. and holds about q 900 insane patients
Besides these there is the State asylum for
insane criminals. which was at Auburn. but
has been transferred to Matteawan. 1t is In
tended to use the old Auburn asylum as
State prison for women.
The chronically insane are kept in the Bing-
hamton and Willard Asylums where the per-
centage Of cures 10 almost nothing. In the
and is a. high as IS Dor cent ths Buas
asylum. 1t 10 more economical to take care OF
Whsn thers Is 81 NO tns sop.
the patients recovery they do not need SO
oS ses nG sa h. THU hs ss1u
cries. have also tRs the hehsst expsndlsaTss % ea1
Outside Of New York there are about 5000
insane f hs0piS WhS are uSdes tns charge OF the
S .Eea rsSs aaS
and mslntenanee, Of its own insane. Some
luis and nay for their support. whiie Other her
% Ths present system sSeiishss the use q
ssss 1sTssn snsS al a.sns sns
nature Ths Insane II New YorE 70 wass ana
n al Ss rsss q the insane
and Brooiiyn L Is Almost t,y sxastls a9
ens.tsnth' This serves to keep down the NUM-
Ss hsps S hss ls sas sus
tsns ssahs g to the pa.
Eeooyers; Notwithstanding this Very high.
death rate and also the decrease owing to the
Both New York and Kings counties support
their insane at a proportional ely less cost fhan
the cost Of patients to tho State in the state
Asylums In New York the cost OF maintain.
and In brooklyn about S12O '
This legislation which puts the insane In the
care and at the expense OF the State Ia a prece-
dent In direction where there are mi any cKsas
70 follow. 1t was proposed at the last Legisla-
ture that the State should also take care OF tha
epteptic. and the Legislature passed a biil 10
establish o hospital forthem, but the Goyarnog
vetoed the bill. The State has now a State
sioal and other supervisory Boards, which in-
local charities II would be further staH
In the same direction should the State estsb.
lish state poorhouses and jails instead Of
letting every county look after these matters
for ITSELF One sure effect OF all such super-
sision a Is the increase Of the expenses Of the
increase In tho duties OF the State. and, as a
result, the increase Of the OK penses OF Royern-
ment In the counties OF New York and Broor-
lyn made them expend more money than the |
cost Of the State Government. This shifting
of the burden OF tax from counties to the state |
tends 70 equalize the tax rate throughout the |
state. though. as in the case Of the State care
any way tho burdens Of New York and Brook
lyp. but e increase them for tho benefit Of |
other countieA