The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-10
ABOUT ALIEN INSANE.

ABOUT ALIEN INSANE.
Meeting of the State Corrections and
Charities Board.
The state board of corrections and
charities held special meeting yester-
day, at which it was decided to make
the Polk county Jail a district jail.
Plans for the lock-ups at Pine City,
Lewiston, Kenyon and Goodhue, ana
for the addition to the Stearns county
Jail were approved.
Secretary Hart told the board of
some observations made on his recent
trip to Europe with some insane al
lens, Peter Chill, from Fergus Falls,
and Thorvald Moe, from st. Peter.
Agent Gates, who has charge of the
work of deporting the alien insane, re-
ported on his recent trip East. Among
other things, he said:
Arrangements were made in New fork LOT
/ sending our pauper cases at reduced
| rates. We can give the pauper an order Tor
his ticket and when he reaches the dock
and presents the order he will be furnished
a ticket and put on board, and the bill sent
to US for payment. If we deem it necessary,
an agent will meet our paupers at train
and see that they on board. In many in
stances this plan will save trip to New
York.
1 called upon Dr. Senner, commissioner of
immigration, port OF New YORK, anu spent
| two days in studying the workings of the
immigration Office. | found the commission
er, his assistant, Mr.. McSweeney, and the
inspectors all DESTROYS of enforcing strictly
the United States statutes governing immf-
grafton. The preliminary examination and
registration is very searching and If there
is the least doubt about the immigrants right
to land, the case is sent to the examining
BOARD. Immigrants showing disease of such
character as will likely make them a charge,
are excluded. The inspectors informed me
that mild forms Of insanity cannot easily be
detected and that frequently such cases are
able to pass inspection and gain admittance.
After studying the immigration Office at
New York, l gave a few days to the study
of the management of alien and nonresident
paupers in the state of New York l met
DR.. Charles T. Hoyt. superintendent of state
and alien poor for the state of New York,
and spent some time with him in the per-
Torrance of his regular duties.
I also spent a few days in Boston. 1 visited
the office Of Hon. S. c. Wilmington, who
has charge of the deportation of aliens and
nonresident paupers and insane.
Mr.. Gates also submitted his quarterly re-
port. He said the probate judges had quite
generally complied with the request sent out
that they notify the board of ali cases arts
ing within the province of the law for de-
portation. In the Fergus Falls and st. Peter
hospitals, seventeen aliens had been found,
of whom five had been deported.
The following is a list of all insane pa
tients depcrted with place where sent, and
eo Sal Gr sen'lns' Where Sent Cost
Charles Murray. Warsaw, Ill ......... Sc Sc
Samuel Martin. Omaha. Neb ............ 4 80
Hendrick l.. Erickson, Norway, Gu.
Daniel Long West Superior, Wis. 5 %
Thorwald Moe, Christiana, Norway. =. 146 70
Peter Pete I Chill Honefoss Norway -. 1aS Y
John Wojciechowski, Winnipeg, Man. 80 G8
Lottfe Lee, Howard, S. D............ ) 90
Sarah Haskell, Cincinnati, O.......... 90 90
Emma johnson, Winnipeg, Man. ....... j. G5
Total cost of ten cases s412 OF
Average cost Of each case ........... $1 80
In August 1 asked for certain data from
each of the state hospitals for the purpose
of computing as near possible the saving
to the state of each insane patient deported
In this computation the Fergus Falls hospital
is not included, it being so young an institu-
ton that its data would not be of any value
in this inquiry. From the reports thus fur
nished OF the other two hospitals. covering
the year last past, 1 find the following re-
suits:
Rochester. ST. Peter
Number of patients discharged1 Is 1874
Number of patients died ....6S 70
Average time in hospital
of each person died. .....4 Y 21h M " 10 NJ
Average time in hospital of
each person died or dis
Average cost during term in hos "
pital of each person died ..... $97S ST. 1876
Average cost during term in hos
pital of each person died or dis
Es7s Of each person died or discharged
General average ccst during term in Hospital
of each person died. 81, 052.
The average cost TO the state of person
in state hospital for year is 1928, made up
as follows:
Cost of maintenance .......................SfS 7
Interest on plant and extra repairs. 49,. IS
Total ........ .............................s $3.50
1t will thus be seen that the general aver
insane tO he
| is at the lowest calculation, S679.
This item is calculated in New York and
Massachusetts, at $500; 1t is evident that our
figures are too small for these reasons. Our
| institutions are not old enough TO give US the
real expectancy of hospital life. They have
not been running long enough for those who
entered young to have died off. We have
many patients received from other states
who have served terms in other hospitals.
(Cne II years.. Third, many of those dis
charged we are not through with. They will
return again from time to time, and many of
them will die in the hospital.
Calculating upon the first basis the amount
ultimately saved to the state by deportations
already made would be Sc, go but basing the
calculations upon the last amount. and the
ultimate saving to the state would be $1,000.
The total appropriation for the time this work
has been in progress is S1,250 We have one
patient in the hospital at Fergus Falls
who was recently confined in the hospital at
jamestown N D. l would suggest visit
there to attend the next meeting of their
board Of trustees, and make arrangements to
| cover the return of this patient and also fu-
ttire cases.
There have been few cases of alien pau
perS reported coming under the United States
! law. We have not handled those cases here
tofore, nor made any effort to do so, on ac-
count of the insufficiency of the appropria-
ton. now recommend that we handle all
! cases for deportation under the United States
law, calling attention of the various munich
! palittes and charitable organizations to this
| law, TO the end that it be enforced and all
! dependent aliens may be returned to their