Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-15
TWO MORE REPORTS.
prAF. DUMB AND BLIND ixsTITU-
TioN AND wEsTEsx HOSPITAL.
TIE FORMER NEEDS MORE MONEY.
ysventy-Two A,etcted Ones Turned
away Last Gcnr-The Insane Were
well Cared For nj the Staunton
Institution.
Institution.

Tho annual report OF the Deaf Dumb
End Blind Institution. at Stanton, for
tho fiscal year ending September S0th last
las been received at the Capitol. and
Allows the institution 10 be In a condition
which would apparently demand that a
larger appropriation be given 81. II has
lived within its income. and came out with
"a Few dollars 10 its credit. but in order
% 20 so twenty-five afflicted sons and
daughters Of the Commonwealth whose
only means Of securing an education Is
through the States institution have been
denied admission.
Tho appropriation was $500 having
been cut down by the last Legislature
from $3.50 and there was added 10 this
gNH. which was received from the shops
The year was started with a balance on
hand Of Si.6iS76. making a total available
from all sources of S3G,SC720 The entire
cost of running the institution for the
year was S2e2SSsG, leaving a net balance
ON hold Of S57S.2i.
The management Of the institution was
changed during the year. and Mr.. w. a.
U1wles was made superintendent. Sena-
Tor James \. Stubs. chairman OF the
board though, in making his report,
which accompanies that OF the Superin-
tendcnt. says that everything at the in
situt0n is working along very smoothly
end pleasantly.
TIE WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL.
The sIxty-ninth annual report Of the
Western state Hospital at Staunton. has
fust been printed. Superintendent Benja-
min Blackford NJ D.. sets forth in his
report that there were at the beginning
a. the fiscal year 737 patients in the hos
ritai. Of whom 3li were males and $40
females To this number 1l2 males and
el females had been admitted during the
year. making q grand total Of 500. OF
.his number 81 males and 50 females had
been discharged. leaving in the hospital
pn september both. 400 patients. The daily
average was 762 and the proportion Of
deaths was 6 II 10 100. The highest num-
Der Of patients under treatment on any
one day was sos.
10 IS a melancholy fact that a large p,'
cent of the admissions were hopelessl"
insane and incurabe from the outset. and
had been insane for several years OF
more. and many others were very old and
inhrm. and had their insanity compii-
Gated with physical infirmities. which rem
dered the prognosis unfavorable and
added to the per centum Of mortality
or the % deaths, were over 50 years old,
over 40. over 60. and 6 over 90.
There are three who have been resi-
dents I'm tho hospital over 80 years; be-
tween 45 and 80; between 40 and 45; Il
between 80 and %.
The number OF patients admitted from
1871 to Sept mbcr 90, 1895, was 5272, Of
whom ,fI died. and 1855 were discharged,
leaving. as reported, I'm the hospital, 100.
The institution started the year with
balance in the treasury of $S,9iSU. II
received from the State 10000. and from
other sources SSl7s.S9, making the re
ceipts aggregate 500. 627.2O. OF this there
was expended $iO7 SOLOS. leaving a balance
on hand of Sl4676l2. new laundry
has been built and equipped with the
most modern machinery. having ca
pacity Of from 10000 TO 1900 pieces pei
week, and other necessary Improvement
have been made. The sum Of Sc, i4l.O
was expended out of the years revenues
toward the new laundry's construction
The total cost OF the building was Sl2,-
463.0S.