The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-10
EXPENSES OF THE STATE
MONEY EXPENDED At THE VAR.
IOUS INSTITUTIONS
Advance Sheets Of the Bulletin Of
Charities and COrrectiOns-Fi-
nanciai Statement for Last Fiscal
Year--Cost Per Capita of Inmates
of Various Places

l.
Year--Cost Per Capita of Inmate :
of Various Places.
The publication of the state bulletin
or charities and correction has been
delayed on account of the lack of the
necessary Appropriation for printing
public documents.
The material for the current number
has just been arranged by Secretary
Hart. 1t contains the annual statistics
of the state institutions for the year
ending Dec. 81.
Secretary Harris remarks on the sta
tist1cs of the state institutions are as
follows, beginning with the financial
statement of the state institutions for
the year ending July 81, 1897:
The appropriations for the current eX-
% penses of the state correctional and chart
table institutions undrawn at the beginning
Of the fiscal year were ST, $3.50: appropriations
for the year, $9i7 Oh; reapproprated from
miscellaneous receipts, for sales, etc, $l10,-
5S7; total available for the year, s., 135 554;
c'urent appropriations drawn during the
year. 1882; Cancelled, 23,7O9; balance un-
drawn at close of the year, $118 293-
The special appropriations for buildings,
etc., undrawn at the beginning of the fiscal
year were Sill g0; appropriations for the
year, $26l sos; total available for the year.
$3.50, 464 Special appropriations drawn dur
ing the year. $406,570; Cancelled, STA bal
ance undrawn al close of the year, S153 7SO.
The institution treasurers had on hand at
celyed during the year, $1,670,OO4, and dis
tributed s1,67S,617, leaving a balance on
hand July 81. 1897, of $39, 9S5.
The superintendents of the institutions
handled funds belonging to inmates as fol-
lows: On hand Aug. 1, 1896, 2.104; re-
ceived during the year, SAT $40; disbursed,
Stills r on hand July 81, 1897, s455s6.
showed: Indebtedness AUp I 1907 S110 ON.
Indebtedness contracted during the year
81, 996,973; paid during the year. 81 1897, 143
Indebtedness July 81, 1897, $112. 100.
The expenses incurred during the year
were: For lands, buildings, etc. (neO,
$225, 449; for current expenses (neO 1928, 9O8;
total $1.15i, 357.
The surplus and deficit account showed q
surplus of current expense funds Aug. 1.
1886, of S4O,095; receipts for board of in
mates, ETC., during the year, s51 1888; current
expense appropriation for the year $947 OIL;
total amount available 81, O3S, $780, Current
expenses for the year, 1923. 908: appropria-
tons Cancelled or transformed SIG. S22;
leaving surplus at the close of the year
$50, 219.
The average current expenses per inmate
of the state institutions for the years named
were as follows: 1893. $194; 1894 s187: 1895.
1884; 1896, $191; 1897. SIG. The current ex-
penses per inmate in the hospitals for in
1896. $1S7; 1897 $167.
The average daily cost of food for each
person fed in the state institutions for the
years named was as follows: 1893, IL cents
1894 1913 cents; 1895, 112 cents; 1896. 1913
cents; 1897, 10.1 cents. In the hospitals for
insane the cost of food per diem was: 1893
lie cents; 1884, IL cents; 1895, II cents; 1896
1913 cents; 1897, 9S cents.
The annual expense per inmate as above
stated shows decrease of 9.3 per cent in
the institutions, as a whole, since 1893. and
6.2 per cent in the hospitals for insane
though in the hospitals for insane there
n End irnr In.N@I1 A.
quantity and quality of the medical and
nursing work. The cost of food per diem
has decreased 1872 per cent in the instftu-
lions. as a whole, and 1916 per cent in the
hospitals for insane.
The population of the institutions for the
year has been as follows: On hand Aug l.
1896, 47C3 inmates; new admissions 1902
re-admissions, IT'S total during the wear
1880. Inmates dismissed, 1850: died 252
leaving on hand July 81 1897, 5,07S.
The number of inmates of the state in
stitutions had doubled ten times since the
organization of the state. as follows In
1860 there was 10; 1861. 20: 1863. 40: 1865, 80;
1857, 159 1869. 31S; 1873, 635; 1881 .270; 1887,
$50; 1897, 5.07S
The bulletin then discusses, the vari-
Gus institutions in some detail substan-
TALLY as follows:
At the st. Peter hospital the new din
ing rooms are nearing completion, as is
the improved plumbing of the institu-
ton.
There have been no special changes
in the Rochester hospital, except that
the new electric lighting plant has been
completed. For several years the
Rochester hospital has been the only
state institution that did not have cleo
trio lighting.
Among the practical industries of the
hospital is the soap manufacturing
plant, which affords employment to a
number of inmates and effects a large
saving to the institution
At the Fergus Falls state hospital
there has been a steady growth in the
population. The number of patients al
the close of each fiscal year has been
as follows: 1890, 80; 1891, 12O; 1892, 245
1893, 1852; 1894 532; 1895, 725; 1896, 1888
1897, 9S4. With the completion of the
new wing, the capacity of the hospital
will be about LOO The new dining
hall accommodates 800 patients and is a
handsome and convenient room.
There has been a marked reduction in
the per capita expense of maintaining
the state soldiers home. The expense
for the year ending July 81, 1896, was
$218; July 81, 1897, $204. The expense fol-
food for each person fed for the wear
ending July 81. 1895, was Ill cents
July 81, 1896, 148 cents.
The school for the deaf Is maintain
ing it's rank as one of the LEADING
schools of the country The facilities
of the school in the departments OF
articulation and lip reading are in
creased. The superintendent has WISE