Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21

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day piles of brick and stone, divided into
wards for the proper classification OF pa
tents: with nearly one hundred and fifty
single and double strong rooms for the
reception of the maniacal; with ample.
large. light and airy dormitories for those
of the milder forms of mental aliena-
ton, and a hospital ward. recently built,
witha capacity Of one hundred and twen-
ty-five beds Of the most approved and
modern architecture. in which there IS
every facility known to modern medical
science for the care and keeping of the
states unfortunate fellow citizens in
their last and declining hours. These
buildings are all heated by steam and
lighted by electricity. Four hundred and
s~eventy-nine patients are accommodate
ed in two dining rooms, that have ample
capacity for five hundred and fifty. The
Kitchen is provided witt a modern steam
cooking plant. Within the last year
an up-tO-date steam laundry has been
constructed and a thorough system OF
water works has just been completed;
one of the approved hose carts has been
secured and employees are being instruct
ed in their duties in case of fire. Every
building can be easily reached by ample
length of hose from a Ludlow hydrant.
substantial barns, stables and carriage
houses, and quarters for employees have
been constructed. One hundred and thir-
ty-fiye head Of thoroughbred Holstein
milk COWS furnish us with milk and but
ter. The greater portion of tWenty-three
hundred acres Of land are Under cultiva-
ton, producing enough vegetables, oats
and hay for our needs. Lawns have been
made, beautified by trees, shrubs and
lakes. These twenty-four years have
not been idle ones, nor have they been
wasted.
Gun annual report to the board of asy-
lum commissioners shows that there were
345 males and 102 females on December
LIST, 1899, making a total Of Al. During
the fiscal year just ended (Dec. 1, 1900
lis males and 81 females. making a to-
tai of 147 have been admitted, showing
that 491 males M 80 females. making a
grand total of 624 patients treated dur-
lng the year. OF this number, SO were
discharged as cured, II escaped, GA died.
Our death rate is unusually large this
year, in fact double that of last year,
owing to the prevailing evere epidemic,
1 may term it, of la grippe and pnue-
monia last spring, that carried off so
many worthy citizens throughout this
section of the state. Perce,. age of re-
eoveries on number treated, II; percen-
tage of recoveries on nunper admitted.
~; percentage Of death during fiscal
year, 10.
OF the 479 patients in the asylum Dee.
LIST, 1900. there We're 1913 laborers, 4s
miners, 20 farmers, IS housewives and
most every walk and calling in life has
us representatives. Two hundred and
slxty-six of the 40 patients are foreign
born, lS5 natives and 2S unknown, Ire
land leads with GA, Germany next with
81 and Sweden third, with 80. Most all
OF the states are represented here as
Wen as most of the foreign countries.
snve Bow county has the largest num-
per- having 80; Deer lodge IS: Lewis and
Clarke, 81: Missoula, 43; Cascade ae.
Gallatin, 80; Valley has 1. Fort Peck
flathead and Fort Belknap Indian reser-
vations have one Indian each. These are
government charges. u state peniten-