Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-02-07
CARE IS GIVEN
HAWA|IS insane
DR.. Geo. Herbert Reports
Conditions Existing
at Asylum.
BUILDINGS OF INSTITUTION
METHOD OF TREATMENT
Detail of Guards of Patients
Duties Of the Officers
Facts That Interest the
Public.

Buildings-There are at the present
time six 90 Wards in the Asylum as
follows:
No. / Ward-A wooden building.
size 2S fee, 6 inches by y feet in.
ches. with accommodations or cells
(SXlOD for Is patients. Each cell has
one window ana Che door, the win.
dows ana upper panels OF the doors
are covered with strong wire netting
on the inside, and mosquito proof net.
ting on the outside. One extra large
cell Is set apart to be used as a hos.
pital. There are at the present time
II patients IN this Ward. Eacn pa.
tient is supplied with mattress, pill.
low, mat and double blanket. as near.
ly all the patients in this Ward are
violent or destructive, we do not sup.
ply them with bedsteads.
No. 2 Ward-This is the old orig
inal building erected in 1866 and re.
modelled In 1887. Size 40 feet by 100
feet. 1t consists OF one large dor.
mitory and three cells. At present
there are 81 patients in this Ward,
80 Of them sleep in the dormitory and
two others who are not to be trusted
sleep in the cells. These patients are
harmless old ChroIics and with the
exception OF the two in the cells are
all furnished with an iron bedstead.
mattress, pillow, blanket ana bed lin.
en-.
No. 3 Wards a wooden building
ca feet b inches by "a feet 6 inches In
which there are a good many Chronic
cases whom we cannot trust in No. 2
Ward, at the same time there are 20
such violent and dangerous patients
here as in NO. /. In Ihis Ward there
are 80 cells each with a ventilator let
into the wall close up to the ceiling
and fitted with an electric light which
is put out by means oil a switch out
side the door of the cell. Each door
Is fitted with small wicket so that
by turning on the light and opening
the wicket the patient can be
observed without opening the
door. The Ward at the present
time is full. Each patient Is supplied
with mattress, mat and pillow and
blanket, except in the case of Of
the most rational patients who have,
| in addition to the above, an iron bed
stead each. and bed Niren.
No. 1 Ward-This Is wooden
building size 81 feet BY % feet 6 in.
ches and Is used exclusively for fe-
male patients. There are accommo.
dat!ons for 10 patients only, the re. t
Of the bvildng being taken up Oy n
large dining ROOM q bath room. water
closets. etc. the cells are fitted with
electric lights controlled by switches
on the outside of the doors of the
cells. Each cell Is well ventilated ~
a ventiiTtor let into the wall close to
the ceiling. There Is also device
to be used in case OF fire, by which
| all the cell doors are unlocked stimuli
tanCously. There are az the present
.. patients in this Ward who have
! to be auartered as follows owing &c
| dearth of accommodations. In the
dining room which we nave been com
PEELED to turn into a dormitory there
| are three and in two other cells there
are two In each. The balance, four
teen, are each In q separate cell. The
majority of these patients we are able
| to furnish with an iron bedstead, mat
tyess and bed linen. The remainder
amounting to ten either refuse TO use
a bedstead or are not to be trustee
with one. The crowding here Is MOI
proper and should be avoided by add
ing wings to the building
No. . Wards small cottage 8.
feet by 30 feet which Is used as {
private Ward or Hospital. The cot
tage contains two bedrooms. a bath
room and closet and is kept Furnished
with two iron bedsteads mattresses
Dlllows ard bed linen. two tables an,
,wo chairs. The rooms are mosquit,
proof, the windows and doors bein,
lined with heavy wire netting on tn,
ins.~e and mosquito netting on tn,
outside. Each room is well ventilate,
through the ceiling so that all tn,
doors can be locked and there still
remains abundance OF fresh air IN
side.
No. 6 Ward-This is a buildin,
which has been put in temporary us,
as ward, | believe 1t was original,
intended to be used as a power hous
from which to supply the Asylum
with electric light. Owing to tn
dearth OF accommodations for the Dc
tients continually arriving, 1t has bee,
turned into Ward, into which ar
promoted the best behaved patient
from No. ! and No. 3. The size G
the building is 30 feet by 10 feet, an
contains accommodations for twent
patients. Each cell is thoroughly yer
tilated anu mosquito proof, .ne uppe
panels OF the doors being heavy wlr
netting on the inside and mosquit
netting on the outside. Each cell |
fitted with a mosquito proof ventilato
close to the ceiling and let into tn
wall of the building. Each patient i
this Ward is supplied with an iro
bedstead, mattress and pillow an
bedding. At the present time Their
are sixteen patients in this Ward. |
addition to the buildings mentione
above Is the Executive building wit
assistan. superintendent room, O
nee end dispensary, parlor, three bee
rooms, dining room, pantry and XII
, chen. At the opposite end OF tn
> grounds is cottage 90 feet by
feet containing the female nurses
Z quarters Also a cottage 10 feet by .
feet containing the captains quarters
. Cottage Is feet by % Ieet containin