New-York tribune., 1902-01-27

report says:
Since the transfer to the care of the State OF
ments of 1895 giving the commission complete
control of the disbursement of all moneys apPro-
prated for buildings maintenance, there has
been not unexpected expression OF surprise on
that SO large sum of money as three or four
millions should be required annually for ORDINARY
afflicted class The amount appropriated for main-
for the coming year is sS 600; the total
appropriation is q. 900 If We divide the amount
ported thereby We have per capita of lz4os 3r or
s2.SS a week Captious critics may claim that this
grants that it is not the ordinarily followed
but asserts that In so far as this large NUMBER per
hospitals receives maintenance or an aHoWaness
as a factor in the calculation OF the per capita
charge. ,..,-
to the dependent insane population of the State
amounts to some six hundred annually, which, at
the rate of Sl65 per capita per annuTn, would ne
cesstate an increase in the gross amount appro-
Sefoss 9 o? rd Il will be able to
all requirements with one exception II the
same amounts 6 are appropriated IN ls0- as were
During the year 1ss alien and nonresident in
sane persons have been removed outside the state
OF these 1OS were deported to foreign countries as
Austria. a. China, L: Denmark; 2; England. H. II:
France. 3; Germany 10; Holland. 4; Ireland, ii;
!; Canada "a S Bohemia s. Poland 3: Finland l.
Belgium. l. The remaining 90 were sent to otner
In perhaps other way has the State secured
financial advantages equal 10 tnOse attdlfeu Dy
the removal of nonresident lunatics. 1t costs the
State $500 per capita TO house each insane person
age life Of the insane is about twelve it re
quires but moments somputatiog on 10 snow I9 f9as Z
million dollars was accomplished In the removal
of these 16S non-residents
The report then refers the tour Of inspection
which Governor Odell made OF the hospitals and
which caused him recommend such legislation
is embodied in the Brackett-Rosers bill. In
speaking OF the tour the report says;
During the year Governor Odell. accompanied by
Chairman Higgins of the Senate Finance Commit
tee. Senator Ellsworth. president pro tenn of the
Senate; Chairman Aids of the Assembly WAYS and
tied every hospital IN the State with the exception
and Flatbush. The commission hopes and believes
that result OF this inspection its constant and
strenuous effort to enforce economy in the dis
bursements for maintenance and buildings will be
upheld
An increasing amount Of money IS saved 20 the
State each year through the efforts OF the commits
sion by extending its industrial system In the
bill passes il is said that this system Will be ex-
tended still further The industrial part Of the
commissions work goes hand in hand with the
medical. since the more recoveres there the
greater the product OF the labor OF the inmates. In
regard these two phases of the work the report
says:
In previous reports the commission has dwelt
upon the enormous financial advantage involved
pacity Of every person Committed 10 state instia-
tions Since each patient who fails 70 recover or 10
improve Sulnclently 10 enaDle hnl 10 reSue OUTSIDE
OF institution ultimately costs the State for
housing and maintenance several thousand dollars;
1t will readily be seen that by reason OF the lso
additional recoveries reported during the year
just closed compared with the preceding year
there is represented an enormous ultimate saving.
Political economists prone TO regard expenditures
behalf OF the insane in this and other States
extravagant and untustifable should bear these
facts in mind. They should. moreover. direct their
attention. not so much to the small annual in
crease in the hospital appropriations due to the
necessity OF additional accommodations for the
insane but to the results of treatment. the decreas
ing annual Increment end TO the added satisfae-
tion and contentment not only OF patients but their
relatives and friends well, which has been Of
late noticeable Persons familiar with conditions
existing in this State fifteen or twenty years ago.
when legislative inquiries were ordered almost
nually investigate charges OF neglect. maladmin-
stration, and even msappropriation OF State funds
must certainly admit the immensely improved con-
dtion OF the insane and their environment; and ii
is to be hoped that the Empire State will not be
obliged by OF inadequate appropria tions TO
Weld to others proud position il has occupied in
the forefront during the last twelve years in the
care and treatment OF the insane.