Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-28
BUILDINGS UNDER WAY
Important New Structures
for St. Elizabeth.
VISITORS MAKE. REPORT
TEMPORARY QUARTERS NEEDED
DURING CONSTRUCTION.
Nonresident Patients Admitted by
District Courts-Inmates to BE
Allowed Their Pensions.
VISITORS MAKE. REPORT

DIR. F. NJ, Gunnen and his associates Of
the board of visitors of the Government
Hospital for the Insane have submitted TO
the Secretary of the Interior their report
for the past fiscal year. and the document
has now been given out from the office of
the Secretary for publication. The board
reports satisfaction with the present adj
mlnistration of the hospital notes the prog
ress made the several new buildings.
recommends extensive repairs for several
old buildings suggests a change in the law
as to the pensions of soldier inmates and
comments appropriately on the recent death
of DR.. Johnston, who was a member OF the
board.
After the usual preliminaries referring to
the general good health of the hospital
the admissions being the largest number In
It's history. and the improvements under
way, the board says:
The constantly increasing number OF
admissions and the fact that twelve to
eighteen months must still elapse before
the buildings of the extension will be COM
pieted has compelled us to make temporary
provision for the probable increase during
this period. Permission was therefore re-
quested and received from the department
for the construction of a frame building
which will accommodate 100 patients and
which will be of such character that II can
De used for other purposes when the new
buildings are ready. Work on this has been
in sixty or ninety days.
The Increase in the number of patients
on the records of the hospital during the
past year was 40, but it Is hoped that with
this increase of 40 for females and 100 for
males the period can be tlded over until
the completion of the extension without
any material Increase of the present dis
comfort from overcrowding
1t is also recommended that the amor
tlonnent OF the amount to be included ir
the District of Columbia appropriations be
on the following basis:
Patients From the District.
The daily average number of INDECENT
patients who were bona fide residents of
the District, In hospital during the year
endlng June 30. 1900, was S45; for the year
ending June 3d. 1901, 906, and for the past
year, 973
ms gives an average annual increase
FOR the two years of 81. Assuming that the
ratio be maintained during the current year
ana Tor the year ending June 30 1904 the
average number resident would he for the
current year 1907, and for the year ending
June 80, 1904, 1,101 This does not include
any OF those admitted by order of the
courts OF the District who are non-resi-
dents and of whom there were present in
the hospital on July 1 of this year I24
Inc amount apportioned to the District for
the current year is s20S.2O0. Assuming the
increase during the year to be GA the
amount for the year ending June 20 1904,
should be S222 $50 leaving 1924, 72O to be
provided in the sundry civil bill
This board will not attempt to deter
mine the responsibility for the maintenance
of the nonresident patients admitted
through the District courts and this uueS-
ton is respectfully left for the determine
uon Oh Congress. 1t is recommended. how
ever, that the above sum be fixed as the
Districts share for the maintenance OF the
INDECENT cases who are actually residents Of
the District.