Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-02
STATES INSANE.
Annual Reports Of trustees
and Resident OFF ars.
There Were $40 Patier s in Both
Hospitals, No. g.
Needs and Requireme At. Of These
State lnstitui iore

| Inc annual reports CT III t trustees
resident officers and visi ing eommitte
of the Maine insane losp Gals hav
been presented to the gouernor an
council, and will soon De printed fo
| public distribution.
| In their report the tru tees state tha
| there were $40 patients in the two in
situations, the Augusta and Bangc
hospitals, on the Goth day If Novem
Der, 1902, which is an crease of
for the year. This p)pllation wa
| divided as follows:
Augusta hospital, 1868 nen ana 26
women; Bangor hospita 5 men an
"a women. During the ! "a there wer
I82 deaths at the August ! ,spital an
~ at the Bangor hospit II The Au
gusta hospital had 81 n3re patient
on the 30th of November. nan it ha
the year before and tbs lngor hos
pitai had 16 more. Duril G ne year tn
Augusta hospital discha e: 46 as re
covered; much improved. q improved
eight; unimproved, 16. he Bango
hospital discharged 81 as r., overed; 2,
as improved; and five a nimprove(
The high death rate, it is shown b
| figures, is occasioned by the commit
ment of so many person. advance
| age.
The figures from the AZ ista insti
tutions show that of the L al popula
ton of the hospital, SO ~, supporte
entirely by the Statet; L by State
cities and towns; IS, ~ tiles an
towns; A, by individual lnd State
| and only 20 receive thei full supper
from individuals.
| The following estim tas of tn
amount of money required hy each in
stitutior for the comm two year.
which is in addition to he sums re
CURED for maintaining the hospital.
| are given in the reports OF the super
| intendents and meet tn pproval c
| the trustees:
MAINE INSANE HOSPIT NJ. AUGUST
To, complete the construct N of
| the several wings of the gone
| building, 800, 000
| To reimburse the hospite or
| expense in installing g rk
! automatic telephone, 1855.
| To reimburse the hospits or
| expense extraordinary r3pdrs
and improvements, 1852.
| To reimburse the hospits or
| new drains and sewers, 997.
| To reimburse the hospit; or
| the renovation of farmhlale, 2,127.
| To reimburse deficiency cody
| paid by hospital in conn eng
female wing of stone blu d 1g, 2,0S6.
To complete this work, 900.
To furnish the same, 1,500.
To reimburse the treasu of
the hospital, part of a wi ole
| of the money paid out TO gem
| eral improvements and r l. irS
in order to@place in the DIS
of the treasurer none to
make cash payments, 9,G57.
Total, SLEPT.
EASTERN MAINE INSAl, L IIOSPITAi
BANGOR.
Finishing Assembly hall, s., OOG.
Completion of ventilation SIS
tenn in the attic, 900.
| Finishing the attic and flu / l.
| ing rooms, 1000.
Finishing and furnishing fve
| basement rooms. 700.
| Building and furnishing NV
stable, 1900.
Painting walls of the ,ii.re
| building, 1000.
Painting window frames end
| guards, GOO.
Two elevators, C right all C
left, 1900
Four ba this. 500.
iCurrent repairs and imIlo E.
ments for two years, 5000.
One boiler, 1000
Boiler feed pumr. $50.
IGrading roads and walks nd
other improvements, 5000.
| Machinery and tools for /, il
i neer and carpenter, 1000.
Purchase of land, 800.
| Entertainment of patient 900.
Coal, 10 900.
For deficiency in runnin3 cx-
penses. $4,000.
Total, $91, $50.
OF the latter figures, lie trustee
say: There are several il ms in tn
remuneration which have Usually bee
considered a part of the xpenses
be betrayed by the mo r receive
from the patients for boiit and med
cal care. 1t can, however be clear
seen, where the number Of PATIENTS a.
comparatively small and United, tn;
the margin of profit from board ar
treatment is so small thai & is imposs
bic to pay as much for Iprovemen
land other expenses as Ien a larg
humber of patients Decor inmates
the same hospital and Consequent
such expenses must be / Il by Sta
appropriation"
The trustees say that seems d
tsirable to place the del aids for II
additional accommodating for the il
sane of our State, made = both no
pitfalls. on unanswerable grounds al
no stronger evidence or 1.asons a
required than the increas Vt the nun
Der of insane. patients tn have bee
lcaled for by hospital tire; IT, 'ent durir
the last six decades. tt " thereto
lsubmit the following Fl mes: Dali
taverage number of ins n. patien
from 1910 to 1900 in the h spital at Al
fgusta; 1S40-1S50. 30; 1856 $50, 157; 1856
1870. ,295; 1S7O-1SS0, 400; SSd-1S90, so
1S90-1eeO. 107. On Novem lei 10, 1910
there were IN the Angus / institutio
629 and in the Bangor Institution, q