Evening journal., 1903-01-24
TRUSTEES PLEAD
FOR STATE WARDS
Members of the Legislature
Visit the Insane Hospital
at Farnhurst
.DR, JOHN ], BLACKS ARGUMENT

He Tells Of the Needs OF the institution
Addresses BY Governor Hum and
Lieutenant Governor cannon-Build-
ing Inspected.
Members of the Legislature inspected
the Delaware State Hospital for the In
sane at Farnhurst yesterday afternoon, !
as the guests OF. the trustees Of the In |
lstitution. They arrived at Farnhurstl
shortly before 2 o'clock in a SPECIAL
train. Besides members Of the General
Assembly the party included many Of
the clerks OF both houses, Gov. John
HUM. Lieutenant Governor Phillip l.
Cannon. Clerk Of the Peace J. V. Nc
Commons Of Kent county and Francis
NJ Walker. one of the attorneys.
At the hospital the members of the
Legislature and party we're received Oy
John S. Black, president OF the Board
Of Trustees. and Superintendent w. II.
lHancker They were escorted to thei
| third floor where dinner was served.
The trustees present were DIR. Black
DR.. Hiram r. Burton, of bewes; DIR. }.
IH. Wilson, of Dover: Dr. Joseph B.
Naples. of Georgetown; George H..
Murray. of Viola; George S. Capelle,I
of Wilmington, and Dr. T. II. Gilpin' OF
Wilmington.
! Among others present were Attorney
General II. II. Ward, Magistrate George
II. Hollis. J. Newlin Gawthrop, presi-
dent of the Board Of Trustees Of the
New Castle county workhouse, and A.
S. Meserve. warden of the workhouse.
Or. Black Gives Some Figures.
After dinner DIR. Black made an ad-
dness, pointing out TO the members OF
the General Assembly the needs Of the
hospital and the great need Of an ap-
lprCpriatiOn at the present time. lie
stated that great carte had to be eN-
ercised in feeding the insane and con-
sequently it is more expensive than ia
feed poor people One thing that needs
consideration is the wear and tear on
1.-THE building In The past three years
it was necessary to get two new boilers
which costs 200 and the plumbing
will now have TO be renewed at a cost
OF about $1,000.
The per capita cost OF the institution
for the past two years was SICILY. The
same per capita is asked for the present
two years in the request for an appro-
lpriation of $4,000 from the Legisla-
ture. There are now $50 patients in
the hospital. DIR. Black stated that the
per capita cost IN the majority Of SINH
lar institutions was higher than for
Farnhurst. All things considered, IL
is one Of the least expensive institu-
) tions in the country.
, In speaking of the increase OF $1,000
over the former appropriation DIR. Black
pointed out that fuel was much higher
and that smallpox which broke out in
, the institution cost a great deal.
About $1,000 has been received by
the trustees from patients who pay
board and this is being used in the cree
tion Of a building for the tuberculosis
patients. He said THAT one in seven
persons dies of tuberculosis in some
{ form. It is found that IL one person
{ has It in a ward it soon spreads. The
! new hospital will cost $4,000.
/ DR.. Black said he hoped the legisla-
: tors would look into the matter of a
State sanitarium for consumptives. He
[ estimated that about 5000 persons in
} Delaware have tuberculosis in one form
= and another and the State should give
! help BY such means he said In one
| hundred years we could stamp out
nearly all Of it.
b Compared With Other Institutions.
Or. Black in concluding his address
to the legislators, presented this list of
insane hospitals, nearly all of which
require mora money than Farnhurst
without including repairs, war and
tear. etc.
Willard State Hospital New York,
= $i5,912; Hospital for insane Bingham
ton, New York, s17,3i6; Hospital for
Insane. Buffalo. n. Y. S16,O54; Man
haitian State. N. Y. East and West,
S1S,2OO; Warren Hospital, Pennsyl-
vania. $1S.069; State Asylum, Wern-
ersville, SIS. .54S; Norristown. Pennsyl-
, vania. Sl8616: Westborough, Massa-
ohusetts. S22.789; Northampton, Massa-
chusetts. S1S,044; Denver Hospital,
Massachusetts,, $16,70S; Worcester
State Hospital. Massachusetts,, S25.923;
Brattlebora, Vermont. s37,973; Wash
ingtOn Government. ID. c.. S22, 900:
Eastern, Michigan, $i6,O60 Kalamazoo,
Michigan, S1S,09S; Carthage, Ohio. S1S,-
025 Columbus. Ohio. S17S21; Spring
field State Sykesville, NJ d., $25.S56;
Saint Lawrence, n. Y. S241SO; Taun-
ton Insane Hospital, Mass, si9.141.
Governor Made an Address.
Governor Hum was next called on
and during his address said:
The unfortunates we have always
with us. and /. as one Delawarean am
lproud of This institution. These trus-
tees serve these unfortunates diligently
and with most valuable attention for
absolutely no compensation hardly
their railroad fare One provision for
the law surrounding admission, how
ever, | oppose. IL is that which gives
the doctors SO If they find the patient
crazy and nothing if he Is compus-
y mentus. This seems TO put the reward
on the wrong side"
| Other addresses were made nv LIEN