The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-22
REPORT. R, /: OF
S.W.H0SPIT AL \. |.
Recommends That Epilcptic Pa
tieilts be Given Separate Build
ings From Other Patients.
OTHER NEEDS FOR THE YEAR
Number 81 Patients Taken in
and Discharged During the
Last Twelve Months.

The sixteenth annual report OF the
southwestern state Hospital, Mt Maroon
has been printed and laid upon the desks
of the members Of the General Assembly.
The report says, In dealing with the
subjects OF the admission and discharge
Of patients and those now on hand
"Thcto were, September 80 1902, 4os
patents-2OS males and 200 females.
There have been oG3 applications for ad-
mission into this hospital during a ms
last fiscal year. or these 2223 (1lO males
and 1O4 fefnales) have been admitted
several were sent to other hispitnls;
some were too feeble to be moved; seVernl
were kept at home, and several are now
under correspondence. Every applicaht
In this district has been admitted. or
otherwise provided for, and no patients
are ever allowed to remain In jail longer
than necessary; to procure proper papers
and conveyance to the hospital.
There have been l31 patients under
treatment during this year; the maximum
number under treatment was 4Io, the
minimum number 4oS. and the daily aver
age 40
There were 40 discharges Isl males
and So females), and % deaths d6 males
and females). There remains IN me
hospital ut THIS time 457 (e24 males and
o33 females) 3 Since the opening Of the
hospital there have been 2338 admissions
1,571 discharges G. recovered, or - per
cent, and 80 deaths).
$5 THOSE RESTORED.
or the 140 discharges, 1913 were dis
charged as restored, is as improved, and
3 as unimproved.
or the 40 discharges during the year,
l,r,cv al Acc n
one year. 20 had been under hospital
treatment from one to two years. from
two to three years, from three to -FOUR.
years. and 4 over five years.
There were Is tbs during the year Q6
males and 9Efemalcs). or these 25 deaths
reported. were from the exhaustion OF
mania, from general paralysis, from
exhaustion Of epilepsy, 3 from cerebral
softening. Q from apoplexy. ! from tuber-
culosis and 1 from valvular disease OF
the heart.
OF these 25 deaths. was thirteen years
of age, 2 between 20 and 80, between
| 80 and 40, III between 40 and 60. 6 between
so and 60, S between 60 and 70 and be-
tween. 70 and 80.
During the fiscal year just closed. lb9
patients (S2 males and n fenales) have
been furloughed, or permitted to so out
on trial with their friends. OF these 81
| Isl males and Il feInales) have been dis
| charged without returning to the hos
pital. So (tS males and IS fcmales) have
been returned to the hospital and 81 (l3
males and is females> still remain on
sfurlough at this time.
In dealing with needs for the New
Year, the report recommends the COM
plet;on of a switch connecting Madon
with the Rye Valley Railway, in order
to facilitate the delivery OF coal etc.
EPILEPTIC BUILDING.
1t is again recommended the provision
| be made for separate wards for epileptic
| patients, and two new buildings, at q
cost OF $3.50, are recommended.
Houses for the superintendent and ex-
ecutive officers on the grounds are among
the needs suggested to the Legislature
| as are a number OF tenant houses fol
workmen at the institution.
FINANCIAL. EXHIBIT.
The following relates to the financial
side of the hospital, and Is used as q
| plea for more money this year:
1.-THE financial statement appended u
this report shows that the amount ex-
.pendcd on maintenance strictly during
! the year was $50, 033. The average num-
Der of patients cared for during the year
was 44O This gives a per capita OF sl2o.ot
GAS seen also by this statement, the
balance (sS, s93.05) reported on hand Will
be about fully taken up by the Items
OF expenditures not yet paid for IN per-
manent improvements, and ~ the com
4 pleton of the railroad switch now under
I construction, and In the purchase OF
/. ccal."