New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-14
Many LUN4TTCS CURED.
State Com mission Reports l ,263 Re
cOrerieS IN Year.
TOO MANY INSANE IMMIGRANTS.

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AIhanv. March Ia-The fifteenth annual report
/ OF the State Commission in Lunacy Will be pre-
scented 10 the legislature tomorrow evening. me
total cost OF maintaining the 2ilS7 insane IN the
State hospitals last year was &,lo4bSs- Inc aver
age weekly per capita cost was = p an increase
, OF . cents over the preceding year, OF a
gross addition TO the maintenance fund OF $"o-o4~
In addition The commission expended $500 for
new buildings and extraordinary improvements
Five thousand cases Of insanity deNei"ped
fl the year 43. more than in the year before
There were 1853 recoveries. and LOO were suf-
chiefly improved by treatment so they could 60
home. The percentage OF recoveries was AI2 as
against 2460 the preceding year Inc totaI huinOei
Of insane in all institutions was 25SS4-
The commission reports the continued success
n the treatment OF tuberculous patients in tents
which have been provided at the Manhattan state
HOSPITAL Wards Island. and at the Bnghamtoa
and Willard State hospitals. At the Manhattan
State HOSPITAL the tent treatment has also been
adoped for certain cases Of feeble minded ana
untidy patients These patients. as well as the
tube-culous patients gained in health Notable
Improvement observed among the agitated
or depressed patients OF the tuberculous class and
1t Is believed by the commission that the duration
OF their insanity shortened
The commission reports a continued and increas-
ing burden resulting from the admission 10 the
institutions In and about New-Nork city or alien
luuatice. Notwithstanding increased inspection at
Ellis Island and other ports OF entry very con
siderable Increase in the number Of admissions or
patients Of this class was noticed in the year.
Difficulty is experienced I'm returning them at the
expense ~ the steamship companies bringing them
over because Of the difficulty Of finding out where
they came from one hundred and forty-seven
luuat.cs were returned 90 Europe and loi non
resident insane were sent out Of the state This
is tre largest number removed in any one year,
The commission recommends the provision OF ad-
ditionaI inspection at the ports Of entry
tn r-Isrd auainst the constant increase OF old
and domeutad cases I'm tho state hospitals, the
boarding out system II the insane I'm private
families. as successfully practised In Massachu-
sttts. is suggested
since tho beginning % Governor OdeIrs tenure
total addition 10 the State hospital capacity
amounting to 5.IE beds has been made. The COM
mission points ont the necessity of beginning work
as soon as possible the proposed new colony Tor
the insane in Northern Now-YorE- The impending
transfer TO Kings County ~ the buildings now ac-
commodating twelve hundred insane IS referred to.
and the commission points out the necessity Of p-o
vIdiuE accommodations for these. as well as the
thirty-erht hundred additional patients who VIII
require housing by the time the new colony IS
ready.
Tho use OF the lakeside cottage and accessory
buildings on Lake Ontario. 10y the Rochester State
Hospital is mentioned. Stays there of two or three
weeks have is said. proved Of much benefit TO the
patients.
il is proposed TO use the old Sammis Hotel build
iugs. oa Fire Island now under charge 81 the
quarantine department. for vacations in the sum
meg FOR Tho insane 90 the institutions "u Wards
Island and AZ Central Is.ip.
Tho commission expresses regret - Tho over
croR5iuE Vc..h continues ly reason of Tho NONE
completion of o.. Iaf-. rr.uT ~ 'lIlI.H-e af
Rochester. T'.es. and tr" special t.iIl.u-s fs-
trb,-rulo4s patients 90 Middleton. DeI,u-Har-
and BinEharntau will It IS saIE probably l' ready
ra- occupancy carly ,hi= year. Statistics show that
som, % per cont nf an tn, u.-a.. population .t ta"
state are afflicted with tuberculosis.
a plea is mad. for funds '' provide special eon-