The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-05
NEV INSANE HOSPITAL
PARTIALLY COMPLETED ON
 THAMES BANK.

The new State Hospital for the h. sane at Brewster Neck on the Thames, below Norwich, has been so far estab- lished that two ward buildings are re- ceiying patients. These wards, which stand on either side of what will be the administration building, are thoroughly up to date in every respect, and while their completion ends the work on the plan for the whole institution for the present, building will be resumed in the spring and the fine arrangement upon the spacious and attractive grounds more fully carried out The opening of the two wards. which ac-
 commodate fifty patients each, will al ford to the congested asylum at Mid
 dletown, and additional wards which
 will be built soon will give further ac-
 commodation. The completed plan will
 provide for all the patients likely to be
 sent there for many years to come, un-
 less the number in Connecticut increas-
 es beyond the present ratio. Of the
 completed wards an article in the Nor Wich Record says:
 The general style of architecture of the entire institution will be on the cot tage plan, and the two warth buildings which ara now completed hava been eEected on these lines. Each of these buildings is one hundred and eighty
 seven by flfty-tWo feet, two stories,
 and a large, commodious basement. They are not yet connected together, standing one hundred and fifty feet
 apart. The administration building. which will be erected next year, will
 connect these buildings, and the pur- pose. is to group the additional ward buildings around the administration building, after the cottage plan, all be- ing connected with enclosed corridors
 and covering thirty acres. When the linstitution Is thoroughly completed the
 present ward buildings will be used as
 convalescent buildings for patients well
 towards recovery.
 Each building has accommodations I for fifty patients, each patient being | given a separate room, ventilated by
 improved methods, heated by steam and lighted by electricity. One build l ing Is for male patients, the other for
 female patients. Tn both buildings the l idea of the home treatment has been carried out. The patients are surround
 ed by homelike situations and environ I nlents, with the purpose of abolishing the idea of an insane hospital from their minds. To accomplish this each I building has been arranged into four wards. Each ward will accommodate I thirteen patients, who have their little home by themselves, separate dining l and sitting rooms being provided, as well as toilet rooms, All the rooms are I equipped with comfortable iron bed- \ steads, attractively painted in white. l Each room is lighted by a sixteen can- | dle, as well as one candle power incan- I descent light, turned on from the corri-
 dor by key. The door to the room is
 built with a peek hole for the night s nurses, who can ascertain the condi-
 ton of the patient by turning on the
 enc candle incandescent, which gives a 1 soft glowing whiteness in the room. I There is a piazza in the second story of
 each building, shut in with a strong
 iron screen, for a sun bath or outdoor 1 room.
 l The corridors are tastefully arranged l and the dining and sitting rooms are l quite attractive. All the interior finish q is of hard wood. The buildings are ] practically flreproof. One nurse will be l employed for every ten patients, Roy R. Evans, a nurse of experience with
 the insane, is the supervisor of nurses. Mrs Evans has charge of the woman I nurses.
 ,i Concerning the future necessities of the institution the article says: It is hoped the state will appropriate l five hundred thousand dollars at the j next meeting of, the legislature to go on ' with the work, which will build the ad- , ministration building, laundry and
 kitchen, two additional wards and the i power house. Under the hill at the , river front the power house site offers !, many exceptional features. Not only
 can the coal supply be brought right to : the door, but all other supplies taken in there. IL is purposed to tunnel the
 land from the power house to the ad-
 ministration building ample for a man
 to walk through and equipped with
 tracks for supply cars. All supplies t will be brought through this tunnel. Ii
 will besides carry the electric wires ' and steam, water and sewer pipes. ] Dr. Henry M. Pollock is superinten- : dent and Dr. Harry c. STalding assis- | tant
 The trustees appointed by Governor , Chamberlain, who is also an ex-officic | member of the board, are as follows: 5 Clinton D. Stark, M. D., Costello Lip E pitt, Henry H. Gallup, Calvin L. Har- { wood, Frank T. Naples, all of Norwich; Z Edwin S. Greeley Of New Haven { George c. Waldo of Bridgeport, Frank | lin H, Mayberry, M D., of East Hart ; tford, Frederick E. Wilcox, M. D., oi { Willimantic, J. Deming Perkins, of } Litchfield, Edwin c. Pinney of Staf.
 ford and Eugene H. Burr of Middle. z town.
 The officers elected were: Chairman
 Costello Lippitt; secretary, Frank T ! Naples; treasurer, Nelson J. Ayling
 The building committee included Dr Stark, MT. Lippitt, MT. Harwood, MT Gallup and Mir. Pinney.
 } The formal opening of the hospita l will take place on Thursday, the Stt