The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-20

ne B0au Jake upon the o3cK toefeO1
the ssishature 81 tie PERSON 70 whom it
u paid, and return the same to the
auditor with his quarterly statement"
DRINK SENDS s1s TO AsYEuM.
Hsrsditsty lnsarity 10 Responsible for
Even Larger Number.
xssE3M .ssa> 49, - - 81
Intemperance and hereditary insan-
ity still continue their dreadful work
of filling the state asylum for the in
sane at Medical Lake. Out Of Ill pa
tients admitted last year. intemperance
was the curse Of Il. while: M insanfs
ty Of Is was classed a, hereditary. Re-
ligion unbalanced the minds of IL and
domestic troubles was the bane Of
eight. AS for disappointment in love,
only two subjects in that class were
received. +, .,,7 @ fe
DR.. w. ]. Howells superintendent of
the eastern Washington hospital for
insane at Medical Lake has made the
seventh biennial report of the institu-
ton to the state board Of control. His
report covers from October /. 1908, to
September 80. 1904, and shows that 800
patients were in the hospital at the be-
ginning Of the year. III were admitted
during the period. SO were discharged,
SO died and 80 remain In the asylum.
OF the ~ patients admitted 70 were
married, SO single and IL widowed. All
the counties OF eastern Washington,
except Ferry. Contributed inmates.
spolane lea with 80. ana the next
greatest number was 10 from Whit
man county. Stevens and Yakima
each sent 1e; and Walia wailay is.ss Two
patients were admitted between the
ages Of is ana 20 years. 20 between 20
and Is, s5 between rs and 80. "a be-
tween IS and 40 and 20 between 40 and
45 years. The numbers decrease with
advancing ages, and only two were ad-
mitted between 70 and Is years.
Many Die Of TubereuIosis.
The report says: "Of those
discharged. u per cent were fully re-
covered, 81 per cent improved sum-
ciently to be cared for at. home, while
only per cent were taken out by rel
atives before they had made any i'm
provement. Lea
AN examination of the causes of
death shows that II per cent Of them
were due to tuberculosis, and it should
be warning. Lack of individual air
space causes that disease to spread
| rapidly and to become fatal quickly
Isolated buildings constructed for this
purpose are the best solution of the
difficulty. J9 7 y
1.-THE per capita cost of the past
year, considering the actual number
Of patients in the hospital, was slightly
| over II cents per diem.
Il regret to say the satisfaction that
may be felt by some in this low PEI
capita cost does not find an answering
response from us, as we feel the best
interests of the patients are not served
by depriving them of any services
proper diet. comfort or care and at
tention which naturally would be the
L ha
/ capita cost; and I feel that, while We
have done the best we could with thu
funds at our command, we could have
done more for our charges with more
generous allowance. It would hav'
been absolutely impossible to hav'
managed the institution at this 10y
cost without the supplies received from
the large farm. valued at $20,802.14.
$50 Asks for Appropriation.
. Last term the minimum mainte
. nance-42k cents-ever asked TO
, this institution was reached. Fgurin
the normal increase from the basis o.
, which we have increased during tn
. past two years, a conservative estimat
| would place the average number Q
patients at 500 for the first year an
SIS for the second year. This. unles
E we have an unusually large inceras'
will place US on the safe side. TIL
s total amount to be asked for main
e tenance on these figures will be s15S,
e 933.15 for the two years. With tn
!; increase we naturally swill have dur
: ing the next two years. we win be M
: able to care for the patients unless til
capacity OF the institution il In
I creased.