Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27
EARNINGS. COST, ETC.
Of the County Insane Asylum for the
Past Y ear.

The report of j. B. Thomas, superin-
tendent of the county insane asylum,
which covers a period from June 80,
1905, to July /, 1906, and submitted to
the county board at the last meeting,
shows many interesting things. From
it we take few figures.
1t shows that the earnings for board
and clothing for the care of inmates OF
different counties, Marathon county in
cluded, was $22 $3.50 70 and that produce
of the amount of $50952 was sold.
The current expenses were $19, ,709.15
adding to this So, ,17O71 for permanent
expenses, makes the total for the year
S21, ,879 Sc.
A .C.al of 6,779 weeks board was fur
niShed and the weekly per capita cost
of expense was 81 10 per patient.
During the year total of {, ,016 articles
were made in the sewing room. OF the
articles of subsistence produced there
were ,402 quarts, of berries, etc,
canned; 81 tumblers of jam and jelly;
S. quarts of picked fruit; so gallons of
picked vegetables; "a barrels of sauer-
kraut and picked caulitlower, beans,
etc. 35 gallons of chow chow; 625 quarts
of extracts, honey, ETC.. 800 pounds of
sausage, picked meats, cheese, etc.
On the farms were raised $3.50
lunches of celery and rheubarb; $500
quarts of berries; COG tons of hay and
ensilage; loads of squash, pumpkins
and parsnips; 1886 bushels of veg
etables and root crops; $500 heads of
cabbage.
There were 359 head of stock and
swarms of bees on hand at the time of
report. This number includes six head
of deer.
Ten gallons of oysters and 1851
pounds of meat were consumed during
the year.
Eighteen patients were received dur
ing the year, making total of 1856; 13
died, was paroled, l was transferred
to another institution and 2 escaped,
leaving 1863 in the hospital July 1, 1906
OF the patients who died three deaths
were caused by tuberculosis, four from
cerebral hemorrhage and the balance
from other causes. One wandered away
into the woods and was found dead
The average age of each person at time
of death was 55.
The trustees, in their report, say;
''Ihe sanitary condition is first class,
and considering the average age of the
inmates, as shown by the report of the
physician, we have very little sickness
and the inmates appear as contented as
can be under the circumstances.
1--WE have made the permanent i'm
provements as planned in our last
report, by adding two dormitories in
the attic, increasing the capacity about
thirty.
1--WE wish to thank Mr. j. B. Thomas,
superintendent, and Miss NJ Thomas,
our matron, and all the employees for
the faithful and efficient manner in
which they have performed their duties,
as the present satisfactory condition of
the institution is largely due to their
good management"
The asylum physician says;
"The patients have had the same
good care that they have always had.
The discipline has been splendid, and L
believe most have better homes at the
Marathan County Asylum than when
they earned their own livelihoods.
II believe that the most critical resi-
dent of this county could find no fault
with the way the asylum is managed
and the way in which the patients are
cared for. And certainly every resi-
dent has reason tie be proud of the insti
tuition"