Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
MORE INSANITY,
Special Report BY United
States Census Bureau.
In Is Years Inmatss and
Institutions Have Doubled.
The Number Of Institutions Was 32S
in 1909 Details.

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port was conducted under tn" direction OF
Mr. John koren, expert special agent
and the work. of coll, elton and comp4l,t-
tion vas performed under tie supervision
elan tor vital statistics. 70 the GGcStiOI
whether Or not insanity is inCr. aS.ng, the
statistics collected by ,his inquiry do not
| afford a conclusive answer, aS they ar:
restricted to the insane N hospitals, and.
! the Re fore. 10 no measure tho fUll 'E.cuc
| al insanity N Tho community; but thcv
r,I al Il II irarkunlr incr.; in TIN class
| Oi insane to which they relate. During
| Tho thirteen ,ULlt which have elapsed
| since tn" last census "l III" insane, tn
humber "i hospitals FIR liz. car uf Tia
| iu~au r, hes NOR. than doubled. The total
| number being H. la -" ANA .t. rn Dec.
II. lal,. m itrftas" "A tEr tlHn"r Of
| EpSy ltalS was accompanied by 4 sIm!i1r
| Increase in the nun b"r Of inmates, tn.
total brir's 49, in I@rJ end l-D.ll on Doc.
| 81, 1903 In $50 the number Of .nsHnc in
| hospitals WaS only iu.!i1 TIL" number nf
| insane in hospitals Per 5000 81 poDulJ :
tiGn increased from >l.6 in $50 10 is in
1880. and NJ ON Dec. p, 1898. FnlOubt-
| edly a barge Part ol This liner. as. IN rl-
tics IL due To an in,rrH@, u U.s.. III hospi-
tails BY thps" WHO IN IN" l'lSt had a d"t -
| rooted prejudice aEainSt th"m. and IL u
| more coInpi,t" "uIi"ria u"i. T1rtrulify
| at tne last census. Nevertheless these
| figures point To an Increase III the *
toni of insanity in the country rs u
| whole. This view is emphasize 4 by tn.
fact that in proportion IT, tn" population
| Of the country the number OF insane in
| hospitals in l+G was Larger than the TO-
| tGl number Of insane. including tnos. not
| n til" hoSi.i:r3s. cnum"rItec III $50; tn"
| ratios h. =" compared b 1nS M per 100
"@ 81 Formulation in E'" a;i! 49, IN $50.
III" i4"."a:'' HI th'' 5umi'er Il in@An' y
| iGSi'-ti. '.f f''''' m f"oHltt."h - not
c"ni'".d i" ny it'r,. l,nd *'t.% ~ 81 IN
country. i'F '' w.. lN" go l''t1 tli't
FiS IN u. i'tS" H FIJI ~ ~ r'' : =
| larIy ti.r southern States. IT." ratio is
stil small. partly htcAuse hospital ia
elites ;'r- ,Iili -, H.,
G,.orrfn' 70 Tho ust of IN" bnsnif.,Is nro-
yid,.d, The number ~ insan. Animated ~
| hospitals during 1894 nui d to TIL. number
on Dec H. 1902. makes = total uf l9@ -;
| insane persons pres. 1T in hnSo.tiiS dur
ing the whole or I"rt Of the year 1901.
of this number qG22 or PAS per cent.
were admitted during the wear: 252L or
ia mr. cent. were disrharCcd: H. "a or
- per cent died; and 4775. or ~ i1"r cent.
| v-rrc transfrrr. 4 To other Institutions of
tIic ltsrharcrd. 10 per cent were. Chased
HI ir.7,.rsycd
| Tho number Of insane males in h0spi-
tails wa= % g. i'm $50 > go in 1880 ard
| Is 52% ON Dec. 81. 1873. and Of insane tr-
| ,ales 20 N1 in $3.50 D ,6!> in $50 and Il. :
G2S IN Rtc. Il. 1909. The numbers per
100 go OF corresponding population in 1854
100 md 100 v,sr. rrenrctiy.Iy 500 11q :,
ttno fnr males md sci 11GN ana 1S2 for
females. While the ratio of insane in
hospitals t.. population i Increasing ~
each sex. it is increasing faster amorE
males than among femnl : This condi-
ton suggests that in tn" country rs =
whole the Tendency towards insanity i
greater among. tho former than among
Tie ro so far is Is e1m Pc T@Tnd w fT2
is the only class in which insanity IS
more likely to occur among females than
among males
The Negroes as n class are not repre-
eantod in the hospitals for tie insane in
~. portion 20 their numbers. This condi
ton does not exist in the North, but i is
r.arkcd in tn" South, in which the N"g-
ro"s conNtitut" CoHrar@tNt y lHrE''
rart Of the population. In this latter sec
ton Of tn" country. h"wcycr.. the proper
ton Of Nogrues among tn insar" Is go
M r. the fr"IiS.'n n"dt i"t lHf n
rather th1n REGISTER q N" extent "l m
sanity among then. Insanity '+rm* I"
be more prevalent among ~" iorGl%n-
bern whites than among IN" natiy"
Whites None vi the insane i'll HOSPITALS
r.. ui1d.r t,.or.-, years IL aga Tic ma