Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-05-07

less patients, containing an operating
room, disinfecting plant, etc, and
costing $55, 1000. "a ward building was
also erected for the men patients oc-
cupied out Of doors, on the farm, in
| the garden, boiler house and other
places, and cost 5000. Both are
|tWo-story and u basement buildings
with roomy attics, and are built Of
red brick and trimmed with stone.
Institution for Feehte-Minded. s I.
Number enrolled during 1905 male,
73: female, 80: total, 123. ..:I #:s5
Epilep tics; male, ~; female, IT;
total, 49, . .5a.;. s
81 Number in training department.
male. u; female, 8; total, 80.
Present at close Of year: male, 81 !;
female, IS total. s5. ;sea &.
School for the Deaf Of N. b.
Total pupils for the year, Sc. Grad
nailed in June, 1905, On hand Dec.
Be 81 1905, Sc. This represents the
limit Of capacity until the stAte pro
Ivides further room. norsng TIE wear.
s,s42. Az we're expended for inn
tprovements, Of which considerable
was for work done the previous year.
There were also purchased 120 acres
| oof land, and additions were made to
main building and boiler room. Con
lnections with the city sewer system
were made at a cost of $4,000, and
about $500 IS needed to perfect 1t.
Poor Houses. 5f
Whether consti tutional prohibition
of liquor traffic is responsible for the
| fact that the state has but seven poor
houses or not, it. is "a fact, and the
total number of inmates is very small
| for a state with our population. Grand
Forks county has perhaps the best
poor house IN the state, we'll equipped
with good brick and frame buildings,
and It is kept up like a state institu-
ton by the superinte ndent. They
have good farm and the inmates
who are able are expected to work,
but there Is no cornpulsion. I.
Unfortunately for our report we
have received no statistics of the
years operations. We may add that
| a well equipped hospital Is maintained
| In connection with the poor house.
Cass county also has a well equip
ped poor house and county hospital.
The hospital is largely patronized by
people with means to pay for their
lcare. FsF. ma
The poor house had a total of 26
inmates Jan. /, 1905, of whom % were
male, and 4 female There were adj
mitted during the year, IA males and
IL female. patients. There was one
death during the year. Males dis
charged during 1905, IL; females. s |;
total 20. Number on hand Dec. 81,
1905 male % female. total, so.
The hospital including out buildings
and farm are worth, conserVatively,
$40 900. =ss
Richland comfy sustains poor
farm with all the buildings necessary
for the work, and $50 acres Of land.
| It was self-supp orting last year for
the first time, and 4 neat balance was
lcredited up. Inmates are expected to
work On the farm when able, but
there Is no compulsion The Stats,
tics are as follows Total number Of
Inmates during 1905 male, I; female,
Il; total Il Discharged during year:
male. female, 2;; total. s. Number
iof Inmates on hand Dec. 81, 1905:
male, female, s total, il.
The county auditor Tor Barnes coun-
lty reports briefly, a total on hand Of
40 inmates In the Barnes county poor
house, Jan. 1905, and on hand
dec 81, 1905 he puts the value al
Ithe building ana lots III 50, 600
The aiperintendent of the Walsh
tcounty poor house reports male and
female PATIENTS on hand Jan.