Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-03-22
Biennial Report of the. State
hospital for the. insane
ls Interesting,
INSTITUTION RRosRERs
In Many. Instances. Il IL ssls Sustain.
ins-What the Patients Do Both
Summer and Winser.-Report Of.
insbriats Department.

Voldeng and shows that the condition
OF the institution under the presen'
management Is fiourishing and all the
patients we'll cared for Professol
OF control for another term. nakinl
the second term he has been at thu
head of the Cherokee institution.
There is u total of 716 patients IL
the hospital. 399 men and 272 women
The daily average for the period wal
667. The proportion OF recoveries. conn
puted upon the number admitted. wa,
about 81 per cent. an increase OF PEI
cent. over the last period. The dealt
rate was ITO per cent, as compare,
with 61a per cent. two years age
based entirely upon the number treated
The average age at death was 40 years
the same as for The last two years
Twenty three per cent. OF those whit
died We're over 20 years of age. Twen,
fy-siN per cent. of the total number OF
deaths was due to pulmonary tubercu,
losis. This is an increase. The in.
crease Is due no doubt to the additios
to the hospital of lubercular patients
During the period there were 433 ad.
missions to the institution and $50 dis.
charges. OF the patients remaining al
the hospital at the close of the two
years 1913 We're careless in their habits
and untidy. One hundred and sir
We're destructive of their clothing and
property belonging to the hospital. Ont
hundred and five made suicidal at.
tempts and fifty-four We're epileptic. A
large number We're confined to theiI
beds from various causes
What the Patients Do.
The patients have been, so far as
and kept busy. The great expanse of
the grounds has been we'll maintained
and thousands of trees and shrubs were
planted by the patients. The improves
ments at the Institution. including the
piping of the grounds and buildings for
the newly equipped water supply, was
done entirety by the men patients. and
was we'll done. too. The great lawn
| in front OF the main building was
graded at an expense of a summers
| work by the men, ard it is now one Of
the finest in the west. The gardens and
tients and the dairy herd was main
tained and cared for by the patients
| All the vegetables for the tables are
| largely raised by the patients. The
ceaseless work during the day is found
to be stiinulant to the men and they
give the officers little trouble and sleep
Well through the nights. In winter as
much work is provided for the men as
possible, aud they are employed in the
| barns and granarfes of the institution.
The Women Sew and Cook
The women are given sewing and
\ fancy work to do and In the summer
they have the freedom Of the airy walks
and lawns or recilEe upon the wide
verandas. In winter they have large,
commodious rooms In which to work,
Many of them are given work us do
mestics and maids. and all the rooms
and corridors are kept in excellent con-
dition by their efforts. They take an
joy it.
The food of the patients is whole
some as it is composed of meat and
vegetables raised on the place and
groceries purchased by the state.
One of the greatest expenses of tho
state in maintainine the hospital a,
this place is that of fuel. The hospita;
is not so we'll situated as are Other
state institutions ard the supply OF
coal alone for the period was $4,000
The heating and fuel questions is o:
the hardest to cope with in all thu
states institutions. Over 100000 wa:
expended here to establish good wa.
ter supply Cor the buildings. The hos.
pital now has the best system in tn.
state and has fire protection, a numbe,
of patients being enlisted on the tirs
department
The inebriate Department..
The ineoriate department of the hos.
pttal began the period with thirty -fiv.
patients remaining. thirty-two male.
and three females. During the two
years there We're admitted $50 males
and three females. One hundred and
seyenty-thrce patients We're received
during the period. OF this total 13;
males and six females We're paroled
There wer" ninety males who escaped
and one death
large percentage of those admitted
had been steady users of stimulants OF
the number in the hospital over so pc,
cent. of the cases We're hereditary
Either the father or mother was The
direct cause of the habit in the patient
and Mr.. Vo.deng states he is firm in
the belief that greater percentage Of
patients are responsible to heredity fol
their habit than estimated, but facts
and figures are hard to obtain.