The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-01-02

institution makes 1t easily OIl0 VI INC
best schools of it's kind in the country.
CARE OF THE INSANE.
Important improvements and addi-
tons are noted at the Hospital for the
Insane in Middletown, as well as the
changes consequent upon the disastrous
fire at the institution in June last. The
number of inmates present at the close
of the fiscal year. 2,4S7, excseds all re-
cords in the history of the institution,
but in spite of it's over-crowded eondi-
tion it is believed that the work of the
hospital has been carried on in as thor
ough and effective a manner as could
be expected. A new chapel and amuse-
meme hall are needed to take the place
of the building destroyed by fire.
A description is given of the new
buildings at the Hospital for the Insane
at Norwich, upon which the appropria-
ton of $4,000 made by the general as
sembly of 1905 has been expended. The .
service buildings are designed to meet |
the needs of an institution of one thou
sand inmates, but tbs ward buildings
so far constructed will have accommo- !
dations for only about four hundred
patients when completed. The opinion /
is expressed that the new hospital is
under efficient direction and that the
state will soon have second excellent
institution for the care of the insane
IN THE PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS.
The eleven private sanitaria for men
tai and nervous diseases, which are
visited by the board, reveal a wide
range of conditions according to the
| prices charged and tha class of inmates
/ received. The total number of insane
persons in institutions in Connecticut
shows steady increase from year to
! year, but it is not believed that the in
crease is out of proportion to the in
| crease in the states population. The
| work of the Connecticut School for
Imbeciles at Lakeville is said to have
1 been carried on in It's customary care
! full and conservative manner during the
year. The accommodations of the
school, however, ara taxed to the ut
NEST, and 1t is advised that the school
I be enlarged at an early date.
Another year of successful work is
reported at the American School for
the Dsaf at Hartford, but the hope is
expressed that the school may soon
have a group of new structures Ito take
the place of the ancient main building.
A new school building Is also recon-
mended for the small coral School for
the Deaf at Mystic,
! HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT HIGH.
One lew hospital, the second in
Greenwich, has been added to the list
during the year ana movements for
new buildings are under way at the
New Haven, waterbury and Danbury
hospitals. The general standards of
hospital management throughout the
state are said to be commercially high
The Soldiers home at Noroton has
been we'll filled during the year, and
whenever visited gives evidence of be-
: ing under efficient management The
addition Is recommended, however, of
separate hospital cottages for the care
of consumptiyes and insane persons in
the institution.
MANY DEPENDENT CHILDREN.
The number Of dependant and negIec-
! ted children POS, committed during the
, year to the county temporary homes, is
slightly lower than the. average number
of such commitments for the past SIX
years. Two hundred ana ninety-nlnt
children have been placed out in family
, homes during the year. The number
remaining on support of the county
{ homes at tha close of the fiscal ye2l
was $40, the largest number ever re-
corded in the history of these institu-
lions. Of this total, 5i4 were in tht
county homes proper, 147 wera boarded
! in the st Francis asylum, New Haven
, and fourteen We're in the Danbury chill
! dren's home. About fourteen hundred
children ara living out in families O
with relatives under the jurisdiction o.
the. county homes, and many of then
have been visited during the year b!
agents Of the board If it is desired t.
check the steady growth Of these coun
ty homes, 1t is believed that it will b.
necessary to make some radca
changes In the nature of the institu
tions.
SOME ALMSHOUSsES ARE BAD.
I A large part of the one hundred anC
sixty-elght towns in the state hav
been visited by the board to examine
, the almshouses or other provision mad
l for the care of the poor. Most of thu
4 almshouses are said to be reasonabl,
satisfactory in matters of comfort ant
good order, but few Of them are alb
: solutely unfit FOR the purpose ant
should be abolished. The chief defect
noticed are an imperfect separation o
I. the sexes, insufficient heating, lighting
e and bathing facilities, and in a fey
Of a
d building is recommended for the paupe
Il boarding house at Tarifville, so ION
y miscalled the state almshouse.
It The thirty-six private institutions 70
?. children and old pJople, which are visi
= ted by the board through the eourtes
of their managers, evhibit general con
10 dltions of homelike comfort, but need
= felt for more homes for worthy but in
# digfnt men
$ Mention is made Of the thirty-thir
$ annual meeting of the national confer
IS ence of Charities and Correction, whic
! was held In Philadelphia in May an
s. was attended by twenty-ione represen
= tatives from Connecticut 1t is hope
At that a good number win also atten
,s the conference of 1907, which will b
" held at Minneapolis.
= During the year regular meetings d
l. the board have been held monthly a
10 it's office in the Capitol In addition t
IS the required quarterly visits to stat
Al institutions other visits have be-
made from time to time and the boar
endeavors to keep in touch with tn
work of the institution that it supervis
- es. The report is signed by the mem