Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11


the institution will suffer seriously
EfFom over eEowdlng ard many cases
al acute insanity wIli be compelled to
remain In taiik, thus losing the only
ehanc+ they have a recovery and
eventually becoming . permanent
charge upon the territory.
The medical statistics al the report
show that an November LIST. 1904.
there were one hundred and thirteen
patients In the asylum. sixty four BE-
Ing men and forty -nlne women. Prom
that time until November LIST. 1906.
ninctytwo natients we're admitted. fIf.
ay~'ne men and forty one women max
lag the total treated during the two
years. 305. of which Ils we're men and
nlnc'y were women. During this time
forty six patients haze been discharg
I'd Sixteen recovered. four improved
under treAtement. two we're unimproy.
I'D and twenty = -four died. On NOyem
ber LIST. 1906. there were I59 patients
remaining In the hospital. eighty
seven men and seventytwo women
The percentage Of recoyerieS, based
on admissions. IL 1899. The percent.
age 0f deaths hased on the total num-
her treated. il ll70. The average
daily attendance for the year 1906 Is
1876, making the average daily at.
tendance for the two years 1870.
San Miguel and Bernalllio eoun-
ties are tied for the highest number
of patients from any one county In
the territory, each having sent twelve
during the two years Eddy. Taos and
Torrance each sent one patient to the
institution during that time Grant
and Otero had nine apiece. Mora seven
i and Union and Santa Fe five.
! The greatest number of men, eleven.
were admitted between the ages of
twenty to thirty years. while the larg-
est number of women. fourteen, were
received at the hospital between the
ages Of thirty aud forty years. One
man was received between the ages of
seventy 10 eighty years and six be.
tween the ages OF sixty and seventy
years. One boy Of seven was received
and six boys and two girls between the
ages Of fifteen and twenty years.
Occupations.
OF the patients admitted to the asy.
lum during the past two years, twen-
ty were laborers. seven farmers, five
ranchmen, two butchers, two mer.
chants and two miners. One patient
was a musician. OF the men twenty.
eight were single. seventeen married.
four widowed. two divorced and three
unknown. The total number of in
sane single are thirty-seven. and mar
ried thirty-nine. so 1t seems to have
made little difference.
Causes Of Insanity.
Epilepsy was the cause Of insanity
of three men and two women pa
tients, sun stroke caused one man
10 lose his mind, religion drove one
man and one woman crazy; the causes
Of the insanity of five men and six
women were hereditary. drink drove
nine men to the asylum, senility Is the
cause given for the unbalanced con.
ditiOn Of six men and one woman. dis.
appointment In love caused one man
and one woman TO lose their minds.
domestic troubles sent two women tn
the asylum. one man lost his mind
through paralysis and two women
through shock and two men lost their
mental powers through injuries.
Cost of Care and Board.
! During the past two years 3l6S93
meals were served to the patients at
the territorial asylum for the insane.
The cost of food supplies during this
time was $13.49S42. The average cost
of food supplies for each patient dur
ing the two years was $93.2S. the aver
age cost of each patient per month,
$3.SSG, the average cost per patient per
week. s.S96, the average cost of each
patient per day. s12s, and the aver,
! age cost of food supplies for each pa
tient per meal, $0i25. or four and one
quarter cents. The total expense for
maintenance and care for two years
was $70.442.41. the average cost FOR
the care of each patient per month.
s202Ss: per week. s4.6S, and the cost
for the maintenance and care of each
patient per day, sGs6s. or about six
ty-seven cents.
| Farm Products.
, The products of the Tarm were
big asset in reducing the expenses Of
the institution, and through the super
vision of Steward Ward. the yield has
been remarkable. in fact that portion
of his report reads like premium
list of a county fair I'm Illinois. Some