Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1908-12-24
STATE HOSPITAL
Plans Of Board Of Trustees For
improvements to be Made
in 1909.

in 1909.
There was special meeting Of the
state hospital board monday at
which all members we're present.
Plans for the institution improve
ments and to meet the new demands
that will be made during the coming
year were discussed at some length.
It is the desire Of the trustees to Sc
cure an appropriation from the legis-
lature to complete the other half of
the violent ward building, first half
of which was built last summer, but
remains unoccupied and unused. The
matter of a septic tank to care for
the sewerage of the institution will
also be necessary as the present man.
ner Of disposing Of the same in the
river south of the institution cannot
long be continued. A properly con-
structed tank for this purpose will
cost about $1,000.
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It is also necessary to have house
separate from the asylum ward build
ings for the use Of the employees and
farm hands engaged in work at the
Institution. A building where. such
employees can be boarded and remain
apart from the patients will be
saving in time, and something that
is quite necessary q
It is intended to improve the
grounds around the hospital consid-
erably the coming year, setting out
more trees, adding additional lawn
and sidewalk.
The amusement hall which is now
too small, it is desired to- have ex-
tended, and two new boilers are re-
quired for the boiler house to replace
those that have been in use for about
lS years. There are now $40 of hospi-
tai population, and new. arrivals. Sare
continually being received.
Friends and relatives thruout the
state have sent many donations Of
Christmas presents for the patients
and the usual distribution will be
made this coming Christmas by
Supt. Baldwin and his assistants.
The biennial report of the institu-
tion made to the governor has just
been received from the printer at
Bismarck. The report covers the
transactions in full for the last two
years. Supt. Baldwin refers to the
payments made by counties in the
state for the care of patients at the
institution under the bill passed by
the last legislature for this purpose.
Ward county has under such bill paid
up to June 3Oth last, "a, 639. SO. Grand
Forks county has paid over s6, 600,
Walsh county over $1,000, Cass coun-
ty's total amounts to over $1,000,
which the county refuse to pay and
the case is now in court.
In addition to the Improvements
mentioned above that are desired,
Superintendent Baldwin in his re-
port recommends several needed i'm
provements in the shape Of tubercu-
losis hospital, a local telephone ex-
change, new bakery and kitchen.
The largest number Of patients
came from Ward county. OF the for
eign born patients, Norway heads
the list, Canada next. and of the
native born, Minnesota, North Da-
kota and Iowa have the largest num-
ber in order stated. All occupations
are represented among the patients,
there being more farmers and farm
ers' wives than Of any other class.
The complete list as given In the
report, is as follows:
Banker /, barber !, blacksmith 3,
book agent 1, bookkeeper l, butcher
/, carriage makerl, carpenter l,cigar
maker l, clerk l, clergymen 3, cook
3, drayman /, dressmaker ], engineer
/, farmer 129, farm laborer 81, har:
nessmaker ], hotel keeper i, house
keeper 4, housemaid a, housewife
llO, laborer So, merchant 5, music
teacher 2, no occupation y, nurse, j,
peddler 2, physician Il. plumber 1,
printer 2, hoffman /, school teacher
S, stenographer 2, student 2, tailor
2, teamster !, telegraph operator i,