Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-01
Annual Report Of Supt.
Sanborn Submitted.
An Abstract Of Its Many In
teresting Tables,
A Busy Year at the Hospital. With
Much Building.

The annual report or the trustees
and officers of the Maine Insane Asy-
lura was presented to the Governor
and Council at their meeting yester-
day. The report shows that during
the year 1867 24S patients were adj
mitted to the Augusta asylum and 221
DISCHARGED The average number for
the year at the institution was 800 pa
tients, the greatest number at the hos
ptal on any date being 844 and the
least number SOB; there were 827 at the
end of the year; the total number un-
der treatment during the year was
1854; the number recovered was AS;
the number reported As improved was
So, the number unimproved 40 and the
number of deaths was 10i.
OF the 248 patients admitted during
the year there were 131 men and III
women. In ~ cases the cause Of In
sanity is given as unknown, and the
rest are divided among 26 causes,
heredity which is blamed for 81 cases,
taking the lead; alcoholism comes
next with IS cases. OF the 24S adj
mitted during the year 112 were single,
81 married. 81 widowed and eight di-
voroed There were II under 20 years
VI ds,e dllu SlA over on SSdlS VI o6C
and the duration of insanity prior to
admission ranged from one week in 20
cases to over so years in five cases.
OF the As discharged during the year
10 were men and 30 women, and of the
| 10f who died 50 were men and 40 wo-
men.
The PAS new patients during the year
represented 106 towns and cities
throughout the State, Portland being
| far ahead with Al cases, Lewiston next
| with IA and Augusta third with 10. OF
the 24S admitted 205 were admitted for
| the first time, 70 for the second, nine
| for the third, eight for the fourth and
| one for the sixth. No fewer than 16S
| of the 24S were natives of Maine and
the rest represented eight foreign
| Countries and five other states. DIR.
| Sanborn, in connection with his report.
submits long and interesting report
on behalf Of the committee on recrea-
| TORS and amusements of the patients.
The institution has at its command be-
quests amounting to $4,000 whose in
tercst is expended for the mental and
physical wants of the patients. This
money is expended for general amuse-
| illeNtS, Spetldl tACui
sions for the patients, books for the IL
brary, etc.
| OF the patients now at the hospital
81 are supported by their own means.
81 entirely by the State, and Csc receive
State aid of $3.50 per week, the towns
| and individuals paying the balance.
Dr. Sarborn says in his report that the
past year has been the busiest which
| the officers of the Institution have ever
experienced. Until the last part of
| the year it has been specially difficult
| to maintain the necessary working
| force in the various departments of
| the hospital. During the year the re-
| construction of the laundry building
| has been completed and good progress
has been made upon the reconstruction
of the first male wing. The building
! for the criminal insane will be pushed
| to completion as soon as the weather
| allows in the spring.
The report of the trustees. which ac
| coinpanicd Dr. Sanborn's report, gives
| the dc tails of the building operations
| and the financial affairs of the inSti-
tuition and the hospital at Bangor.
There is also an appreciative memorial
paper in connection with the death of
Hon. Sidney NJ. Bird of ROckland, long
member of the board of trustees.