The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-19
Large Space Devoted to Ac-
count of Easthaven Hospit-
al and Comments Fa. ora
BILE to Superintendent.
COUNTY FARM UNVISITEO
BUT NAPIER MADE REPORT
Conditions at County Jail Re-
viewed and Statistics Of
fered Show 235 Prisoners
From Int0xicati0n.

The nineteenth annual report of the
Indianan board Of state charities of
which Timothy Nicholson of this city
is a member has just been complied
and sent out by the association. The
report fully covers every institution
in the state. including the insane asy-
lums, poor farms. orphanages and
other institutions.
In regard to the Eastern Indiana
hospital for the insane Of which DR.. s.
E. Smith is superintendent the report
states:
Real estate. 1928 acres. Capacity.
S31. Beginning the year with an en-
rollment of 7o2 patients. the hospital
received 13l additional patients and
dismissed 94. making the enrolment at
the end of the year 7S9 and of this
number all but 10 were actually pres
ent The daily average attendance of
patients increased from 73O.17 in 1907
to 744.43 in 1908. The average at
tendance of officers and employees for
the year was 1886.
The operating epenses totaled S13j,-
4O5.42 which was $1.2O3.5S less than
the appropriation. The maintenance
was the heaviest item. II amounted
to S121.OOO. The other items included
under the head of operating expenses
was the purchasing of clothing and the
of s2.3O1.93 for maintenance due to
excess population.
Per Capita Cost.
The expenses accruing from the
erection Of new buildings and extraor-
dinary repairs amounted to S.9.416. Il
which was 81 1880 less than the ap-
preparation. Two new cottages were
erected during the year at cost of
S6O,CoO. The grand total of expense
was S214.S21.S4. leaving a balance OF
s., ,4O3.OS less than the appropriation
The per capita cost Of maintenance
based on the operating expenses and
| the daily average attendance for the
year. was S1Sl.S9. The value OF the
produce grown on the institution farm
and consumed during the year is esti
mated at S11 ,943.5S. or S16.O4 per cap
ita. and the cost of producing 1t al
SG.579.24
Napier Made Report.
No visit was made to the Wayne
county poor asylum, but a report from
Supt. Napier for the fiscal year end
| ing August 81 1908. includes under the
general caption of mental and physi
cal condition of the inmates II male:
and 2 females of feeble minds; male:
| and females who are insane: ! male
who is an epileptic: 6 paralytic males
1 males and female who are crippled
/ deaf woman: 3 blind men: ID males
and 3 females afflicted with feeble sen
ility: 6 males and / female who arr
| sickly: and l male and 1 female WHIT
are able bodied.
About County Jail.
The report on county jails show!
that Wayne county had 235 persons il
Jail during the fiscal year for drunken
ness and the expenditure for boar'
was s1.5lO.6O. During he year the re
port shows 6 insane men and womeI
and three insane girls were admitte'
to the Jail for safe keeping.
Supplemental Reports.
Relative to orphans the report show
that the board of guardians of thi
county received one admission AM
placed one orphan in a family.
A supplemental report has also beel
published which is composed of in
formation for the public officers. espe
cially the township trustee and othe
general information regarding tn
work done.