Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-04
PIPER REPORTS ON HOSPITALS
Secretary Of Board of Charity Visits
State Institutions.
NEED FOR TE NEW BUILDINGS
Conditions Everr-vhcre Reported a.
Good a. Can Be AccompIfnhed
Under Crowded stare of
the Hospital
F-om a stair cor-espundent-l

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LINCOLN. Nen-. June a. 5pecial.g-7oel
A. Piper. secretary Of me staze Board Of
Charity and Corrections In a report TO ne
governor says thar The insane hospitals Of
the state are crowded IN the neiEhborhood
Of 1ne-siEth ~ L per cent of me total Of
NenraEkzs population being confined
, therein. notable Increase during the last
ten years.
Secretary Pfpsrs report is a. nollurA
During the lRst Few DAYS have visited
he different hospitals that care Tor the
insane. al II winch are crowded AZ the
present time. the one Al lincoln seemingly
more 50 than the others. At the date N
my visit there. eighteen Of the patients
we're required to sleep on the Eoor and
about 90 tirse-I1Arrsr beds were acu11nmo-
eating two patients each Az this instttu-
don I found W patients wnsrs the Archi-
tectural plans were Intended for only 90.
To better Accommodate those already there
ana 70 make the required room for those
now waiting admission. there should De no
unavoidable delap IN the construction OF The
two buildings provided for BY the Iast legts-
larure-
The administrative forcs are taxing an
active interest n the welfare 1f the pa
tents as is especially manifested in an an
davor 70 segregars those affected with
tuberculosis
AT he Hastings hospital found LII
patients This institution Is maintaining it,
reputation as a model place FOR caring for
the insane and with The further possibilities
Il VIII enjoy in the near future BY the Ak
rra accommodations afforded in occupying
the new building, greater possibilities viii
I be permitted in Classification
pital were excellent. yet the sewer outlet
should be extended AT a greater disfzncs
Z from this buildings and 70 a point WHERE
/ the ean viii ne greater and the flow more
iEvtft. as considerable odur now exists for
some distance after the present outlet.
Conditions at Norfolk
! AZ the Norfolk hospital there were ~
patients ana rwenty-four wsre out on pa
role believe this institution was never
under better administrative control than
I al present The accommodation for Ezns
number Of patients has been made possible
BY fitting up one Of the Easements intended
Z for storage purposes as a dining room for
tbs female patients. On the oumpisr.un
u the new building, which Will aocommo-
date about Id patients. II Is hoped that Il
will not be Necessary to continue the use
Z N the basement for general dining room
/ The new building al this place will be the
first public hydro-therapsuric equipped
building in the state. which viii give the
benefit Of what is generally known as the
Z water cure system. which has become quite
I popular in most OF the other states.
California recently appropriated a-NoooO
with which 10 build q hydro-therapeutic
building at each OF its i've insane hos
( pitfalls AT the thru hospitals there are
-1fe patients being cared for; little more
I than one-zixth OF 1 per cent Of the snttre
population Of the state In lsaa only one
/ eighth Of 1 per cent OF the population OF
I the state were cared for In the state insts-
tutions Either insanity Is increasing mora
Z than the population increases or growing
condolences in the public institutions places
I a greater number IN their care
/ Neeaed repairs were being made an. AL
/ the institutions ad al none OF them iid We
discover anything that showed a lack Of
B consideration for those inrrusred 70 their
care AT AL OF them food was served in
sufficient quantities and OF a naIarabIe
I variety