Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-25

pile them one on top Of another, as
they do In city ~graveyards,
III the public claims the right to de-
prive these people of their liberty, it
takes upon itself the responsibilities of
properly providing for them.
Cause of Increase.
IT do not think that insanity is in
to the increase in population. 1t seems
TO me that the increasing number of
patients is due to the growing care to
secure society against the irresponsible.
We don't want to wait until someone
has been murdered, or a house burned
down, or some other enormity COM
mitted.
There Is now a greater understand
ing of prevention. The physicians more
readily recognize incipient mental d
rangement In the public than formerly.
And that Incl eases the number we
have to keep here.
This Is done fot the prote etion OF
the public and for protection against
those not capable of managing their
own affairs n regulating their own
conduct. There is also the phiitn-
thropic side-to care for those who are
unable to care for themselves.
81 believe that the state should pur-
chase n productive farm In south Jer-
seq, where land IN not expensive, and
where the soil will produce and where
farming pays. There the labor will be
almost seif-maintaining.
TT should be rebuilt on the cottage
plan. so thai It will be spread over the
farm Of say a thousand acres.
AT least forty per cent. would be
able to work upon the farm and the
various departments connected within.
Can't Keep Attendants.
when you built an institution like
this at Morris Plains upon the side OF
a mountain. you have naturally to tax
the state to provide for 1t,
I'VE cannot keep our attendants.
We awe no place for them. TWO or
three in a room, pay about 81 or 81 a
week. They WON'T stand for it. They
get out.
-Four hundred left the institution
In one year.
when. l ask the Legislature for an
other institution they blame the condi-
lions ON me, as though 1 Ind u personal
interest In II all. say. mot guiitsr
we have complaints cause of the
placing OF a bad patient in II warl
which becomes ~disorganized through
this action. That Ia the trouble, we
cannot segregnte, we cannot trent the
patients IN the way they should be
treated under these crowded conditions.
something must be done. and done
quickly. l believe that a Stat farm is
Inevitable"
Everything An~tiauated.
The conditions are crowded" said
George w, Jasle today. "A tuberculosis
cottage is going to be built, howevsr.
The state architect is working on tie
plans now. Then there is to be a home
for the male nurses to duplicate that
already existing for the ONE
An appropriation of SO .50O was
granted for hat home at first. 1t
was, of course entirely absurd. Now
We have al appropriation OF $4,000.
"A sis, 900 f1rehouse Is to be built. 1t
will accommodate between thirty and
thirty-hve employees. Then the Legis-
lature has appropriated $4,000 for an
electric light plant.
LAS 1t is. everything is very an
tiquated. We are using a gas plant
built in 1874. The danger Of fire from
gas illumination is manifestly greater
than from electric light. But it will
cost SIS. 900 more to wire the buildings.
MY ideas are these:
"There should be a strictly limited
number of patients to a certain floor
space.
1.-THE criminal insane should not he
thrust upon the hospital.
''rhe State Hospital should be made
a receiving hospital.
And a State farm should be start
ed. The cost of maintenance would be
much less.
with such crowded conditions as at
present existing there is great dam
ger In case of an epidemic or fire"
Mr.. Eiseie's statement.
John C. Eisele. of this city. who is
president of the board of managers,
has striven heroically TO lessen the con-
gestion at the asylum. Everything that
could be suggested he and his associ-
ates have done,
aThe law, of course. compcls us to
accept all those who ARE sent there"
Mr.. Eisele explained to an Evening
STAR reporter today. THE courts are
equally helpless they have nowhere
else to send the insane.
I'll Increase Ii at the rate of over
n hundred "a year. The greatest number
enter during a hot spell such as the
nua ma inet had We had eleven adj