The evening world., 1912-11-07
CARE Of INSANE
COSTS US. YEARLY
]. $32,814,45O
Cne-sixth of New York States
Appropriations Diverted
to the Purpose.

ne opening tomorrow Of the Men
~, Hygiens Conference and Exhibit in
the administration building Of the Col
lsgO Of the City Of New York will mark
Tie beginning Of a crusade in this State
70 educate the public in the causes OF
aAd cures for insanity. with = view to
1lmlnishing the number Of cases and
q bringing about the construction Of
hoopftals properly equipped for the
treatment Of persons mentally diseased
Or detective, rs well N for the estab-
lishansnt Of . training school for
nurees.
Some OF the foremost aiienists Of the
world will deliver addresses during the
eight days the exhibit will DO open to
H. public. among them DR.. Lewcllyn
y. Barker. professor Of medicine in
Joans Hopkins University. Baltimore,
ana president Of the National Commit
tss Tor Mental Hygiene; DIR. William
Nabon, superintendent and medical d.
rector Of the Manhattan State Hospi-
tai: DR.. M. 8. Gregory. resident alienist.
Bellevue Hospital, and DR.. George H.
Kirby, director OF clinical psychiatry.
Manhattan State Hospital. All the lee
lures, which will be given at 2 p. NJ.
and . p. NJ. each day. will be open to
the public.
The exhibit IL the same that was
spesad before the International Con-
groou for Mental Hygiene. held recently
IN washington. The display here II
under the auspices Of the National Com
mittss for Mental Hygiene and the
Committee on Mental Hygiene Of the
New York Charities Aid Association. 1t
includes a maze of instructive charts
and photographs of unusual interest.
The object OF the exhibit and the ad-
dresses by brain specialists In the edu-
cation OF the public to better under
standing of the causes underlying and
ths cures for insanity. II In also the
purpose of tho societies to awaken the
State and nation TO q better understand
lng OF their OBLIGATIONS to the insane.
Thsre are some startling figures on
d1npiay. 1t 5s shown that on Jan ]. 1919.
ehsrU were ISL, "a insane persons con-
0nSd IN public institutions throughout
the Uui&ed States. These are taken
care Of at an average cost per capita
q Sa7s q year. or . totaa Of s2.sil, $50.
ThA economic loss 10 placed at 800
yearly for each insane person. or a total
ok 90, al. 500. nearly Us much a. the
vaaue OF the exports OF the United
t.tates In 1910.
New York State sunks high IN the
uumber OF insane, eighty OF every LOO
pOpaxaNAon being of unDound mind. Call
forusa, Oregon. Colorado. Missouri. Wis.
oonsin and Delaware are in the same
slass, with the digures Tor the other
states OF the Union varying.
OF ne 1000 ungraded scholars In New
Yort City, 1900 are mentally detective.
according 10 DR.. Btnet. . specialist On
mental diseases Of children.
One OF the lessons the exhibit = In
tended 20 convey 70 the construction BY
an the States OF adequate hospitals fol-
the insane where they can receive the
care and exercise that arc essential In
me treatment OF diseases of the mind
Proper training schools for nurses also
are sought
"rhis conference" said DR.. c. H
Brink, head Of the Henry street Mentn
CMnic, to-day, represents the beennanl
of q process OF public education which
tsSuroly Is important as the present re
marlkable campaign against tuberculosis
The number OF patients now confined Il
insane hospitals In the United States u
greater than that OF all the men On tn,
United States Army. and greater thai
the total enrolment of our colleges an,
universities. To put II on a lower plane
approximately one-sixth OF the total ex
penditure of the Government OF New
York State II for the care OF the In
sane. The need for the prevention o
INSANITY Is evident.
1.-The object OF mental hygiene 10 3
educate the public to the idea that case
Of breakdown. nervous diseases. border
line cases incipient insanity In shor
sxA0ftlA Ia viewSd iNkA other rmaas n