The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-18
Employment tho Hest Treatment.

Employment tho Hest Treatment.
He was certain that employment,
preferably in the open air. was tho
best possible treatment for tho ment-
ally afflicted. and wanted $4,000 for
an industrial building FOR indoor work
In winter, suggesting that those able to
work pun in half a day for the State
TO pay The cost OF their keep, and thus
keen their self-rcspect. and work the
other half time for themselves or their
families. He also wanted n building
y employees. making ills total needs
outside OF $l3S.000 q year for mainte-
nance. $4,000.
pr j. &. King, superintendent OF the
Southwestern state Hospital at Marion.
asked fer $4,000 each year for sep
arite buildings for male and female
new ard recoverable cases. as dstn-
ruishcd from the old and more or less
helpless cases, which are merely GUS
toGia!, and not Tor treatment. He also
asked $4,000 to buy farm land ndjoin-
ing the institution.
Dr. ". i. Drewry. OF the Central
state Hospital for colorcd patients at
Petersburg, told OF fr!ghtfully over
creased numbers, his maintenance es-
Inmates rose from 100000 to Sl6s, 900,
based on 1865 patients. ut a per capita
cost Of sos per annum. He asked
S5S.S0O for buildings and improve
mcnts I'm the mex two years. The last
General Assembly provided no money
for Insurance at the Institution. and
tho board had to drop policies for
$4,000 which had been carried. He
asked $4,000. which would provide in
surancc OF $780, 600 for five years. SEN
ator Moncurc suggested that the State
might carry its OWE insurance on
schools and state institutions. Senator
llarman thought one fire such as that
at BlacksbUrg recently would wipe out
any fund the state might lay aside.
Growth OF EpiIcptic Colony.
Dr. y. :. Priddy. OF the State EpileD-
tic Colony In Amherst, asked for Sill. 900
TO meet a deficit Of last year. because
Of the rapid growth OF this new insti-
tuition. lie asked for maintenance,
the second. For buildings and i'm
provements lie asked S3S,SoO the first
year and $4,000 the second. lie want
ed new building containing an amusc-
ment hall. chapel, schoolrooms. etc. to
cost $4,000; repairs and engagements
TO the administration buildings, to cost
5000: an leo plant, to cost $4,000. and
It building for the feeble minded girls
and women, strongly urged by the
state Board OF Charities and Corrcc-
tons rs a State need not met at any
other Institutions. to cost $4,000
He also reported balance duo on
the site of $4,000. When the colony
was established 1t was expected TO sell
the Murkland property ut stanton and
devote the proceeds towards the pur-
chase OF tho Amherst property now
used The Supreme Court recently de-
cidcd that DIR. Murkland had left his
property for the use and benefit OF the
Western state Hospital at Staunton,
and that it could not be diverted. DR.
Priddy said he would have nearly three
times as many patients when improve
ments now under way are completed.
The colony already had loo inmates In
the epiieptic division. The home for
feeble-minded boys and men is soon to
DO opened
After hearing further from Robert
Gillian, OF Petersburg, In regard to
the general needs OF the State hos
pitfalls for tho insane. the committee
went into executive session to formu-
late that portion OF tho appropriation
bill relating to these and other insti-
tutions. the needs OF which have al
ready been presented The hearing