The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-04
MANNING, S. c.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 4 1914

ing oversight Of all the business o
this great and heterogeneous institu
tion and also in promoting and super
vising the great work at the Stat
Park renders impossible in him t.
give such close inspection to the su
pervision of the different wards f1llet
as they are with patients, as is desir
able and necessary for the best inter
ests Of the inmates and the dfscip
ling Of the institution. He should b.
relieved by a business manager
whose duties should be other than o
medical nature appointed by the su
perintendent, by and with the con
sent Of the board or regents, and sub
ject to suspension and removal a:
herein recommended. The superin
tendent would then have the time
with staff officer to make thorough
inspection of each ward Of the insti
tuition at least once a week, and daily
advice and consult with his staff anc
subordinates, and these duties he
should be required to do in prefer
ence to all other duties and labor:
that might be devolved upon him.
Subordinate Employees.
The members OF the staff should
each have the authority and right tc
select all subordinates in their re-
spective wards, subject to the approx
cl Of the superintendent, and each
staff officer should also have the priv.
ilege and power to suspend or dis.
charge subordinates under them by
and with the approval and consent OF
the superintendent.
Reports-StafY Officers.
We find as a matter OF fact that
all staff officers do not make reports
in writing to the superintendent or
file them as record Of their depart
ments. Every member Of the medi-
cal staff should make full and COM
plete report in writing to the super
intendent at least once week, and
file the duplicate Of the same among
the records of the general office, and
should suggest by way Of recommen-
dation such measures and treatment
as would be beneficial to patients in
the treatment of their special mala-
dies and for the good Of the institu-
ton. We find as a matter Of fact
some staff officers make their reports
and recommendations only once per
annum and in such general and syn
thetic terms as to enable the super
;ntendent to make his annual report
and recommendations to the general
assembly.
Pharmacist.
There is at present no licensed
pharmacist at the State Hospital for
the Insane to compound drugs and
fill the prescriptions Of the superin-
.endent and staff officers.
There should be a most skillful
pharmacist at the State Hospital for
the Insane. One who is licensed by
the Pharmaceutical Board OF this
State, for many times prescription
filed and administered means the life
or death, sanity or insanity of. the
person to whom it is administered,
and more especially to the helpless
patient, dependent only upon the wis
dom of the physician and the pre-
scription compounded.
Dentist.
What Is said of the pharmacist
may truly be applied to the dentist
he should by all means be licensed
one with some experience.
Chaplain.
We find, for many years the duties
of the chaplain have been faithfully
performed at salary OF tWen-
ty-fve dollars per month, applica-
tions were advertised for at said sal
ary, but when the board of regents
met in July last to elect a chaplain
at the salary stated, after electing
the chaplain they changed the salary
to nine hundred dollars per annum,
or seventy-five dollars per month.
We think this wrong. If a raise in
salary had been deemed justifiable
and desirable notice of it should have
appeared in the advertisement for ap-
olicats. This six hundred dollars diff
ference per annum would have gone
far in the employment Of licensed
pharmacist and a dentist, and We rec
ommend that no salary be paid great
er than the salary advertised and call
ed for in the advertisement.
Rules and Regulations.
There should be a rigid system of
rules and regulations proposed and
promulgated by the board Of regents
but, there should also be some fun
lamental rules and regulations adopt
ed and passed by this generally assem-
bly, to govern the officers of the State
Hospital for the Insane in their work
and duties. By the same authority
as interpreted by the supreme court
in the case of Pinckney vs. Henegan,
2 Strebart Law, pages 253, and the
State, ex. rel. ay VS.. Farnum, 73 S. c.,
page ITO. The general assembly may
lay down rules by concurrent resolu-
tions for the guidance and govern
ment OF State officials in the dis
charge of duties, and we recommend
the adoption of the concurrent reso-
luton that We propose and that will
follow this report.
State Park.
In the judgment of the committee
based on the great preponderance OF
the evidence adduced during the in.
y,e+io,t;oo Tho State Park DrODerty