Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-01-14


lafayette ..--..--.-.-.... II
POLK ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ]
| Pierce OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Price OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
| State at Large. .......... 10
Trempealeau .............
WaShburn .--......-.....-
PTlVate -...-...-.-...- II
Total .............. 1872 Sc
The saving to Iowa county for keep o
| OVID insane, and net profit on farm TO
fiscal year:
For board -................... $4,9S7 5
For clothing .:......-..... 52s g
Total ............-........ $11.3S0 s.
we have made many permanent i'm
provements the past year Two of tn
most needed ones were the building o
a fine root cellar and removing the gen
orator from under the chapel to houst
built for II. entirely away from the maj
building. In closing would call your at
tention to the two inventories, the on,
found on the balance sheet of June 30tl
made October 7th as required by count!
board. To this last inventory we refea
you for showing of crops, live stock ant
SUPPLIES on hand at that ~ time w W
good services rendered by our corps o
employees and the uutfrfng efforts o
our attending physician, DR. H II. Nor
ton, to each is due a large share in tn
success of the years work. We woult
thank the Rev. P j. Nestande for fire
quent services, and the fine. entertain
ment given by his Ottawa College stu
dents, the Fair association. the trustees
and all who have helped brighten tn
lives of our people.
Very respectfully yours,
MORRIS L. PARKINSON, Supt.
ANNIE L. PARKINSON, Matron.
Physicians Report
To the Honorable Board OF Trustees
Iowa County Asylum For the Chronl
Insane and Home for the INDECENT ant
helpless poor.
Gentlemen: As county physician |
becomes my duty to submit this repor
of the medical, surgical and sanitar!
service of the Asylum and Home for thu
year ending June Goth, 1914.
The superintendent and matron arr
justly noted for their attentive care o
the patients for thorough sanitation
throughout and it is also evidenced b!
very little acute diseases and no cpl
denies and last but not least by GU
astonishing low death rate for an insti
tuition Of this kind, for 1t must be re
membered that very few inmates ente
the asylum entirely free physically a
well as mentally from disease.
Casual visitors, who live IN the pas
lum expect to find the historical rags
filth and vermin but are surprised t
find a thorough system of sanitation. IN
inmates are clean. clothes and bedding
clean, good nutritious food and plent
of it for the laboring class, with specia
diet as may be directed by the physician
X
Mr.. and Mrs Parkinson leave nothing
undone which will in any way contribute
to the comfort of the sick or lengthel
their lives.
our asylum is a chronic insane asylum
and the form of insanity we have I
deal with is the chronic form and on
| effort through asylum excellence an
medical skill to restore and keep then
as near well physically and as near san
mentally as is possible, and where W
do not succeed the effort at least tend
to ease the misery % chronic ailmen
and senile decay.
StiI another year has passed and man,
doubtless, who have prayed for dealt
to relieve them of their sorrows an
misfortunes that it has been their 10
to bear are still with us, patientl
awaiting their call, two from the asylum
! their call (and, by the way, we believ
we have the lowest death rate in tn
state) and have passed on in their prog
ress to the happy hunting ground I
| await the next step in progression.
Following is a list Of the deaths, Civ
! ing their names, ages and causes o
death:
Name Cause of Death
Mrs Dora Liscum. Addison's disease
date of death. April II, 1914, age Z
Patrick Curran, dropsy, date of death
| June 9, 1914, age So years.
Home.
Sarah A. Harvey. old age, debility. re
fused to eat. date of death, July %
1913 81 years.
John Tomitath, pulmonary tuberculosis
was in last stage when brought to u
and was an invalid when we got him
received him September %, 1913; dat
of death. October "a, 1915 age, 45 years
John Morawetz, rheumatism. old age
Bright's disease, date of death, Novem
/ Der II; age, rs years.
James Barber, Bright,s disease, dat
Of death, April 5; age. 50 years.
We have taken care Of all of our sur
gical work ourselves with no fatalities
Mr.. and Mrs. Parkinson allow the pa
tients the largest possible liberty in am
way consistent with their respective con
ditiOns and the ladies take their daily
walks when weather permits.
The patients all respect Mr.. and Mrs
Parkinson and instead Of the patients
wanting to run away, as of old, l be
lieve that # the doors of the institution
We're thrown open and the patients
given their liberty that most of then
1 would not go and Of those that did thai
90 per cent of them would be back il
to show how the patients are treated
In conclusion, / wish 10 thank you
the trustees, superintendent and Mrs
Parkinson and all the help. for the many
the valuable assistance you havt rendered
me and for the courteous treatment
DIR. MORTON.
Attending Physician
overseer's Report.
To the Superintendent Of the Iowa
County Home and poor throughout the
Gentlemen; I have the honor to pre-.
sent my third annual report Of the Iowa
Co. Home for the fiscal year ending
June 50th. 1914.
Population.
Male. FemIe. Total