Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-08-13

All this and much more in the line
of information concerning the state
wards and their care has just been
compiled by Public Examiner Fritz,
following an examination of the books
of the state board Of control and the
institutions placed in it's care. The
examination, which covers the period
ending July 81, 1914, was an exhaust
i've one. The board is highly praised.
It's books, its expenditures, its meth
cd of management and its care Of the
state property in it's charge, Mr.. Fritz
says, are above criticism.
Minnesota institutional population
is on the increase, Mr.. Fritz points out,
and the one feature is that this in
crease largely is in connection with
the correctional institutions. Of on
increase in population of little over
4 per cent in 1914 more than 2 per
cent was in correctional and penal in
stitutions.
III Employees Added
This increase in population and the
more employees, but only III were add
ed. The largest number of inmates
per employee is at the Anoka asylum
where the number is 1915 The state
prison at Saltwater comes next with
1914 inmates per employee.
Though getting the most out of it's
employees, the lowest wage of anv in.
stitution is paid ct the Anoka asylum.
Here the average annual wage is
$400.81. The state school for the
Predetermined comes next with an av-
erage annual wage Of $425.79.
The gross cost of the l6 state insti-
tutions for the fiscal year of 1914 was
$2,09S,029.66 but this figure was ma
terially reduced by institution receipts
Of nearly $500,000.
Each inmate, Mr.. Fritz figures out,
cost tax payers $174.83 for the year,
but some Of the institutions reduced
this figure considerably as far as their
own population was concerned. Anoka,
as usual, was in the low class, it's fig
ure being 1886 or decrease of $1.06
per inmate from the previous year. All
institutions devoted to the insane with
the exception of Rochester and st. Pc.
ter were under the figure of $l74.83
per head for the extra 16 institutions.
Blind Cost $431.12
For 1914 the blind cost the state per
head, $431.12; the deaf, $277.14; the
feeble-minaed, $156.46; the public
school at Owatonna $293.50; Red Wing
training school for boys, $491.57; girls
school at Sank Centre, $271.1S; St.
Cloud reformatory, $200.44; hospital
for crippled children, $4O627. and the
Saltwater prison, $31.24. This is the
lowest cost Of any of the state institu.
lions and is a decrease of 1869 from
the previous year.
The highest cost per head was at the
state hospital for inebriates. Here the
figure was $571.34. The consumptives
located at Walker cost $244.70 per
head.
The principal items of support are
provisions, clothing, fuel, Ii ht and
water and salaries, and though a ma
jority of these show an increase in
cost the figures for the maintenance of
the Is institutions has not been ma
terially increased. In Individual in
stances the cost has been reduced.
The average cost Of provisions per
capita for all the institutions during
1914 was $51.42, an increase Of $2.l9
over the previous year. Fuel, light and
water per head cost $1,000, an increase
Of 1924 per head, and clothing $1l.l8
per head. Salaries and travelling ex-
penses were $90.35 per head.
The inmates had on deposit in the
various institutions where the examin-
alton was made $107, 666.09-Minnea-
polls Tribune.