The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-12-30

/ - Inc report or the state bOard,VO
charities and corrections to the gen
eral assembly lecounts the progress.
made in the rehabilitation and re
organization Of the state hospital fo]
the insane and contains six recon
m1ndations In regard to the institu
tion, In which nearly 1900 mental,
diseased people are now being treat
ed
The board Of charities and correc
tlons recommends to the general as
sembly that the improvements under
way and projected by the board of
regents of the state hospital be com.
pleted. "By all means the white fe-
male wards should be put into as
good condition as the new white male
wards, central heating plant should
be installed, and psychopathic hos.
pital properly fitted up" says the
report.
"As sapidly as possible, all negro
patients should be removed from the
Columbia plant to State Park, leav-
ing the former for white patients ex-
clusively," the report continues.
One Of the important recommends
tions of the state board Of charities
and corrections in regard to the State
Hospital for the Insane is. that, as,
soon as adequate provision can be
made for them elsewhere, four classes
Of patients be removed from the Co
lumbia plant and from State Park be.
cause they do not properly belong
in these institutions as they are at
present constituted" The classes Of
mistit patients named in the report
are The feebleminded, numbering
81; the epileptic, numbering 11b;
harmless old people, not insane but
senile, numbering 1o5, and pellagrns.
In regard to the feebleminded pa
tients now at the State Hospital for
the Insane, the report says that "a
special state institution, entirely sepa-
rate from the State Hospital for the
Insane, should ultimately be estab
lished. We urge that as soon as 1t
thinks wise the general assembly have
an accurate, comprehensive statewide
survey made of the whole problem of
feeblcmndedness, in order to edu-
cate our people to its extent and men-
ace and to enable the state to project
adequate provision for these unfortur-
ates. At present there is no provi-
sion in the state for them"
The report recommends the crea-
ton of an epileptic colony at State
Park
AS to the pellagrins brought to the
hospital. very few can be classed as
not insane, the board says in it's re.
port. but adds that though patients
Of this class are at times not normal,
their condition does not call for
treatment in hospital for the insane
Insurance Department Has Success.
The state insurance department has
just passed through one Of the most
successful years in It's history, &C
cording to personal letter from F
| H. McMaster, commissioner, accom-
panying his annual report to the gov
ernor.
During the year, the letter says
there has been collected from insur
ance companies and other companie!
! licensed by the department a total O.
| $179,61714. This has been turned
! into the state treasury as collected.
Under the act establishing the in
surance department, there has beer
collected specifically for its mainte
nance, S16,31340
Under the act Of 1904, providing fol
investigation Of incendiary fires and
| inspection Of buildings, a balance OF
s676,35 was brought forward, and
there has been collected S2,74956
During the year this amount has been
expended.
On account Of the act permitting
reductions in license fees on account
OF investments in the state, compa
MES have received in abatements a
total OF $35,72425.