The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-07-09

inmates are lIOm INC HRIl'ultuTdl
classes. We make the most now of
what land we have, but you can see
that there is no room for gardens
here
Indeed, the grounds are crowded.
Agnews, for instance, in California, has
a population of between twelve and
fifteen hundred lodged in three thou
sand acres of ground being an average
II little more than two acres to the
Individual.
Country Site Is Needed
Oahu has thirty acres on which are
maintained at present 333 patients, or
a little more than ten patients to the
acre. And of these thirty acres, only
about ten are enclosed, forming the
grounds proper, and twelve moro are
rocky bluffs and table lands, unfit for
cultivation and not the most desirable
n the world for building sites. The
emainder is divided into truck
catches, scattered outside the bounds
among the habitations of the sane.
1--WE are between the devil and the
icep sea- said Doctor Schawllie.
We need more buildings and am not
hey must be tenanted by a population
peculiarly liable to the pcrils of fire
70 build permanently of concrete
:Osts money, and hate to put money
into buildings on this site when be
icve We ought to move out into the
g.. ..,s
THE ideal site for the Oahu asy
UNI would be some spot within rea-
onably easy access of street car
line, vet far enough removed from the
'ity to secure privacy ard space. We
ire dreatlfully erampcd here and it il
bound to get worse all the time, as
he population grows.
Segregation Is Necessary
With more ground, Doctor Schwallir
'Ould segregate his violent cases,
omNthing he much desires to do.
cit is a shock he said, "to many
zane persons to see an idiot or a
maniac, aud we know that it is even
more of shock to those whose mind,
IRE derangCd. Promiscuity rctards and
PEsPns our cures. Segregation, Occu-
IatiOn and amusement would increase
and accelerate them.
81 am planning to organize as many
Of the women as possible into sewing
"lasses. They ought to make their Owm
clothes and those of the male inmates
~ well Now. the nurses make them
Some of the women do a little aimlcss
rO"hctInE, vet we know that many of
them are capable of running ma
'hine. As soon as the new day room
and sewing room is available, we shall
get to work
1t will be a couple Of months vet
before the room is finished. At pres.
mt only portion of the floor is
roughIv Iaid with planks, but the n"r,i
for Tn" roorn is so great that already
it is occupied.
Good Record of Recover1es
Doctor SrhwaI,ie would like to see
it hold "A player piano or a good phone
graph, which could be operated by one
of tn" attendants, or, perhaps, one Of
the more intelligent patients. If any
one who reads this paragraph wishes
70 perform. charity that will be of TN
alIoNcd ~"rNic" to more than three hun
dr"d UNHAPPY souls, no better oppOr
tunity couId /" eNi>rd.
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