The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
GOOD WORK DONE
AT STATE SANITARIUN
THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES is
INTERESTING.
PElLAGRA STUDIED BY EXPERTS
The Daily Per Capita Cost of Main
tanning the Distribution Was 41.28
Cents Per Capita Against 1870
the Year Before.

the ear BEFORE.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga.-The an
nual report of the board of trustees
of the Georgia state sanitarium for
1914 was made public today. The
number of patients on hand at the
close of the year was 1855. The new
patients received during the year was
1,4zg, or 1853 more than in 1918.
The average daily number in the san
itarium for the year was 1886, or
1873 more than in 1913. Among the
new patients received during the year
there were found rs who were not
insane. The board calls the govern
or's attention to this fact, which it is
powerless to remedy because no au-
th.ority is vested in it to go behind
the judgment of the commitment
court.
The daily per capita cost of main
tanning the institution in which every
expense is included was Alps cents
as against a cost of 1880 in 1913.
PeIlagra Studied by Experts.
Mention is made of the valuable
work being done in the sanitarium in
the study of pellagra by experts in
the employ of the public health SER
vice of the United States. The selec-
ton of the sanitarium for this work
is recognized as a distinct compli-
ment to its management. In the sew
enty-one years of it's existence it has
known but three superintcndents-a
fact which we'll attests their ability.
Attention is called to the over
crowded buildings or wards used by
the white females and by negro pa
tients, the congested condition of
which not only adds to the danger of
fire, but it is detrimental to the
health of the inmates.
Two new buildings estimated to
cost $3.50, 900 each to provide for this
need are asked.
Want New Hospital.
Next in Importance comes that of
an especially built and equipped hos
pital for the treatment of curab e
cases, Of insanity. 1t is stated that
the wards of the sanitarium are SO
crowded with patients that even if it
were possible to remodel them for
this purpose they could not be spared.
The board urges that this substantial
recognition be given the work of the
medical department, which is bring
inc the sanitarium into deserved re-
pute abroad. The cost of such hos
pital which will greatly assist the
work of this department is estimated
at 100000.
A nurses home is among the 9TH
er needs for which an appropriation
is asked. The board calls attention
20 the nurses training school, which
is in successful operation, and in
which is enrolled 40 per cent of the
! 140 white women nurses enrolled.
Home For Feeble Minded Children.
An interesting school experiment
has been conducted for The past two
years in the sanitarium in behalf of
the predetermined children found
among the patients, the success of
which compels it to once again urge
the founding of a state home and
school for these unfortunates.
Certain amendments of the laws
governing the sanitarium are suggest
ed, among which is one to prohibit
the further commitment to the SAN
itarium of epileptics, not insane, fee
ble-minded children, senile imbeciles
and harmless paralytics, and the
criminals.
The years work has been of a sat
isfactory nature, and Superintendent
Jones with his assistants receive
warm commentator for it.