The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-01-18

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that institution. the improved treat
ment, and the results of that treatmen!
in those patients, feel that | have
been justified in this contribution. /
nave done it cheerfully! l have done
it gladly. | do not ask to be REIN
bursed for this personal contribution
that l made to the alienation Of the
suffering of these unfortunate fellow
citizens Of ours. The consciousness
of ha,ing done my duty fully repays
me. Of course you realize that that
condition can not continue. l could
not go on through this next year, max
ing provision for the salary of state
official, and that responsibility Will
now rest on you.
l want to say to you tnat the bene-'
fits of that work are SHOWN in results
which you find by an Investigation OF
that institution.
WALL W Say 1Ul I1lSA, SSAtNANAA@o
that the cost of maintenance of that
institution for the year 1914 was $685.
443.59; the cost of maintenance OF the
institution in 1915 was $301,S6S.42 saw
ing in operating expenses, Sl4,575.lL
The amount brought over from the ap-
nropriation of last year was S17,885.
Saving in Expenses.
Now. ! want to cal your attention
to the fact that saving in operating
expenses has not been at the expense
of the comforts Of those patients. The
average daily number in that inStltu-
ton through the year 1915 has been
III patients more than in the year
previous-than in 1914. With the in
creased average attendance of III pa
tients. the cost in maintenance has
been reouced $14,575.17. The per cap
ita expense in 1914 was $176.1S, and in
1915, $17092.
want to call your. attention fur
ther to the fact that besides this in
crease in average of patients they had
added for the care of those patients 10
physicians, whose time is given en-
tirelv to the care of those patients,
whereas before three regular physl-
clans, giving all their time, were en-
ployed and three for part of their
time.
One of the first items that was taken
I'D in the character of savings by DR..
Williams, after his inauguration into
that Office, was in the matter OF the
laundry. In 1914 the monthly pay roll
in the laundry was $7O2; in 1915 it
was reduced to 1927 a month, making
saving for the year of $5,70O. That
work, instead Of being done by PAID
negro women, was done by the. negro
women who were in the institution,
not by compulsion, nor by force, but
simply by persuasion. and being glad
to get the opportunity of having occu-
patton rather than in sitting around IN
! idleness all the time.
When Dr.. Williams investigated
further he found that there were ID
colored women scrubbers, who took
caro of the white women's ward at $40
eacn per month, and six men scrub
bers, who took care of the mems ward
at s16 each per month. These we're
discharged and patients in the institu-
ton were glad to do that work. The
saving in this item was $2,952 for the
year,
In the farm the cost. of operating
for 1915 was $9,127.49;- the cost of op-
Grating the farm in 1915 was $4,6S2.66,
making a saving in the operating ex-
penses of the farm of $3,444.S3.
The saving in these items, gentle
men. amounted $13,296.S3.
Saving in WMskey.
There was another item, the exact
figures of which I did not remember
to take from the report Of the previous
year; but 1 want to say that whiskey,
prior to DR.. Williams being placed IN
charge, was bought at. that institution
by the barrel. I want to say to you
inow that the consumption of whiskey
in that institution is less than quart
per month.
Permit me 70 call your attention to
certain phases of this work which are
simply obtained by personal inter
views, personal contact and from my
personal visits to this institution
When the plan was adopted of giving
~ &n fhnca a.