The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-11
Has Grown IA Per Cent in
Kansas i'm a Year.
New Patients Admitted to Hos.
pitalS Number 772.
A TOTAL OF 4,311 IN STATE
OF These 1856 Are in the To
peka Hospital.
Men Patients Largely Outnum-
Der the Women.

Insanity has increased nearly IA
per cent. in Kansas in the last year.
That was the statement issued today
by Senator j. w. Howe secretary for
the state board of control. The report
shows admissions of 772 new insane
patients to the hospitals of Topeka,
Osawatomie and Parsons in the last
year as compared with a record of 671
new cases for the year ending June
80, 1915.
The Howe report does not go into
the details of causes. 1t merely gives
the returns from all of the big char
table institutions under management
of the board of control. The record
shows a total of 4,311 inmates of the
institutions under the boards man
| agement. OF these, 3,016 are in the
Topeka, Osawatomie and Larned hos
pitfalls. with 525 in the Parsons hos
pital and $50 in the Winfield hospital.
There were 181 inmates of the state
orphans home, Atchison, when the re-
port was compiled, June 80.
The Astonishing Record.
One of the really startling features
| of the report is the tremendous in
crease in the number of cases of in
sanity. The record of the Topeka state
| hospital shows that institution ham
| died sixty more new insane patients
, than a year ago. The record for Osa-
watomie showed a slight decline, while
the report of insane patients received
at Parsons shows an increase of $50
per cent. In the year ending June
| 80, 1915, the Parsons hospital received
33 new insane patients, while in the
year just ended the total reached 80.
Reports from the Topeka hospital
show a total of 410 new cases during
the year Just ended as against $50 last
year. The years record az Osawato-
mie was 2S2 new patients as against
28S the previous year. The Parsons
hospital-intended originally as an in
stttution for the care of epileptics-
received so insane patents during the
year, as against 33 the previous year.
I.arned's hospital is not a receiving in
stitutiOn at this time. The lib pa
tients in the new Pawnee county hos
, pital were sent from Topeka and Osa-
| watonlie.
Increase in Imbecility.
Increase in the number of imbeciles
received at Winfield showed an even
greater record than the increase in in
sanity. The increase for Winfield
during the year was slightly more than
80 per cent. In the year Just ended
Winfield received 120 new cases as
against f9 the previous twelve months.
In all institutions except Osawato-
mie the number of new male patients
greatly exceeded females. Topeka
hospital received 248 male patients
port shows 1865 patients in the To-
males. Parsons received 55 miles and
rs females. Winfield's record was 85
males and 35 females. At Osawato-
mie 152 males and $50 females were
received. The total for the institutions
during the year was $40 males and 372
females.
The increase in the number of new
patients is unusual" said Secretary
Howe. Il do not attempt to assign a
cause. At Winfield, of course, the in
crease may be explained through the
completion of new hospital building
which afforded facilities for the care
oe more patients
Topeka State hospital is far in the
lead of other state institutions in the
number of patients treated The re-
port shows 1855 patients in the To-
peka hospital as against 1,34S at Osa-
watomie, 113 at Larned, 525 at Par
sons, $50 at Winfield and 1S1 in the
Atchison orphans home.
The report shows 110 patients in
the Topeka and Osawatomie hospitals
were discharged as restored