The Robesonian., 1918-05-06

To the Governor:
For your information and for the
information of the public, and in JUS
tice to ourselves, the directors deem
1t proper to make statement of the I
financial condition of the three State
hospitals for the insane-Morganto
Raleigh and Goldsboro-supplement- !
ing the statement furnished you
year ago.
These institutions are unable to
meet the demands made upon them
to take all the patients who need their
care and treatment-and in many
cases the people do not seem to un- !
derstand why this is So The public
seems to be under the impression
that the appropriations committee of
the Legislature made ample provision
for these institutions. The facts
briefly stated follow:
The Legislature Of 1917 made pro-
vision for issuing 100000 of bonds
for permanent inprovement-new
buildings, etc.-at ali the States edu-
cational and charitable institutions,
which include the university, State
Normal, A. and E. college, Teachers
Training school and other smaller in
stitutions; the schools for the deaf
blind, the feeble-minded; and the
three hospitals for the insane. The
$3,OOO,O0O is to be provided by bond
issues running over period Of six
years, the money being divided
among all the institutions named, and
for building hall of records in Raj
eigh. The proceeds of the first bond
issue were largely devoted to the lat
ter purpose and up to the present little
money has been available from this
building fund for the State hospitals.
This statement, however, is not a
complaint that the money for building
:, purposes is not available up to this
I time. It is to show the purpose OF
the $3,000,000 bond issue and to EN-.
phasize the fact that had all the mon.
ey coming to the hospitals been avail.
able the past year, it would be useless
to build new buildings when the fune
for maintenance-to provide food
fuel, clothing. medical attendance
nursing, etc.-the running expense:
take care of the patients these insti
tutions now have; and that if each O.
the hospitals had room for hundreds
of additional patients they could no
be received now because there is NJ
money for their support.
GET THIS FACT CLEAR: Th
$3,O0O,00O bond issue was for build
ings and buildings alone; not dolla
of that money can be used to provid
for support of the patients. And Will
the Legislature was liberal in MAXIM
provision for additional buildings, tn
estimates for support, made by tn
directors after careful study and SUI
vey of conditions, were cut down il
. the appropriations committee, so tina
- the fund is entirely inadequate, a
4o%n 1I1
. tional patients except as there ar
vacancies, is out of the question. Th
following financial statement of eac
of the three State hospitals show
the conditions as they are:
Raleigh Hospital.
The annual appropriation for sur
port is S2O7 800 Amount expende
for the year ending December Is
1917, was 1928 ,992.93.
That is to say, the support fun
provided for this institution fell shol
Sic, 1928 the first year. The frs
four months of the second year it
short $5,094 Ia total Of $21 ,587 Il
At the same ratio this deficit will /
increased to probably $4,000 by tn
en- dof the year.
It is proper to state here that tt
files at this institution show 578 al
plications for whom provision coul
not be made.
Morganton Hospital.
The annual appropriation for SUI
port is $237 500. Expended for II
year ending December 1, 1917, $3.50
3O959, deficit Of $18,908.59. TIL
] does not include deficit of sc, 6,481.s
. which existed at the close of 191
. and which would increase the defic
on December, 1st, 1917, to S25 POI. 5
- The foregoing shows that the a
preparation for support at this hosp
tai was short S18,8O959 for the We;
ending December 1st, 1917, and that
deficit in the support fund Of Sc, ,481 ;:
existed at the close Of 1916. For tt
first four months Of this year tt
deficit amounts to 6,314.43, and it
estimated that by the end of the We;
the total deficit will be around $5(
900, which is the exact amount tt
legislative appropriations commit
cut the appropriation asked for tn
institution.
Goldsboro Hospital.
Appropriated for support, 19
$4,000. Expended for suppol
S127,682.52. Deficit December
1917, $7,68252, The appropriate
for 1918 is $125,O00. The expent
lures to April 1st aggregated S.
38497, an average for the fo
months of S11675.61. At the sar