Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-20

Figures o I'VE Pr
1nre Og slt
CASES ANNUALLY

&4ka4Es "a 4s4sNA HkAhNse$
u saAa aAey ssaioa insanity
81 tIse lnersAea ana almost every
sy II cFaay. Ok aocn VIII be % the
z gsg
iasa asosns "a point To The fact
as agEer d little white II the wl0ie
a % g0os8d ever e will 30 an IN
asyauaa 1t the banch Of Agnres
statistics sat ont By tas Lanacy
sslnm naeanA anything. and ssfig-
aDn4 ils.r 50 It II said.
he figures caR he Eaken as more
ass xsllabls. II The Othsr tndica-
aasae tbs worlds getting cragier
exaaisf syeFy Gay shtl 10 convince.
egIaud lEse5a ID bound for the
hoaae, ard the padded cell Is
hasy replacing the downy couch Of
wxaFy. Ihs state LunaGy CoinEgis
pabliahsa ~ dgures only every
ko yeags, aHA The Inst report was
ID la 1917. with the next one not
s n3ssE naxe ssaI But figures coi.
a since che fast report up 20 The
fs8EcaEe thar tho percentage
saeR@@ae 0g inSmmity has baen last
oee slse same BET wfesn 1917 and 1919
s ii waM hatween 1915 ard 1917, the
gears covered BIZ the last report
Rlys peg Cent lacrosse III Year
rs iguras show that between 1916
NO 1871, IA al public and private
apgEals ln tha state where spe-
0SaaAg II aada of insane patients,
ahe1a waG an increase III the whole
ambar 81 patients oE sss that III
akoEn 3,S3g "a 6,Ies This II. roughly,
awa per cent increase, an increase
mAGcA has been practically maintained
not Only - maryland. but ID practical
81 other atasaa in tho Union, giving
sag Slsara 10 the Unsssd States as .
a0l.
Kas, al 81 these patients we're not
lggkaIy insane. but how near The
Dla nunabeg were insane can be
ad when the iIguFes are seen,
Bch shoW that og l,7sb arst adanis-
0 10 Ali state insane hospitals sir
1915 only fSe were cIassed AZ not In
sle. esad at the .7ss iITas admissions
a 1917, the ratio 6SepDsd 20 only III
ciaTed net tnsane.
sk aud when old John BarleycOrn
down and our. ~ apparently
Cng make 4 lOt Dc difgeraSAce III the
zr unlsaa the sight og anaksn,
GE0ga and @rsan hogsea and
eh suwa likely 10 follow audden
Toe zm anlMs quarters. shanId send
oEa naen To tho Insane aayGum For,
os sAa total alnxnheg admitted to Mary
gAn& hoHFge lss only little more than
gfease aEesnt IRE classed fl The
Lunacy commission raports 50
sa1cohplica.' this percentage showing
w 81 praeegcaily the same I'll ovag
he IImIsad etasea, according 10 the
Hak6ek ApnslabIa census reports.
za8 psrnenkags os general Increase.
Eh lore. anaon@ those whose minds
Maapa without tha aid OE too fire.
guest association With the s.cup that
cheers. viii scon sat up the change
tkas would rs mads. even e tie IL
coAolics we're totally eliminated. and
sk geCslpes Cor private distiiliug
Which aEs being PASSED shout over
ne sallmin@ rails ard across hss glossy
alaag tnsaa days indicate that the
alcoholics Won't 30 eliminated entirely
ak lsask
New Onas Eaeh Tear
inssad states census reports show
sAak 81 public ana private hospitals |
rad sanAkOriHEns oil over the country,
aa average De more than 10000 mex ]
m nke ara admitted each yeaE. There |
axs shout gsn per cent 81 thsse not IN
a permanently. nor temporarily. /
rem drug addiction OF alcoholism |
&c gaka0 81 discharges to nnHnbes Of /
nader Eeeasment n n0w less
aasa i 10 At
Aa a0 come good naathenask cian,
With notAlng else To DO. can ngnra ont
AAAse pecaAtagSa of increase, relate /
a 10 TIE psFcantage Oe incraase ID /
tl0a, get sozae figures from TIE
loon League on how many 1
8eals. who ere craxy oxsr booze now.
silE bs exrsa after guly ], and then
sac 0Ns che axack day and daae ON i
vteh kha whela country win he hug
oms aaElaA VIII DO the last i
sstEy. los insanity percentages arc
AeK elasvsere chan here
Ii viii probably 30 found thsn that.
en tAa nalllsnnlun b due. and i
ana ncaahaviam aEid HlfbnaEera
ansasn forever, khe time viii arrive
@ svafyona ID be CRAZY. These Ng-
ras Will naoat probably lend great
gaTt 90 tho advocate DE TIA theory 4
Esmg smemmik9 "a amEw relative. that sh@ 4