Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-05-05
Our State Institutions.

State penal, charitable and correctional
institutions for the quar- cndinr
March 81. 1921. During the same
period in 1920 the population was A.
/ 4l6 in the State institutions which is
according to a report issue1 by tho
/ Safe Board IF Control, an increase
this year y: -.
| Of all the State institutions, the
population of the penitentiary has in
creased more than any. There is an
increase Of so in this institution. There
is now a population in this institution
of 9O7 The number of tuberculosis
patients in the tuberculosis sanitariumS
| has increased p over the previous
year. There are now l7S persons in
the tuberculosis sanitariums.
The population of the State hospitals
! for the insane, feeble minded, cpl
leptics and drug addicts now totals p
470, as compared with 2,497 the pre-
vious year, or a decrease of II. The
population in the industrial school foI
boys now totals 400, OF a decrease Of
seven over 1920. The population in
the industrial home for girls now totals
l04, or an increase of nine over 1920.
At the State penitentary 10 have
been admitted since the first of the year,
eight of whom are women. Since this
time 80 have been discharged, six of
whom are women. On March 81 the
total population was 907. The average
daily population fer the first quarter
totaled 8S7, 46 of whom were women
There are two persons on parole at
present, one woman and one man. OF
the total population now in the peniten>
tiary, Al federal prisoners are included
The persons admitted to the hos
pitfalls for the insane, including Weston,
Spencer and Huntington, total lis and
those discharged ll6. In these in
situations there were 2,47O persons
March 81. The average daily popua-
ton in these institutions has been B.
$40 persons during the first quarter
of 1921. Of the total population in
these three institutions 1901 are in
sane, 7S9 of which are women and 1912
men. There are 404 feeble minded per-
sons in these institutions, ESQ epilep-
tics, nine drug addicts and 964 on pa
role
In the emergency hospitals at WEIGH,
Mckendree and Fairmont, BOA have
been admitted and 297 discharged since
the first of the year. The number os
persons in the hospitals March 3lst
totaled 1873, with an average daily
population Of 100.
: total of "a boys were admitted to
the industrial school at Grafton and
eight girls were admitted to the in.
, dustrial home at Industrial. Four
boys and eight girls were discharged
, from their respective schools. The
population of the boys school March
, 81, totaled 400, while at the pirIs,
school it was l04. The average dailv
| population at the boys school was BOG
with 694 on parole The average
daily population at the girls school
wv Will % VII pdIOlc.
twenty-five persons were admitted
to the tuberculosis sanitarium At
Terra Alta the first quarter of 1921
twenty persons were discharged from
this sanitarium with, an average daily
population of 152.
AT the colored tuberculosis sanitar-
lum, at Denmar, four were admitted,
and IL discharged There were %
persons there on March 3lst The
average daily population during th,
hrst quarter is little more than Is.
Iwenty-nine were admitted to the
children's home at Elkns, and five
were discharged On March 81 tber,
were "a children in this home and an
average daily population of IS.
In the West Virginia schools for
deaf and blind at Romney ITS have
been admitted and one DISCHARGED
On March 81, there we're 374 persons
IN this school. The average dailv
population during the first Quarter
was 275.
Likes Long Names.