Show OCCUPATION TION AS A ACURE AE E CURE FOR INSANE Annual Report of Alienist Sub Submitted Submitted Submitted of State Mental Hospital MINIMUM EXPENSE BILLS INMATE INMATES KEPT BUSY AND BENE BENEFITED BY THEIR iU n Is the leading 1 curative fac tur tui in the Ille ill treatment of the insane Inns In aDt ac ae according according cording to I Dr D H Calder the noted ah rust at the Head of the state mental Hospital at Provo who submitted his anotol an un annual nual i p poi it L to Governor Spry and the thel L i l hard INard Superintendent nt Calder has hat kept the In Inmates mates s of his IMS hospital busy bus with improve improvements I ments n repairs pairs cleaning gardening and I work thereby increasing the number umbel II oi of f cures eures raising the standard of health and awl minimising the cost coat of main maln I Alt Non In n and women have be bt ben n enough to do to keep p their minds l i them more mire cheerful ano t iving th in u li I sj ss time fo to for reflection The rise ise given all Inmates of the j w wA 11 r are art able to move about Idad il t 10 th cleanliness t sunlight whole M v ni me tool food t have contributed d dI to I the ueral health of oC the community ti u tar car Ill ending November oember 30 1909 1 th hrc re Ti h i l hen en no cases ca e of contagious die i id no accidents Also there were n mi est Hel i peg ell flit Ill ear ending November 90 30 1908 the theL finds I i L i i dud tod covered by this report men and Ni 1 men at the hospital bo even women and 79 t 9 men were ad during that period 61 were die d dl i l and of this number S II men IDeR and an I 8 men were shown bOWD to be recovered Nine t i n 11 women and 11 men showed Improve in nt and were sent home as nt Mt The Increase over the population po t 1 the end of November LOB 1908 was 28 luring During I he the year ear 21 1 women and M men mea LeI Two of those who passed away awa r r between the agee age of 85 G and aDd 90 years Ex Exp naas Are re Low LowI fL I 11 I f report show bow a proud record in the i 1 of Despite the advance jn in oust at of foodstuffs the die loss lose of fruit d luring n mK the year the dally daily cost per capita i t manned at 38 cents cen i the same acme as In the tu 11 The total amount of ot money ncy spent during the year was 11 51 P 13 IT Ur 1 t alder points point to the work on the ii I h n gI louse the toe ice and cold storage i l i nt II t the che building of a new waterworks stem and other Improvements Much of ii i the tho work has haB be b hen m n done by Inmates of oft the t 11 hospital and there has bas been a great suing saving The number of employee at the institution was kept at a minimum be beus beus ruse us d f t the help by patients The Ill he new water system involves a great deal Ueal de l I of ot Kork ork rk The water In Slate can yn mi 11 tl three ree miles away has baa been appropriated 1 for use at the t e hospital and this rill ill be b piled to the th institution This will WIllI I L i t better b fire tire protection and greater I i swe e for tor all work The i ne city council of ProVo Prove has ordered ti U i construction eo of ot a new sewer running 1 R the front of ot the hospital It will willi i o t 1 3 sloe K to connect with the new sewer ml hd J ll Dr Di Calder believes that this expense j i because it will solve a exa vexatious and wont cost coat much Heretofore the sewage wace from the hospital h spital has bas been run Into the drams drains and luring a period the pipes be bei bea i a i menacing g the thc health of oft t t h neighborhood TI legislature has lias provided for tor a de del 1 l ru went for tor epileptics and 1 commonly known as feeble n le Dr Calder had urged this th action mi 1 n 1 Ita Ina Is incumbency at the hospital and andt t fi Ute state lawmakers finally gave him an ani i r ii The alienist t felt that it itI ita MI a I n bordering on 00 criminal to 1 t i let fet f and epileptics with tit the sane and all who harp hav ba been tram 1 i JT nM r to Ui the new department have haTe Im be 3 ned iced wonderfully 1 Condition Cod Deplored 1 i 11 h i alder further calls caUs attention to a ii fact as all follows The commitment to this of 1 helpless senile persons contla us s This should not be so BO Society to Is toi i it t 1 In la the slightest danger from these 1 i sons Ison and aDd there is no nb prospect of their 1 ing irig greatly y benefited here Apparently the t I only object of friends and aDd relatives In ID omitting them to this hospital to is to UK ure for f them theoa a home at the expense t 1 f the ate shifting a bU ity These persons persona pI n should be cared for at atI I home or at the county infirmary No recommendations are contained in inthe Inthe inthe the report for the they will be held up until next year vear The Tb recommendations are re remade made for the members of the legislature and the next session is so 80 far tar off Dr Calder thinks if he makes mal es them now they the themay may be forgotten |