Show TilE STATE ASYLlUIrt 1I 1 I The sixteenth asylum rem beginning December 11800 wife ushered In undermost under-most pleasing and favorable auspices The day before was imonksgiving and the three hundred inmates or guests us they are locally and familiarly termed had Joyously partaken of the bounteous supplies represented by tho I following menu for the day Note The Asylum yenr begins Deccm I ber 1st and ends November SQlh I Oyster Soup Broad and Butter Steamed Potatoes I Coffee lite Celery Chicken Soup Turnips wllli Cream Buttermilk Stowed Chicken > Squash Pic Iloasl Duck Tapioca Pudding Cheese Gingerbread Tea Apple Pears The buoyant effect of this feasting carried them gleefully Into the peaceful peace-ful night to uwukttwUh words and fragmentary song Yor gratitude and gladness on the morning of Friday December De-cember 1st the opening of the new asylum asy-lum term Oh we are lute a great family the underlying ihoirghl being to establish and maintain in time full meaning of time term u homelike feeling of privilege privi-lege comfort and contentment jusl ua far us individual ayprcclutlon will war rnnt goodnaturedly exclaimed the superintendent whim asked how It was possible to have such an orderly cheerful cheer-ful responsive community all apparently appar-ently acting In the tin mo purposeful direction di-rection Another Interesting and striking feature fea-ture characterizing thc new year Is the fact that every Inmate without a single sin-gle exception vas > phyalcally well as the expression Is commonly used on the morning of the hat of December and capable of eating I his and her wonl cd regular meals a I Another practical phase an an Important I Impor-tant factor in tho genoiiil health status I IK lie persistent outdoor life in the form of walks CXOVCPCS und promo nudes in the upon air on tho grounds and surroundings of the InallliKlon well up Into Dccemboi also the picking pick-ing of small fruit and other oxcrclsss In garden orchard fields and hillside each In its proper time utilizing the beautiful sunny clays und inukliyg actual I ac-tual time outdoor life nil far us poeal bio These all have contributed to the successful closing of ihe old and propitious pro-pitious opening of the new asylum year renl1I11 another polont factor In making the beginning of the now year moro than usually Interesting IH the circumstance circum-stance of Its being a new quarter whon the regular quarterly reports < lIe IH ruod promptly one for orch Inmate and sent lo I every authorized correspondent corre-spondent friend or relative thus bringing bring-ing nl once and prnrtlcally all puts of the I Stale Into Intelligent and kindly touch with the asylum and making positive pos-itive the wellnigh Ideal condition or picture of the Inside life of the entire population of the Insllluilon Those nrlntod reports prepared with HO much thought and care while they carry directly I di-rectly to all points of the Stale a high roinpllmenl to the orderly and disciplinary J I disci-plinary character of the mental hospital hos-pital are nevertheless strikingly practical and deservedly high In nil that enters Into the essentials of their upeclflcailoiuj t And yllll mother and most gratify 1 ing churucterlHlIc marking the opening of tho new asylum year already emphasized empha-sized Is the uniformly high acrvlcevul in of the attendants Going to nellhor extreme of young and Inexporlviibcil on the one bund or old and HOI nllhp other tin mttuugfnjont 1 hue tarftfrilbs Judiciously and I surroBsfuTly < worked to the establishment of this desirable and essential condition namely a class of companionable attendants of intormo dlale nge progressive attainments devotion de-votion to their work love for the patients pa-tients and loyalty to the educational Institution that they all recognize Is doing so much us a working unit for the benefit of the increasing population for which 11 was intended The orklng formula namely the service value of an attendant Is measured by the com pletoicss of the employment enlertaln menl of his pallents during their workIng work-Ing hours has been applied with most gratifying results The measure of the success of the I management of a hospital for Insane Is I Identical l with the measure of good or benefit bestowed upon and received by the pallonlh directly or Indirectly as the Individual case Is related to restoration res-toration or amelioration And when the double proposition of 1 the hlghoHl possible Individual benefit to the pallenl and t2 conscientious regard I re-gard for the Just economy to the StatcI Is studiously and continuously met it will bo seen that the Inteltloual anal Vfclorocal value of the asylum to time rlllzens of the Stall Is Ifglllmniely maintained It Is a source of Just prlUc I as well as a merited commendation to I note that our State usjlum today Is I fulfilling ful-filling these high and sacred require in en u flue medical statistics show lint at the beginning of the year December ist there were In actual attendance 145 men uiul HO women or a total of 201 as against 136 men and 137 women or u total of 273 at the beginning of the year previous During the year IS men und 117 women or a total of S5 persons have been admitted malting a total of SOS under care and treatment as against 350 last year PIt two per cent of those received during the year have been discharged A careful estimate shows that between twenty and twentyfive patients will probably bt discharged within this present quarter So syslomullcully Is the work of care and treatment t cairled on that despite the multiplied and varied phases ages conditions degrees de-grees and causes met with a largo percentage per-centage are continuously discharged many being restored some Improved und blnuigc us Il may appear to some people some return homo not only as well US before their mental Illness causing caus-ing their commitment but actually holler hol-ler than they ever were before Thin Is true of that class who requiring a strict environment adapted l to them pcrnlsUonllv till their reason Is restored I take advantage of this carefully adapted adapt-ed environment which hint been anew education to them and apply It In their after lives I Lime health status has boon phenomenally phenome-nally high Not a single Instance of a contagious disease linn occurred rho death rate has boon less than Iho average aver-age Since from the t standpoint of the Sanitarian tho sickness rate Is of for Rravor import than the death rule It IB Intensely Interesting at this time to know Hint nl limo opening of the now asylum year not a single cane of illness Ill-ness In the sense of being sick In god existed and Hint I what are called sick roopis In each division of the asylum r are In use so very little that locally they are now spoken of as woll room I I ISmnloymcnt or enterlalnmcnl of the patients In contrast with Idleness and I dHtructlvonccs l has been employed If possible still inoio than ever before I so thai the tubluH Illustrating the employed em-ployed or entertained run higher correspondingly cor-respondingly reaching this year SG per com of the entire population of the hsyluni Aft will bo seen these employ nwiH oxIUbitB while they give a I prac ifiul tit l < a + of the general status of all tho I patients Hw also oxompllfy very fully the auuul qualification of the ai t I tendanls on the principle of services service-s value as shown else hereOf here-Of the classes of Insanity represented by tho admissions for the year Just passed mania stands first melancholia second and delusional class third in point of numbers Of the causes physical phy-sical injury stands first heredity second sec-ond alcoholism third and epilepsy fourth The months of April May and July furnish the highest numbers of admissions admis-sions I i The months of August October nnd I November give the highest numbers of I discharges l Of the decedents during the year sc nlllty and general debility claim thc highest number exhaustion from opt I leptic mania second apoplexy third The classes of Insanity represented by the decedents are Mania melancholia melan-cholia and dementia each an equal number Of those admitted during the year Beaver county sent 2 Box Elder 1 Cache 2 Carbon I Grand 1 Juab 3 Morgan 1 Salt Lake 31 Sanpuio 1 Sovler 1 Summit 5 Tooele 3 Utah 16 Washington 1 Weber 10 Of the eightyfive admissions luring the year fiftythree wore born In this country and thirtytwo were born In foreign lands The nationality stands thus Americans 52 Danes 1 I English 11 Finn 2 French 2 German 2 Irish 1 Italian 1 Mexican 1 Norwegian Scotch I Swede 5 Slsg 1 Of the improvemenlsMnay be men tioned the now metal piping from the Oak spring to the reservoir completion of sewer connecting the asylum with the city system repairing boiler tubes making the three boilers practically us good as new radiators placecl In employees em-ployees rooniu entire roof gone over by llnsmlth and two coats of paint by painters making the roof belter than It has over boon I The immense Iron smokestacks have been painted extensive and successful I i underdralnage of a portion of the farm making valuable land heretofore comparatively valueless continuation ot time hillside grading valuable Im provements on the barns as well us continued Inside minor Improvement The entire buildings and appointments are thus kept up which la u point of I great interest and Importance Happy Christmas presents and greet Ings and New Years HilluUllona whim nil thai makes up thc winter holidays U1U1UB arc studiously provided for I |