| Show I TllESTATENSANEAYLUM The Territorial Legislature In IBS passed an act providing for the erection erec-tion of an Insane asylum for the Territory Terri-tory of Utah making provisions for the selection of a site in one of four counties Salt Lake Weber Davis or Utah and appointed the following board of directors to select the site and take the necessary steps according to the provisions of the oct of the Legislature Legis-lature to erect thp n lum The committee com-mittee consisted of Warren N Dusen berry of Utah county Robert T Burton Bur-ton and John R Winder of Salt Lake county William W Burton of Weber county and James Dunn of Utah county with Gov Ell II 1 cccofilclo ty wih El Murray < 01c0 member of the board The first metIng met-ing of the board was held In Salt Lake City March 17 18SO and the board organized or-ganized a follows Robert T Burton president W N Dusenberry vice president and John R Winder secrets secre-ts ry L S Hills was elected treasurer The counties named in the act In one 0 of which the asylum should be located were afterward visited and several sites inspected On August 4 1881 the board decided to locate the asylum In Utah county ami thepresent site was celected Land was purchased and other details completed and on September Sep-tember 17 1SS1 the following building committee was appointed W N Du senberry W R Smith and oh R Winder and work vas commenced on getting the grounds in readiness excavating ex-cavating etc that year and the building build-ing was commenced In 18S2 I OPENED FOR PATIENTS Tho asylum was opened for the reception re-ception of patients July 20 18S3 Its location at the foot of the mountains about a mile east of the city commands com-mands n fine view of the valley and all the surroundings are beautiful and salubrious No efforts have ben npared to make It an Ideal l home for those who by reason of mental ailment pent need a quiet and comfortable place apart from their ffellowmen where thy can receive the care and attention necessary to restoration of their mental faculties And In its prevent condition It Is 0 credit to the State and to those who have been from the beginning and are now connected The net d with Its management buildings grounds etc have cost th t State nearly 100000 THE NAME Medical Superintendent Hardy Is not favorably Impressed with the official name of the Institution Utah State insane asylum He favors the term State menial hospital as being more I expressive of the purpose for which the Institution was established home for the treatment and restoration of those afflicted with mental diseases t10se new name is also less unpleasantly antly suggestive to patients and their relatives and it is now being used on the letter heads and other stationery of the hospital The doctor is hopeful t1e of favorable action toward making Stitc mental hospital the official name In support of the propriety of such a change he points to similar changes recently made in Nevadaand Idaho recnt mao NUMBER OF PATIENTS The hospital now has about three hundred and twenty patients the sexes beIng equally represented I than women greater number of men I g and ar admitted more men recover nmltcd more die than women Four hundred and seven have been treated during the past year The hospital now has room for 350 although a larger number can 101 accommodated The past year has been remarkably favorable so far a general health conditions are concerned I con-cerned and with the additional room soruced by the erection of the two new cottages and the improvements constantly con-stantly being made looking to the comfort I com-fort and convenience of the patients therQ is no reason why this desirable condition should not continue to exist The discharge rate a also been higher high-er than ever before j TH TREATMENT The patients when received aro examined ex-amined and thelr symptoms and peculiarities pe-culiarities studied and they are then classified and placed in the ward or department containing patients with like tendencies to themselves and are lko changed a their condition may demand This classification Is to a or Justify cassH3Lon lhlu great extent such C may be termed social such as would bo made and Is made outside a this Institution the violent and noisy being placed In one ward another class denominated intermediate in-termediate In another the aged and infirm in-firm or senllcs in another and the convalescents In a ward by themselves These divisions Insure so far as possible pos-sible the association of those who will live agreeably together The wards are cglcnbly scrupulously clean the smoothly polished pol-ished floors the clean comfortable beda tho the spotless walls and the cleanliness of the patients personal leave nothing to be desired and no Improvement leoe in this direc provement seems possible tion Many of the patients ornament their rooms with pictures and rand r-and take great pleasure In their neat nnl n HC There are of course many patients received who arc incurable and their medical treatment consists In u supervision super-vision of their general health tis in a thelr community outside of the hospital Those who are considered curable arc given such medical treatment as the nature of their allllotlon demands and tho manifestation of their mental derangement de-rangement observed and studied and the treatment given them Is directed to the end of restoring them to a normal mental condition The institution has a library and papers and magazines D are provided for the patients Services aro held in chapel every Sunday conducted con-ducted by the churches In the city Entertainments I En-tertainments are also given In the chapel Thursday evening of each week consisting of lancing and musical and literary exercise checkers and other games These sociables are frequently uttcndod by vIsitors and are enjoyed by them WH well OH by the patients I Special attention is given to providing the necessary exorcise for the patients and in the Hummer they frequently tjtho walk In tho surrounding coun tko try accompanied by attendants In the winter the outdoor exorcise Is principally prin-cipally coivflncd to courts especially constructed for this purpose c Complete reports of tho condition of each patient are made by tho attendants attend-ants on blanks prepared for that purpose pur-pose which arc presented to the medi cal superintendent each morning In addition to these reports of tho attendants at-tendants tho nlghtwatch also marks c w report of cacti ward under his supervision super-vision for each hour of the night vhloh is left in tho medical superintendents office every morning The method of distributing tho food to the pstijnts lias been improved during dur-ing the past year by a system of chocking chock-ing which prevents any waste and ilso at once calls attention to any deficiency de-ficiency qunllty In quantity or inferiority in qUJlty Dr Had Is high In his praise of the employees for the Interest they take In their work and their pride in the institution insti-tution and Ite proper management The work is mart perfectly ystematlred and tho Intelligent cooperation of the large corps ot employees cauls hoI ho-I hospital to bo conducted HS smoothly end methodically us U largo und well managed biwlnes concern THE COST The cost of moJntiUnlnB the hospital is borne by tho SUte with the exception excep-tion of very mail Amounts received for the care and tre tm < nt ot patent who have property which can b used for defraying the exp D connected with the owners stay In tho hospital Tho IbLtuZt In lot upprj > nrlated 4DCVO for eirv ind treatment tor the year liI anl I11 mill r Kurnt ware appro nitcJ for imprp mtnts re4 pairs etc but under the term care and pair treatment all the running expenses salaries fuel etc such as slares provisions etc aro Included The cost to the State per capita for each days maintenance of patients was 105 the first year 1SS5 At that time 10 there was no income from orchard and other productive sources and garden or productve conveniences for economically administering conomcl istering the affairs of the institution were not as many an today and there a wer were not so many patients which also tended to make the cost of caring for comparatively high Since each ono hlgh that time thero has been a gradual decrease de-crease in cost of maintenance In 1S09 the cost was 32 15 and in lO 31710 wa cents per capital I will be about the same this year and It I is believed the minimum of expense consistent with the comfort and welfare of the patients pa-tients has been reached Two points tents presenting themselves In are always preenting themsclves the consideration of any question affecting af-fecting Improvements or changes In the hospital they are first the greatest benefit to the patient and second a just economy lo the State The splendid splen-did condition eonomy of the hospital in the matters mat-ters of order cleanliness and comfort and an Inspection of tho kitchen and bakery where a wholesome and gener Ious I-ous supply of food Is dally prepared and distributed to the large family of inmates and on the other hand a Inmate reference to the cost less than 32 cents cost would indi per day for each person cate that the two points aro kept as nearly balanced as Is possible IMPROVEMENTS This year two new buildings detached de-tached wards have been erected at the bock of the main building at a cost te 18000 The surroundings of these buildings arc pleasant and healthful They are most comfortably furnished and it Is the intention to have them occupied oc-cupied by convalescent patients and with those suffering from the milder types of insanity This will give opportunity oppor-tunity for further classifying the patients pa-tients and H relieve the somewhat crowded condition in some oft the wards In the large building I will also give an opportunity for practical demonstration of the relative value of the cottage method of caring for the cotase Insane compaT vlwlth the olTsyst6m of caring for a largo number In one building The cottage system is gaining gain-Ing greatly In favor with alienists and Dr Hardy is of the opinion hat It is preferable the old method and it Is probable that future additions to the Institution will be in the shape of detached de-tached wards The new buildings will be occupied on the first of the your one by women and one by men They will accommodate twentyfive patients each Largo stone steps have also been built at each end of the administration building at a cost of about 1800 bul a Other Improvements have been made and repairs are constantly kept up In order to maintain everything connected with the Institution at the point of tho highest convenience and efficiency FARM AND GARDEN The State O r 740 aces of land occupied oc-cupied and used by 1 tho hospital divided di-vided as follows Site lawn and vales 7 acres garden 2L acres orchard and small fruits 7 acres hay alfalfa 30 acre pasture lowland 35 acres pa ture highland CIO acres The highland high-land pasture is situated on the mountain moun-tain side cast of the hospital The remainder re-mainder of the land used for pro ductlye purposes is in a high state of cultivation and produces the fruit and vegetables used by the institution The hay used for feeding the horses and cows Is also raised on the ground The hospital has a fine herd of Jersey cows and conducts a firstclass dairy which supplies the necessary milk and butter for the largo number of Inmates and attendants and also < a large poultry poul-try yard Tho products of the dairy orchard garden and hennery not only greatly reduces the expense of maintenance main-tenance to the State but provides a better and more varied diet than could be supplied 1C all these articles had to bo bought In the market The products I pro-ducts from the farm dairy orchard and hennery for the year aro valued at C02635 or an average of 1889 per capIta cap-Ita I of Inmates A great portion of the work In the garden and orchard and on the farm Is done patients under the supervision of the employees of the Institution Many of them are greatly benefited by I outdoor employment and enjoy tho work and take aa much pride in having tho work properly done a many of our citizens do In attending to their private affairs This I1 I also truo in regard re-gard to other employments In the various vari-ous departments ot the institution About DO per cent of the patients are marked employed in the tables arranged ar-ranged for keeping u history of each case but this does not mean that that percentage Is employed In productive labor Some will only care for his or her room and others only for their clothing and person but this work Is specified and credited as employment WAGES PAID i There are fOrt two people employed as attendant and In tho various departments de-partments of the Institution This salaries are certainly not excessive Men attendants are paid 30 pe month and women attendants 1C per month Hero also is defen bhe arinllcatlon nf tHf theory that work done by a woman o JLs wpmtnnj not worth as much a tho mme work1 performed by a man The work of tho woman attendant Is harder and more difficult than that of the attendant In the menG wards Women patients are more difficult to direct and control than men and It requires more attention and labor to maintain the high standard oC personal cleanliness required in cases of women patients who are uncleanly In their habits than with men patients of the same class THE OFFICERS The general supervision of the hospital hos-pital now rests with the Board of Insane In-sane Asylum Commissioners provided for by tho State Constitution consisting consist-ing of the Governor the State Treasurer Treasur-er and the State Auditor These gen tlement meet regularly once a month to Inspect tho institution hear reports from tho superintendent audit accounts ac-counts and generally to do such busl ncsaaa a board of directors of a hank or other large financial or Industrial Institution In-stitution would transact The secretary sere tary of the board Is Charles De Molsy and Joseph T Farrcr the treasurer Medical Superintendent M 1 Hardy haa tho Immediate supervision and control of all the affairs of the Institution Institu-tion locally In which ho is assisted by the steward Mr W R H Paxman M II GRAHAM |
