Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-03-25 | Page 12 | Governor Aims to Stop Public Evil

Governor Aims to Stop Public Evil Patients Are Sent to Hospital for Insane Who Do Not Be-long1 Be-long1 There. Gov. Cutler Is talcing steps to break up tho practlco of county officials In this Stato who let their charges becomo charges of tho State. Several Inmates of tho Stato mental hospital at Provo ought simply to bo cared for In tho county poor-houses. poor-houses. Tho Governor sent out letters to all the District Attorneys of the State on tho subject. sub-ject. Thoy aro requested to bo present in person n't every insane, hearing and to see that no person Is sent to the insane hospital hos-pital who In not a lit per on to be there. Ono case In particular has been called to the attention of the Governor by Superintendent Su-perintendent Hardy. IUIs tbat of a blind girl who Is not In the least mentally unbalanced. un-balanced. Her blindness makes her a llltlo peculiar In a few respects. She In-slstn In-slstn In staying In tho corner of a room, ps she Is afraid to go out In tho mlddlo through fear of falling. Sho ought to bo educated at the School for tho Blind. Thoro nro many others who ought to be Inmates of tho county poorhouses. In many districts, tho Third Included, when the District Attorney Is too busy with his private practice, It has been the rulo for him to deputize one of the assistant assist-ant county sittorneys to represent tho State at tho insane examinations. Tho county oftlclals do not caro particularly whether tho Eo-callcd patient ought to bo a candldnto for the poorhonso or other Institutions; In-stitutions; they allow them to bo committed com-mitted to Provo. In addressing the District Dis-trict Attorneys, the Governor Intends to stop this custom. Ho asks thoso officials to bo present In person nt the examinations examina-tions so thnt no person Is committed to the mental hospital who ought not to be.