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Show NEW RECORD OF PATIENTS BEING KEPT A new photographic record of all patients of the stnte mental hospital has been installed at the Institution, acording to Dr. Frederick Dunn, superintendent. The new method of keeping data on the patients is complete in every detail and a photograph of each patient is made a part of the record. rec-ord. The installation of this system sys-tem has taken much effort on the part of the hospital staff and should prove of great value in the conduct of the affairs of the institution. I In his monthly report to the state hoard of insanity Dr. Dunn points out that with a net increase of 17 patients making a total of 790, the new high record of patients under care and treatment was reached during dur-ing march. There were three deaths at the Institution during the month of March, the causes of which were as follows: Excaustion of the insane, 1; senility, 1, and exhaustion-alcoholic psychosis, 1. "Worfk on the hospital farm is well under way many of the earlier crops having been planted and some already up. Additional trees, plants and vines have been planted at various places about the grounds, the report states. |