Show WHAT IS NEEDED AT MENTAL HOSPITAL Dr D. D H. H Calder Will Wi Ask Legislature Legislature Legis Leois- o f lature for New Women's 5 I Building S II Annual AFFAIRS 11 Keport IN Just ISI F FINE Submitted SHAPE lo to time tho I Governor Go Go Shows Excellent Man Maim Jun- Jun S u of or Institution t 4 f WH AT TJ TIIE STATE L IBl f HOSPITAL b JJ XE NEEDS US f 4 Nine thou thousand uHl dollars for v nu t 4 to contain baths tolf tol- tol I f- f lets and amid closet Ct t for female pa- pa f ff j c S f 4 Three and dollars for CO f 4 I automatic stokers for fO boiler t 4 4 I hou house e. e I EI Eight hl hundred dollars for lot re- re lC- lC t 4 tf j f- f placing ahin airing court f- f Money for CO general repairs repair to lo lof f s damaged I by ind S i t storm 11 44 4 4 Pro I for alterations In In- t tf 4 f side of ur present buildings s I Ihle B Uy ily l Armstrong Arm trou Provo Pro Dec De 13 L Laying Laying the foundation foun bun mInimums dation daton for what may develop into a state Institution for the ti-ic minded feeble Dr Di D. D H. H Calder Caldor superintendent of the State Stale Mental Menial hospital submitted an admirable annual report to tho the hospital board at its year end m meeting cUng yesterday In his hiM report which Is now In the hands of Governor Cutler Cuter Dr Calder alder mado made recommendation aton for l' l legislative appropriation for tho the good goodof 1 of or the Institution and also so called caned at attention at- at f to the fact tact that man many feebleminded feebleminded feeble feeble- 1 compelled to as associate as- as minded persons arc aCe c r with the the active Insane Insane- whereas their environment sl should ull not I bo be the same as a the tho environments en OC or those those- who aro nio In a n fair wa way l to remain mentally unbalanced unbalance for tor the tho teat iest ot or their thou lives S S In Iii lv making hl his annual report for CO forthe J the year ending Nov No 30 3 1006 1 06 Dr Di s Calder Caider brings out this Important point L des desire re i lo at I o hoN tI lm l- l m Increasing lt number bJ bf 9 lo dt ic persons person coming coming- each ear year ear to o tho ho liOsI hos liOs- I pital These Thee as a mm rule rulo arc rC c capable lo loor S of or f beIng educated and should have I lip of suitable advantage nd o and arid be given an on for tor the tho development de of or their retard retarded tl S intellect that the they may be s self su porting and take their places In tho time r community instead of ot remaining remaining- in mental darkness and becoming becominG permanent per per- ler- ler manent residents of r an asylum They rho should be bo provided for tor separate and and apart from the Insane and under entirely on- on treb different environments en I think the state Mate should strain a point and ane do Its Is duty by this most important class clas and provide for its Jt proper care We Ve have ha now noW at least seventeen feebleminded feebleminded feeble feeble- minded sons persons who arc are worthy atthe of at the best efforts the state can cn put forth Corth S More Senile Senie The number of ot old feeble helpless senile senne persons admi admitted led each year Is Increasing The Tho relatives es frien friends friends' s elt city town or county from rein which the thc they conic coma come should make suitable arid and all comfortable com corn provision pro for this very cr worthy worth class clas elsewhere From necessity th the has been management of the hospital ha compelled to decline admission to sonic some of this class who iho require only custodial care There was of this thiM class cla admitted an old oiti la lady y SG 86 years of ot age so so feeble feebie she could scarcely walk wale and was wis' wis carried Into the time hospital b by the i on heem olier accompanying her The commitment com corn papers papers declared her dangerous 51 to be at large The rhe hospital is for the tho recent active acute cla class the principal principal pal object being being to give earl early relief relict an and provide pro recreation and amid not a home for the feeble senile senie harmless chronic chron chlon i ic Ie cases caes which should by all al means moans I 1 Ibe be le provided for tom separate and amul apart apar from the Inne Insane The The lives Hv s of o seventeen persons have havo been ruined because they have ha no hetI hotter hot bet I ter association than with the hopelessly hopeless hopeless- Ily ly insane 5 Dr Calder alder says AYS there thore have ha been Jeen S 'S I minded feeble ed persons In Inthe II Ii t the tho state hospital during the tho year ear and und Co tom for I each one ho could hold out hope q- q if it only there was a chance to fan the feeble spark of r a mind Into Inlo a a. name lame o of Intellect Alienists Alienist tell ten us that tho tIme minded feeble are arc great reat mimics that th they thuy apo ao actions and und Cot copy from ruin others i When science discovered that that a feeble minded person waa was a capable mimic t there came cam camp this the segregation of or the j minded feeble ed from roam the insane The rime same same- treatment was not accor accorded ed both They were divided into separate and distinct cla classes s and Instead of or beIng being be be- J In Ing subjected to the time every day life Ifo of tho the Insane the they were ere taken into moro more j enlightening environments tn where tho j sunlight of or reason was Into i their soul soul Other stat which have InI in- in 1 I for em the minded feeble turn turnout turnout out large largo number of or graduates gm each ach year year whole whole in In mind and body re restored re- re stored to reason filled with wih ambition S Samid an and amid now life Vii Why h not do it I In Utah Where Thele Is the time companion of or S a great gret It tf for Us Its Is p people Where is time the connection connection con con- of the time bond of human sympathy sym ty pathy paUlY between the time strong lg In mind ind Ud body hody and amid the Iho weak weale I on 01 Iu In lit the time county Infirmaries of the tho state there theiu are inmates who have become become be- be f come n a burden who havo have been tendered rendered tender render ed helpless by old ago ago There are arc also indigent young persons whose minds 1 were never no er given an opportunity tom for development development Instead of caring for tor these 1 person and amid attempting to better better better bet bet- ter their conditions it H I is cu customary tomary for fO the Ow authorities to have them adjudged adjudged ad ad- judged insane before a competent court and committed lo to the state stale mental mental mental men men- tal hospital Worse still When han an un old man or an aim Continued on page pago t two I SS S A 1 S i tJ Ct J 1 1 f. f WHAT IS NEEDED AT MENTAL HOSPITAL 1 Continued from lom IK page KO one i J. J oi old woman becomes a n t lJur burden cn about th house when their day a of ot physical I usefulness e s is is' prone gone nn and the they are aro bor- bor on th the period of second childhood childhood child child- hoo hood they thoy are arc taken before a n. court an and sent to to Provo The testimony of or I I their their children children and of those who were theli closest t friends sends them here I The Tio commitment papers say gay th they y arc ni-c dangerous when as ns a matter of or fact they are arc too weak to harm a 1 kity kit kit- y ten Imagine the tho surprise then of or the management of tho the State Mental Menial hospital hos- hos hosI I i pital nal when thc they saw an ai old woman I more mOle years of or age being beluS' carried Into the We Institution She fell from the tho seat scat upon which she sho was as placed nn and Yet et the commitment con papers pa pa- pers read that she hc was va dangerous danger laner- laner ous Her own o daughter testified as to the thc dun ous crolls things the old oil woman 4 Imd d done lc or Of the tho seventeen 8 all were cre shot sho eel ed into tho the State Mental hospital hos hos- pital because C no one would care for fm k them Thc They ha had out outgrown Iown their usefulness use use- and nd I lJ become LOrne a charge upon ulion the state Thc They mingle with the hopelessly hope hope- l lessly nn ami neglected lJ by their w people the last spark of or reason dies lies and the they de degenerate tc from feebleminded feeble feeble- I minded into incurably insane unless the management of the hospital can c effect a u cure d against aln l the overwhelm overwhelm- lug ing odds Yet Dr Calder is making progress 1 and naad ls hi gradually gi developing developing- the lie minds of f those who are committed ti to his cat care That Is Is h lui lie develops clops them if it there r. r is a chance fur for development C which is Ii very cry often ho the case cuse The report ma made c tOlla today ls hi a Ii credit to the lie institution Hud and to tu tIc the state Among other things It ft shows Y that hat on vu Nor o 9 1 1 there were SW pa- pa Hente of whom 19 were women and amI US S J men mell Dut tho year ear Ili patients 14 Jj It women and i 7 72 were admitted flue d I 1 i number under treatment was VaS r Si ZO the tho minimum 3 the lie avor average SiZ during luig the thc year ju Just t d. endi-d. During the y r fl ir the he Stale Slate Mental hos lios- pita pital discharged JOS persons of whom L 40 10 were wert women and amid f. f CS G were men This number Is eight c less than luau received or k nearly 1 rI n ns as s many were rf discharged lar d during t n r nit u car cai as is as received recel oi ur me time ills dis charges es 5 w 5 had red recovered 21 t had h hn- hn l- l f proved d and amid 1 i unimproved When hell senile dementia sets In and antl where the lie chance of reco er recovery Is remote the patient pa pa- tient lent may pass away awny at un any time hue and in hi the lilt oneil'S oies of time the four tour unimproved ed discharged the lie families have ha taken laken them away giving bond to the time court Ourt 1 o of if commitment for the proper care of the patients IJ o Twelve women and twenty three three III men en ranging In hi age from rota 25 Z to 9 W J died durIn dur dur- fl In ing the year The death rate rato was 7 I S per of time the whole number under treatment ti and ard in J jj the time percentage was C Gl CL L S S When hen hien ir r. r Calder COlin counted noses be be- be fore err making hits his report to time the board S Ji found tat flint there thuei-c were In the tho Institution tion on Nov 1 S J. J 1006 33 3 patients of S whom l lJ IH were women and mel ICO lW were S men or a dc decrease over o the year before S of- of 27 21 patients He n figured that 45 per percent C cent of or the patients laid had recovered l on the number of discharges of-discharges and anel deaths and looking back over 01 the yeni enl before core ho he found that per cent had S recovered 5 J There have been no I IJ a at nt the hospital and the general health was good In Jim the discharge of or patients ts as recovered reco Dr Cattier Calder ha has been very conservative e He that he succeeded succeeded suc suc- in transferring three male mal aliens two two to Italy and oneto England The They had he been n Insane before the they were deported deported de tie- ported from rein tho the old countr country and were brought Into the United States In S violation of or the Immigration laws Several Sev SC eral transients who were werd committed to the hospital were sent ent to their own states as 88 the time result 0 Dr Calders Calder's I inquiries n q ii in es S I Thirty nine patients have ha been re reported rc- rc ported as con convalescent and t now at th their lr homes on trial secured Utterly from the hospital tl through or orders orders or- or ders tiers of the tho courts o of They are arc enjoying the rest and freedom of their homes The old parole g system which Is now defunct was In Ineffective Sometimes patients were take 1 from rom the lie hospital tri their homes and LHer a a. time were ne neglected friends and bors making complaints con until patients pa pa- were return returned cd to the ho hospital S Before obtaining release se from the hospital hos hog pital the thc friends or family would have to 0 give Ive a a. bond guaranteeing proper care and attention r I Convalescent J j Dr Calders Calder's Idea idea 4 of or the lie convalescent con system in is ti along alon- the same line Une suggested u ge ted b by tIme the proposition Tho The patients are arc watched closely and f If It Jl ItIs Is found that there I Is a t chance of or rc re coYer covery they lher are arc sent homo home when tho the environments of the time Institution become depressing Many patients have gone to 10 complete recovery b by being released at just the proper moment and being given gl the proper propel care and attention a afterward Only halt half of or the counties in Utah Ulah S t patients t to tho the State Mental Io hospital during the year That doesn't mean that thai one half of Utah Ulah Is crazy and anel the theother theother other half haIr isn't for the lie immune counties counties counties coun coun- ties arc aro sc scattered all over o the tho state stale A list I of or the tho counties and number of or S p patients s s sent nt from froni each Is as follows h I of or 7 t i S Count County Men Mell n. n rot fol Beaver Bearer 2 1 3 S Hot Box 2 2 t 1 I Cache i 2 Carbon t i l l.-i l. I 1 D Davis ls 2 1 I Plute Piute t t. t 2 2 J u 2 S 1 3 I I Salt all all' Lake Z J-Z I J 33 41 48 jg I r i R li 2 7 j Summit 2 2 1 i 1 1 I 1 i 2 2 Utah Uta l. l j 3 S 7 Washington 1 I 1 n cur 17 8 23 1 I I s Totals lolah j 1 72 II t and 1 Dl h orce An Mu evidence c of tile the the the- fact that divorce does doets not unbalance the mind of woman ri fg in iii the statistics of or the lie civil relations of tile the inmates of or the hospital O Of tho the four forty women admitted durIn dur dur- In ing tho year car not one has been divorced S r rather a tidy boost for the tile divorce milL One divorced man is lIS among the thc lI list t of or unfortunates The table shows Men Women Tot Un Unmarried 12 42 0 9 PI Married Narried 8 21 13 J CO ro Widowed Ido 8 C G 1 11 14 Divorced DI 1 I 1 S Tot Totals ls 4 7 72 II lI r The business management of or the State Slate Mental hospital has lias been most economical eco fCO- eco eco- so much so 50 in fact that there has been a substantial reduction in lu ex- ex pi without curtailing the comforts of- of o the In inmates males The current expense u of the year ear ha has been Figuring on 0 tn n bath l of oC sr r. patients the thc average number It has cost coat the state n 21 for lor 1 CW i patient uti nL or a L year The cost per patient weekly ha has been The curS current current cur cur- S rent expenses for 1905 were the annual cost per patient the time weekly cost 2 Q i Dollar n eel In Iii spite of ar the fact that tha l supplies ha have hae e cost coat more In 11 UI- UI J than lit ht the yar prior tho the State Stale Mental tal hospital has been oper operated op op- op- op er crated ted during the last Imst year at a saving to the thc state o of 3 sio-l. sio Any citizen who has the interest of or hl his state staid ul lit heart comm can nut tho ime clean corridors of t hI Slat Mental hospital h without a n feeling feeling- of or pride In Inthe the lie institution It is well seii managed etl k kept ept In shipshape or order er anti and if Jl there Is isny a any ny institution for mental diseases that cnn can c be bt described as such it Is ls an ideal p place lace for or the insane Dr Calder would h have ave consumed much more than tei ton p pa pages ages cg of or typewritten report to Include all a ll of the improvements that have ha been n na made durin luring during the time year car to Incorporate a all ll of the details that lint have ha been carried car car- n ried ed out for the lie comfort of or time the patients and a uth for the general betterment of the tho i Institution |