Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1919-03-28 | Page 7 | War Increases Mental Diseases

War Increases Mental Diseases. Figures compiled by the New York . State Hospital commission show that 3,995 more patients have been admitted ad-mitted to the state hospitals during Vi? forty-four months since war was declared than for the similar period of Hme prior to the beginning of hostilities, hos-tilities, the admissions prior to the war being 29,316, as against 33,311 afterward. after-ward. The state hospitals are actually act-ually housing G.500 more patients than they were built to accommodate.