Eighth annual report of the managers and officers of the State Asylum for the Insane, at Morristown, N.J., for the year ending 1883.

  • State Asylum for the Insane, at Morristown, New Jersey
Date:
1883
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Credit: Eighth annual report of the managers and officers of the State Asylum for the Insane, at Morristown, N.J., for the year ending 1883. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Managers' Report. To His Excellency George C. Ludlow, Governor of the State of New Jersey: The Board of Managers, in compliance with provisions of the tenth section of the further supplement to the Act entitled “An Act to provide additional accommodations for the insane of this State,’’ approved April thirteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, would respectfully submit this, their EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT, and with it the Annual Reports of the Superintendent, the Stew¬ ard, and the Treasurer, to which they refer, for a full and itemized statement of whatever pertains to each department. That as Managers and members of Committees, they have made frequent visits to the Asylum during the past year, and desire to express their satisfaction of the manner in which the Superinten¬ dent and his assistants have discharged their duties in promoting the comfort and welfare of the patients, and in maintaining neatness and good order throughout the Institution. The number in the Asylum on the 31st day of October, 1882, was six hundred and sixty-seven (667), of which three hundred and twenty-one (321) were males, and three hundred] and forty-six (346) were females. There were received during the year, to 'November 1st, 1883, two hundred and twelve (212) patients, of which one hundred and five (105) were males, and one hundred and seven (107) were females. There has been under treatment, during the year, eight hundred and seventy-nine (879) patients, of whom four hundred and twenty- six (426) were males, and four hundred and fifty-three (453) were females. Of these forty (40) were discharged recovered, fifty-five (55) im¬ proved, fourteen (14) unimproved and sixty-three (63) have died.
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