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Rh BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.

ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE.

During the year ending June 30, 1876, 931 patients were under treatment in the Government Hospital for the Insane, being an increase over the previous year of 19. Of this number 84 were discharged recovered, 36 improved, 1 unimproved, and 66 died, making a total by discharge and death of 187. Of this number 142 were males and 45 females. The total number remaining in hospital June 30, 1876, was 744: 576 males and 168 females.

The number of patients admitted during the year ending June 30, 1876, was 213; 166 were males and 47 females; 81 were from the Army, 14 from the Navy, and 118 from civil life. There were 10 re-admissions and one transfer from the private to the indigent list during the year. Of the 744 patients under treatment on the 30th of June, 1876,400 were from the Army, 49 from the Navy, and 295 from civil life. The recoveries during the year were 70- per cent, of the discharges—45 per cent, of the discharges and deaths together, 39+ per cent, of the admissions, and 9+ per cent, of the whole number under treatment.

The death-rate of males was 67–; of females, 84+; and the average of both sexes 79–; in a thousand. The general health of the institution has been good, and no disease of a hospital or local origin has existed. Although the wards of the hospital are crowded beyond their intended limits, care has been taken to secure ample ventilation, and to this, together with good management in the treatment of patients, the satisfactory sanitary condition of the hospital may be attributed.

Since January, 1855, when the hospital was opened, to June 30,1876, 4,104 cases have been treated. Of this number 83 were re-admissions, making the total number of persons treated 4,021.

The board of visitors report the resumption of chapel-services, which were temporarily suspended last year on account of repairs, and the introduction of more interesting and useful week-day evening-entertainments for the benefit of the household.

The whole number of pay-patients treated during the year was 54, 33 being males and 21 females. The number remaining June 30, 1876, was 29: 17 males and 12 females.

The wholesale market-value of the products of the farm and garden during the season of 1875, as estimated by a practical gardener and dairy-man, was $23,502.82. The hay, corn, rye, mangel-wurzel, grass, and other forage-crops, amounting to $6,750.50 in estimated market-value, are not included in valuing the products of the year, having been credited to the farm in milk, meats, and the keeping of horses for hospital uses.

The estimated value of the live stock, farm and garden implements, and other personal property of the hospital used mostly for agricultural purposes on the 30th of June, 1876, was $20,003.84.