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THIRTY-THIRD  ANNUAL  REPORT 


OF  THE 

INSPECTOR  OF  PRISONS  AND  PUBLIC  CHARITIES 


UPON  THE 

LUNATICAND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS 


OF  THE 


PROVINCE  OF  ONTARIO 

BEING  FOR  THE  YEAR  ENDING  3OTH  SEPTEMBER, 

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PRINTED  BY  ORDER  OF 

THE  LEGISLATIVE  ASSEMBLY  OF  ONTARIO. 


TORONTO: 


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Printed  and  Published  by  L.  K.  Cameron.  , , ; \ - . -Y' 

Printer  to  the  King’s  Most  Excellent  Majesty.  . , ' 

1901. 


WARWICK  BRO’S  & RUTTER,  Printers. 
T n p niv  T n 


Office  of  the 


Inspector  of  Prisons  and  Public  Charities,  Ontario, 

Parliament  Buildings,  Toronto,  November,  1900. 

Sir, — I have  the  honor  to  transmit  herewith,  to  be  presented  to  His  Honor  the 
Lieutenant-Governor,  the  Thirty-Third  Annual  Report  upon  the  Lunatic  and  Idiot 
Asylums  for  Ontario,  being  for  the  official  year  ending  30th  September,  1900. 


I have  the  honor  to  be,  Sir, 


Your  obedient  servant, 


The  Honorable  J.  R.  Stratton,  M.P.P., 

Provincial  Secretary  of  the  Province  of  Ontario, 

Toronto. 


R.  CHRISTIE, 

Inspectdr. 


3,3 'f-S 


[iii.J 


LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


THIRTY-THIRD  ANNUAL  REPORT 

OF  THE 

INSPECTOR  OF  PRISONS  AND  PUBLIC  CHARITIES 


OF  THE 


PROVINCE  OF  ONTARIO. 


Parliament  Buildings, 

Toronto,  ^November,  1900. 

To  the  Honourable  Sir  Oliver  Mowaty  Knight  Commander  of  the  Order  of  St.  Michael  and 
St.  George^  member  of  the  King’s  Privy  Council  for  Canada^  and  Lieutenant  • 
Governor  of  the  Province  of  Ontario. 


May  it  Please  Your  Honour  : 

1 beg  to  submit  herewith  the  Thirty- third  Annual  Report  upon  the  Lunatic  and 
Idiot  Asylums  of  Ontario,  being  for  the  official  year  ending  on  the  30th  September,  1900 

I have  the  honor  to  be, 

Your  Honour’s  most  obedient  servant, 

R.  CHRISTIE, 

Inspector. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


Page 


Introductory  Remarks,  with  Special  Statistics ix 

Table  of  Asylum  Operations  and  Statistics x 

List  of  Asylum  tables  . . . xv 

Table  No.  1,  shewing  movements  of  entire  Asylum  population xvi 

Table  No.  2,  shewing  the  general  movements  and  result  of  treatment  of  lunatics  of 
the  Asylums  of  the  Province,  during  each  of  the  eighteen  years,  from  October 

1st,  1876,  to  30th  September,  1900  xviii 

Table  No.  3,  shewing  the  counties  from  which  patients  were  admitted  during  the 

• year,  and  the  Asylums  they  were  assigned  to xx 


Table  No.  4 shewing  the  counties  from  which  the  entire  number  of  patients 


admitted  to  Asylums  have  been  received,  as  well  as  the  admissions  of  the 
present  year,  and  from  which  the  patients  in  residence  on  the  30th  September, 

1900,  originally  came  xxi 

Table  No.  5,  shewing  the  length  of  time  the  patients  received  into  the  Asylum  dur- 
ing the  year  had  been  insane  prior  to  their  admission xxii 

Table  No.  6,  shewing  the  length  of  residence  of  patients  remaining  in  the  Asylum 

on  the  30th  September,  1900  ' xxiii 

Table  No.  7,  shewing  the  periods  that  patients  were  under  treatment  who  were 

discharged  cured  during  the  year xxiv 

Table  No.  8,  shewing  the  periods  that  patients  were  under  treatment  who  were  dis- 
charged improved  during  the  year  xxv 

Table  No.  9,  shewing  the  periods  that  patients  were  under  treatment  who  were 

discharged  unimproved  during  the  year xxvi 

Table  No.  10,  shewing  the  length  of  Asylum  residence  of  the  patients  who  died 

during  the  year xxvii 

Table  No.  11,  shewing  the  cause  of  death  of  thosq  who  died  during  the  year xxviii 

Table  No.  12,  shewing  the  trades,  callings  and  occupations  of  patients  admitted 
into  the  Asylums  during  the  year,  and  of  those  admitted  during  the  past  and 

anterior  years  xxix 

Table  No.  13,  shewing  detailed  expenditure  of  the  various  Asylums  for  the  year 

ending  SOth  September,  1900  xxxii 

Table  No.  14,  shewing  the  expenditure  in  each  Asylum  under  the  various  headings 

of  the  estimates,  and  the  annual  cost  per  patient  under  such  headings xxxiii 

Table  No.  15,  shewing  the  supplies  for  which  tenders  were  invited,  and  the  price 

paid  for  the  same  under  contract xxxiv 

Table  No.  16,  shewing  the  number  of  officers  and  employees  in  each  and  all  of  the 

Asylums,  classified  according  to  the  duties  performed xxxv 

Table  No.  17,  shewing  the  nature  of  the  employment,  the  number  of  patients  who 
worked,  the  number  of  days’  work  done  by  patients,  and  the  average  work,  in 

days,  per  patient  during  the  year : *.  . . xxxvi 

Table  No.  18,  shewing  in  quinquennial  periods  the  ages  of  those  persons  admitted 

during  the  year * xxxviii 

Table  No.  19,  shewing  in  quinquennial  periods  the  ages  of  those  persons  discharged 

as  cured  during  the  year xxxix 

Table  No.  20,  shewing  in  quinquennial  periods  the  ages  of  those  persons  who  died 

during  the  year xl 

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THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INkS  [‘ECTOR 


[ No. 


Tables  of  Asylum  Oberations  and  Statistics. — Ccmtinved  Pagf: 

Summary  of  Asylum  o|)erations xli 

Number  of  insane  persons  known  to  the  department,  table  shewing  the xli 

Discharges xlii 

Probational  discharges,  table  of  xlii 

Deaths  xlii 

Assigned  cause  of  insanity xliii 

Table  shewing  number  of  beds  and  number  of  vacancies  in  each  Asylum  on  30th 

September  1899  xliv 

Social  state,  nationalities  etc. , of  patients  admitted  during  the  year,  and  of  the 

total  admissions xliv 

Tabl- shewing  yearly  increase  in  population  in  Asylums xlv 

Emplojnnent  of  patients xlv 

Percentage  of  days  worked  xlvi 

Asylum  expenditure  xlvi 

Cost  per  patient,  1899,  1900 xlvii 

Revenue  from  paying  patients xlvii 

Comparative  statement  of  revenue  ' xlviii 

APPENDIX. 

Report  of  Dr.  D.  Clark,  Mejocal  Superintendent  of  Toronto  Asylum  1-30 

Statistics 3 

Deaths  3 

List  of  concerts b 

Popular  delusions  about  the  insane 6-10 

Changes 10 

Dentistry  6 

Wants 3 

Work 3 

General  remarks  . 3-4 

Statistical  tables  11-30 

Report  of  Dr.  R.  M.  Bucke,  Superintendent  of  T.ondon  Asylum  31*64 

Summary  of  movements  of  patients 31 

Repairs,  renewals,  ete.,  of  the  year 31-32 

New  work 32 

Amusements . 32 

Gynecological  work ..  33-42 

General  surgery 43 

Officers  and  employees  33 

Farm  and  garden 43 

Statistical  tables  47-64 

Report  of  Dr.  C.  K.  Clark,  Medical  Superintendent  of  the  Kingston  Asylum  65-86 

Admissions  and  discharges 65 

Deaths  - 65 

Electricity  vs.  gas 66 

Statistical  tables  67-86 

Report  of  Dr.  James  Russell,  Medical  Superintendent  of  Hamilton  Asylum.  . . . 87-111 

Summary  of  Asylum  operations  37 


1900  J OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS.  vii. 


Report  of  Dr.  James  Russell,  Hamilton  Asylum. — Contiwmd.  Page 

Admissions 87 

Discharges 88 

Deaths . . . 88 

Asylum  accommodation 88 

Methods  of  treatment  and  admission 88  89 

Farm  and  garden 89-90 

Repairs,  wants,  water,  etc  90-91 

General  remarks  91 

Statistical  tables  92-111 

Report  of  Dr.  N.  H.  Beemer,  Medical  Superintendent  of  Mimico  Asylum 112-134 

Summary  of  Asylum  operations 112 

Admissions  112 

Discharges 112 

Deaths 112 

Garden  and  grounds • 112 

Greenhouse  112 

Farm  113 

Repairs  and  alterations  114-115 

Land  for  garden  and  sewage  farm 113 

Officers  and  employees  115 

Sunday  services  115 

Statistical  tables  ..  116-134 

Report  OF  J.  B.  Murphy,  Medical  Superintendent  of  Brockville  Asylum 135-156 

Admissions  and  discharges 135 

Deaths 135 

Discharges 135 

General  improvements.  . 136 

Treatment 

Miscellaneous  matters 137-138 

Statistical  tables  149-156 

Report  of  Dr.  A.  H.  Beaton,  Medical  Superintendent  of  the  Orillia  Asylum  . . 157-166 

• Summary  of  Asylum  operations  157 

Applications 157 

Maintenance 158 

Industrial  training  157 

Employment 158 

Water  supply 158 

Statistical  tables  159-166 

Statistical  tables  of  the  Homewood  Retreat 167 


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THIRTY-THIRD  ANNUAL  REPORT 


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ASYLUMS  FOR  INSANE  AND  IDIOTIC. 


In  presenting  the  thirty- third  Annual  Report  upon  the  Provincial  Asylums  for  the 
Insane  and  Idiotic  at  a date  so  near  the  close  of  a century,  it  would  appear  to  be  an  op- 
portune moment  to  deal  with  some  of  the  principal  features  of  interest  regarding  their 
past,  as  well  as  their  present,  condition. 

During  the  formative  period  of  the  present  system  which  had  its  commencement  at 
the  time  of  the  Confederation  of  the  Provinces  in  1867,  and  up  to  1871,  when  it  was  more 
fully  developed,  the  operations  of  the  institutions  were  not  recorded  comprehensively. 
Since  the  last  named  date  fall  reliance  can  be  placed  upon  the  information  furnished  from 
year  to  year,  while  sufficient  data  have  been  obtained  to  establish  the  correctness  of  any  fig- 
ures which  may  now  be  submitted  for  the  years  prior  to  1871. 

Apart  from  the  more  domestic  or  internal  management  of  the  asylums  which  was 
authorized  to  be  regulated  by  order  of  the  Lieatenant-Governor-in-Oouncil,  provision  was 
made  by  Statute  for  regulating  the  admission  of  patients  to  the  institutions  and  pre- 
scribing the  proceedings  to  be  taken  under  the  certificate  and  warrant  systems.  Not- 
withstanding the  fact  that  the  latter  was  evidently  adopted  to  meet  the  necessities  of  the 
indigent  and  persons  remotely  situated  from  the  asylums,  some  adverse  comment  con- 
tinues to  be  made  in  regard  to  the  arrest  of  lunatics,  and  of  their  commitment  to  the  com- 
mon gaols  to  be  incarcerated  with  criminals.  There  are  no  doubt  many  arguments  which 
may  be  advanced  against  the  continuance  of  a system  which,  to  a greater  or  less  degree, 
exposes  the  insane  to  the  humiliation  of  arrest  and  restraint  which,  inferentially  at  least, 
imply  that  the  poor  unfortunates  are  guilty  of  ofiences  to  be  atoned  for  under  the  same 
conditions  as  if  they  had  been  deprived  of  their  liberty  for  crime. 

In  former  reports  I have  taken  occasion  to  point  out  that  the  objections  should  not 
be  urged  so  much  against  the  system  as  against  the  method  and  provision  made  for  carry- 
ing it  out,  and  that  the  municipalities  are  at  fault  in  not  providing  better  or  separate  ac- 
commodation for  the  care  of  the  indigent  insane.  It  is  evident  that  the  necessity  exists 
for  some  local  authority  by  which  members  of  this  unfortunate  class  can  be  cared  for  and 
protected  from  self-inflicted  injury  or  violence  to  others  while  preliminary  preparation  is 
being  made  for  their  removal  to  an  asylum.  For  it  is  also  apparent  that  due  regard  must 
be  had  to  the  available  accommodation  in  the  institutions  before  a long  journey  be 
undertaken  with  a patient,  particularly  if  afflicted  by  suicidal  or  homicidal  tendencies, 
without  due  notice  being  given  to  the  asylum  authorities,  in  order  that  it  may  be  known 

whether  there  is  room  in  the  institution  for  the  patient. 

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X 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


The  following  table  will  however  more  clearly  exhibit  the  working  of  both  systems 
up  to  the  close  of  the  past  year  : — 

Table  showing  admissions  by  each  system,  average  numbers  in  residence,  and  total 
numbers  in  residence  at  the  close  of  each  official  year : 


Total  admission,  lunatics 
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idiots. 

1871 .. .. 

1872.. .. 

217 

136 

1,366 

1,461 

1,505 

No  clasi 
1,436 

sification. 

25 

1,366 

1,461 

1,525 

1873.... 

176 

143 

1,468 

37 

1874  ... 

152 

171 

1,599 

1,563 

36 

1,628 

1875 .... 

202 

124 

1,650 

1,615 

1,753 

35 

1,659 

1876.... 

214 

256 

1,812 

69 

1,774 

1877.... 

306 

248 

1,999 

1,859 

140 

1,942 

1878 .... 

326 

221 

2,149 

2,003 

146 

2,006 

1879  ... 

264 

251 

2,325 

2,144 

181 

2,208 

1880.... 

329 

245 

2,521 

2,300 

221 

2,423 

1881.... 

289 

255 

2,650 

2,41 6 

234 

2,684 

1882.... 

328 

310 

2,742 

2,508 

234 

2,696 

1883.... 

337 

261 

2,825 

2,694 

231 

2,878 

1884.. 

308 

223 

2,906 

2,671 

235 

2,867 

1885  .. 

278 

200 

2,934 

2,705 

229 

2,940 

1886.... 

344 

350 

3,117 

2,899 

218 

3,046 

1877.... 

253 

183 

3,137 

2,927 

210 

3,126 

1888 . . . 

357 

314 

3,394 

3,110 

284 

3,241 

1889.... 

343 

216 

3,490 

3,181 

309 

3,466 

1890.... 

402 

295 

3,630 

3,318 

312 

3,557 

1891.... 

590 

484 

3,888 

3,468 

420 

3,865 

1892.... 

547 

350 

4,073 

3.587 

486 

3,985 

1893.... 

553 

267 

4,240 

3,727 

513 

4,174 

1894.... 

533 

248 

4,406 

3,860 

546 

4,557 

1895.... 

631 

417 

4,614 

4,036 

578 

4,557 

1896.. . 

578 

272 

4.723 

4,118 

605 

4,709 

1897.... 

639 

350 

4,909 

4,279 

630 

4,867 

1898. ... 

611 

213 

5,029 

4,388 

641 

5,004 

1899.,.. 

560 

233 

5,084 

4,427 

657 

5,108 

1900... . 
Total . 

502 

11,169 

291 

7,527 

5,152 

4,498 

654 

5,137 

From  this  it  will  be  seen  that  the  total  admissions  numbered  18,696  of  which  60  per 
cent,  were  by  certificate  and  40  per  cent,  by  warrant. 

The  large  proportion  of  the  admissions  effected  by  certificate  during  the  past  29 
years,  in  which  both  methods  have  been  available,  is  evidence  of  public  appreciation 
of  its  advantages,  not  the  least  of  which  is  the  speedier  removal  of  the  lunatic,  although 
entailing  an  expenditure  for  transfer  of  the  patient,  of  which  under  the  warrant  plan  the 
friends  or  relatives  are  relieved.  Yet  this,  notwithstanding  all  the  anxiety  and  care  re- 
quired, is  undertaken  in  preference  to  laying  information  before  the  local  authorities  for 
the  purpose  of  taking  action  by  warrant.  And  it  may  be  confidently  anticipated  that  as 
the  means  of  communication  in  the  older  sections  of  the  Province  at  leswt  are  improved, 
and  with  the  better  facilities  for  travel  which  from  year  to  year  are  rapidly  being  devel- 
oped, the  proportion  of  the  admissions  effected  by  certificate  will  increase. 

Nevertheless,  local  authority  and  means  for  the  care  of  indigent  cases,  which  re- 
quire immediate  action,  must  be  available,  if  the  order  and  work  of  the  institutions  are 
to  be  properly  and  efficiently  carried  on  for  the  relief  and  care  of  those  for  whom  there  is 
no  friendly  help  at  hand. 


1900  ] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


XI 


In  regard  to  the  largely  increased  population  of  the  asylums,  it  will  be  noted  that 
before  1871  no  arrangement  was  made  to  separately  classify  the  lunatic  and  idiot  popula- 
tions, but  that  1,366  was  the  daily  average  number  in  residence  for  the  year  ending  30th 
Sept,,  1871.  At  the  close  of  last  year  the  resident  population  of  both  classes  was  5,152, 
with  an  average  daily  population  of  both  classes  of  5,137,  or  an  increased  average 
daily  population  of  29  from  the  previous  year.  For  the  entire  29  years  the  daily  average 
population  of  both  classes  has  increased  384  per  cent.,  and  that  of  lunatics  alone  325  per 
cent. 

To  assume  that  this  large  increase  in  the  daily  resident  insane  population  should  be 
taken  as  evidence  of  the  increase  of  insanity  in  the  Province  in  a proportion  greater  than 
the  increase  in  the  population  would  be  unfair,  as  there  are  not  sufficient  data  upon 
which  to  base  such  an  assumption.  And  in  view  of  the  approaching  census  of  the  Pro- 
vince, it  would  be  premature  for  the  present  to  hazard  an  opinion  upon  a matter  which 
can  be  accurately  determined  only  when  the  census  is  complete. 

There  are,  however,  other  and  important  facts  in  connection  with  the  increasing 
number  of  cases  of  insanity  which  may  be  discussed,  such  as  the  annually  increasing 
necessity  for  accommodation  for  the  treatment  and  care  of  the  insane.  In  the  report 
for  1896  a statement  is  given  of  the  expenditure  for  the  maintenance  of  the  asylums 


to  the  end  of  the  year  1895,  amounting  to  a total  of S9,b54,479  98 

During  the  year  ending  Dec.  31st,  1896,  the  expenditure  was.  . . 600,631  96 

“ “ 1897  » ...  614,589  60 

“ •'«  1898  » ...  626,141  85 

» “ . 1899  “ ...  620,636  65 

“ “ 1900  “ ...  634,977  42 


$12,951,457  46 

While  in  the  aggregate,  the  foregoing  shows  a large  sum  devoted  to  the  mainten- 
ance of  the  institutions  for  the  insane  and  idiotic,  exclusive  of  the  amount  laid 
out  for  their  construction,  the  per  capita  cost  of  maintenance  is  evidence  of  the  fact  that 
due  regard  has  been  had  to  careful  and  economical  administration  during  the  period  of 
their  existence.  This  fact  is  abundantly  established  by  the  following  table,  and  by  refer- 
ence to  the  cost  per  capita  of  institutions  similarly  situated  elsewhere  and  conducted  with 
the  same  measure  of  efficiency  : 


From  1867  to  1870  the  per  capita  cost  was $140  70 

“ 1871  to  1875  “ 132  76 

“ 1876  to  1880  “ 139  23 

“ 1881  to  1885  » 129  04 

“ 1886  to  1890  ' » 135  57 

" 1891  to  1895  “ 132  07 

“ 1896  to  1900  “ 126  26 


Average  for  33  years $133  36 

If  the  rate  of  incrense  of  the  resident  asylum  population  is  sustained,  as  is  more 
than  probable,  and  if  it  advances  proportionally  with  the  population  of  the  Province,  it 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  S5 


xii 


follows  that  no  curtailment  of  the  expenditure  for  the  care  of  the  mentally  afflicted  can 
be  hoped  for  in  the  near  future. 

The  limited  character  of  an  annual  report,  however,  forbids  the  introduction  of  ex- 
tended notes  in  regard  to  the  past  history  of  the  institutions,  and  much  that  might  be 
suggested  must  be  omitted  to  give  place  to  matters  bearing  on  their  present  condition  and 
operation  during  the  past  year.  I therefore  submit  the  following  table,  which  fairly  re- 
presents the  vacancies,  available  number  of  applications  and  patients  absent  from  the 
asylums  on  probational  leave  daring  each  month. 


October,  1899  to 
September  30th,  1899 


October  . . . 
November 
December  . 
January. . . 
February  . 
March  . . . . 

April 

May 

June  

July 

August  . . . 
September 


Asylums  in  which  there  were  no 
vacancies  for  the  month. 

Applications. 

Patients 
on  probation. 

Toronto,  Mimico 

83 

63 

London,  Mimico  

86 

66 

Kingston,  Mimico 

93 

74 

Toronto,  London,  Mimico 

80 

57 

Toronto,  London,  Mimico 

82 

52 

Toronto,  London,  Kingston,  Mimico, 

Brockville  

71 

48 

Toronto,  London 

89 

72 

Toronto,  London,  Kingston 

85 

100 

Toronto,  London,  Kingston 

83 

111 

Toronto,  London,  Kingston 

89 

107 

Toronto,  London,  Kingston 

81 

98 

Toronto,  Kingston  

68 

69 

Average 

82 

76 

V acancies. 


In  view  of  the  congested  state  of  the  institutions  during  1899,  an  appropriation  was 
made  by  the  Legislature  to  meet  the  expenditure  required  for  providing  more  room  at  the 
Brock ville  asylum.  During  March  and  April  last,  41  patients,  31  males  and  10  females, 
were  removed  from  the  Toronto  and  Mimico  asylums  to  the  new  halls  at  Brockville. 
And  these,  together  with  the  outlying  patients  in  that  district,  occupied  all  the  newly 
provided  accommodation. 

The  furnishing  of  the  west  attic  hall  in  this  asylum  which  has  been  in  progress  aur- 
ing  the  past  summer  is  now  nearing  completion.  The  hall  will  be  ready  for  occupation  in 
a very  short  time,  and  by  accommodating  patients  from  the  institutions  or  districts  in  which 
the  greatest  congestion  exists,  will  afford  great  relief. 

The  partial  reconstruction  and  the  refitting  of  the  buildings  at  Oobourg  are  being 
pushed  forward,  and  with  this  additional  room  for  the  use  of  patients  the  prospect  is  that 
for  a time  at  least  the  difficulties  which  have  existed  in  finding  accommodation  will  be 
met.  The  locality  and  surroundings  of  the  site  are  admirably  adapted  for  asylum  pur- 
poses, and  the  institution  will  prove  to  be  a valuable  acquisition  in  caring  for  the  help- 
less insane. 

Although  the  nativity  of  the  asylum  population  is  in  individual  cases  very  difficult 
to  ascertain,  a fairly  accurate  list  can  be  prepared.  The  following  schedule,  compiled 
from  returns  from  the  asylums  for  the  insane  at  the  close  of  the  official  year,  indicates 
that  of  the  lunatics  now  in  charge  a very  considerable  proportion  is  composed  of  persons 
not  natives  of  Ontario. 


1900] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


Xlll 


Table  showing  Nativity  of  Lunatics  in  Asylums  for  the  Insane,  on  September  30th, 
1900,  so  far  as  is  known. 


; 

Male 

Female. 

Total. 

Native  born  Canadians  

1,461 

1,478 

2,939 

Born  in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland  

620 

701 

1,321 

Born  in  British  Colonies  other  than  Canada 

7 

10 

17 

Foreign  born 

110 

111 

221 

Totals 

Natives  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland  who  came  to  this  Province 

2,198 

2,300 

4,498 

through  philanthropic  agencies 

51 

33 

84 

The  statutory  authority  bearing  upon  the  custody  of  alien  lunatics  is  found  in  R.S.O. 
Cap.  317,  Sec.  36,  and  is  as  follows : 

“ Upon  it  appearing  to  the  Lieutenant-Governor  that  any  insane  person  confined 
as  aforesaid  in  any  gaol  or  in  any  asylum  for  the  insane,  has  come  or  been  brought  to 
“ this  Province  from  some  other  Province  or  country,  within  thirty  days  prior  to  his 
“ committal  to  such  gaol  or  asylum,  or  any  other  gaol  or  asylum,  it  shall  be  lawful  for 
“ the  Lieutenant  Governor,  by  his  warrant  to  authorize  the  removal  of  such  insane  per- 
“ son  back  to  the  Province  or  country  from  whence  he  has  come  or  been  brought,  as 
aforesaid.” 

It  will  be  observed  that  the  section  is  permissive  rather  than  mandatory  in  its  char- 
acter ; that  it  only  contemplates  the  removal  of  lunatics  who  have  not  been  resident  for  30 
days  prior  to  their  committal,  and  that  it  is  practically  intended  to  meet  a case  where  it 
is  evident  that  the  person  has  been  thrust  upon  the  Province  to  avoid  the  expense  or 
trouble  of  caring  for  him  in  his  own  country. 

During  the  past  decade,  few  instances  have  occurred  which  would  warrant  the  depor- 
portation  of  lunatics  on  the  ground  that  they  had  been  thrust  on  the  Province  or  surrep- 
titiously brought  into  it.  The  British  practice  in  like  cases,  which  is  to  take  charge  of 
the  unfortunate,  is  followed  here,  if  there  is  no  evidence  of  fraud  having  been  per* 
petrated.  Every  effort  is  made,  however,  to  restore  to  friends  or  relatives  lunatics  who 
should  be  under  their  charge. 

The  following  is  a brief  epitome  of  some  of  the  leading  features  connected  with  the 
asylums  during  1900. 

Admissions. 

During  the  year  under  report  the  number  of  admissions  to  the  lunatic  asylums,  ex- 
clusive of  patients  received  at  the  Orillia  asylum  for  idiots,  was  722,  or  11  in  excess  of 
the  previous  year,  but  a decrease  of  77  as  compared  with  the  average  annual  admis- 
sions for  the  previous  eight  years,  commencing  Sept.  30th,  1891. 

In  Daily  Residence. 

j-he  number  in  daily  residence  during  the  year  ending  30th  September  last  was  4486, 
an  increase  of  24  over  1899. 

Number  in  Residence  at  the  close  of  the  Year. 

On  the  30th  September,  1900,  4498  lunatics  remained  in  residence- in- charge,  a- 
crease  of  71  patients  over  1899. 


XIV 


THE  REPORT  OE  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


Recoveries. 

254  patients  recovered  last  year,  a decrease  of  7 as  compared  with  1899. 

The  number  of  recoveries  represents  28  per  cent,  of  the  number  of  admissions,  which 
is  the  same  rate  as  for  the  past  ten  years. 

Probational  Discharges. 

The  number  of  probational  discharges  during  1900  was  311  and  the  average  for  the 
ten  previous  years,  255. 

Deaths. 

The  number  of  deaths  reported  in  1899  was  292,  and  in  1900,  269,  a decrease  of  23. 
The  percentage  of  deaths  to  the  total  population  during  the  past  ten  years  was  4.87,  and 
during  1900,  5.30,  an  increase  of  .43  per  cent. 

Number  Employed. 


The  number  of  patients  employed  in  1900  was  3,878,  or  76  per  cent,  of  .the  popula- 
tion. The  average  number  employed  during  the  previous  ten  years  was  3,591,  or  75 
per  cent,  of  the  population. 

Revenue. 


The  revenue  from  paying  patients  in  1900  was  $78,450.70.  The  average  annual 
revenue  for  the  past  ten  years  from  the  same  source  was  $73,964.21. 

Total  No.  of  Lunatics. 

The  total  number  of  lunatics  known  to  the  department  in  1891  was  3,639,  and  in 
1900,  4,929,  an  increase  of  1090  during  the  ten  years,  or  an  annual  average  increase  of  109. 

Changes  in  the  Medical  Staff. 


On  the  2nd  July,  1900,  the  following  medical  officers  changed  places  : 


Dr.  Ross 

Dr.  Robinson 

Dr.  R.  \v.  B.  Smith 

Dr.  Wilson 

Dr.  McNaughton  . , 


Transferred  from  Brockville  to  Toronto 
“ “ Toronto  to  Hamilton. 

“ “ Hamilton  to  Brockville. 

“ *'  Mimico  to  Brockville. 

“ “ Brockville  to  Mimico. 


One  decided  advantage  to  be  derived,  in  the  public  interest,  from  the  occasional 
transfer  of  medical  officers  is  the  opportunity  afforded  for  becoming  better  acquainted 
with  institution- work,  and,  at  the  same  time,  of  studying,  in  all  their  varieties,  the  symp- 
toms and  phases  of  brain  disease. 

I regret  to  report  the  death  of  Dr.  Jonathan  Robinson  which  took  place  on  the  17th 
Npvember  in  this  city.  His  long  period  of  service  had  rendered  Dr.  Robinsou  familiar 
with  his  duties,  in  the  discharge  of  which  he  was  zealous  and  constant. 


Numerous  and  varied  subjects  of  interest  in  the  care  and  treatment  of  the  insane 
and  idiotic  are  dealt  with  by  the  several  MedicpJ  Superintendents,  to  whose  reports  I 
would  invite  attention. 


ASYLUMS  FOR  THE  INSANE  AND  IDIOTIC. 


For  the  greater  convenience  of  reference,  the  tables  containing  statistics  on  all  points 

concerning  the  operations  of  the  Asylums,  are  placed  at  the  beginning  of  this  report. 

The  following  is  a list  of  these  tables  ; — 

Table  No.  1. — Shews  the  movements  of  the  entire  Asylum  population  during  the  year 
ending  30th  September,  1900. 

Table  No.  2. — Shews  the  general  movement  and  result  of  treatment  of  lunatics  in  the 
Asylums  of  the  Province  during  each  of  the  twenty-three  years  from  the  1st  October, 
1876,  to  the  30th  September,  1900. 

Table  No.  3. — Shews  the  Counties  and  places  from  which  patients  were  admitted  to  the 
Asylums  and  the  Asylums  they  were  assigned  to. 

Table  No.  4. — Shews  the  Counties  and  Districts  from  which  the  entire  number  of  patients 
admitted  to  the  Asylums  have  been  received,  including  the  admissions  of  the  present 
year  ; also  the  Counties  and  Districts  from  which  the  patients  remaining  in  residence 
the  30th  September,  1900,  were  originally  admitted. 

Table  No.  5 — Shews  the  length  of  time  lunatics  received  into  the  Asylums  during  the 
year  had  been  insane  prior  to  admission. 

Table  No.  6. — Shews  the  length  of  residence  of  patients  remaining  in  the  Asylums  on  the 
30th  September,  1900. 

Table  No.  7. — Shews  the  period  that  patients  were  under  treatment  who  were  discharged 
during  the  year  as  being  cured. 

Table  No.  8. — Shews  the  periods  that  patients  were  under  treatment  who  were  discharged 
as  improved. 

Table  No.  9. — Shews  the  periods  that  patients  were  under  treatment  who  were  discharged 
during  the  year  unimproved. 

Table  No.  10. — Shews  the  length  of  residence  of  patients  who  died  during  the  year. 

Table  No.  11. — Shews  the  causes  of  death  of  those  who  died  during  the  year. 

Table  No.  12, — Shews  trades,  callings  and  occupations  of  patients  admitted  into  the 
Asylums  during  the  year,  and  also  of  the  total  number  admitted. 

Table  No.  13. — Shewing  in  detail  the  expenditure  of  the  various  Asylums  during  the 
year  ending  on  30th  September,  1900. 

Table  No.  14. — Shewing  the  expenditure  in  each  Asylum  under  the  various  headings  of 
the  estimates  and  the  annual  cost  per  patient  under  such  heading. 

Table  No.  15 — Shews  the  supplies  for  which  tenders  were  invited  and  the  prices  paid  for 
the  same. 

Table  No.  16. — Shews  the  number  of  officers  and  employees  in  each  and  all  of  the 
Asylums  classified  according  to  the  duties  performed. 

Table  No.  17. — Shews  the  nature  of  employmeat,  the  number  of  patients  employed,  the 
number  of  days’  work  done  by  patients,  and  the  average  work  in  days  per  patient 
during  the  year. 

Table  No.  18. — Shews  in  quinquennial  periods  the  ages  of  those  persons  admitted  to  the 
Asylums  (including  transfer)  during  the  year  ending  30th  September,  1900. 

Table  No.  19. — Shews  in  quinquennial  periods  the  ages  of  those  persons  discharged  from 
the  Asylums  as  cured  during  the  year  ending  30feh  September,  1900. 

Table  No.  20. — Shews  the  quinquennial  periods  the  ages  of  those  persons  who  died  in  the 
Asylums  during  the  year  ending  30th  September,  1900, 

[xv] 


XVI 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


TABLE 

Shewing  the  movements  of  the  entire  population  of  the 


Toronto  Asylum. 

London  Asylum. 

Kingston  Asylum.  ; 

Eamilton  Asylum 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Male. 

Female. 

'"eS 

-1.3 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

1 

Number  of  patients  in 
asylums  Oct  1st.,  1899. . 

352 

364 

716 

470 

526 

996 

304 

276 

580 

481 

540 

1,021 

Admitted  during  year  end- 
ed Sept.  30th,  1900 

60 

72 

132 

77 

79 

156 

38 

33 

71 

50 

78 

128 

Total  number  under  treat- 
ment during  the  year  . . 

412 

436 

848 

547 

605 

1,152 

342 

» 

309 

651 

531 

618 

1,149 

Total  number  on  asylum 
register  and  actually  un- 
der treatment  in  each 
asylum  during  the  year. 

412 

436 

848 

547 

605 

1,152 

342 

309 

651 

531 

618 

1,149 

Discharged  cured 

24 

23 

47 

24 

40 

64 

12 

4 

16 

32 

31 

63 

“ improved 

6 

11 

17 

5 

6 

11 

3 

5 

8 

1 

7 

8 

“ unimproved  . . 

4 

7 

11 

3 

1 

4 

2 

2 

2 

2 

**  as  not  insane 

Total  number  discharged 
during  year 

34 

41 

75 

32 

47 

79 

17 

9 

26 

33 

40 

73 

Dsca.ped  

4 

1 

6 

5 

5 

1 

1 

Died  , 

23 

25 

, 48 

28 

31 

59 

17 

21 

38 

! 28 

24 

52 

Transferred  from  one  asy- 
Inm  to  another 

1 

9 

10 

1 1 

1 

Total  number  escaped, 
died,  discharged  and 
transferred  during  the 
year  

62 

1 76 

138 

1 66 

1 78 

144 

34 

30 

1 64 

i . 62 

: 64 

126 

Number  of  patients  re- 
maining in  asylums  on 
Sept.  30th,  1900  

35C 

1 360 

1 71t 

) 481 

527 

1,Q08 

! 308 

1 27S 

1 58^ 

^ 46S 

1 554 

: 1,023 

1900  ] OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS.  xvii. 


No.  1, 

Asylums  during  the  year  ending  30th  September,  1900. 


Mimico  Asylum. 

Brockville  Asylum. 

Total  number  of 
lunatics. 

Orillia  Asylum. 

Total  number  of 
lunatics  and  idiots. 

Male. 

Female. 

o 

H 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Male. 

<D 

g 

Total. 

Male. 

Female 

Total. 

Male. 

Female. 

O 

300 

301 

601 

269 

244 

513 

2,178 

2,251 

4,427 

357 

300 

657 

2,533 

2,551 

5,084 

60 

43 

103 

67 

65 

132 

352 

370 

722 

45 

26 

71 

397 

396 

793 

360 

344 

704 

336 

309 

645 

2,528 

2,621 

5,149 

402 

326 

728 

2,930 

2,947 

5,877 

360 

344 

704 

336 

309 

645 

2,528 

2,621 

5,149 

402 

326 

728 

2,930 

2,947 

5,877 

16 

13 

29 

13 

22 

35 

121 

133 

254 

121 

133 

254 

1 

1 

2 

1 

3 

18 

30 

48 

3 

2 

5 

21 

32 

53 

1 

2 

3 

2 

2 

10 

14 

24 

1 

3 

4 

11 

17 

28 

18 

15 

33 

15 

25 

40 

149 

177 

326 

4 

• 

5 

9 

153 

182 

335 

1 

1 

1 

1 

12 

1 

13 

12 

1 

13 

19 

19 

38 

21 

13 

34 

136 

133 

269 

41 

44 

65 

177 

157 

334 

31 

1 

32 

33 

10 

43 

33 

10 

43 

69 

1 35 

104 

t 37 

38 

76 

1 330 

321 

651 

45 

29 

1 74 

t 376 

1 350 

1 725 

291 

309 

60C 

1 299 

i 

1 271 

57C 

> 2,198 

2,300 

1 4,498 

357 

297 

654 

[ 2,556 

1 2,597 

5,152 

2’"  A. 


xviii.  THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR  [ No.  »5 


TABLE 


Showing  the  general  movement  and  result  of  treatment  of  lunatics  in  the 

the  1st  October,  1870,  to 


Year  ending 
30th  September. 


1877  

1878  

1879  

1880  

1881 

Average  of 
five  years. 

1882 

1883  

1884  

1885  ‘ 

1886  

Average  of 
five  years. 

1887  

1888  

1889 

1890..; 

1891 

Average  of 
five  years. 


1892  

1893  

1894  

1895  

1896  

Average  of 
five  years. 

1897  

1898  

1899  

1900  


Average  daily  number  of 
patients  in  residence. 

Number  of  lunatics 
admitted  each 
year. 

Number  of  patients 
recovered 
in  each  year. 

Number  of  patients 
discharged, 
improved  and  unim- 
proved each  year. 

Male. 

Female . 

o 

Eh 

1 Male. 

i 

Female. 

Total. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

1 

j Male. 

Female. 

'5 

"o 

916 

903 

1,819 

243 

184 

437 

82 

70 

152 

26 

29 

55 

954 

971 

1,925 

252 

227 

479 

92 

65 

157 

28 

31 

69 

1,010 

1,044 

2,054 

231 

230 

461 

71 

64 

135 

42 

27 

69 

1,086 

1,129 

2,215 

267 

250 

507 

63 

61 

114 

32 

54 

86 

1,164 

1,160 

2,354 

270 

232 

602 

84 

82 

166 

33 

38 

71 

1,026 

1,047.1 

2,073.4 

250.6 

236,6 

77 

76.4 

68.4 

44 

32.2 

35 

68 

1,219 

1,238 

2,467 

242 

493 

73 

86 

169 

20 

46 

66 

1,280 

1,300 

2,580 

253 

266 

519 

94 

80 

174 

36 

54 

90 

1,303 

1,331 

2,634 

262 

231 

493 

79 

99 

178 

37 

37 

74 

1,384 

1,360 

2,708 

259 

198 

457 

88 

101 

189 

51 

39 

80 

1,409 

1,421 

2,830 

281 

232 

619 

75 

69 

144 

33 

26 

59 

1,311.8 

1,330 

2,641.8 

262.4 

233.8 

496.2 

81,8 

87 

118.8 

33.4 

40.4 

73.8 

1,461 

1,454 

2,916 

219 

206 

425 

88 

89 

177 

31 

31 

62 

1,491 

1,494 

2,985 

309 

257 

566 

76 

60 

136 

42 

43 

85 

1,582 

1,585 

3,167 

269 

245 

614 

85 

97 

182 

42 

47 

89 

1,633 

1,633 

3,266 

310 

356 

666 

84 

88 

172 

32 

53 

85 

1,786 

1,742 

3,006 

465 

463 

928 

108 

91 

199 

42 

57 

99 

1,586.2 

1,581.6 

3,167.8 

314.4 

305.4 

619.8 

88.2 

85 

173.2 

37:8 

46.2 

84 

1,768 

1,769 

3,632 

403 

389 

792 

114 

94 

212 

53 

50 

103 

1,818 

1,856 

3,674 

369 

384 

753 

98 

101 

199 

46 

60 

106 

1,876 

1,933 

3,809 

348 

341 

689 

101 

121 

222 

41 

67 

98 

1,978 

2,017 

3,995 

487 

481 

968 

101 

106 

207 

32 

52 

84 

2,029 

2,087 

4,116 

390 

373 

763 

115 

127 

242 

49 

58 

107 

1,893.4 

1,932.2 

3,826 

354.2 

393.3 

793 

105.4 

111.3 

216.3 

44.1 

55.2 

99  3 

2,097 

2,157 

4,254 

507 

398 

' 905 

107 

116 

223 

42 

62 

94 

2,153 

2,215 

4,368 

349 

411 

759 

122 

129 

251 

54 

59 

113 

2,183 

2,258 

4,441 

368 

343 

711 

116 

145 

261 

48 

47 

96 

2,197 

2,288 

4,485 

.352 

370 

722 

121 

133 

254 

28 

44 

72 

1900] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


XIX. 


No.  2. 


asylums  of  the  province  during  each  of  the  twenty-four  years  from 
the  30th  September,  1900. 


Number  of  patients  who 
died  in  each  year. 

Percentage  of  recoveries 
upon  admission. 

Percentage  of  deaths  upon 
number  resident. 

Number  of  lunatics 
remaining  in  asylum  at  the 
end  of  each  year. 

Male. 

1 Female. 

Total. 

Male. 

Female. 

.1.3 

o 

Eh 

j Male. 

1 

6 

£ 

I Total. 

j Female. 

.4-^ 

o 

67 

48 

115 

33.74 

36.08 

34.78 

7.31 

5.31 

6.32 

926 

• 933 

1,859 

64 

60 

114 

36.82 

28.63 

32.77 

6.70 

5.14 

5 92 

989 

1,014 

2,003 

62 

49 

111 

30.73 

27.82 

29.28 

6.13 

4.69 

5,40 

1,039 

1,104 

2,143 

69 

73 

142 

20.62 

24.40 

22.48 

6.35 

6.46 

6.41 

1,133 

1,165 

2,298 

86 

58 

144 

31.11 

35.34 

33.06 

7.38 

4.87 

6.11 

1,199 

1,217 

2,416 

69.6 

55.6 

125.2 

30.60 

30.45 

30.47 

6.77 

5.29 

6.03 

1,057.2 

1,086.6 

2,143.8 

99 

67 

166 

29.08 

35.38 

32.25 

8.12 

5.41 

6.75 

1,249 

1,259 

2,508 

92 

71 

163 

37.15 

30.07 

33.52 

7.18 

5.46 

6.31 

1,274 

1,820 

2,594 

90 

64 

154 

30.15 

40.85 

36.10 

6.90 

4.40 

5.85 

1,320 

1,351 

2,671 

86 

60 

146 

33.97 

51.01 

41.35 

6.38 

4.41 

5.39 

1,356 

1,349 

2,705 

86 

66 

141 

26.18 

29.74 

27.66 

6.10 

3.87 

4.98 

1,449 

1,450 

2,899 

90.6 

63.4 

15.4 

31.29 

37.81 

44.17 

6.93 

47.9 

5.85 

1,329.6 

1,345.8 

2,675.4 

77 

66 

143 

40.16 

43.20 

41.64 

5.27 

4.53 

4.79 

1,459 

1,468 

2,927 

90 

66 

156 

24.59 

23.34 

24.02 

6.04 

4.42 

5.22 

1,554 

1,556 

2,110 

93 

65 

158 

31.60 

39.55 

35.41 

5.87 

4 10 

4.99 

1,590 

1,591 

3,181 

91 

118 

209 

27.50 

24.61 

25.66 

5.57 

7.22 

6.46| 

1,652 

1,666 

3,318 

91 

99 

190 

23.21 

19.61 

21.44 

5.16 

5.68 

5.42 

1,746 

1,722 

3,468 

88.4 

82.8 

171.2 

29.40 

31.41 

29.61 

5.58 

5.19 

5.38 

1,600 

1,601 

3.201 

125 

73 

198 

28.36 

28.19 

26.76 

7.07 

4.12 

5.44 

1,776 

1,811 

3,587 

102 

108 

210 

25.56 

26.30 

26.44 

5.61 

5.82 

5.71 

1,839 

1,888 

3,727 

106 

82 

189 

29.02 

35.45 

32.22 

5.65 

4.29 

4.96 

1,913 

1,947 

2,860 

147 

118 

266 

20.74 

22.04 

21.38 

7.44 

5.85 

6.63 

1,996 

2,040 

4,036 

139 

86 

225 

19.22 

17.90 

18.53 

6.85 

4.02 

5.47 

2,027 

2,091 

4,118 

12.4 

93,3 

217.3 

27.78 

29.57 

28.06 

6.52 

4.82 

5.64 

1,910 

1,955 

3,865 

145 

117 

262 

21.10 

29.15 

24.97 

6.91 

5.42 

6.13 

2,116 

2,163 

4,279 

130 

108 

238 

32.09 

31.46 

33.04s 

> 6.04 

4.87 

5.45 

2,152 

2,236 

4,388 

160 

132 

I 

292 

31.72 

23.65 

27.24 

7.33 

5.75 

6.57 

2,176 

2,251 

4,427 

1.^6 

1.33 

269 

29  09 

27  8? 

98  42 

6.23 

5.81 

6.02 

2,198 

2,300 

4,498 

XX. 


THE  KEPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  3. 

Showing  the  counties  and  places  from  which  patients  were  admitted  to  the  asylums,  and 

the  asylums  they  were  assigned  to. 


Total  number  received  from  respective 
counties  during  the  year. 

Assigned  to  Toronto  Asylum. 

Assigned  to  London  Asylum.  | 

1 

Assigned  to  Kingston  Asylum. 

Assigned  to  Hamilton  Asylum. 

Assigned  to  Mimico  Asylum. 

Assigned  to  Brockville  Asylum. 

Assigned  to  Orillia  Asylum. 

7 

1 

4 

1 

2 

13 

1 

1 

10 

1 

1 

20 

1 

15 

2 

2 

33 

30 

3 

4 

2 

2 

16 

1 

12 

2 

1 

10 

9 

1 

1 

1 

25 

1 

' 20 

4 

16 

11 

1 

4 

6 

1 

4 

1 

8 

8 

1 

- 1 

11 

10 

1 

23 

1 

19 

1 

i 

1 

22 

18 

2 

2 1 

13 

12 

1 

14 

13 

1 

16 

1 

13 

2 

9 ! 

L ! ! ! ! ’. 

1 8 

1 

9 

1 

8 

52 

43 

1 

4 

5 

4 

2 

2 

10 

2 

7 

1 

9 

8 

1 

28 

1-3 

8 

2 

i 

4 ' 

15 

3 

9 

3 

12 

8 

1 

1 

2 

4 

4 

11 

i 

1 

9 

24 

2 

20 

1 

1 

15 

1 

”i 

2 

11 

1 9 

9 1 

5 

5 

4 

4 

14 

14 

27 

3 

19 

5 

24 

23 

1 

5 

1 

4 

14 

2 

11 

1 

11 

1 

10 

13 

1 

. . - - i 

11 

1 

12 

3 

1 

9 

36 

1 

2 1 

31 

2 

'H56 

93 

1 

6 

18 

25 

14  i 

3 

2 

1 

793 

132 

156 

71 

128 

103  1 

132 

71 

County  or  Place. 


Algoma 

Brant 

Bruce  

Carleton 

Dufferin 

Elgin 

Essex 

Erontenac  

Grey  

Haldimand 

Haliburton  

Halton  

Hastings 

Huron 

Kent ■ 

Lambton  

Lanark 

Leeds  and  Grenville 

Lennox  and  Addington 

Lincoln  

Middlesex  

Muskoka 

Nipissing 

Norfolk 

Northumberland  and  Durham 

Ontario 

Oxford 

Parry  Sound  ...  . 

Peel  

Perth 

Peterborough 

Prescott  and  Bussell 

Prince  Edward  

Rainj?  River  * 

Renfrew 

Simcoe 

Stormont,  Dundas  and  Glengarry  . . 

Thunder  Bay  

Victoria 

W aterloo 

Welland 

Wellington 

Wentworth 

York 

Not  classed 


g JH- 

§ 

a ^ 

'O  <X) 

o'© 

a g 


A 

<u 

QJ  H) 

> o 


® 2 

(.1  0) 
OJ  53 

S-Q 


4 

3 

2 

11 

6 

14 

17 

16 

1 

3 

2 

14 

10 

2 

23 

7 

9 

6 

8 

1 

11 

7 

16 

4 

18 

13 

3 

11 

1 

15 

4 

5 

2 

7 

13 

39 

2 

2 

8 

2 

2 

7 

4 

24 

9 

6 

1 

11 

4 

9 

2 

2 

22 

4 

11 

4 

5 

4 

1 

4 

4 

10 

19 

8 

19 

5 

4 

1 

12 

2 

1 

10 

5 

8 

2 

10 

11 

25 

70 

86 

1 

2 

291 

502 

7 

13 

20 

33 

4 

16 

10 

25 

16 

6 

8 
1 

11 

23 
22 

13 

14 
16 

9 

9 

52 

4 

10 

9 

28 

15 
12 

4 

11 

24 
15 

9 

5 

4 

14 

27 

24 

5 

14 

11 

13 

12 

36 

156 

3 


Total 


793 


1900  ] 


OF  LUNA.TIC  AN'D  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


XXI, 


TABLE  No.  4. 

Showing  the  counties  and  districts  from  which  the  entire  number  of  patients  admitted  to 
the  asylums  have  been  received,  including  the  admissions  of  the  present  year  ; also 
the  counties  and  districts  from  which  the  patients  remaining  in  residence  the  30th 
September,  1900,  were  originally  admitted. 


Patients  in  residence  30th  September,  1900. 


Counties  and  Places. 

Admissions  of  the  year. 

Total  admissions. 

Toronto  Asylum. 

London  Asylum. 

Kingston  Asylum. 

Hamilton  Asylum. 

Mimico  Asylum. 

Brockville  Asylum. 

Orillia  Asylum. 

Total. 

Algoma  ....  

7 

75 

4 

1 

4 

10 

6 

25 

Brant  

13 

723 

8 

4 

66 

5 

9 

92 

Bruce  

20 

427 

3 

84 

4 

2 

5 

16 

114 

Carleton  

33 

790 

8 

1 

69 

2 

113 

16 

209 

Dufferin 

4 

42  L 

1 

20 

2 

4 

27 

Elgin  

16 

514 

4 

78 

3 

3 

6 

6 

100 

Essex  

10 

445 

75 

1 

1 

3 

5 

16 

101 

Frontenac 

25 

909 

“"2 

126 

6 

2 

14 

22 

171 

Grey  

16 

492 

21 

3 

1 

74 

17 

2 

20 

138 

Haldimand  ' 

6 

385 

1 

42 

1 

2 

8 

54 

Haliburton  

8 

21 

Halton  

1 

307 

8 

1 

40 

1 

i. 

6 

57 

Hastings ^ 

11 

565 

8 

1 

59 

8 

27 

18 

121 

Huron 

23 

630 

7 

111 

4 

2 

2 

21 

147 

Kent 

22 

444 

1 

86 

2 

1 

6 

16 

111 

Lambton  

13 

574 

1 

111 

1 

3 

5 

12 

133 

Lanark  

14 

458 

2 

39 

39 

4 

84 

Leeds  and  Grenville  

16 

696 

3 

25 

1 

1 

68  1 

1 12 

115 

Lennox  and  Addington 

9 

324 

1 

48 

1 

7 

16 

73 

Lincoln  

9 

439 

7 

2 

59 

2 

4 

1 

76 

Middlesex 

62 

L383 

S 

263 

1 

5 

10 

19 

35 

336 

Muskoka  

4 

86 

5 

1 

4 

7 

10 

27 

Nipif>sing 

10 

34 

3 

2 

12 

1 

2 

20 

Norfolk 

9 

297 

1 

1 

55 

4 

2 

10 

73 

Northumberland  and  Durham. . . 

28 

916 

46 

37 

2 

25 

11 

18 

138 

Ontario 

16 

678 

27 

1 

1 

6 

58 

4 

17 

114 

Oxford  

12 

644 

5 

83 

■ 1 

10 

5 

5 

15 

124 

Parry  Sound 

4 

45 

4 

8 

1 1 

6 

19 

Peel 

11 

366 

18 

1 

8 

32 

10 

69 

Perth 

24 

491 

3 

82 

6 

4 

6 

10 

111 

Peterborough  .... 

16 

348 

18 

4 

4 

44 

2 

9 

81 

Prescott  and  Russell 

9 

196 

2 

8 

38 

48 

Prince  Edward 

5 

197 

26 

1 

3 

6 

36 

Rainy  River 

4 

11 

1 

7 

8 

Renfrew 

14 

246 

1 

57 

1C 

6 

74 

Simcoe  

27 

938 

16 

1 

95 

65 

8 

54 

239 

Stormont,  Dundas  and  Glengarry . . 

24 

618 

3 

53 

2 

72 

9 

139 

Thunder  Bay 

5 

29 

3 

2 

1 

*4’ 

1 

11 

Victoria  

14 

334 

19 

1 

2 

4 

46 

4 

13 

89 

Waterloo  

11 

410 

4 

6 

1 

72 

5 

3 

16 

107 

Welland 

13 

327 

4 

64 

3 

6 

77 

Wellington  

12 

712 

9 

3 

no 

2 

5 

10 

139 

Wentworth  

36 

1,327 

10 

3 

3 

181 

4 

4 

29 

234 

Y ork 

156 

4,397 

420 

6 

11 

57 

188 

52 

134 

867 

Not  classed 

3 

498 

5 

1 

7 

3 

13 

30 

Total  

793 

25,046 

710 

1,008 

687 

1,023 

600 

570 

654 

5.162 

xxii.  • THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR  [ No. 


table  No.  5. 


Shewing  the  length  of  time  Lunatics  received  into  the  Asylum  during  the  year  had  been 

insane  prior  to  admission. 


Duration  of  insanity  prior  to 
admission. 

j Toronto  Asylum. 

j London  Asylum. 

Kingston  Asylum. 

j Hamilton  Asylum. 

j Mimico  Asylum. 

Brockville  Asylum. 

Total. 

Under  one  month 

37 

j 

1 

23 

1 

1 

! 2 

26 

25 

20 

133 

From  1 to  2 months 

10 

22 

12 

22 

11 

12 

89 

“ 2 “ 3 “ 

14 

16 

4 

5 

9 

7 

56 

“ 3 “ 4 “ 

6 

18 

4 

6 

7 

3 

44 

“ 4 “ 5 “ 

4 

7 

3 

2 

3 

19 

“ 6 “ 6 “ 

1 

8 

3 

4 

9 

4 

29 

“ 6 “ 7 “ 

12 

12 

2 

4 

9 

5 

44 

7 “ 8 “ 

1 

1 

1 

1 2 

2 

2 

8 

“ 8 “ 9 “ 

4 

3 

2 

4 

1 

14 

“ 9 “10  “ 

1 

2 

2 

5 

“ 10  “ 11  “ 

1 

1 

1 

2 

1 

! 

1 

6 

“ 11  “ 12 

4 

2 

• 

5 

11 

“ 12  “18  “ 

8 

5 

4 

1 

9 

1 

4 

5 

35 

18  months  to  2 years 

3 

4 

2 

2 

4 

15 

2 to  3 years 

2 

6 

4 

4 

9 

7 

32 

“ 3 “ 4 “ 

2 

4 

5 

6 

3 

5 

25 

“ 4 “ 5 “ 

3 

3 

1 

2 

5 

3 

16 

“ 6 “ 6 “ 

3 

1 

3 

4 

1 

3 

15 

“ 6 “ 7 “ 

5 

2 

1 

1 

1 

2 

11 

“ 7 “ 8 “ 

1 

2 

1 

2 

7 

8 “ 9 “ 

1 

2 

1 

6 

10 

“ 9 “10  “ 

1 

1 

4 

6 

“ 10  “15  “ 

2 

3 

6 

5 

3 

19 

“ 15  “20  “ 

3 

1 

1 

2 

5 

12 

“ 20  yfiars  and  upwards  

3 

5 

7 

21 

36 

TTnVnnwn  • 

12 

6 

3 

5 

26 

Totals 

132 

156 

71 

j 128 

103 

132 

722 

1900] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


XXlll. 


TABLE  No.  6. 


Shewing  the  length  of  residence  of  patients  remaining  in  the  Asylum  on  the  30th 

September,  1900. 


’ Length  of  Residence. 

j Toronto  Asylum. 

a 

o 

a 

o 

1^ 

j Kingston  Asylum. 

a 

a 

0 

1 
w 

j Mimico  Asylum. 

a 

<3 

0) 

’> 

o 

o 

(4 

W 

j Orillia  Asylum. 

Total. 

Under  1 month 

6 

13 

7 

14 

9 

8 

8 

64 

Prom  1 to  2 months  

4 

12 

4 

5 

6 

10 

9 

50 

2 “ 3 “ 

7 

14 

4 

8 

8 

4 

4 

49 

3 “ 4 “ 

7 

10 

7 

10 

15 

5 

8 

62 

(( 

4 “ 5 “ 

12 

9 

9 

10 

12 

10 

4 

66 

i< 

5 “ 6 “ 

9 

8 

7 

9 

8 

33 

6 

79 

6 “ 7 “ 

8 

8 

1 

7 

7 

15 

5 

51 

4m 

7 “ 8 “ 

5 

4 

2 

1 

4 

10 

2 

1 

28 

44 

8 “ 9 “ 

11 

5 

1 

4 

6 

6 

4 

7 

42 

44 

9 “10  “ 

3 

4 

3 

12 

3 

10 

3 

38 

44 

D “11  “ 

5 

10 

4 

6 

3 

3 

7 

38 

44 

11  “ 12  “ 

7 

9 

3 

6 

3 

5 

4 

37 

44 

12  “ 18  “ 

56 

34 

20 

42 

29 

9 

34 

204 

44 

18  months  to  2 years 

24 

34 

36 

33 

23  1 

34 

31 

215 

44 

2 to  3 years  

68 

64 

64 

66 

31 

77 

46 

395 

3 ‘ 4 “ 

54 

60 

19 

54 

31 

134 

58 

410 

4 “ 6 “ 

30 

61 

60 

53 

31 

90 

49 

364 

44 

6 ‘ 6 “ 

41 

46 

19 

44 

63 

117 

40 

370 

44 

6 “ 7 “ 

31 

38 

34 

64 

26 

48 

241 

44 

7 “ 8 “ 

50 

65 

16 

39 

30 

31 

230 

44 

8 “ 9 “ 

33 

43 

39 

52 

70 

39 

276 

44 

9 “10  “ 

42 

36 

23 

47 

112 

67 

326 

44 

10  “15  “ 

85 

140 

73 

197 

64 

79 

638 

44 

15  “20  “ 

43 

123 

68 

122 

41 

387 

44 

20  years  and  upwards 

100 

179 

72 

114 

27 

492 

Totals 

710 

1,008 

587 

1,023 

600 

570 

664 

6,162 

XXIV. 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  7. 


Shewing  the  periods  that  patients  were  under  treatment  who  were  discharged  during 

the  year  as  cured. 


Period  under  treatment. 

Toronto  Asylum. 

London  Asylum. 

Kingston  Asylum. 

Hamilton  Asylum. 

Mimico  Asylum. 

Brockville  Asylum. 

Total. 

3 

2 

3 

1 

9 

6 

5 

3 

2 

16  / 

“ 2 “ “ 

2 

4 

3 

2 

11  / 

“ 3 “ 4 “ 

3 

4 

1 

6 

1 

2 

17  j 

“ 4 “ 5 “ 

4 

3 

2 

1 

6 

16  / 

“ 6 “ 6 “ 

6 

7 

3 

2 

iW 

“ 6 “ 7 “ 

6 

3 

2 

2 

1 

ul 

“ 7 ‘ 8 “ 

3 

6 

3 

2 

4 

2 

2<j 

“ 8 “ 9 “ 

3 

2 

6 

1 

3 

4 

“ 9 “ 10  “ 

2 

2 

1 

5 

5 

3 

1 

“ 10  “11  “ 

4 

1 

2 

1 

1 

I9 

“ 11  “ 12  “ 

2 

1 

1 

2 

3 

1 

L 

“ 12  “18  “ 

4 

9 

2 

6 

1 

22 

“ 18  months  to  2 years. . , 

3 

4 

3 

3 

3 

L 

“ 2 to  3 years 

2 

2 

1 

8 

3 

1 

•’ 

“ 3 “ 4 “ 

2 

3 

1 

1 

/ 7 

“ 4 “ 5 “ 

1 

1 

2 

4 

“ 5 “ 6 “ 

1 

1 

1 

2 

» 

“ 6 “ 7 “ 

2 

1 

3 

“ 7 “ 8 “ . 

“ 8 “ 9 “ 

1 

“ 9 “10  “ 

1 

1 

1 

“ 10  “ 15  “ 

1 

1 

2 

4 

“ 15  “20  “ 

1 

1 

20  years  and  upwards 

1 

X 

Totals 

47 

64 

16 

63 

29 

36 

254 

1900] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


XXV. 


TABLE  No.  8. 


Shewing  the  periods  that  patients  were  under  treatment  who  were  discharged  during 

the  year  as  improved. 


Period  under  treatment. 

Toronto  Asylum. 

London  Asylum. 

Kingston  Asylum. 

Hamilton  Asylum. 

Mimico  Asylum. 

Brockville  Asylum. 

Total. 

Under  one  month  

From  1 to  2 months 

2 

2 

“ 2 “ 3 “ 

1 

1 

2 

“ 3 “ 4 “ 

2 

1 

1 

4 

“ 4 “ 5 “ 

2 

1 

1 

4 

“ 5 “ 6 “ 

1 

1 

2 

“ 6 “ 7 “ 

1 

2 

3 

“ 7 “ 8 “ 

1 

1 

“ 8 “ 9 “ 

“ 9 “10  “ 

1 

1 

“ 10  “ 11  “ 

2 

2 

“ 11  “ 12  “ 

“ 12  “18  “ 

3 

1 

1 

5 

“ 18  months  to  2 years. . . 

3 

2 

5 

“ 2 to  3 years 

1 

1 

3 

1 

1 

7 

“ 3 “ 4 “ ....  

2 

3 

1 

6 

“ 4 ‘ 5 “ 

1 

1 

“ 5 “ 6 “ 

“ 6 “ 7 “ 

1 

1 

“ 7 “ 8 “ 

1 

“ 8 “ 9 “ 

1 

“ 9 “10  “ 

“ 10  “15  “ 

“ 15  “ 20  “ 

1 

1 

20  years  and  upwards 

Totals 

17 

11 

8 

8 

1 

3 

48 

XXVI. 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  9. 


Shewing  the  periods  that  patients  were  under  treatment  who  were  discharged  daring 

the  year,  unimproved. 


Periods  under  treatment. 

Toronto  Asylum. 

London  Asylum. 

Kingston  Asylum. 

Hamilton  Asylum. 

Mimico  Asylum 

Brockville  Asylum. 

Totals. 

2 

1 

3 

From 

2 

1 

3 

2 “ 3 “ 

1 

1 

3 “ 4 “ 

1 

1 

2 

<( 

4 “ 5 “ 

5 “ 6 “ 

1 

1 

it 

6 “ 7 “ 

1 

1 

it 

7 “ 8 “ 

8 “ 9 “ 

1 

1 

ti 

9 “10  “ 

it 

10  “11  “ 

it 

11  “12  “ 

ti 

12  “18  “ 

1 

2 

3 

it 

18  months  to  2 years 

1 

1 

it 

2 to  3 year.s 

1 

1 

2 

a 

3 “ 4 “ 

1 

1 

2 

4 “ 5 “ 

it 

5 “ 6 “ 

it 

6 “ 7 “ 

1 

1 

tt 

8 “ 9 “ 

1 

1 

1 

• 

10  “ 15  “ 

1 

1 

a 

15  “ 20  “ 

1 

1 

Totals  

11 

4 

2 

2 

3 

2 

24 

19DD  1 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS.  xxvii. 


TABLE  No.  10. 


Shewing  the  length  of  residence  of  patients  who  died  during  the  year. 


- 

Length  of  residence. 

Toronto  Asylum. 

London  Asylum. 

Kingston  Asylum. 

Hamilton  Asylum.  j 

Mimico  Asylum. 

Brockville  Asylum. 

1 

Orillia  Asylum. 

Totals. 

• 

Under  1 month 

10 

3 

4 

3 

3 

4 

27 

From  1 to  2 months 

3 

2 

3 

2 

1 

1 

12 

a 

2 “ 3 “ 

1 

1 

2 

1 

5 

3 “ 4 “ 

1 

1 

2 

4 

4 “ 6 “ 

2 

2 

4 

5 “ 6 “ 

2 

1 

1 

1 

5 

(( 

6 “ 7 “ 

1 

1 

2 

4 

7 “ 8 “ 

1 

1 

2 

1 

5 

8 “ ' 9 “ 

2 

1 

3 

9 “ 10  “ 

1 

2 

2 

1 

6 

u 

10  “ 11  “ .... 

1 

1 

1 

3 

4( 

11  “ 12  “ 

1 

1 

2 

12  “ 18  “ 

4 

1 

2 

2 

2 

6 

16 

.4 

18  months  to  2 years . . 

3 

3 

2 

2 

10 

2 to  3 years 

3 

5 

3 

4 

3 

9 

7 

34 

3 “ 4 “ 

4 

1 

2 

3 

3 

4 

6 

23 

it 

4 “ 5 “ 

4 

5 

7 

3 

2 

4 

6 

31 

if 

5 “ 6 “ 

2 

3 

6 

7 

18 

it 

6 “ 7 “ 

2 

1 

3 

1 

4 

11 

ti 

7 “ 8 “ 

7 

2 

6 

5 

20 

u 

8 “ 9 “ 

2 

1 

2 

2 

3 

10 

a 

9 “ 10  “ 

2 

1 

3 

5 

11 

it 

10  “ 15  “ 

10 

3 

12 

1 

5 

31 

it 

15  “ 20  “ 

? 

2 

4 

3 

2 

13 

20  y ears  and  upwards . 

10 

3 

2 

4 

26 

Totals 

48 

59 

38 

52 

38 

34 

65 

334 

THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


xx\  iii. 


TABLE  No.  11. 

Shewing  the  causes  of  death  of  those  who  died. 


Causes  of  death. 

Toronto 

Asylum. 

a 

a 0 
o T 

1 Kingston 
1 Asylum. 

1 Hamilton 
1 Asylum. 

1 Mimico 
1 Asylum. 

Brockville 
j Asylum. 

1 Orillia 
j Asylum. 

Apoplexy 

2 

10 

1 

3 

2 

2 

Aneurism  of  aorta 

1 

1 

Anaemia 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Brain  fever 

1 

Convulsions 

2 

Cancer  of  stomach 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Cerebral  hemorrhage  

1 

Cancer  of  uterus 

1 

Cardiac  di-ease 

6 

2 

Cerroses 

2 

1 

i 

1 

Dysentery 

1 ' 

2 

Drowning 

1 

EKhaustion  of  mania 

4 

6 

. 

4 

7 

1 

Epilensy 

4 

2 

1 

1 

‘l6 

Erysipelas 

1 

1 

2 

Exhaustion  of  dementia 

4 

4 

4 

Epileptic  dementia 

1 

Exhaustion  of  melancholia 

2 

1 

Gastric  fever 

1 

General  debility 

3 

11 

Gastric  cancer 

1 

Heart  disease.  

7 

3 

2 

3 

3 

Hepatitis  

1 

Heart  clot 

Hemiplegia  

1 

1 

Hemorrhage  of  lungs  

1 

Influenza 

1 

2 

Intestinal  obstructions 

1 

Killed  by  train 

1 

Liver  disease 

2 

Lungs,  congestion  of, 

1 

Multiple  sarconea  

1 

Marasmus 

1 

1 

1 

2 

1 

Melancholia 

1 

Meningitis 

1 

1 

1 

Nephritis  

1 

Nechrosis  of  jaw 

1 

Old  age  

6 

Obstruction  of  gall  stone  ....  

2 

(Esophagus,  obs.  of 

1 

Pareses,  general 

7 

2 

3 

2 

1 

Pneumonia 

3 

1 

1 

2 

1 

2 

Phthisis 

6 

8 

9 

12 

4 

7 

16 

Puerperal  

1 

Paralysis  .. 

2 

2 

2 

Pyemia 

1 

1 

Paretie  dementia 

2 

Poisoning  

1 

Rheumatism 

2 

Syphiliptic  

1 

Senile  decay 

14 

11 

3 

4 

2 

Stomach,  ulceration  of  

1 

Septicemia 

' 1 

1 

1 

Suicide  

1 

Typho  pneumonia 

1 

Tuberculosis 

2 

1 

7 

Typhoid 

1 

Total 

48 

69 

38 

52 

38 

34 

65 

Total. 


20 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

6 

2 

2' 

3 

3 
1 

21 

10 

4 
4 
8 
1 
3 
1 

14 

1 

18 

1 


2 

1 

3 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

6 

1 

3 

1 

1 

6 

2 

1 

15 

lO 

62 

1 

6 

2 

2 

1 

2 

1 

34 

1 

8 

1 

1 

10 

1 


334 


1900] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


XXIX. 


TABLE  No.  12. 


Shewing  trades,  callings  and  occupations  of  patients  admitted  into  the  asylums  during 
the  year,  and  also  the  total  number  admitted. 


Trades,  callings  and  occupations. 

1 Toronto 
I Asylum. 

1 London 

1 Asylum. 

a 

g-E 

4^  CD 
GO  ^ 

a 

w 1 

1 Hamilton 
I Asylum. 

! Mimico 
j Asylum. 

1 Brockville 
1 Asylum. 

1 Admissions 
1 of  the  year. 

1 Total  ad- 
j missions. 

11 

2 

1 

1 

4 

49 

Architects  

8 

1 

3 

1 

1 

2 

3 

Bookkeepers  

1 

1 

2 

63 

Bakers 

1 

1 

52 

Bricklayers 

27 

Butchers 

34 

1 

1 

2 

4 

155 

Brass-finishers  

8 

Brewers  

17 

Builders  

12 

Barbers  

15 

Broom-makers  

8 

Barristers  

13 

Bookbinders  

1 

1 

8 

Brickmakers 

1 

1 

9 

Bridge-tenders  

1 

Brush-makers 

1 

Button-makers 

2 

Basrsraeremasters 

2 

Brakemen  

4 

Bailiffs  

1 

Commercial  travellers 

4 

1 

i 

6 

46 

Cabinet-makers 

1 

1 

34 

Consuls  

1 

Confectioners 

8 

Coopers  

44 

Carpenters 

1 

2 

2 

1 

6 

393 

Clerks 

7 

4 

2 

3 

2 

18 

365 

Clergymen 

68 

Carriage-makers 

20 

Cooks  

1 

1 

25 

Carders 

8 

Captains  of  steamboats 

7 

Cigarmakers 

2 

2 

4 

11 

Custom  house  officers  . . : 

13 

Coppersmiths 

1 

1 

7 

Cheesemakers 

2 

Civil  servants 

9 

Clock-cleaners  

11 

Carters 

10 

Contractors 

1 

Cloth  dressers 

14 

Chisel  makers 

1 

Coachmen  

4 

Dyers  

1 

1 

Domestic  servants,  all  kinds 

3 

10 

3 

6 

1 

22 

45 

3,460 

Dressmakers 

3 

1 

1 

1 

2 

1 

9 

138 

Detectives  

' 6 

Druggists 

1 

2 

3 

47 

Dentists 

5 

Doctors 

1 

Engineers  

2 

1 

2 

1 

3 , 

1 

10 

68 

Editors 

1 

Engravers  

1 

XXX. 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  12. — Continued, 

Shewing  trades,  callings  and  conditions  of  patients  admitted  into  the  asylums 

during  the  year,  etc. 


Trades,  callings  and  occupations. 

1 Toronto 
I Asylum. 

1 London 
j Asylum. 

1 Kingston 

Asylum. 

1 i 

i Hamilton 
I Asylum. 

1 Mimico 
j Asylum. 

1 Brockville 
I Asylum. 

! Admissions 
j of  the  year. 

I Total  ad- 

j missions. 

13 

36 

9 

16 

26 

25 

125 

3,760 

6 

3 

Ferrymen  

2 

7 

2 

Florists 

1 

Gardeners  

2 

1 

3 

50 

1 

1 

25 

Glass-blowers 

1 

4 

Gentlemen  

1 

1 

1 

1 

4 

66 

11 

Gunsmiths 



2 

i 

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

2 

Hatters . 

1 

1 

5 

Ho.st.lers 

11 

Hunters  

5 

Harness-makers 

1 

1 

32 

Housekeepers . 

33 

49 

68 

30 

30 

200 

4,055 

28 

Hack  drivers  

Inn-keepers 

1 

1 

9 

Jewelers  

1 

1 

27 

Janitors  

'3 

Journalists 

2 

TiOck-keepers 

1 

Laborers 

8 

17 

10 

10 

8 

22 

75 

4,085 

33 

Laundresses  . . 

Ladies . , 

4 

1 

1 

264 

Lawyers 

i 

1 

33 

Lumbermen  

1 

1 

23 

Lathers 

1 

Loom-fixer 

1 

Liverymen 

1 

TVniliners 

1 

66 

IVTasons 

1 

1 

2 

4 

70 

Machinists 

3 

2 

1 

6 

85 

Ma.tchmakers 

4 

Millers 

1 

1 

56 

Moulders 

i 

j 

1 

1 

60 

Merchants 

1 

1 

1 

60 

IVTecha.nics 

1 

1 

2 

74 

Music  teachers 

1 

1 

29 

Marble- cutters  

5 

Milkmen  

3 

Millwriphts 

2 

No  occupation  

4 

3 

1 

4 

3 

1 

16 

1,192 

3 

Niphtwatchmen  

Nnrses 

1 

1 

2 

2 

1 

7 

32 

Orpan  builders 

3 

T*iann  ca.ae-makers  

, 

2 

Professors  of  music 

1 

i 

14 

1900] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


XXXI. 


TABLE  No.  12. — Concluded. 


Shewing  trade?,  callings  and  occupations  of  patients  admitted  into  the  asylums  daring 

the  year,  etc. 


Trades,  callings  and  occupations. 

Toronto 

Asylum. 

1 London 

1 Asylum. 

1 Kingston 
j Asylum, 

1 Hamilton 
1 Asylum. 

1 Mimico 
j Asylum. 

1 Brockville 
1 Asylum. 

1 Admissions 
of  the  year. 

02 

a 

, 

eS  M 
'c8  O 

4 

5 

] 

1 

. 14 

1 

1 

13 

* 

1 

1 

2 

141 

2 

2 

78 

1 

1 

93 

1 

1 

54 

4 

1 

1 

3 

Patternmakers 

1 

Policemen  

1 

1 

1 

Railway  employes 

1 

1 

2 

31 

Spinsters 

18 

3 

11 

1 

, 

33 

198 

Sailors 

1 

1 

2 

79 

Students  

2 

3 

1 

5 

2 

11 

165 

Spinners 

34 

Sisters  of  charity 

5 

Soda  water  manufacturers 

1 

Stonecutters 

24 

Showmen  

2 

Saddlers 

15 

Shoemakers 

1 

1 

210 

Seamstresses 

1 

1 

2 

50 

Slaters  

1 

Soldiers 

24 

Salesmen 

3 

3 

16 

Surveyors 

6 

Sail  and  tent  makers 

3 

Shop-keepers 

1 

10 

Ship-builders  

11 

Stenographers  

1 

1 

6 

Station-masters 

1 

Teachers 

1 

1 

4 

1 

6 

289 

Tinsmiths 

3 

3 

41 

Tavern-keepers  

2 

2 

138 

Tailors 

2 

1 

1 

3 

48 

Tanners 

1 

] 

2 

17 

Teamsters 

10 

Telegraph  operators 

1 

1 

8 

Upholsterers 

1 

Veterinary  surgeon 

1 

1 

2 

Vinegar  maker 

1 

Watchmakers 

1 

1 

13 

Woodworkers 

12 

^V^ea.vers  .... 

42 

W^heel  wrights 

2 

2 

' 3 

Wagonmakers 

27 

Waiters 

6 

Wives  

17 

! 17 

622 

Unknown  or  other  employment  . . 

2 

10 

1 

2 

18 

1 

37 

2,808 

XXXll. 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[No.  ;i5 


TABLE  No.  13. 


Shewing  in  detail  the  expenditure  of  the  various  asylums  during  the  year  ending  30 bh 

September,  1900. 


— 

Toronto 

Asylum. 

London 

Asylum. 

Kingston 

Asylum. 

Hamilton 

Asylum. 

Mimico 

Asylum. 

Brockville. 

Asylum. 

Orillia 

Asylum. 

^ c 

$ c. 

$ c. 

$ c. 

S c. 

S c. 

$ c. 

Medicines 

699  41 

1,889  01 

731  53 

669  90 

603  68 

500  04 

391  61 

Medical  comforts  and  appli- 

ances  

212  51 

73  65 

97  79 

205  55 

155  38 

21  90 

2 47 

Butchers’  meat 

14,761  27 

14,145  73 

12,444  49 

11,873  68 

6,715  71 

7,332  87 

5,630  57 

Poultry,  fish,  etc  

1,368  98 

1,658  57 

809  93 

2,109  66 

1,027  30 

1,198  44 

278  71 

Flour,  bread,  etc 

3,407  39 

5,205  44 

3,094  77 

5,584  92 

3,353  66 

2,630  79 

3,389  19 

Butter 

6,241  61 

7,710  24 

3,553  13 

7,674  85 

3,768  92 

4,108  60 

3,948  18 

Barley,  rice,  peas  and  meal . , 

916  23 

1,290  21 

490  03 

1,193  48 

684  69 

1,133  37 

286  11 

Tea 

1,146  18 

1,421  87 

991  39 

1,133  40 

901  50 

711  38 

470  91 

Coffee 

312  50 

1,226  63 

883  63 

800  00 

150  00 

321  01 

384  46 

Cheese 

336  14 

1,628  26 

189  75 

883  42 

441  46 

404  72 

22  07 

Eggs  

774  95 

510  40 

286  85 

533  06 

489  05 

505  49 

191  26 

Fruit  (dried) 

713  49 

1,150  85 

252  30 

2,296  84 

618  58 

1,043  44 

229  28 

Tobacco  and  pipes 

1,169  65 

486  01 

744  28 

779  06 

509  48 

31  95 

Salt,  pepper,  mustard,  vine- 

gar,  pickJes  

234  25 

326  36 

155  34 

286  04 

182  11 

201  35 

99  94 

Sugar  and  syrup 

2,453  51 

3,185  71 

1,643  34 

2,945  8-4 

2,014  56 

1,317  99 

1,395  17 

Unenumerated  groceries  . . . 

1,277  92 

272  41 

542  61 

1,282  48 

552  01 

1,579  19 

179  96 

Fruit  and  vegetables 

1,711  65 

1,188  37 

1,566  32 

1,542  23 

182  00 

1,114  81 

726  92 

Bedding 

1,096  69 

1,943  74 

1,421  64 

1,154  98 

336  33 

691  78 

206  02 

'218  25 

31  30 

282  75 

Clothing 

3,279  97 

7,604  52 

2,885  51 

5,045  15 

3,651  48 

’“2’ 493  67 

3,216  46 

Shoes 

350  64 

2,601  04 

375  92 

1,054  27 

409  49 

1,025  30 

703  75 

Coal 

8,385  77 

14,866  01 

9,734  49 

17,467  51 

9,768  73 

8,315  12 

3,775  16 

Wood 

274  55 

305  08 

50  00 

127  48 

4 05 

100  22 

Gas 

3,345  93 

3,291  25 

996  18 

2,919  57 

‘“237'95 

2,037  68 

258  64 

Oil  and  candles  and  electric 

light 

391  88 

248  71 

70  82 

9 91 

151  70 

45  47 

Matches 

3 40 

33  65 

40  52 

29  70 

23  50 

Brushes,  brooms  and  mops  . . 

218  45 

555  40 

149  60 

“284  10 

401  51 

178  58 

’“276*36 

Bath-brick,  black-lead,  black- 

ing   

4 20 

11  25 

10  00 

4 55 

9 00 

8 50 

6 25 

Soap  and  other  laundry  ex- 

penses   

800  39 

1,352  71 

825  90 

1,668  20 

980  83 

1,084  38 

1,099  16 

W a, tor - 

3,678  86 

3,584  08 

2,000  00 

Ice. 

419  26 

570  91 

”’i4i’20 

268  76 

46  75 

Advertising  and  printing 

377  14 

""m75 

’“301  00 

379  35 

57  60 

278  86 

Postage,  telegraph  and  ex- 

press charges  

111  45 

610  65 

366  76 

181  68 

227  11 

200  09 

205  93 

Stationery  and  library 

491  69 

1,053  96 

164  00 

496  22 

620  71 

273  27 

85  46 

Furniture,  renewals  and  re- 

pairs   

450  82 

1,424  96 

1,081  26 

1,452  28 

1,294  06 

647  16 

518  69 

Iron  and  tinware 

85  65 

840  97 

36  10 

192  78 

146  65 

56  45 

138  05 

Crockery  and  glassware 

2' 2 99 

1,424  33 

298  12 

337  19 

347  09 

294  18 

46  10 

Feed  and  fodder  

2,555  66 

1,501  28 

2,149  19 

1,474  98 

1,104  71 

1,276  32 

226  26 

Farm  stock  and  implements 

and  repairs  thereto 

223  63 

2,321  49 

600  36 

2,019  49 

1,014  85 

202  96 

193  03 

Repairs  (ordinary)  to  build- 

ings   

1,462  50 

1,793  05 

911  17 

1,570  97 

1,398  14 

1,265  35 

719  49 

Hardware,  etc 

351  85 

346  21 

256  84 

1,465  81 

718  88 

743  96  142  76 

Paints  and  oils 

446  26 

949  23 

632  12 

695  24 1 132  57 

218  97 

95  05 

Officers’  travelling  expenses  . 

3(>  06 

139  95 

20  95 

' 173  00 

190  65 

145  63 

57  65 

Elopers,  cost  of  recovering  . . 

75  36 

28  99 

9 80 

16  83 

29  75 

9 24 

Freight  and  duties  ....  

11  05 

49  50 

53  67 

76  71 

82  38 

178  52 

134  41 

Amusements 

266  24 

240  54 

145  93 

144  75 

327  80 

44  11 

100  63 

Religious  services  and  school 

ins'hrnnl'.inTi  

112  50 

203  00 

42  15 

Rent „ . . . . 

484  00 

Incidentals  

405  81 

794  14 

964  59 

414  61 

" 680  10 

144  00 

765*98 

Transfer  and  removal  of 

pn.tienlis 

8 35 

7 30 

15  50 

Salaries  and  wages 

i 33,756  16 

39,941  07 

25,927  85 

36,106  78 

26,139  56 

21,161  42 

20,373  57 

' Totals 

99,339  36l  131,161  91 

78,727  02 

121,687  00 

73,915  23 

70,001  68 

53,285  26 

Shewing  the  expenditure  in  each  Asylum  under  the  various  headings  of  the  estimates  and  the  annual  cost  per  pstient 

under  such  heading. 


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TFE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  15 


Shewing  the  supplies  for  which  tenders  were  invited  and  the  prices  paid  for  the  same. 


[Supplies. 

Toronto  Asylum. 

London  Asylum. 

Kingston  Asylum. 

1 

Hamilton  Asylum. 

1 Mimico  Asylum. 

1 

Brockville  Asylum. 

Orillia  Asylum. 

$ c. 

1 

$ c. 

$ c. 

$ c. 

$ c. 

$ c. 

$ c- 

"Rntchers’  meat  per  cwt 

5 45 

6 74 

Flour,  per  bblf 

2 97 

3 15 

3 18 

3 20 

3 18 

3 22 

3 29 

Oatmeal,  per  bbl 

3 50 

3 38 

3 75 

1 80 

3 60 

3 75 

3 92 

Split  peas,  per  bbl 

3 75 

3 90 

3 90 

Butter,  creamery,  per  lb 

m 

20f 

21 

22 

20^ 

21h 

“ dairy,  .... 

16 

m 

17 

16i 

17 

16| 

Potatoes,  per  bush 

40 

45 

43 

45 

Fuel. 

Hard  coal,  large  egg,  per  ton. 

4 27 

4 45 

3 63 

...  

4 68 

4 76 

“ stove 

4 49 

4 89 

3 85 

4 25 

4 89 

4 76 

6 34 

“ chestnut 

4 49 

4 89 

3 85 

4 25 

4 89 

4 75 

small  eyer 

4 73 

3 85 

4 25 

( hard . 

1 99 

2 15 

“ screenings  X 

t soft . . 

2 90 

3 13 

2 85 

3 76 

Soft  coal 

4 18 

4 90 

Hard  wood,  green  per  cord 

5 75 

6 65 

5 65 

“ drv  “ 

5 00 

U.I.  J j • • 

• 

1900  ] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


XXXV. 


TABLE  No.  16. 


Shewing  the  number  of  officers  and  employees  in  each  and  all  of  the  asylums  classified 
according  to  the  duties  performed. 


Occupation. 

S 

1 ondon  Asylum. 

B 

3 

s 

Hamilton  Asylum. 

2 

>> 

a. 

< 

3 

2 

(n 

(A 

X 

0 

-2 

j. 

< 

A 

'> 

0 

0 

£3 

Total . . . 

1 

Medical  superintendents . . 

j 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

7 

Assistant  medical  superintendents  

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

6 

Assistant  medical  c fficers 

1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

1 

8 

Bursars  and  clerks 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

1 

1 

12 

Storekeepers  and  assistants  

1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 

9 

1 

1 

1 

3 

Matrons  

1 

1 

1 

1 

i 

1 

7 

Assistant  matrons 

1 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 

8 

Engineers’  assistants  and  stokei  s 

6 

10 

4 

9 

6 

4 

4 

42 

Masons  and  bricklayers 

1 

1 

1 

3 

Carpenters 

2 

2 

1 

2 

2 

1 

1 

11 

Vaint.firR  .... 

1 

1 

2 

Bakers  and  assistants 

2 

2 

1 

i 

1 

1 

1 

9 

Gardeners  and  assistants 

2 

2 

2 

2 

1 

1 

1 

11 

Farmers  and  farm  laborers 

1 

4 

1 

4 

2 

1 

1 

14 

Tailors  and  seamstresses  . ...  

2 

3 

2 

3 

2 

2 

2 

16 

Shoemakers 

1 

1 

1 

3 

Stable  and  stock-keepers 

1 

2 

1 

1 

2 

7 

Butchers  and  jobbers  

2 

1 

1 

1 

Messengers,  porters  and  portresses 

2 

2 

1 

1 

2 

'"2 

1 

11 

Cooks  and  kitchen  maids 

5 

6 

3 

7 

4 

2 

3 

10 

Laundresses  and  assistants 

6 

4 

2 

4 

3 

3 

3 

25 

Housemaids 

4 

8 

2 

3 

4 

8 

2 

31 

Dairymaids 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

6 

Laundryman 

*1’  ’ 

1 

1 

Attendants. 

Chief  male  attendants  and  supervisors 

10 

12 

8 

8 

6 

1 

6 

61 

Chief  female  attendants  and  supervisors  

0 

7 

7 

11 

6 

6 

421 

Trained  infirmary  nurses 

1 

1 

1 

1 

4 

TftaebftrH  nf  ffip.hlp-mindfld  fihildrfln 

5 

Ordinary  male  attendants 

19 

32 

16 

30 

18 

13 

15 

142 

Ordinary  female  attendants 

21 

27 

15 

26 

18 

11 

15 

133 

Male  night  watchers 

4 

2 

3 

2 

2 

1 

14 

Female  night-watchers 

4 

■3 

7 

2 

2 

1 

19 

Totals 

109 

143 

79 

136 

93 

66 

70 

696 

XXXVI. 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


TABLE 


Shewing  the  nature  of  employment,  the  number  of  patients 

the  average  work  in  days 


Nature  of  employment. 

Toronto 

Asylum. 

London 

Asylum. 

Kingston 

Asylum. 

j No.  of  patients  who 
1 worked . 

T3 

V 

1 

QQ 

Ti 

‘o 

d 

Average  per  patient. 

No.  of  patients  who 
worked . 

No.  of  days  worked. 

Average  per  patient . 

No.  of  patients  who 
worked 

No.  of  days  worked. 

Average  per  patient . 

Carpenter  shop 

4 

1,248 

312 

3,047 

304 

15 

3,060 

204 

Tailor  shop  

4 

1,012 

1 253 

1 

3 

740 

247 

7 

1,360 

' 194 

Shoemakers  shop  

4 

1,248 

312 

1 

2 

610 

305 

4 

950 

1 

238 

1 

Engineers’  shop 

8 

2,181 

273 

1 

8 

2,305 

288 

10 

2,890 

280 

1 

312 

312 

3 

640 

1 

213 

Mason  work  

2 

624 

1 

312 

1 

3 

1,029 

343 

6 

964 

193 

E«pai'*’iTig  rnflifls 

....1 

17 

2,480 

146 

W^ood  yard  and  coal  shed  

8 

1,872 

234 

2 

610 

305 

Bakery  ... 

3 

936 

312 

4 

1,232 

. 308 

4 

883 

221 

Laundry 

32 

10,682 

331 

29 

9,387 

223 

26 

6,894 

266 

Dairy 

6 

2,468 

411 

2 

427 

213 

16 

3,756 

234 

Butcher  shop  and  slaughter-house  

1 

312 

312 

1 

1,536 

307 

10 

1,640 

164 

"PiD'O'prv 

1 

4^ 

920 

230 



1 

1 

1 

Painting 

5 

1,660 

312 

3 

1 

977 

326 

8 

1 

1,127 

141 

Farm 

40 

11,547 

288 

1 

1 18 

4,363 

231 

Garden  and  grounds 

17 

5,092 

300 

1 

, 53 

1 

1 

16,012 

302 

23 

3,693 

160 

Stable  . . 

7 

2,100 

300 

12 

3,710 

301 

8 

1,572 

196 

Kitchen  

8 

2,184 

273 

35 

10,437 

300 

14 

3,889 

277 

Dining-room 

70 

23,670 

338 

63’ 

15,812 

300 

40 

12,039 

301 

Offirsprs’  qna.rtera 

4 

1,407 

352' 

8 

1,914 

240 

Sewing  

1 

246 

246 

j 

62 

18,430. 

300 

I 

33 

9,800 

300 

Knitting  

37 

11,410 

308 

1 

34 

10,073 

300 

321 

1 

9,658 

1 

300 

Spinning  

...1 

1 

1 



Mending 

74 

15,020 

203 

30 

878 

1 

30 

15 

3,864 

1 

257 

Wards  and  halls 

192 

60,800 

317 

411 

123,680 

.'00 

1 

166 

47,951 

307 

Storeroom  

1 

312 

1 

312 

j 

2 

419 

209  i 

2 

640 

270 

Not  otherwise  specified 

91 

29,213 

321' 

1 

121 

36,351 

300 

69 

17,357 

1 292 

Totals 

680 

175,710 

303 

924 

269,149 

291 

637 

144,103 

' 224 

1 

1900] 


OF  LUN.VTIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


XXXVll. 


No  17. 


employed,  the  number  of  days’  vv^ork  done  by  patients,  and 
per  patient  during  the  year. 


Hamilton 

Asylum, 

Mimico 

Asylum. 

Brockville 

Asylum. 

Orillia 

Asylum. 

Totals. 

No.  of  patients  who 
j worked . 

No.  of  days  worked. 

Average  per  patient. 

No.  of  patients  who 
worked . 

No.  of  days  worked 

Average  per  patient. 

No.  of  patients  who  , 
worked . 

No.  of  days  worked. 

Average  per  patient . 

No.  of  patients  who 
worked . 

No.  of  days  worked. 

Average  per  patient. 

No.  of  patients  who 
worked . 

No.  of  days  worked. 

Average  per  patient . 

4 

1,071 

268 

4 

1,168 

292 

3 

822 

274 

2 

346 

173 

42 

10,762 

256 

5 

1,323 

264 

2 

690 

295 

1 

227 

227 

6 

1,356 

271 

27 

6,608 

245 

3 

799 

266 

3 

695 

232 

16 

4,302 

269 

7 

2,343 

335 

10 

2,938 

294 

4 

1,406 

361 

4 

1,125 

281 

64 

15,191 

281 

4 

952 

238 

8 

2,064 

268 

6 

708 

142 

1 

41 

1 41 

24 

5,430 

226 

10 

204 

! 21 

27 

2,684 

99 

2 

62 

32 

12 

2,544 

212 

4 

1,049 

262 

3 

1,061 

350 

2 

705 

363 

12 

936 

78 

32 

6,792 

212 

35 

9,580 

273 

18 

6,239 

291 

18 

4,847 

269 

3 

939 

3131 

171 

47,468 

278 

8 

2,726 

! .341 

6 

2,180 

3631 

18 

1,043 

68 

66 

12,599 

225 

2 

331 

j 

166! 

2 

600 

300 

6 

2,183 

364 

26 

I 

6,602 

1 

256 

3 

669 

1 

223, 

( 

1 

366 

365 

2 

166 

78 

10 

2,110 

1 

211 

6 

1,710 

285 

1 

166 

156 

6 

453 

91 

2 

730 

365 

30 

6,713 

j 224 

31 

6,943 

224^ 

10 

2,602 

260 

1 

23 

6,572 

286 

f36 

1 

6,084 

174 

145 

38,111 

] 

1 263 

1 

73 

1 

18,262 

1 

1 250 

47 

10,126 

215 

62 

13,401 

j 

258 

1 

1 

1 

266 

66,686 

261 

7 

j 2,376 

340 

4 

1,339 

332 

2 

669 

286  j 

1 

L 4 

1,277 

319 

44 

12,943 

296 

26 

8,484 

326 

1 1 

12 

3,409 

284 

11 

3,164 

288 

5 

760 

150 

111 

32,317 

291 

66 

23,480 

j 366 

30 

11,011 

370 

1 

38 

13,681 

360 

36 

13,098 

1 

364 

• 333 

112,761 

339 

7 

2,219 

337 

6 

1,888 

315 

2 

1 460 

230 

27 

7,888 

29 

56 

1 

16,567, 

1 

297, 

10 

. 2,737 

270 

26 

1 

6,940 

277 

1 

8 

1 

2,182 

273 

195 

56,902 

299 

47 

14,126 

1 

300, 

39 

10,660 

27lj 

1 

17 

6,016 

296 

20 

6,260 

130 

226 

67,103 

297 

t 22 

8,531 

16oj 

22 

6,365 

289 

8 

2,120 

266 

171 

31,778 

185 

432 

153,697 

366 

. 62 

18,263 

361 

164 

69,063 

360 

1,407 

1 

419,688 

1 

294 

1 

308 

308 

2 

426 

213 

1 

296 

296 

1 

313 

313 

10 

1 

2,614 

i 

261 

44 

14,809 

332 

340 

116,804 

341 

108 

39,004 

361 

33 

. 6,992 

212* 

1 

496 

1 169,630 

321 

899 

288,529 

321 

546  j 

172,112! 

316 

392 

121,326 

309 

360 

109,314 

304* 

1 



4,238j 

1,280,243 

66.48 

Shewing  in  quinquennial  periods  the  ages  of  those  persons  admitted  to  the  Asylums  (including  transfers)  during  the  year  ending 

30th  September,  1900. 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


xxxviii. 


Totals. 

33 
48 
86 
90 
93 
88 
87 
75 
52 
j 33 
37 
23 
22 
9 
6 

ec 

05 

12 

20 

43 

41 

51 

52 

42 
38 
25 
21 
14 

9 

12 

6 

3 

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21 

28 

43 

49 

42 

36 
45 

37 
27| 
12 
23 
14 
10 

3 

3 

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05 

CO 

Orillia  Asylum. 

•moj. 

33 

17 

4' 

7' 

i 

3 

8 

2 

1 

1 1 

1 1 

12 

5 

1 

4 

2 

1 

I 

1 

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21 

12 

3 

3 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 

i 

10 

[Brockville  Asylum. 

8 

15 

9 

12 

11 

17 

15 

7 

12 

10 

5 

4 

3 

1 

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CO 

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CO 

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& 

Mimico  Asylum. 

4 

10 

20 

15 

13 

10 

10 

6 

1 

3 

4 
3 
3 
1 

g 

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4 

3 

12 

10 

8 

7 

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Hamilton  Asylum. 

5 

11 

12 

17 

19 

16 

14 

7 

1 8 

9 
2 
4 

1 

•9IBUI9J 

3 

4 
6 

11 

14 

11 

8 

3 
7 

1 

4 
3 

3 

1 

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0 

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Kingston  Asylum. 

2 

5 
11 

9 

8 

12 

6 
6 
3 
1 
3 
2 
1 
2 

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Toronto  Asylum.  London  Asylum. 

7 

21 
20 
1 22 

19 

17 

18 
10 
3 
9 
2 
5 

2 

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9 

10 

6 

9 

9 

6 

7 

2 

1 

2 

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5 

22 

16 

15 

15 
13 
11 

16 
4 

3 

4 
4 
3 
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12 

8 

7 

10 

5 

8 
9 
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1 

1 

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From  15  to  20  years.. 
“ 20  “ 25  “ 

“ 25  “ 30  “ . . 

“ 30  “ 35  “ .. 

“ 35  “ 40  “ . . 

“ 40  “45  “ .. 

“ 45  “ 50  “ .. 

“ 60  “ 66  “ . . 

“ 65  “ 60  “ . . 

“ 60  “ 66  “ . . 

“ 65  “ 70  “ 

“ 70  “ 75  “ .. 

“ 76  “ 80  “ . . 

“ 80  “ 86  “ . . 

“ 85  90  “ . . 

“ 90  “ 96  “ . . 

Unknown 

Totals 

Shewing  in  quinquennial  periods  the  ages  of  thofe  persons  discharged  from  the  Asylums  as  cured,  during  the  year  ending 

30th  September,  1900. 


1900  J 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS, 


XXXIX, 


Totals. 

OS'T005TT(?qOI>-*T"OOTri— Ir^ 
i-(COC»3COC>IC<3WrHrH)-lTH 

258 

10 

14 

15 
23 
12 
22 
13 

6 

10 

2 

6 

2 

1 

1 

135 

•9I«K 

9 

20 

15 

16 
12 
10 
12 
11 

4 
8 

5 
2 

123 

Brockville  Asylum. 

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o 

CQ 

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Mimico  Asylum. 

*l«!JOi 

eot^ioc^icorpeoc^iN  -t-i-h 

33j 

•9|BU19^ 

(NTj<(M,Hr-IC<l  • ;(M  - tH  . 

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rH 

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Hamilton  Asylum. 

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COlOC»l>*CiTHiOTt<CO^^ 

rH 

JO 

«o 

•9I«UI9^ 

(MNrtlTt<l005?q  'iHi-li-l 

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CO 

•9I«K 

i-ieOTj<cQTt<(MeOTjiwcceo 

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Kingston  Asylum,  j 

(NNiHCC  - r-iNN  - rnrH 

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to 

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rH  • * • • • • • ^ • 

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12  4 

1 

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London  Asylum. 

4000t^OT^l>-CDt^COCOCOiH 

tH 

Tfl 

50 

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CO 

Toronto  Asylum. 

CCOO»OOOiOCO«0 

iH 

•9I-BUI9J; 

>iH  • .T-I 

rH 

CO 

CO 

•91BK 

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CO 

SB  1 

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6T  1 

Under  15  years 

From  15  to  20  years .... 
“ 20  “ 25  “ . . . . 

“ 25  “ 30  “ .... 

“ 30  “ 35  “ .... 

“ 35  “ 40  “ .... 

“ 40  “ 45  “ .... 

. » 45  “ 50  “ .... 

“ 50  “ 55  “ .... 

“ 56  “ 60  “ .... 

“ 60  “ 65  “ .... 

“ 65  “ 70  “ 

“ 70  “ 76  “ .... 

“ 75  “ 80  “ .... 

Unknown  

Totals 

TABLE  No.  20. 

Shewing  in  quinquennial  periods  the  ages  of  those  persons  who  died  in  the  asylums  during  the  year  ending  30th  September,  1900. 


xl 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[No.  35 


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1 8 

1 

1 

' 26 

1 

24 

29 

28 

23 

14 

37 

21 

31 

18 

10 

334 

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167 

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12 

4 

11 

6 

11 

11 

15 

18 

12 

6 

21 

9 

19 

9 

4 

177 

Orillia  Asylum. 

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From  15  to  20  years . 
“ 20  “ 25  “ 

“ 25  “ 30  “ 

‘ 30  “ 35  “ 

35  “ 40  “ 

“ 40  “ 45  “ 

“ 46  “ 60  “ 

“ 60  “ 56  “ 

“ 55  “ 60  “ 

“ 60  “ 65  “ 

“ 65  “ 70  “ 

“ 70  “ 75  “ 

“ 76  “ 80  “ 

“ 80  “ 85  “ 

“ 85  “ 90  “ 

“ 90  “ 96  “ 

“ 95  “100  “ 
Unknown  

Totals 1 

1900] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


xli. 


The  details  of  the  distribution  of  all  these  persons  will  be  found  in  the  following 
table,  which  also  affords  a means  of  comparison  with  the  previous  year  : 


1 

30th  September,  1899. 

30th  September,  1900. 

Place  of  confinement. 

Male. 

Female . 

Total. 

Male. 

Female . 

Total. 

Asylum  for  Insane,  Toronto 

362 

364 

716 

360 

360 

710 

“ “ London 

470 

526 

996 

481 

627 

1,008 

“ “ Kingston 

304 

276 

580 

308 

279 

587 

“ “ Hamilton 

481 

540 

1,021 

469 

554 

1,023 

“ “ Mimico 

300 

301 

601 

291 

309 

600 

“ “ Erockville  

269 

244 

613 

299 

271 

670 

Total  insane  in  asylums 

2,176 

2,261 

4,227 

2,198 

2,300 

4,498 

Asylum  for  Idiots,  Orillia 

367 

300 

657 

367 

297 

664 

Total  number  in  Provincial  Asylums 

2.633 

2,561 

6,084 

2,655 

2,597 

5,152 

Homewood  Retreat,  Guelph  

9 

4 

13 

9 

9 

18 

Insane  convicts  in  Kingston  Penetentiary 

36 

36 

39 

39 

Insane  and  idiotic  persons  in  the  common  gaols 

47 

30 

77 

35 

46 

80 

Total  number  of  insane  and  idiotic  persons 
under  public  accommodation 

2,626 

2,686 

5,210 

2,638 

2,651 

6,289 

Number  of  applications  bn  hand  for  admission  to  the 

Toronto  Asylum 

7 

16 

23 

2 

6 

7 

Number  of  applications  on  hand  for  admission  to  the 

LU3  London  Asylum 

2 

16 

18 

6 

18 

23 

Number  of  applications  on  hand  for  admission  to  the 
Kingston  Asylum  

6 

6 

11 

11 

10 

21 

Number  of  applications  on  hand  for  admission  to  the 

Hamilton  Asylum 

4 

16 

19  _ 

6 

12 

18 

Number  of  applications  on  hand  for  admission  to  the 

Mimico  Asylum 

16 

4 

19 

16 

8 

24 

Number  of  applications  on  hand  for  admission  to  the 

Brockvilie  Asylum 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

Number  of  applications  on  hand  for  admission  to  the 

Orillia  Asylum 

174 

117 

291 

200 

136 

336 

Total  number  of  insane  and  idiotic  persons 
known  to  the  Department  on  30th  Sep- 

tember, 1899  and  1900 

2,833 

2,760 

6,693 

2,878 

2,841 

6,719 

xlii. 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


Discharges. 


Asylums. 

No.  of  cures. 

No.  of 
admissions. 

Percentage  of 
cures  to 
admissions. 

Toronto  

47 

132 

28.08 

London 

64 

166 

24.37 

Kingston  

16 

71 

44.37 

Hamilton 

63 

128 

20.32 

Mimico 

29 

103 

36.61 

Brockville  

36 

132 

37.71 

Totals 

264 

722 

28.42 

Pbobational  Discharges 


— 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Male. 

Female . 

Total. 

Number  to  whom  probational  leave  was  granted 

166 

166 

311 

Discharged,  cured 

81 

84 

166 

“ improved  

7 

10 

17 

“ unimproved  

3 

2 

5 

Died  before  expiration  of  leave  

2 

2 

Returned  to  Asylum 

23 

32 

66 

Ont  on  probation  30tb  September,  1900 

1 

39  1 

28 

67 

Totals 

166 

166 

311 

166 

166 

311 

Deaths  in  Asylums. 


fAsylums. 

No.  of  deaths. 

Total 

population. 

Percentage 
of  deaths  on  total 
population. 

Toronto 

48 

848 

5.66 

London 

69 

1,152 

6.12 

Kingston  

38 

651 

5.84 

Hamilton . 

62 

1,149 

4.52 

Mimico  

38 

704 

6.40 

Brockville 

34 

645 

5.27 

Orillia,  Idiot 

66 

728 

8.93 

Totals 

334 

6,877 

5.82 

1900  ] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


xliii. 


Assigned  Causes  of  Insanity. 


The  table  showing  the  assigned  causes  of  insanity  is  annexed. 


Number  of  instances  in  which  each  was  assigned. 


Assigned  causes. 

As  predisposing  cause. 

As  exciting  cause. 

Male. 

Female . 

Total. 

Male. 

Female . 

tTotal. 

Domestic  troubles,  including  loss  of  relatives  or 

6 

5 

10 

31 

41 

1 

1 

6 

12 

18 

Adverse  circumstonces,  including  business  troubles . 

1 

4 

6 

11 

18 

29 

2 

3 

6 

3 

3 

11 

17 

28~ 

Fright  and  nervous  shocks .... 

2 

6 

7 

Physical. 

Intemperance  in  drink 

6 

6 

21 

5 

26 

Intemperance,  sexual 

1 

1 

Venereal  diseases 

6 

1 

7 

Self-abuse,  sexual  

2 

1 

3 

14 

3 

17 

Over-work 

1 

1 

2 

14 

10 

24 

Sunstroke 

9 

9 

Accident  or  injury 

2 

2 

14 

6 

20 

Pregnancy 

3 

3 

4 

4 

Puerperal 

4 

4 

19 

19 

Lactation 

1 

1 

2 

2 

Morphia  habit 

Puberty  and  change  of  life 

6 

6 

6 

6 

Uterine  disorders 

1 

1 

11 

11 

Brain  disease,  with  general  paralysis  

2 

2 

2 

2 

Brain  disease,  with  epilepsy  

10 

3 

13 

11 

9" 

20 

Other  forms  of  brain  disease  

2 

2 1 

6 

6 

11 

Other  bodily  diseases  or  disorders,  including  old  age. 

4 

6 

10 

16 

21 

37 

Fevers 

1 

1 

7 

7 

14 

Hereditary. 

r 

With  other  ascertained  cause  in  combination 

* 46 

51 

97 

6 

6 

Wita  other  combined  cause  not  afcertained 

48 

68 

106 

17 

35 

62 

Congenital . 

With  other  ascertained  causes  in  combination 

2 

2 

2 

2 

With  other  combined  causes  not  ascertained 

21 

46 

66 

1 

1 

Unknown 

206 

166 

371 

164 

’‘’i69” 

303 

Total 

352 

370 

722 

362 

370 

722 

xliv. 


THE  IlEPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR. 


[ No.  ;-{5 


The  followirg  table  shows  the  number  of  beds  in  each  of  the  Asylums,  and  how  they 
were  occupied  at  the  close  of  the  official  year  : 


Asylums. 

Number  of  beds. 

Number  in  residence  on 
30th  September,  1899. 

Number  of  vacancies. 

Male. 

j Female. 

1 

Total. 

Male. 

Female, 

Total. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Toronto 

364 

364 

708 

350 

360 

710 

4 

4 

London  

472 

632 

1,004 

481 

627 

1,008 

5 

6 

Kingston  

311 

279 

590 

308 

279 

687 

3 

3 

Hamilton 1 

1 488 

553 

1,041 

469 

654 

1,023 

19 

19 

Mimico 

300 

300 

600 

291 

309 

600 

9 

9 

Brockville 

310 

260 

670 

299 

271 

570 

11 

11 

Orillia  . 

345 

307 

1 

662 

367 

297 

654 

Total 

2,580 

2,585 

6,165 

2,566 

2,597 

6,162 

46 

6 

61 

Social  State. 

The  following  information,  in  respect  to  the  nationalities,  religious  denominations 
and  social  state  of  the  patients  admitted,  including  transfers,  as  well  as  the  aggregate 
admissions  of  all  preceding  years  since  1841,  is  compiled  from  the  records  of  the  various 
institutions  : 


Social  State. 

Admissions  Total 
of  year.  admissions. 


Married  354  11,595 

Unmarried  439  12,685 


Nationalities. 

Canadian ! 620  13  066 

English 71  3 114 

Irish 47  4,461 

Scotch 27  1,898 

United  States 16  676 

O. her  0 mntries  and  unknown 12  1,157 


Religious  Denominations . 


Church  of  England . . . . 168  5,446 

Roman  Catholic 169  5,192 

Presbyterian  ...  158  4,842 

Methodist 191  5,282 

Other  denominations  and  unknown 107  3,516 


1900  1 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


XlV. 


The  following  table  shows  the  admissions,  dischargep,  ere.,  for  each  }ear  sinoe  1877, 
inclusive  : 


Y ear. 

Lunatics 

admitted. 

Discharged, 

died 

and  escaped. 

Remained. 

Percentage. 

1877 

437 

■1 

1 

331 

106 

24.25 

1878  

479 

336 

144 

30.06 

1879 

461 

32  L 

140 

30.36 

18S0 

507 

353 

154 

30.37 

1881  

602 

386 

116 

23.10 

1882  

' 

493 

401 

1 

92 

18.66 

1883 

M8 

433 

86 

16.57 

1884  

493 

416 

77 

15.61 

1885 

457 

423 

34 

7.44 

1886 

519 

355 

164 

31.66 

1887  

425 

395 

30 

7.06 

1888 

566 

386 

180 

31.80 

1889  

1 

514 

441 

73 

14.20 

1890 

1 

669 

492 

117 

26  46 

1891 

928 

495 

1 

438 

46.66 

1892 

792 

531 

261 

32.95 

1893  

753 

633 

220 

29.21 

1894  

789 

522 

167 

24.24 

189' 

968 

669 

399 

41.22 

1896 

753 

682 

181 

23.72 

1897  

905 

694 

311 

34  36 

1898 

759 

650 

109 

14.36 

1899  

711 

672 

39 

5.48 

1900 

722 

651 

71 

9.83 

Employment  op  Patients. 

The  following  two  tables  show,  1st,  the  percentage  of  patients  employed  in  the  year 
just  closed,  and  2nd,  the  increase  in  that  percentage  which  has  taken  place  since  1692, 
the  first  year  in  which  we  have  regular  statistics  on  the  subject : 


Asylums. 

Actual 

population. 

Number  of 
patients 
who  worked. 

Collective 
stay,  in  days 
of  patients. 

Number  of 
of  days’  work 
done.  1 

Percentage 
of  days  worked 
to  collective 
1 stay. 

Toronto 

848 

680 

260,361 

175,710 

67.05 

London 

1,162 

924 

370,610 

269,149 

72.67 

Kingston  

651 

537 

213,227 

144,103 

67.58 

Hamilton 

1,149 

899 

377,786 

288,629 

76.38 

Mimico 

704 

646 

218,490 

172,112 

78  76 

Brockville  

645 

392 

198,605 

121,326 

61.12 

Orillia 

728 

360 

237,709 

109,314  1 

41.80 

Total 1 

5,877 

4,238 

1,876,588 

1,280,243 

66.48 

xlvi. 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


The  following  table  shews  the  percentage  of  days  worked  to  the  collective  stay  in  the 
asylum  in  each  year  since  1882  : 


Asylums. 

1882. 

1883. 

1884. 

1S85. 

1886. 

1887. 

1888. 

1889. 

1890. 

1891. 

1892. 

1893. 

1894. 

1895. 

1896. 

1897. 

1898. 

1899. 

1900. 

Toronto 

32.15 

30.44 

53.90 

38.40 

41.10 

56.37 

52.09 

51.39 

62.01 

67.04 

75.05 

73.44 

77.13 

91.64 

72.04 

64.99 

66.70 

77.63 

67.05 

London 

54.00 

69.89 

1 

86.56  79.58 

77.84 

77.84 

77.54 

77.30 

75.43 

73.40 

77.20 

65.89 

78.71 

77.41 

76.11 
68  60 

75.69 

70.00 

78.01 

71.16 

74.08 

72.67 

Kingston 

45.11 

50.33 

1 

76..59  fil.l3 

68.26 

68.26 

65.71 

70.56 

70.27 

87.24 

73.22 

74.47 

^69.39 

60.00 

69.46 

67.58 

Hamilton 

37.61 

62.38 

1 1 

.56.40  48.82  62.32 

61.49 

73.95 

57.32 

68.43 

77.27 

76.90 

77.20 

76.43 

76.74 

73.64^8.24 

76.14 

67.62 

76.38 

Miniico 

36.11 

43.26 

72.12 

1 

53.08 

52.84 

1 

71.36 

73.42 

74.18 

74.23 

74.14 

78.76 

Brockville 

52,30 

46.25 

46.60 

61.12 

Orillia 

38.50 

1 

|41.85 

40.67 

38.17 

43.55 

41.80 

Asylum  Expenditure. 


The  following  table  shews  the  expenditure  incurred  for  the  maintenance  of  the 
asylums  during  the  past  year,  as  well  as  for  the  year  which  preceded  it : 


Asylums. 

Expended. 

1899. 

Expended. 

19C0. 

Increase. 

Decrease. 

Toronto  

$ c. 
101,622  69 

128.096  36 
73,312  04 

121.096  51 
82,053  10 
66,870  43 
56,923  26 

$ c. 
99,339  36 
131,161  91 
78,727  02 
121,687  00 
73,915  23 
70,001  68 
53,285  26 

2,283  33 

London 

3,065  55 
5,414  98 
690  49 

TCinf^ston  

tT?innilt.nii  

IMimico ..... ...... 

8,137  87 

f J 

P'pr»(;‘V'viRf'  ---T • - 

3,131  25 

Orillia  

3,638  00 

Totals 

629,974  39 

628,117  46 

12,202  27 

14,059  20 
1,866  93 

Oftp-rfiaafl.  1 900 

i 

1900  1 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


xlvii. 


The  next  table  ehews  the  annual  and  weekly  cost  per  patient  of  each  of  the  asylums 
during  1899  and  1900,  together  with  the  average  daily  population  ; 


Asylums. 

Year  ended  30th  September,  1899. 

Year  ended  30th  September,  1900. 

Daily  average  popula- 
lation. 

Annual  cost  per 
patient. 

Weekly  cost  per 
patient. 

Annual  cost  per  pat- 
ient after  deducting 
revenue. 

Weekly  cost  per  pat- 
ient after  deducting 
revenue. 

Daily  average  popu- 
lation. 

Annual  cost  per 
patient. 

Weekly  cost  per 
patient. 

Annual  cost  per  pat- 
ient after  deducting 
revenue. 

Weekly  cost  per  pat- 
ient after  deducting 
revenue. 

$ c. 

$ c. 

$ c. 

$ c. 

$ c. 

S c. 

$ c. 

$ c. 

Toronto 

720 

141  14 

2 73 

89  96 

1 73 

710 

139  91 

2 73 

81  82 

1 58 

London 

1,008 

127  07 

2 44 

116  30 

2 24 

1,015 

129  22 

2 48 

115  98 

2 23 

Kingston 

577 

127  07 

2 44 

119  96 

2 30 

584 

134  76 

2 59 

126  79 

2 44 

Hamilton 

1,022 

118  49 

2 28 

106  90 

2 05 

1,035 

117  57 

2 26 

107  09 

2 06 

Mimico 

622 

136  03 

2 61 

125  82 

2 42 

598 

123  40 

2 37 

116  41 

2 24 

Brockville 

512 

130  60 

2 54 

124  45 

2 39 

544 

128  67 

2 47 

121  46 

2 33 

Orillia 

647 

1 

89  98 

1 69 

82  39 

1 58 

651 

81  84 

1 58 

76  94 

1 48 

Totals  .... 

1 

5,108 

124  05 

2 38 

109  39 

2 11 

5,137 

122  19 

2 35 

106  38 

2 05 

Ebvenue  from  Paying  Patients. 


Toronto  Asylum 
Loudon  “ 
Kingston  “ 
Hamilton  “ 
Mimico  “ 
Brockville  “ 
Orillia  “ 


No.  of  patients. 
281 

Revenue. 

$41,246  66 

153 

13,445  96 

84 

4,676  69 

157 

10,851  88 

45 

4,299  79 

68 

3,929  72 

58 

3,200  17 

846 

181,650  87 

Totals 


xlviii. 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


OOMPARATIVB  STATEMENT  OP  REVENUE. 

The  following  statement  shews  the  revenue  received  from  the  asylums  for  each  year 
since  1871,  together  with  the  number  of  paying  patients  in  the  asylums  from  year  to 
year  : 


For  the  year  ending  September  30, 


No.  of 
patients. 

Revenue. 

Increase. 

$ c. 

$ c. 

1871...... 

118 

14,045  30 

1872 

139 

19,255  80 

5,219  50 

1873 

171 

16,660  61 

1874 

182 

20,035  77 

3,373  15 

1875 

231 

21,875  92 

1,840  15 

1876  .... 

256 

21,175  93 

1877 

323 

28,093  68 

6,917  65 

1878 

334 

30,103  75 

2,010  17 

1879 

343 

32,398  26 

2,794  51 

1880 

387 

37,653  81 

4,756  56 

1881 

414 

41,066  64 

3,412  73 

1882 

475 

43,937  64 

2,871  10 

1883  

638 

69,922  59 

15,984  95 

1884  

496 

48,135  18 

1886 

509 

49,620  93 

1,485  73 

1886 

516 

63,030  05 

4,309  12 

1887 

514 

48,742  63 

1888 

538 

59,638  16 

10,895  3 

1889 

708 

66,670  64 

7,032  48 

1890 

562 

62,754  16 

1891 

577 

48,507  42 

1892 

632 

73,240  61 

14,733  19 

1893 

661 

73,415  54 

174  93 

1894 

697 

72,722  04 

1895 

743 

68,290  31 

1896 

904 

97,898  19 

29,607  88 

1897 

844 

100,581  25 

2,683  06 

1898 

770 

72,042  44 

1899  

778 

74,364  54 

2,322  10 

1900  

846 

81,650  87 

7,286  33 

Decrease. 


$ c. 


2,596  19 


699  99 


11,787  41 


5,187  52 


3,916  48 
4,216  74 


693  50 
4,431  73 


38,538  81 


APPENDIX 


TO  THE  THIRTY-THIRD  ANNUAL  REPORT  UPON  THE  ASYLUMS  FOR  THE 
INSANE  AND  IDIOTIC,  CONTAINING  THE  ANNUAL  REPORTS  OF  THE 
MEDICAL  SUPERINTENDENTS  OF  THE  ASYLUMS  IN  TORONTO,  LONDON, 
KINGSTON,  HAMILTON,  MIMICO,  BROCKVILLE,  ORILLIA,  TOGETHER 
WITH  THE  HOMEWOOD  RETREAT,  GUELPH. 


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ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE  MEDIOAL  SUPERINTENDENT  OP  THE 
ASYLUM  FOR  THE  INSANE,  TORONTO,  ENDING  SEPT.  30th,  1900. 

To  Robert  Christie^  Esq  ^ Inspector  of  Public  Charities^  Toronto^  Ont, 

Sir, — According  to  Statute  I have  the  honor  to  herewith  submit  to  you  the  Sixtieth 
Report  of  the  operations  of  this  Asylum  for  the  official  year  ending  the  30th  day  of  Sep- 
tember, 19C0, 

The  usual  tables  are  appended  as  required.  They  shew  that  1 32  patients  were 
admitted  during  the  year;  of  this  number  sixty  were  males  and  seventy- two  were 
females. 

The  recoveries  were  twenty-four  males,  twenty-three  females,  or  35.6  per  cent,  of 
the  admissions. 

The  deaths  were  twenty-three  males  and  twenty-five  females,  or  an  average  mor- 
tality of  5.6  per  cent,  among"  848  patier]its  under  treatment  during  the  year. 

Our  recoveries  are  somewhat  below  our  usual  average,  because  a large  number  of 
aged  and  chronics  were  among  those  admitted.  Our  death  rate  was  about  the  usual 
average.  Seventeen  were  discharged  improved.  A large  number  of  these  might  have 
been  honestly  put  under  the  heading  of  recoveries,  so  near  were  they  to  the  state  of  the 
convalescents.  They  were  indeed  sent  away  to  complete  their  recovery.  It  is  a pity 
that  so  many  of  this  class  have  no  relatives  or  friends  to  go  to,  yet  are  sufficiently  well 
to  be  sent  away.  A temporary  home  for  this  affiicted  class  is  one  of  the  needs  of  the 
future,  especially  for  the  females  who  have  not  recovered  sufficiently  their  normal 
stamina  to  be  cast  upon  society  without  oversight  and  direction. 

Our  elopers  were  five,  being  above  the  usual  number.  The  wonder  is  that  we  have 
not  more  of  this  class  in  spite  of  the  best  supervision,  seeing  that  we  have  so  little  ground 
within  our  walls  to  exercise  in,  and  having  the  city  all  around  us  in  close  proximity. 
It  is  easy  for  a cunning  patient  to  escape  observation  when  he  is  in  the  street.  The 
conduct  of  many  such  is  not  of  the  nature  to  attract  attention  by  a citizen.  It  is  better, 
however,  that  one  of  our  harmless  inmates  should  escape  now  and  then  than  to  make  a 
prison  of  our  asylum. 

Wants. 

1.  A new  flour  house  is  needed.  It  is  difficult  to  keep  the  present  building  dry, 
and  it  could  be  well  used  as  a coal  house  for  the  laundry  and  kitchen. 

2.  Our  airing  ground  is  very  much  circumscribed  for  the  men.  The  few  acres  of 
government  land  south  of  us  are  badly  needed  for  recreation  purposes.  At  present  we 
can  have  no  games  such  as  baseball,  cricket  and  curling  for  want  of  room.  We  do  not 
need  to  purchase  the  land,  and  an  enclosure  could  be  erected  by  our  own  labor.  For 
many  years  this  extension  has  been  urged  but  so  far  of  no  avail.  Possibly  the  many  and 
persistent  petitions  may  in  the  end  prevail.  It  would  be  a merciful  provision,  and  would 
remove  to  a great  extent  the  prison-like  appearance  which  is  not  creditable  to  a charitable 
institution. 

3.  The  verandahs  of  cottages  A and  C need  re- constructing  as  they  are  in  a rotten 
and  dilapidated  condition. 

4.  The  floors  in  the  wings  of  the  basement  need  renewing.  The  present  floors  of 
pine  have  been  in  general  use  for  over  twenty  years. 

5.  The  verandah  at  the  residence  is  rotten  throughout  and  needs  to  be  re-built. 

6.  The  old  greenhouse,  built  by  ourselves  of  wood  over  twenty  years  ago,  is  tumbling 
down  and  will  no  longer  keep  the  frost  out.  All  we  need  is  the  material  as  our  labor 
would  erect  it. 

7.  As  was  written  last  year,  it  would  contribute  very  much  to  the  efficacy  of  our 
Sunday  services  were  two  organs  provided,  viz.,  one  for  the  Protestant  service  and  one 
for  the  Catholic  service.  Second-Hand  instruments  could  be  bought  at  a low  price  and 
in  good  condition. 

The  one  we  have  in  use  is  not  a pipe  instrument  and  is  well  worn,  having  done  ser- 
vice for  many  years. 


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8.  A new  coal  shed  is  needed  as  the  wooden  one  is  in  a dilapidated  condition. 

9.  Four  new  ceilings  of  galvonized  iron  are  needed  for  the  wing  wards.  The  old  ones^ 
are  falling  down  and  if  such  detached  parts  of  heavy  plaster  were  to  fall  upon  any  patients 
serious  injury  would  be  the  result  and  we  would  be  censured. 

10.  A thousand  feet  of  hose  for  our  own  fire  reels  are  needed.  What  we  have  is  al- 
most useless  from  old  age.  Heavy  pressure  cf  water  bursts  them  so  they  could  not  be 
trusted  in  case  of  fire. 

11.  Now  that  three  of  the  other  asylums  of  the  Province  are  provided  with  or  about 
to  be  equiped  with  hospitals  for  the  proper  treatment  of  the  sick  it  is  possible  that  a plea 
for  the  erection  of  one  in  connection  with  this  Institution  may  be  sacceaful.  We  utilize 
for  this  purpose  four  rooms  erected  by  ourselves  several  years  ago  but  of  necessity  they 
are  defective  in  many  ways.  Surely  the  parent  institution  of  the  Province  should  not  be 
overlooked. 

12.  A gymnasium  and  bowling  alley  would  do  excellent  service  from  a medical  point 
of  view.  Our  people  could  exercise  in  them,  especially  in  winter  time  and  during  bad 
weather.  These  exercises  would  contribute  very  much  to  their  health  and  recovery^ 
Were  the  material  provided  we  could  erect  the  structure  ourselves 

It  is  not  to  be  forgotten  that  we  receive  from  the  friends  of  patients  annually  about 
forty-one  thousand  dollars  ($41,000).  They  justly  expect  that  in  return  for  this  we  will 
expend  a part  of  this  comparatively  large  income  for  the  comfort  of  the  patients.  Were 
this  amount  expended  for  one  year  in  building  a new  wall  round  onr  open  field  and  devote 
it  as  an  airing  place  for  exercising  in  as  well  as  a playground  it  would  only  be  fair.  Grand 
juries  and  relatives  are  making  criticisms  and  complaints  about  our  wants  in  these  respects.. 
These  will  be  accentuated  in  the  future  unless- an  eftort  is  made  in  the  way  indicated. 

It  will  be  seen  by  our  table  that  580  patients  did  more  or  less  work  during  the  year 
In  all  our  departments.  Of  course  our  stables,  machine,  carpenter,  painting  shop  have 
many  such  employed  in  them  not  to  mention  our  mason’s  work,  those  who  are  employed 
in  our  garden,  kitchen,  laundry  and  wood  and  coal  yards.  These  have  a good  deal  of 
personal  liberty  and  seldom  abuse  it  by  escaping.  Not  only  so,  but  about  140  patients  in 
our  wards  1 and  2 ; 9 and  10  and  in  our  three  cottages  are  not  under  lock  and  key  in  the 
day  time.  The  most  of  these  look  upon  the  institution  as  their  home  and  so  they  have  no 
inclination  to  stray  away.  A number  of  these  who  try  what  freedom  is  oume  back  of 
their  own  accord  as  they  find  that  they  have  left  comfortable  quarters  for  all  the  unplea- 
santness of  an  outside  life  with  its  deprivations  and  hardships.  Some  of  these  return 
after  straying  away  hundreds  of  miles. 

The  main  entrance  to  this  massive  building  is  certainly  an  eyesore.  The  original 
plan  was  never  carried  out  and  only  a temporary  stair  has  been  built  of  the  most  ngly 
construction.  For  over  half  a century  expectation  looked  forward  to  the  time  when  a 
more  ornate  stair  would  be  erected.  So  far  it  is  hope  deferred  but  now  despair  is  setting, 
in  after  these  many  years.  To  a stranger  with  a taste  for  appropriateness  and  a mind 
constituted  to  appreciate  the  ornate  this  approach  would  not  bring  pleasure. 

Our  gas  should  be  dispensed  with  and  electricty  used.  It  is  safer  from  accidents  by 
fire  a nd  patients  could  not  injure  themselves  with  it  by  inhalation  or  in  setting  their 
clothes  on  fire. 

Were  a plant  set  up  economy  would  also  result  from  it  not  to  speak  of  greater 
efficiency  in  lighting. 

Work  Done. 

A new  verandah  has  been  erected  on  the  south  side  of  cottage  B.  It  shelters  the 
building  from  the  intense  heat  of  summer  and  in  winter  it  will  be  found  convenient  to 
exercise  on  out  of  doors. 

2.  We  have  built  two  summer  houses  for  the  use  of  our  men  patients  and  their 
visitors  in  summer  time,  as  in  fine  weather  the  most  of  our  patients  live  outdoors  in  the 
day  time. 

3.  Badiators  have  been  put  in  the  east  wing  to  replace  the  coils  of  pipe  put  in  when^ 
the  building  was  erected.  The  latter  were  insufficient  to  properly  heat  the  corridors. 
This  defect  will  no  doubt  now  be  rectified. 

The  other  wards  should  be  supplied  in  the  same  way. 


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4.  Two  large  and  old  boilers  have  been  erected  in  the  old  building  to  give  more  heat 
to  it.  The  small  boilers  have  been  removed  and  will  be  erected  in  two  cottages  where  we 
have  still  the  old  brick  furnaces  to  heat  them.  The  boilers  will  be  more  satisfactory  and 
will  mean  an  economy  in  coal  at  the  same  time. 

Open  Doors, 

For  a number  of  years  past  we  have  left  all  dormitory  and  bedroom  doors  open  at 
night,  where  two  or  more  sleep  together.  This  liberty  has  been  followed  by  no  bad 
result.  The  patients  are  grateful  for  this  freedom.  They  are  not  awakened  by  the  click 
of  the  locks  when  the  doors  are  opened  and  shut  by  the  night  nurses.  The  visits  to  the 
rooms  are  made  without  noise.  Any  unusual  stir  is  easily  heard  in  the  corridors.  The 
pails  and  tubs  that  were  formerly  used  and  which  filled  the  rooms  with  bad  odours  all 
the  night  long  have  been  removed  as  all  patients  have  access  in  the  night  to  the  closets. 
They  can  also  go  to  the  night  attendants  for  anything  they  may  require  and  at  the  same 
time*give  useful  information,  such  as  many  of  our  more  intelligent  patients  are  capable  of 
doing.  Very  few  wander  about  at  night.  The  improvement  in  these  and  other  such 
ways  is  very  great  and  we  would  on  no  account  go  back  to  the  former  order  of  things. 

Restraint. 

We  have  not  used  any  personal  restraint,  except  in  a few  surgical  cases,  since  Jan- 
uary 6 th,  1883. 

This  statement  includes  absence  of  confinement  in  rooms  and  at  the  same  time  we 
use  but  little  sedatives  and  soporifics. 

Suicide 

On  Dec.  23rd,  1899,  a patient  of  the  name  of  Geo.  Jackson  escaped  from  a walking 
party  and  ran  to  the  Grand  Trunk  Railway,  closely  followed  by  an  attendant.  Both 
reached  a moving  freight  train  together.  Although  the  attendant  had  hold  of  the  patient 
be  managed  to  drag  both  under  a car  and  a wheel  passed  over  Jackson  in  spite  of  the 
effort  of  the  attendant  and  he  was  instantly  killed.  An  inquest  was  held  and  no  blame 
was  attached  to  any  one. 

List  op  Concerts  Given  at  Toronto  Asylum  1899-1900. 


Array  and  Navy  Band Oct.  lltb,  1899 

.James  Ba^lis  and  Friends Nov.  2nd,  1899 

F.  B.  Wl.ittemore,  Picture  Travells ...  Nov.  24fh,  1899 

( »ntario  College  of  Music Nov  29fh,  1899 

Gaelic  Society Nov.  30c,h,  1899 

Mrs.  Joseph  Bonner  and  Friends Dec  6^h,  1899 

Robert  DeBruce  Camp  S.  of  S Dec  7fh,  1899 

Neil  Burton Dec  llth,  1899 

Bond  Street  Chuicb,  Young  People Dec.  12tb,  1899 

Madam  Stuttaford  and  Pupils Drc.  13  b,  1899 

James  Baylis  and  Friends Dec.  1 4th,  1899 

West  End  Y.M.C  A Dec.  18th,  1899 

Salvation  Army  B^nd,  Staff  Officers Dec.  20ib,  1899 

R.  Taylor  and  Friends Dec  2lRt,  1899 

Geo.  Murray  and  Friends Jan  15th,  1900 

D.  0.  Rosr  and  Friends Feb.  1st,  HOO 

Parkdale  Minstrels .Feb.  15th,  1900 

Holy  Trinity  Cboir Feb.  1 6 h,  1900 

St.  Paul's  Choir F.  h 20  h,  1900 

Canadian  Temperance  L'^ague Fr^b  21«t,  1900 

James  Biylisand  Friends March  7tb,  1900 

Madam  Stuttaford  and  Pupils  March  I4tb,  1900 


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R.  Richardson’s  Orchestra .March  15th,  1900 

Robert  DeBruce  Camp  S.  of  S ....  March  22nd,  1900 

W.  0.  Temperance  Union March  26tb,  1900 

Parkdale  Minstrels April  I9th,  1900 

Trinity  Church,  Mission  Band April  23rd,  1900 

H+rry  M.  Bennett April  25tb,  1900 

Also  four  “ home  talent  ” concerts. 

We  have  again  to  thank  our  friends  for  their  kindness  in  giving  us  so  many  enter- 
tainments. Few  Institutions  are  so  favoured.  Our  patients  appreciated  these  efforts  very 
much. 

Dentistry. 

The  work  of  dentistry  has  been  going  on  daring  the  year  and  nearly  300  of  our 
patients  have  been  attended  to,  much  to  their  comfort.  There  is  no  doubt  the  effect  on 
digestion  is  excellent.  In  this  country  where  bad  teeth  are  found  in  such  a large  propor- 
tion of  our  population  and  where  the  different  forms  of  dyspepsia  are  so  prevalent  a 
healthy  condition  of  the  mouth  contributes  much  to  the  good  general  health  seeing  so 
much  depends  on  the  food  being  put  in  a proper  condition  to  be  easily  assimilated  by  the 
system. 

Popular  Delusions  About  the  Insane. 

The  word  lunatic  has  conveyed  erroneous  impressions  to  the  public  in  respect  to  the 
insane.  The  inference  is  drawn  that  the  moon  has  to  do  with,  or  in  s^me  mysterious  way 
influences  the  mentally  deranged.  There  is  a notion  afloat  that  our  lunar  neighbor  effects 
agriculture  in  respect  to  the  sprouting  and  growth  and  ripening  of  grain.  Many  farmers 
will  not  sow  grain  except  during  certain  phases  of  the  moon.  They  will  not  kill  swine 
unless  the  moon  is  in  the  right  quarter,  as  they  say  the  pork  will  keep  better  at  this 
benign  stage.  A large  number  of  superstitions  cluster  round  the  supposed  potency  of 
lunar  influences.  This  is  very  natural  when  the  ignorant  observe  its  attractiveness  in 
tidal  relations.  This  occult  agency  of  the  moon  was  expected  to  have  a perturbing  effect 
on  the  insane,  hence  tbe  expression  being  “ moon  struck.”  There  is  no  foundation  for 
this  delusion,  as  physical  and  mental  diseases  obey  more  powerful  laws  in  their  operation 
than  any  causes  which  could  operate  emanating  from  our  satellite 

It  is  also  supposed  by  those  who  do  not  come  in  daily  contact  with  the  insane,  that 
all  those  with  mind  disorders  a-e  maniacs,  hence  the  nickname  mad-house.  The  stage 
has  done  much  to  perpetuate  this  error.  The  Ophelias  are  decked  out  in  the  most  absurd 
way,  from  straws  in  the  hair  to  rags  on  the  body.  They  are  supposed  to  be  always 
jabbering  inanities,  or  shouting  verbal  nonsense,  or  muttering  incoherent  sentences.  All 
this  is  a travesty  on  the  facts  as  seen  in  the  wards  of  an  asylum.  There  are  few  to  whom 
the  term  maniac  could  justly  be  applied.  There  is  sometimes  excitement;  occasionally 
there  may  be  sentences  with  exclamation  points  ; those  rhetorical  flourishes  may  be 
accompanied  with  gestures  which  elocutionists  might  envy  in  respect  to  appropriateness  ; 
but  there  is  little  of  the  raving  madness  and  delirium  so  dwelt  upon  by  actors  and  novel- 
ists. The  extravaganza  belongs  to  the  ideal  more  than  the  real.  The  demented  insane, 
as  a rule,  seldom  speak,  and  if  so,  it  is  usually  in  monosyllables.  They  sit  in  semi-stupidity 
on  benches  or  in  chairs  all  day  long.  Occasionally  the  higher  intellects  in  this  class  may 
take  the  body  for  a walk  or  do  some  mechanical  work  in  which  they  are  accustomed  to  be 
employed,  and  which  thereby  has  become  largely  automatic  from  repetition.  In  sane 
and  insane,  habit  becomes  a second  nature. 

These  persons  compose  the  larger  part  of  the  asylum  population.  They  are  designat- 
ed as  quiet  and  harmless  chronics.  Such  scarcely  ever  become  excited  during  the  long 
course  of  years  which  many  of  them  live.  If  they  are  comfortable  in  their  person  and 
surroundings,  if  they  have  enough  to  eat,  and  have  plenty  of  time  to  sleep,  their  cup  of 
happiness  is  full.  Past  troubles  cease  to  worry ; past  afflictions  have  no  poignancy  in  the 
present ; past  loves  and  hates  have  lost  their  intensity ; past  plentitudes,  honors  or  dis- 
graces are  only  as  faint  retrospects  which  have  no  abiding  interest  to  such,  hence  the 
erroneous  idea  that  all  the  insane  must,  of  necessity,  be  very  miserable  has  no  existence 
in  this  class  of  dements.  In  fact,  those  in  whom  is  mental  deprivation  of  a lower  grade 
still  have  no  more  intellect  than  the  conger  italidiot.  It  matters  not  how  intellectual 


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these  persons  may  have  been,  and  how  capable  they  were  to  engage  in  the  ordinary  busi- 
ness of  life,  t hat  day  of  mental  grapp  has  passed  away,  and  now  they  hopelessly  and 
helplessly  drift  along  the  stream  of  time,  heedless  of  their  surroundings,  of  passing  events, 
of  friends  or  foes.  Some  of  this  class  of  mental  negation  would  sit  by  the  fire  and  burn 
before  they  would  move  away  ; they  will  allow  flies  to  settle  upon  their  eyelids,  and  not 
even  attempt  to  brush  them  off ; in  short  they  have  no  more  idealty  nor  decency  than 
has  the  child  of  six  months  of  age. 

The  most  dangerous  of  the  insane  are  not  the  so  called  maniacs  but  the  delusional, 
who  may  be  very  quiet  in  language  and  conduct  but  who  may  at  the  same  time  be  hatching 
mischief  against  themselves  or  others.  The  patient  who  is  continually  threatening  to  kill 
himself  or  someone  else  is  not  as  dangerous  as'  are  such  as  give  no  sign,  but  who  are 
cunningly  devising  ways  and  means  to  acc  )mpUsh  their  purpose.  Lethal  weapons  are 
found  and  secreted  ; the  opportune  hour  is  sought  out,  and  laxity  in  oversight  is  at  once 
taken  advantage  of.  Promptitude  is  not  wanting  to  act  in  anyone  who  has  a dominant 
false  idea  prompting  to  action.  The  devil  may  order  such  to  hang,  burn  or  mutilate 
themselves.  The  demon  must  be  obeyed,  as  his  influence  is  paramount.  Some  officer  or 
servants  have  been  conspiring  againso  the  insane  man,  it  may  be  to  poison  him,  or  kill 
him  in  some  other  way,  so,  in  self-preservation,  he  must  slay  his  enemy.  Many  such 
acts  are  committed  because  he  is  urged  to  them  by  a direct  command  of  the  Lord,  or  of 
Satan.  He  may  hear  his  voice  or  the  voice  of  one  of  his  prophets  ordering  him  to  do  these 
things,  therefore  it  is  a paramount  duty  to  obey  a divine  or  diabolical  command.  The 
moral  is  to  carry  out  the  imaginary  behest  and  the  ethical  features  from  a sane  point  of 
view  are  never  thought  of.  Granted  the  premises,  the  conclusion  is  logical. 

Such  insane  with  homicidal  propensities  kill  from  the  promptings  of  such  an  inward 
monitor.  They  are  put  into  the  dock,  indicted  for  murder  ; their  mouths  are  shut ; the 
evidence  is  against  them  ; a jury  looks  merely  at  the  act,  and  have  no  opportunity  to 
study  the  actor,  nor  experience  to  know  anything  about  insanity,  nor  capacity  to 
analytically  weigh  evidence  ; so  the  verdict  is  “ guilty,”  and  the  sentence,  of  necessity, 
must  be  hanging.  The  pages  of  history  are  bespattered  with  the  blood  of  these  innocents 
if  “ malice  aforethought  ” is  the  fulcrum  idea  in  homicidal  responsibility,  and  want  of  it 
coextensive  with  want  of  accountability.  Mothers  and  fathers  kill  their  families,  whom 
they  fondly  love  when  they  are  in  their  right  senses,  because  of  the  orders  of  some  in- 
ward prompter,  or  because  of  a blind  and  irresistable  impulse  incited  by  brain  diseases  ; 
but  irrisistable  and,  it  may  be,  without  motive. 

Insanity  is  a degenerative  process,  and,  as  might  be  expected,  in  chronic  condition 
is  a step  backward  towards  childhood  and  childish  ways.  The  same  trinkets,  trifles  and 
fancies  which  amuse  the  child  delight  the  insane  in  much  the  same  way.  In  this  respect 
also  a majority  of  them  never  combine  in  concerted  action  with  others.  They  have  few 
if  any,  confidences,  hence  conspiracies  of  lunatics  are  seldom  heard  of  in  asylums.  The 
overt  or  cunning  acts  are  usually  done  by  individuals  only  and  alone.  Also,  as  is  the 
case  with  children,  they  are  selfish.  Number  one  is  the  first  consideration  with  those 
who  have  reached  this  low  stage  of  mental  enfeeblement.  In  children  the  appreciation 
of  the  rights  of  others  has  not  reached  the  height  of  moral  obligation  in  development ; in 
the  chronic  insane,  this  capacity  has  been  removed  in  the  retrograde  steps  of  disease. 
The  order  of  building  up  has  conversely  taken  place  in  the  polling  down.  The  moral 
nature  is  the  first  that  gives  way  in  the  lesion  of  the  mind  The  sense  of  right  and 
wrong  is  the  last  faculty  to  be  developed  in  the  natural  growth  of  the  individual  from 
childhood  upwards,  so  it  is  the  first  to  suffer  in  mental  alieniation.  The  order  of  des- 
truction downwards  is  in  order  as  follows  : Morals,  intellects,  instincts  and  automatic 
animalism. 

Another  theory  which  is  very  popular,  and  has  been  prevalent  for  many  years,  is 
that  insanity  is  purely  a mental  disease — simply  that  and  nothing  more.  The  believers 
quote  the  dramatist’s  poetic  interrogation,  “ Can’st  thou  minister  to  a mind  diseased 
Disease  means  a departure  from  the  normal  standard  of  health.  If  the  mind  can  become 
the  subject  of  disease  in  any  way  analogous  to  the  mortal  body,  then  it  must  die,  and  for 
It  there  would  be  no  immortality  except  through  a resurrection.  Of  course,  were  a man 
a tripartite  being,  as  the  theologians  say,  and  composed  of  body,  soul  and  spirit,  then  two 
out  of  the  three  existences  might  perish,  leaving  one  entity  to  possess  the  attribute  of 
perpetual  continuation.  Physiologists  hold  man  to  be  composed  of  simply  body  and. 


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mind)  and  is  thus  a daality.  The  materialistic  class  mean  by  this  an  organ  and  its 
secretions.  The  metaphysical  physiologists  mean  two  existences  in  co-operation,  the  one 
being  simply  matter  and  the  other  being  a substance  without  the  primary  and  secondary 
qualities  of  matter.  Whatever  view  may  be  taken,  it  is  interesting  to  note  how  inter- 
dependent these  twins  are  upon  one  another.  A fever  will  cause  delirium ; dyspepsia 
will  produce  hypochondria  ; opium  or  any  narcotic,  in  large  doses,  will  defy  volition  and 
induce  stupor  and  temporary  oblivion ; our  nightly  sleep  must  be  preceded  by  a slow 
pulse,  languid  and  deficient  blood  circulation  in  the  brain ; and  the  wise  man  becomes  a 
fr.ol  over  too  much  wine.  On  the  other  hand,  a hearty  appetite  is  instantly  destroyed  by 
bad  news ; sleep  is  banished  by  worry  or  anxiety,  and  gladness  will  act  at  once  as  a 
bodily  tonic  and  stimulant.  In  all  these  causes  and  effects  it  is  the  body  alone  which 
determines  the  conditions. 

Insanity  is  always  a bodily  disease,  and  mental  or  moral  perturbations  are  occasions ^ 
not  causes,  of  brain  disease.  Were  the  organ  in  tune,  the  organist  could  bring  harmony 
and  melody  out  of  it  to  the  utmost  capacity.  No  two  of  us  have  the  same  number  of 
stops  or  octaves  ; but  to  the  extent  of  our  mechanism  and  its  capacity,  so  far  can  our 
mental  capabilities  go  and  no  further.  The  sound  mind  is  hedged  in  by  its  physical  and 
instrumental  environment.  No  amount  of  culture,  or  training,  or  opportunity  could  pro- 
duce gpnius,  or  even  talent  of  a high  order,  in  the  vast  majority  of  our  race.  The  poten- 
tiality is  not  there,  and  never  can  be  in  the  individual  stamped  with  mediocrity.  Such 
may  never  reach  their  best ; but  the  utmost  capability  is  a fixed  boundary,  beyond  which 
dt  is  impossible  to  pass.  The  transcendent  sons  and  daughters  of  genius  cannot  be  made 
out  of  congenitally  ordinary  organizations,  any  more  than  can  good  coffee  be  made  out  of 
an  ordinary  or  inferior  coffee  bean.  The  mortal  with  thirty  ounces  of  brain  must  perforce 
be  a child  or  an  idiot ; but  the  brain  of  sixty  ounces,  healthy  and  well  organized,  has  in 
it  the  possibility  of  mental  scope  and  vigor.  On  the  other  hand,  the  brain  of  fifty  ounces 
in  weight,  well  organized,  is  much  more  useful  to  the  mind  than  is  one  of  sixty  ounces, 
I)ut  primitive  in  its  construction,  just  as  a pound  of  steel  has  more  wear  and  elasticity  in 
it  than  a pound  of  iron.  As  might  be  expected,  the  brain  of  an  educated  mortal  when 
diseased  is  more  likely  to  recover  its  equilibrium  than  is  that  of  low  organization,  in 
which,  consequently,  there  is  weak  mental  power,  so  to  speak  ; the  former  has  a vitality 
and  rebound  to  it  which  the  latter  does  not  possess,  and  is  thereby  so  apt  to  degenerate 
into  childishness  and  mental  deprivation,  which  is  virtually  the  tomb  of  the  mind.  In 
weighing  probabilities  of  recovery  from  insanity,  the  existence  of  education  is  one  of  the 
factors  on  the  favourable  side  of  the  equation  in  my  experience,  taking  the  averages  by 
causation  and  results. 

It  is  curious  and  interesting  study  to  note  the  various  theories  in  respect  to  mind 
and  its  manifestations,  and,  as  a corollary,  the  various  views  as  to  what  is  meant  by  a 
diseased  mind.  The  pendulum  of  thought,  in  its  definitions,  has  swung  from  the  one 
extreme  to  the  other  since  the  days  of  Hippocrates.  To  classify  generally,  there  were 
three  opinions  which  held  sway  for  longer  or  shorter  periods  during  the  centuries.  In 
one  it  was  held  that  mind  and  brain  were  simply  the  product  and  the  organ,  in  short, 
the  physical  entity  and  ils  secretion.  This  theory  go(S  under  the  much  anathematized 
name  of  materialism.  Oabanis  says,  “ All  intelligence  consists  in  sensation,  and  all  sen- 
sation resides  in  nerves  f and,  “ as  the  liver  secretes  bile,  so  does  the  brain  secrete  mind.” 
Eeuchtersleben  asserts  that  ‘‘  the  operations  of  the  mind  are  emanations  from  those  of  the 
body,  and,  of  necessity,  mental  disorders  must  be  merely  bodily  ailments.” 

In  recent  days,  Tyndall  put  the  same  idea  as  follows  : “ The  animal  body  is  just  as 
much  the  product  of  molecular  force  as  the  stalk  or  ear  ot  corn,  or  as  the  crystal  of  salt 
or  sugar.  The  formation  of  a crystal,  or  a plant,  or  an  animal  is  a merely  mechanical 
problem.  Not  alone  the  mechanism  of  the  human  body,  but  that  of  the  human  mind 
itself — emotion,  intellect,  will  and  all  their  phenomena — were  once  latent  in  a fiery 
cloud.” 

In  a word,  there  is  a school  of  materialistic  physiologists  who  reduce  man  physically, 
mentally  and  morally  to  a mere  machine.  Mental  action  and  moral  judgments  are  mere 
secretions  of  nerve  activity.  The  initiatory  force  to  set  in  action  our  volitions,  reason- 
ings, imaginations,  affections,  emotions,  and  even  our  consciousness,  is  always  and  only 
nerve  energy  or  brain  function.  ‘ There  is  no  mind  entity  behind  this  organ,  directing  or 
controlling  it  in  any  degree.  The  I is  only  a resultant  of  the  not  I in  action,  and  we  are 


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all  mere  machines  obeying  absolately  perforce  the  behest  of  brain  atoms  or  molecules  in 
concerted  operation.  There  is  no  spontaneity  independent  of,  in  the  least  degree,  the 
mandate  of  this  bodily  autocratic  taskmaster.  1 vainly  imagine  that  my  mind  is  dictating 
commands  to  my  hand  to  do  the  writing  I am  now  engaged  in.  It  is  a delusion  accord- 
ing to  this  doctrine,  for  the  first  movement  was  that  of  a nerve  atom  or  a community  of 
atoms  in  concert,  and  out  of  it,  in  some  way,  sprang  up  an  idea  and  then  a volition. 
How  the  atoms  came  to  be  cognizant  of  the  necessity  of  the  moment  in  this  and  all 
ideality  has  not  been  explained.  I have  the  conceit  in  my  conscious  being  that  I am 
making  my  brain  a servant  of  my  ideation  in  the  conception  of  ' thoughts  in  this  mono- 
graph. I feel  within  me  a certain  liberty  of  action  to  do  or  not  to  do,  within  certain 
circumscribed  limits,  according  to  my  individual  capacity,  which  no  reasoning  can  banish 
from  my  consciousness  and  which  is  manifested  to  me  in  my  daily  experience 

According  to  the  modern  and  materialistic  school  of  physiologists  this  is  a delusion 
of  mine,  and  to  overthrow  the  evidence  of  self  the  data  of  consciousness  and  its  presenta- 
tions are  ruled  out  of  court.  It  is  the  chief  witness  for  the  defence,  hence  its  evidence 
must  be  rejected. 

These  speculations  would  do  very  little  harm  were  it  not  that  of  necessity  they  lead 
to  a fatalism  in  respect  to  human  thought  and  action.  There  can  be  no  ethics  and  no  re- 
sponsibility in  such  a system  of  belief,  and  the  sane,  with  the  insane,  cannot  be  account- 
able for  actions,  volitions  and  moral  judgments  which  are  purely  mechanical,  and  in  which 
can  be  no  spontaneousness.  It  will  be  seen  that  this  theory  is  not  merely  speculative, 
but  when  applied  to  human  conduct  is  of  paramount  practical  importance. 

It  is  easy  to  see  that  the  idea  ot  man  being  simply  a beautiful  piece  of  material  me- 
chanism, with  no  controlling  power  behind  it,  is  a doctrine  far  reaching  in  ics  results,  and 
not  only  in  ethics  and  theology,  but  also  in  practical  medicine  in  relation  to  morbid  minds. 
There  must,  of  necessity,  be  in  it  a fatalism,  which  would  paralyze  all  endeavor  to  help 
ourselves  and  our  fellow-man,  for  if  there  is  nothing  to  have  a hereafter,  and  if  the  mind 
must  become  non  existent  when  the  brain,  its  author,  has  mixed  with  the  clods  of  che 
vallev  «nd  dissolved  into  its  kindred  dust,  it  would  be  a merciful  deliverance  to  free  all 
the  afilicted  from  their  earthly  bondage  by  an  euthanasia.  It  would  be  a refinement  of 
cruelty  to  prolong  the  lives  of  those  afflicted  with  incurable,  and  it  may  be,  painful  diseases, 
and  killing  could  involve  no  moral  guilt  if  mind  be  only  a brain  secretion  with  no  spon- 
taneity, and  no  choice  of  action,  and  no  moral  obligation.  There  can  be  no  murder  when 
there  is  no  responsibility,  and  law  has  no  right  to  punish  a mere  machine.  A theory  of 
this  kind  is  untrue,  it  is  mischievous  and  is  far  reaching  in  results.  It  flies  in  the  face  of 
conscious  freedom  and  innate  moral  judgments. 

That  insanity  4s  essentally  and  purely  a disease  of  the  mind  is  a form  of  error  which 
has  gone  through  many  phases  of  thought  during  the  last  2,500  years,  in  fact  since  the 
days  of  Socrates.  Were  these  opinions  merely  speculative  and,  consequently,  harmless,' no 
reflections  could  be  cast  on  our  ancestry  in  respect  to  the  treatment  of  the  insane.  Soch 
was  not  the  case,  because  they  were  at  once  accepted  as  an  axiom  in  that  such  were  devil- 
possessed,  and  to-day.  Anno  Domini  1900,  several  acquaintances  of  mine,  including  cleri- 
cal as  well  as  lay  persons,  cling  to  this  idea.  The  result  was  cruelties  inflicted  upon  the 
insane,  a mere  recital  of  which  would  make  the  very  blood  run  cold.  These  barbarities 
were  inflicted  to  a greater  or  less  extent  until  the  beginning  of  last  century.  This  de- 
moniacal delusion,  which  meant  that  a personal  devil  had,  by  occupancy,  possession  of  the 
individual  in  body  as  well  as  soul,  was  modified  by  the  idea  that  mental  dethronement 
was  simply  “ a perversion  of  the  soul,  in  fact,  equivalent  to  sin.’"  “ The  mind  was  the  » 
immediate  seat  of  the  disorder,  and  could  be  clearly  traced  to  its  origin  sin,  error,  passion.” 
(Heinroth). 

Dr.  Burrows  in  his  standard  work,  and  modern  at  that,  says  : “ Madness  is  one  of 

the  curses  imposed  by  the  wrath  of  the  almighty  on  his  people  for  their  sins.”  This 
erroneous  idea  was  universal,  and  still  prevails,  not  merely  among  the  ignorant,  but  also 
where  the  school-master  is  abroad.  It  is  a vicious  doctrine  which  holds  that  all  sinners 
who  become  insane  are  so  because  of  sin  as  a cause.  This  does  not  mean  simply  violaters 
of  physical  law,  but  also  those  who  are  morally  bad.  To  become  insane  means  wicked- 
ness. The  good,  the  gentle,  the  noble  in  character,  and  those  of  whom  the  world  is  not 
worthy,  have  become  insane  by  the  tens  of  thousands,  while  many  a vile  wretch  has 
scaped  this  dire  infliction.  Many  of  our  citizens  have  had  mental  aberration  because  of 


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hereditary  tendencies  in  which  they  could  have  no  part  or  lot,  because  of  that  inscrutable 
law  of  transmission — not  of  disease — but  of  liability  thereto,  if  all  the  conditions  neces- 
sary to  evoke  the  latent  weakness  are  present.  A sunstroke,  a fever,  maternity,  a blow 
on  the  head,  worry,  great  afflictions,  mental  anguish,  over  exertion,  heredity,  are  among 
the  many  causes  of  insanity  ; but  they  come  upon  saint  and  sinner  without  discrimination 
as  to  moral  guilt  or  worth,  and  without  mercy. 

Changes. 

A good  many  changes  have  taken  place  among  the  officials  during  the  year.  Dr. 
Stafford,  who  was  for  several  years  first  assistant  physician  resigned  to  seek  better  health 
farther  south. 

Dr.  Robinson,  assistant  superintendent,  has  been  obliged  to  retire  from  work  on  ac- 
count of  a serious  illness  which  has  assumed  a dangerous  form.*  He  has  been  eighteen 
years  in  the  service  and  was  always  found  to  be  a kind  man  to  patients. 

Miss  E.  Moyse  Corley,  who  had  been  assistant  matron  was  promoted  to  that  of 
matron  and  Miss  Jennie  Gibson,  assistant  matron  at  Orillia  asylum  was  transferred  here 
in  her  place.  In  a short  time  Miss  Gibson  was  transferred  to  Brock ville  asylum  as  matron 
and  Miss  May  McKinley  was  appointed  assistant  matron  in  this  asylum  to  fill  her  place. 

To  fill  the  vacancies  in  the  medical  staff*  Dr.  W.  K.  Ross  was  transferred  here  frona 
Brockville  asylum  to  fill  the  place  of  assistant  medical  superintendent  and  Dr.  R.  W.  Bell 
was  appointfd  first  assistant  physician. 

Our  work  has  gone  on  very  smoothly  during  the  year  and  I have  again  to  thank  you 
for  much  valuable  advice  when  difficulties  arose  as  they  always  will  in  any  large  organiza- 
tion. 

I have  the  honor  to  be. 

Sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

DANIEL  CLARK, 

Medical  Superintendents 


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ANNUAL  STATISTICAL  REPORT 

Of  the  operations  of  the  Asylum  for  Insane,  Toronto,  for  the  year  ending 
30th  September,  1900. 


TABLE  No.  1. 

Shewing  movements  of  patients  in  the  Asylum  for  the  official  year  ending  30 oh  Sept.,  1900. 


Male, 

Female. 

Total. 

Remaining,  October  1st,  1899 ! 

Admitted  during  year : — 

By  Lieutenant-Governer’s  warrant . 

1 

10 

25 

By  Medical  Certificate 

45 

62 

107 

Total  number  under  treatment  during  year 

Discharges  during  year  : — 

As  recovered 

24 

23 

47 

“ improved  

6 

n 

17 

“ unimproved 

4 

7 

11 

Total  number  of  discharges  during  year , . 

34 

41 

75 

Died  

23 

25 

48 

Eloped  r 

.4 

1 

5 

Transferred 

1 

9 

10 

Remaining  in  Asylurn,  30th  September,  1900 

Total  Number  admitted  since  opening  of  Asylum 

“ discharged  

2,300 

2,254 

4,554 

“ died 

1,176 

976 

2,152 

“ eloped 

86 

13 

99 

“ transferred  

583 

579 

1,162 

“ remaining,  30th  September,  1900  

No.  applications  on  file  September  30th,  1900  

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

352 

364 

716 

60 

72 

1.32 

412 

436 

848 

62 

76 

138 

350 

360 

710 

4,495 

4,182 

8,677 

4,145 

3,822 

7,967 

350  ' 

360 

710 

2 

6 

7 

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TABLE  No.  2. 

Shewing  the  maximum  and  minimum  number  of  patients  resident  in  the  Asylum,  the 
total  number  of  days'  stay  of  patients,  and  the  daily  average  number  of  patients  in 
the  Asylum,  from  the  1st  October,  1899,  to  30th  September,  1900. 


Maximum  number  of  patients  in  residence  (on  the  10th  of  March,  1900) , . 
Minimum  “ “ “ (on  the  14th  of  Oct , 1899).... 

Collective  days’  stay  of  all  patients  in  residence  during  year 

Daily  average  population 


Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

366 

368 

724 

346 

357 

703 

128,910 

131,461 

260,361 

350 

SCO 

710 

Social  state. 

Married 

Widowed  

Single 

Not  reported 

Total 


Religion. 


Presbyterians 

Episcopalians 

Methodists  

Baptists 

Congregationalists  . . 
Roman  Catholics  . . , 

Mennonites 

Quakers 

Infidels 

Other  denominations 
Not  reported 

Total 


Nationalities. 


English 

Irish  

Scotch  

Canadian 

United  States  . 
Other  countries 
Unknown  

Total 


Admissions  of  year. 


Total  admissions  since 
opening. 


Male. 

Female. 

1 

Total. 

Male. 

1 

Female . 

Total. 

16 

31 

47 

1,896 

2,169 

4,064 

^ 3 

8 

11 

161 

399 

650 

41 

33 

74 

2,449 

1,624 

4,073 

60 

72 

132  1 

4,496 

4,182 

8,677 

17 

12 

29 

999 

919 

1,918 

16 

26 

41 

1,278 

1,181 

2,469 

9 

21 

30 

850 

848 

1,698 

. 4 

2 

6 

110 

95 

206 

3 

3 

41 

60 

101 

10 

7 

17 

870 

800 

1,670 

1 

1 1 

1 

1 

6 

l” 

7 

1 

1 

3 

2 

6 

247 

’ 230  ‘ 

477 

92 

48 

140 

60 

72 

132 

4,495 

4,182 

i 8,677 

6 

9 

16 

780 

689 

1,469 

4 

8 

12 

1,070 

1,056 

2,126 

3 

2 

6 

494 

431 

926 

42 

49 

91 

1,833 

1,703 

3,536 

2 

4 

6 

147 

171 

318 

3 

3 

136 

110 

246 

36 

22 

67 

60 

72 

132 

4,495 

4,182 

8,677 

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TABLE  No.  3. 


Shewing  the  Oonnties  from  which  patients  have  been  admitted  up  to  30th 

September,  1900. 


Counties . 

Admitted  during  year. 

Total  admissions. 

Male. 

Female . 

Total. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Algoma  District 

1 

1 

9 

10 

19 

Brant  

1 

1 

47 

68 

106 

Bruce  ....  

1 

1 

23 

13 

36 

Carleton 

75 

61 

136 

Dufferin 

6 

7 

13 

Elgin 

1 

1 

32 

24 

66 

Essex 

17 

13 

30 

Frontenac  

1 

1 

101 

70 

171 

Grey  

109 

87 

196 

Haldimand  

1 

1 

26 

24 

60 

Halton  

81 

63 

144 

Hastings 

no 

86 

196 

Huron  . ...  

i 

1 

60 

65 

116 

Kent  

26 

23 

48 

Lambton  

29 

23 

62 

Lanark  

60 

43 

93 

Leeds  and  Grenville  

59 

60 

109 

Lennox  and  Addington 

25 

16 

41 

Lincoln 

97 

82 

179 

Middlesex  

81 

74 

165 

Muskoka  District  

1 

1 

2 

14 

13 

27 

Norfolk 

18 

19 

37 

Northumberland  and  Durham  . . 

4 

9 

13 

294 

284 

678 

Ontario  

2 

1 

3 

177 

167 

344 

Oxford  ! 

36 

40 

76 

Peel 

1 

1 

126 

119 

245 

Perth 

1 

1 

2 

46  . 

43 

89 

Peterborough  

1 

1 1 

93 

89 

182 

Prescott  and  Russell 

13 

17 

30 

Prince  Edward 

1 

26 

26 

62 

Rainy  River  District 

1 

1 

Renfrew 

4 

9 

13 

Simcoe 

3 

i 3 

132 

137 

269 

Stormont,  Dundas  and  Glengarry 

1 

61 

60 

121 

Victoria 

2 

1 2 

91 

66 

167 

Waterloo  

46 

52 

98 

Welland  

i 

1 1 

60 

46 

96 

Wellington  

2 

1 

3 

143 

141 

284 

Wentworth  

1 

1 

226 

209 

435 

♦York 

40 

63 

93 

1,663 

1,699 

3,362 

Not  classed  

173 

64 

237 

Total  admisssions  

60 

72 

132 

4,496 

4,182 

8,677 

Including  Toronto. 


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TABLE  No.  4. 

Shewing  the  Ooanties  from  which  warranted  oases  have  been  admitted  up  to  30th 

September,  1900. 


Ooanties. 

Admitted  during  year. 

Total  admissions. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Algoma  District  

6 

1 

6 

Srant 

2 

3 

5 

6 

5 

Carleton 

12 

1 

13 

Dufferin 

3 

3 

Dlgin  

1 

1 

Essex 

1 

2 

3 

Frontenac 

23 

13 

36 

(rrey  

68 

17 

76  • 

Haldimand  

6 

1 

6 

Halton  

4 

1 

6 

Hastings 

63 

26 

79 

Huron 

3 

3 

Kent 

6 

2 

8 

Dambton  • . . • 

3 

2 

6 

T.anark  

9 

6 

15 

Leeds  and  Grenville 

11 

5 

16 

Lennox  and  Addington  . . . . • 

11 

11 

Lincoln 

13 

9 

22 

Middlesex 

Muskoka  District 

2 

1 

3 

Noifolk  

1 

1 

2 

Northumberland  and  Durham  

61 

27 

88 

Ontario 

60 

29 

89 

Oxford  

3 

6 

8 

Peel 

31 

8 

39 

Perth 

7 

7 

Peterborough  

40 

i4 

64 

Pref^cott  and  Russell 

5 

2 

7 

Prince  Edward 

3 

3 

Renfrew 

4 

1 

6 

Simcoe 

24 

12 

36 

Stormont,  Dundas  and  Glengarry 

13 

4 

17 

Victoria  

51 

24 

75 

Waterloo 

9 

4 

13 

Welland 

6 

3 

9 

Wellington  

13 

3 

16 

Wentworth  

38 

9 

47 

York  

16 

10 

26 

523 

368 

881 

Not  classed  

86 

14 

99 

Total  admissions 

16 

10 

26 

1,207 

608 

1,816 

s 

No. 

1 

2 

3 

4 

6 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

16 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

26 

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31 

32 

33 

34 

35 

36 

37 

38 

39 

40 

41 

42 

43 

44 

46 

46 

47 

48 

49 

50 

51 

52 

63 

64 

55 

66 

67 

58 

69 

60 

61 

62 

63 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


16 


TABLE  No.  5. 


of  Residence  in  the  Asylum  of  those  discharged  daring  the  year. 


Sex. 

When  admitted. 

When  discharged. 

Remarks. 

F 

21  April,  1899  

4 Oct.,  1899 

Recovered. 

F 

19  Mar.,  “ 

rj  C<  (< 

Improved. 

M 

31  Auff.,  “ 

10  “ “ 

Recovered. 

F 

26  April,  1898  

14  “ “ 

Unimproved. 

F 

19  ' 1899  

14  “ “ 

Recovered. 

M 

15  Nov.,  1898 

16  “ “ 

(( 

M 

14  Mar.^  1899 

16  “ “ 

(( 

M 

16  July,'  1898. . . 

18  “ “ 

(< 

F 

11  June,  1899 

21  “ “ 

(( 

M 

2 Sept.;  “ 

27  “ “ ....  

Unimproved. 

F 

7 Aug.,  “ 

8 Nov.,  “ 

a 

M 

30  May,  “ 

9 “ “ 

Improved. 

M 

28  Mar.,  1898 

10  “ “ 

F 

17  May,'  1884 

20  “ “ 

U nimpro  ved. 

F 

20  Aug.',  1899 

9 Dec.,  “ 

Improved. 

M 

6 Dec.,'  “ 

19  “ “ 

Recovered. 

M 

30  Oct.,  “ 

22  “ “ 

M 

1 Sept,,  “ 

29  “ “ 

w 

F 

6 June,  1896 

30  “ “ 

Improved. 

M 

20  Oct.,  1899  

30  “ “ 

Recovered. 

F 

20  Aug.,  1897  

6 Jan.,  1900 

U nimpro  ved. 

F 

10  July,  1899 

16  “ “ 

Recovered. 

M 

13  Aug.,  1897  

16  “ “ 

Improved, 

F 

28  June,  1898 

16  “ “ 

M 

8 Dec.,  1899  

6 Feb.,  “ 

(( 

F 

6 “ “ 

14  “ “ 

U nimproved. 

F 

6 Jan.,  1900 

23  “ “ 

Recovered. 

F 

9 Feb.,  1899 

26  “ “ 

(( 

F 

7 Nov.,  1896 

26  “ “ 

Improved. 

F 

27  Jan.,  1900 

13  Mar.,  “ 

Recovered. 

M 

10  Mar.,  1899 

20  “ “ 

Improved. 

F 

18  Feb.,  “ 

19  “ “ 

«« 

M 

1 Jan.,  1900 

21  “ “ 

(( 

F 

3 Nov.,  1899 

28  “ “ 

(( 

F 

25  Mar.,  1900 

31  “ “ 

Unimproved. 

M 

17  Oct.,  1899  

2 April,  “ 

Recovered. 

M 

7 Nov.,  “ 

4 “ “ 

(( 

F 

17  June,  “ 

12  “ “ 

« 

M 

10  July,  1898 

23  “ “ 

U nimproved. 

M 

28  Nov.,  1899 

23  “ “ 

Recovered. 

F 

1 April,  1900 

23  “ “ 

Unimproved. 

M 

6 “ “ 

26  “ “ 

Recovered. 

M 

7 Mar.,  “ 

28  “ “ 

Unim  proved. 

F 

19  Dec  , 1899 

1 May,  “ 

Recovered. 

M 

4 Mar.,  “ 

17  “ “ 

(( 

M 

16  Nov.,  “ 

26  “ “ 

M 

13  Dec.,  “ 

31  “ “ 

t( 

M 

29  Nov.,  “ 

30  “ “ 

(( 

F 

12  Oct.,  “ 

30  “ “ 

(( 

M 

6 Dec.,  1898 

9 June,  “ 

a 

F 

27  April,  1900 

16  “ “ 

(( 

M 

14  “ “ 

25  “ “ 

« 

F 

28  Dec.,  1899 

30  “ “ 

“ 

M 

1 Aug.,  “ 

13  July,  “ 

a 

F 1 

24  May,  1900 

14  “ “ 

a 

F 

9 Jan.,  “ 

16  “ “ 

(( 

F 

9 Dec.,  1899.  

12  “ “ 

i i 

F 

17  Sept.,  1898 

23  “ “ 

< 4 

F 

27  July,  1897 

26  “ “ 

u 

F 

9 Feb.,  1900 

28  “ “ 

(( 

F 

7 Dec.,  1898  

31  “ “ :::::::::::::: 

Improved. 

F 

5 Feb.,  1900 

31  “ “ 

Hecovered. 

M 

16  Mar.,  1899 

4 Aug.,  “ 

(i 

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[ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  5. — Concluded. 

Shewing  the  length  of  Residence  in  the  Asylum  of  those  discharged  during  the  year. 


Initials. 

Sex. 

When  admitted. 

When  discharged. 

F.  G 

F 

9 June,  1900  ...  

4 Aug.,  1900  

L.  B.  F 

F 

16  April,  “ 

6 “ “ 

W.  E.  W ... 

M 

28  “ 1899 

10  “ “ 

M G 

F 

25  “ 1900 

11  “ “ 

S.  S 

F 

29  July,  1899 

12  “ “ 

A.  M 

M 

27  Mar.,  1900 

31  “ “ 

P.  McL  . 

2 Jan.,  1895  

6 Sept.,  “ 

A.  C 

M 

13  Nov  , 1891  

5 “ “ 

L.  J.  T 

F 

7 Mar.,  1898 

10  “ “ 

B.  G 

F 

20  May,  1900 

10  “ “ 

H.  H 

M 

25  Auer..  

17  “ “ 

Z.  B 

M 

27  Dec.,  1899  

30  “ “ 

No. 


Remarks . 


Improved. 

Recovered. 


Improved. 

Recovered. 

Unimproved. 

Recoveted. 

Improved. 

Recovered. 


s 


She 

1 

No. 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

16 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31 

32 

33 

34 

35 

36 

37 

38 

39 

40 

41 

42 

43 

44 

45 

46 

47 

48 


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17 


TABLE  No.  6. 


mgth  of  residence,  and  proximate  cause  of  death  of  those  who  died  during 
the  year  ending  30bh  September,  1900. 


Sex. 


Age. 


Residence 
in  Asylum. 


Date  of  death. 


Proximate  cause  of  death. 


78 

72 

36 
60 
42 

79 

45 
68 

37 
75 
49 
28 

58 
30 

33 
55 
62 
62 

34 
66 
42 
44 

63 
81 
62 
47 
28 

52 

80 

59 

55 
32 

64 

41 

60 
79 
64 
84 
34 

53 

42 
53 
53 

73 
44 

46 
52 

56 


7 Oct 

8 

11 
18 
20 
26 
31 

18  Nov 
28 

5 Dec 
12 
23 

23 

24 
31 

22  Jan 
9 Feb 

13 
18 
24 

11  Ma 

12 

14 
18 
21 
22 
31 
31 

8 

20 

23 
23 

27 

28 
4 Jun 

19 
22 
22  Jul 
30 

1 Au 
8 


1899 


April 


19 


00 


21 

26 

29 


8 Sept., 
30  “ 


48 

49 
6 
1 
2 


2 

3 

11 

4 
1 

5 
2 


45 


1 

1 


i 

3 


5 


3 

10 


1 

5 

2 


3 

3 

1 


2 

11 

6 


14 

30 

16 

2 


1 

5 
3 

10 

9 

6 


31  5 

4 7 

1 7 


20  8 
6 1 
4 10 

3 7 

2 2 
....  7 


4 5 

1 8 


20 

4 


1 

7 

11 

6 


20 

17' 

2 

14 

27 
26 

15 
8 

11 

23 
10 

3 

29 
21 
22 
11 

30 

U 

2 

21 

19 
22 
17 

1 

5 

4 
8 

17 

10 

13 

5 

6 

20 

28 
20 

6 

20 

24 
3 
8 

12 

17 
24 

18 


Apoplexy. 

Old  age. 

G.  Paresis. 

Convulsions, 

G.  Paresis. 

Heart  Disease. 
Syphilitic  Disease. 
Apoplexy. 

Pneumonia. 

Old  age. 

G.  Paresis. 

Heart  Failure. 

Killed  by  train. 
Phthisis. 

( ( 

Heart  Disease. 

Old  age. 

Heart  Failure. 

Phthisis. 

Convulsions. 

G.  Paresis. 

Influenza, 

Bronchitis. 

Pneumonia. 

G.  Paresis 

Puerperal  Septicaemia. 
Exh.  of  Mania. 

Old  age. 

Heart  Failure. 
Aneurism  of  Aorta. 
Exh.  of  Mania. 
Phthisis. 

( ( 

Marasmus. 

Old  age. 

Heart  Disease. 

Old  age. 

Exh.  of  Mania. 
Phthisis. 

G.  Paresis. 

Heart  Failure. 
Stuperous  Melancholia. 
Diarrhoea. 

Gastric  Ulcer. 

Exh.  of  Mania. 
Pneumonia. 

Cancer  of  Stomach. 


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[ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  7. 

Shewing  trades,  callings  and  occupations  of  patients  admitted  into  the  Asylum. 


Trades,  callings  and  occupations. 

Bufing  the  year. 

Buring  former  years. 

Total. 

Males. 

Females 

3 Total. 

Males. 

j Females 

jj  Total. 

Agents  

2 

2 

16 

1 

16 

18 

Arcfcitects  

2 

I 

2 

2 

Actors 

1 

1 ’ 

2 

2 

Artists  ; 

4 

4 

8 

8 

39 

1 

40 

40 

Bakers  

1 

1 

30 

30 

31 

Bricklayers  

13 

13 

13 

Butchers  

28 

28 

28 

Blacksmiths  

55 

55 

56 

2 

2 

2 

] 

11 

11 

n 

8 

8 

8 

Barbers 

2 

2 

2 

Barristers 

8 

8 

8 

Bookbinders 

1 

3 

4 

4 

Brickmakers 

7 

7 

7 

1 

i 1 

1 

2 

2 

2 

Commercial  travellers  

4 

4 

23 

23 

27 

Cabinet-makprs  

10 

10 

10 

Confectioners 

2 

2 

2 

Coopers 

19 

19 

19 

Carpenters  

1 

1 

159 

169 

160 

Clerks  

7 

7 

190 

9 

199 

206 

Clergymen  

38 

38 

38 

Carriage-makers  . ...  ... 

4 

4 

4 

Cooks  

2 

10 

12 

12 

Captains  of  steamboats .-. 

2 

2 

2 

Cigarmakers 

8 

8 

8 

Cn.stnm-honse  offieeT’s  . . 

3 

3 

3 

Coppersmiths  

1 

1 

1 

Coachmen  . ... 

1 

2 

2 

2 

Civil  servants 

11 

11 

11 

Clock  cleaners 

1 

1 

1 

Carters  

1 

1 

1 

Byers  

1 

1 

• 1 

T)fimest.ic  serva.nt.s  of  a, 11  kind.s 

3 

3 

5 

1,080 

1,086 

1,088 

Bressmakers 

3 

3 

29 

29 

32 

Timpgishs 

1 

1 

1 

Bentists 

20 

20 

20 

Engineers 

2 

2 

25 

26 

27 

Editors  

3 

3 

3 

Engravers  

2 

2 

2 

Farmers 

13 

13 

1,140 

33 

1,173 

1,186 

Fishermen , 

1 

1 

1 

Fonndera  

2 

2 

2 

Furriers 

1 

1 

1 

Farmers’  daughters 

26 

26 

26 

Cardeners  

2 

2 

15 

15 

17 

Grocers 

12 

1 

13 

13 

Gentlemen  

1 

1 

40 

40 

41 

Glove-makers  

1 

1 

1 

Grooms  

1 

1 

1 

Gun-smiths  

2 

2 

2 

FTncksters 

1 

1 

1 

TTa.ttors 

1 

1 

1. 

Hostlers 

2 

2 

2 ^ 

Hunters  . 

1 

1 

1 

1900  I 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


19 


TABLE  7. — Continued. 

Shewing  trades,  callings  and  occupations  of  patients  admitted  into  the  Asylum. 


Trades,  callings  and  occupations. 

During  the  year. 

During  former  years. 

Total. 

Males. 

i 

1 Females 

Total. 

Males. 

1 Females 

1 

Total. 

14 

14 

14 

33 

33 

1.486 

1,486 

1,519 

3 

3 

3 

11 

11 

11 

Ironmongers  

1 

1 

1 

Jewellers  

1 

1 

13 

1 

14 

15 

2 

2 

2 

Labourers  

8 

8 

976 

1 

977 

985 

Lau>^dreeses  

6 

6 

6 

Ladies 

4 

4 

125, 

125 

129 

Lawyers 

24 

24 

24 

Lumbermen  

4 

4 

4 

Milliners  

30 

30 

30 

Masons .' 

... 

44 

44 

44 

Machinists  

3 

24 

24 

27 

Millers 

33 

33 

1 33 

Moulders 

2 

2 

2 

Merchants 

1 

1 

125 

1 

126 

i 127 

Mechanics 

1 

1 

29 



29 

1 30 

Music-teachers 

1 

1 

9 

12 

21 

1 22 

Marble-cutters 

1 

1 

1 

No  occupation 

1 

3 

4 

164 

425 

589 

593 

Night-watchmen 

1 

1 

1 

Nurses  

1 

1 

U 

14 

15 

Not  stated 

1 

1 

205 

333 

538 

i 539 

Organ-builders 

1 

1 

1 1 

Other  occupations  ...  

1 

1 

168 

40 

208 

209 

Professors  of  music  

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

Plasterers 

3 

3 

3 

Pensioners 

1 

1 

1 

Photographers 

. . ^ , 

6 

6 

6 

Prostitutes  

2 

2 

2 

Painters .... 

51 

51 

51 

Printers ...  

2 

2 

38 

38 

40 

Peddlers 

25 

25 

25 

Physicians 

1 

1 

36 

’ ” l‘ 

37 

38 

Pump-makers 

3 

3 

3 

Railway  foremen 

4 

4 

4 

Railway  conductors  

3 

3 

3 

Spinsters  

18 

18 

199 

199 

217 

Sailors 

1 

1 

31 

31 

32 

Students 

2 

2 

46 

17 

63 

65 

Sisters  of  charity  ...  

3 

3' 

3 

Stonecutters 

4 

4 

4 

Saddlers 

2 

2 

2 

Shoemakers 

88 

2 

90 

90 

Seamstresses 

98  ! 

98 

98 

Slaters  

1 

1 

1 

Soldiers 

9 



1 

9 

9 

Salesmen  

1 

2 

3 

6 

2 1 

8 

11 

Surveyors  . . 

2 

2 

2 

Sail  and  tent-makers 

1 

1 

1 

Shopkeepers 

5 

2 

7 

T 

Ship-builders  

1 

1 

1 

Stenographers  

4 

1 

6 

5 

THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


( No.  35 


TA.BLE  7. — Concluded. 

Shewing  trades,  callings  and  occupations  of  patients  admitted  into  the  Asylum. 


Trades,  callings  and  occupations. 

During  the  year. 

During  former  years. 

Total 

Males.  1 
1 

[Females 

Total. 

Males. 

F emales 

Total. 

Teachers 

1 

1 

1 

62 

84 

146 

147 

Tinsmiths  

22 

22 

22 

Tavern-keepers 

2 

2 

4 

4 

6 

Tailors  

1 

1 

2 

84 

4 

88 

90 

Teamsters 

10 

10 

10 

Widows  

9 

9 

9 

W^atch  makers 

2 

2 

2 

Wood-workers 

2 

2 

2 

W eavers  

12 

4 

16 

16 

Wheelwrights 

1 

1 

1 

Waggon-makers 

1 

1 

1 

Unknown  or  other  employments  

29 

1 

10 

1 

1 39 

39 

Total  

60 

72 

132 

4,435 

4,110 

1 8,545 

8,677 

TABLE  No.  8. 


Shewing  causes  of  insanity. 


Causes  of  insanity. 

In  respect  of  the  admissions  for  the  year  ending 
30 ch  September,  1900. 

Number  of  instances  ir 
assig 

As  predisposing  cause. 

3 which  each  cause  was 
:ned. 

As  exciting  cause. 

Males. 

1 Females 
j 

Total. 

Males. 

Females 

Total. 

Moral. 

Domestic  troubles,  including  loss  of  relatives  or 

friends  , 

2 

2 

1 

1 

P-eliprions  ev mtement  

1 

1 

2 

Adverse  circumstances,  including  business  troubles. 

3 

3 

Love  affairs,  including  seduction  

1 

1 

n.nYief.y  “ worry  ” •. 

2 

2 

3 

7 

10 

"FricTht  and  nervous  shocks 

1 

1 

3 

3 

Physical. 

Intemperance  in  drink 

2 

1 

3 

1 

1 

2 

Intemperance  sevna.l  

1 

1 

Veneral  disease  

3 

1 i 

4 

2 

1 

3 

S^lf-ahnse  spYiia.l  ....  .... 

3 

3 

3 

3 

Over- work 

2 

1 

3 

3 

3 

Sunstroke 

1 

1 

Accident!  or  injpry  

1 

1 

Pregnancy  

] 

1 

1 

1 

Puerperal 

4 

4 

Uterine  disorders. 

2 

2 

Brain  disease,  with  epilepsy 

2 

4 

6 

2 

4 

6 

Other  bodily  diseases  or  disorders,  including  old  age. 

2 

4 

6 

3 

6 

9 

Fevers 

2 

2 

Hereditary. 

With  other  ascertained  cause  in  combination 

8 

20 

28 

With  nth<“r  combined  ca.nse  not  ascertained 

11 

10 

21 

Congenital. 

With  other  con^hined  ca.nae  not  ascertained 

2 

2 

Unknown 

25 

26  , 

' 1 

60 

. 

36 

38 

74 

Total  

60 

72  I 

132 

60 

72 

182 

19001 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


21 


TABLE  No.  9. 

Showing  the  probational  discharges  and  the  result  thereof. 


No. 

Sex. 

Initials. 

Date  of  probational 
discharge. 

Term  of 
probation. 

Result. 

1 

M 

G.  D.  G 

7 October, 

1899  

2 months 

Discharged,  recovered. 

(i  iC 

2 

M 

T.  F 

7 

“ 

1 month 

3 

F 

J.  F.  F 

13 

“ . ! ! . 

3 months  

“ improved. 

((  it 

4 

M 

W.  C.  L 

14 

1 month  

5 

F 

A.  N 

14 

•( 

6 months 

Returned. 

6 

M 

S.  A.  M .... 

3 November, 

a 

2 “ 

Discharged,  recovered. 

7 

M 

F.S.D..  . 

1 December, 

‘‘  

2 “ 

“ improved. 

8 

F 

M.  S 

5 “ 

1 month  

“ recovered. 

9 

M 

J.  C.  B 

22 

u 

4 months  . . .< 

*■  unimproved. 

10 

F 

F.  W 

8 January, 
8 

1900  '!!!!. 

1 month 

“ recovered. 

11 

F 

M.  A 

1 “ 

“ improved. 

12 

M 

W.  C 

5 March, 
12 

1 “ 1 

1 Returned. 

13 

F 

M.  C.  T 

2 months 

14 

M 

W.  J.  P 

27 

“ 

1 month  

Discharged,  recovered. 

15 

M 

W.  B 

29 

1 “ 

ii  ti 

16 

F 

E.  G 

3 April, 



1 

ii  ii 

17 

M 

G.  E.  B.... 

7 

ti 

1 “ 

it  it 

18 

M 

S.  W 

11  “ 

a 

1 “ ' 

“ unimproved. 

19 

M 

J.  T.  P 

28 

a 

1 “ 

“ recovered. 

20 

M 

J.  E.  A 

3 May, 
19 

1 “ 

(<  if 

21 

M 

T.  G 

u 

2 months 

it  t( 

22 

M 

C P.  L 

23  “ 

2 “ ..  . 

Returned. 

23 

F 

M.  McG  .... 

26 

(t 

2 “ 

Discharged,  recovered. 

24 

M 

T.  R 

29 

a 

1 month 

26 

F 

A.  L 

31 

it 

2 months 

ti  ii 

26 

F 

M.  W.  L.... 

12  J une, 

a 

1 month  

ti  i t 

27 

F 

S.  S 

12  “ 

2 months  

it  it 

28 

F 

K.  O’D 

J5 

t i 

1 month 

((  if 

29 

F 

P.  McL 

4 July, 
13 

if 

2 months.  . . 

it  it 

30 

F 

M.  G 

1 month  

it  it 

31 

M 

W.  E.  W... 

14 

“ ' ! ! ! ! 

1 “ 

a it 

32 

F 

E.  McP 

19 

ti 

1 “ 

Returned. 

38 

M 

R.  P 

28  “ 

it 

3 months 

Still  out. 

34 

M 

A.  M 

31  “ 

a 

1 month  

Discharged,  recovered. 

ki  t t 

36 

M 

Z.  B 

31  August, 

t* 

1 “ 

36 

M 

A.  E 

8 September, 
8 “ 

tf 

2 months 

Still  out. 

37 

M 

H.  H 

ii 

2 weeks 

Discharged,  recovered. 
Still  out. 

38 

F 

M.  C.  T .... 

17 

a 

2 months 

39 

F 

E.  B 

24 

a 

1 month  

f( 

40 

M 

W.  N.  J . . . . 

28 

a 

1 “ 

Died  while  on  probation 

SUMMARY  OF  PROBATIONAL  DISCHARGES. 


— 

Males. 

Females 

Total. 

Males. 

Females 

■ Total. 

Number  to  whom  probational  leave  was  granted 

! 

1 

23 

17 

40 

Discharged,  recovered 

14 

10 

24 

“ improved 

2 

2 

4 

“ unimproved  

2 

2 

Died  before  expiration  of  leave 

1 

1 

Ketnrned  to  asylum  

2 

3 

5 1 

Absent  on  probation  on  30th  September,  1900  . 

2 

2 

‘ 1 

23 

17 

40 

22 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[No 


TABLE  No.  10. 


Shewing  in  quinquennial  period  the  ages  of  those  admitted,  recovered  and  died  during 

the  year. 


Ages. 

Admitted. 

Recovered. 

Died. 

Males 

Females  Total. 

1 

Males  Females 

Total. 

Males 

Females 

Total. 

rom  10  to  15  years .... 

1 

“ 15  “ 20  “ 

2 

3 

5 

2 

1 

3 

“ 20  “ 25  “ 

10 

12 

22 

6 

2 

8 

“ 25  “ 30  “ 

8 

8 

16 

3 

2 

5 

2 

2 

“ 30  “ 35  “ 

8 

7 

15 

4 

4 

8 

2 

3 

5 

“ 35  “ 40  “ 

5 

10 

15 

2 

3 

5 

1 

2 

3 

“ 40  “ 45  “ 

8 

5 

13 

2 

4 

6 

4 

2 

6 

“ 45  50  “ 

3 

8 ! 

11 

2 

4 

6 

3 

1 

4 

“ 50  “ 55  “ 

7 

9 

16 

2 

3 

5 

“ 55  “ 60  “ 

3 

1 

4 

'i’ 

” i 

2 

2 

4 

60  “ 65  “ 

2 

1 

3 

1 

1 

3 

5 

8 

“ 65  “ 70  “ 

1 

3 

4 

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

“ 70  “ 75  “ 

2 

2 

4 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

2 

“ 75  “ 80  “ 

3 

3 

3 

1 

4 

“ 80  “ 85  “ 

1 

1 

1 

2 

3 

“ 85  “ 90  “ 

“ 90  “ 95  “ 



! 

Unknown 1 



1 

1 

i 

1 

Totals 

60 

72 

132 

24 

23 

47 

23 

25 

1 48 

TABLE  No.  11. 


Periods. 

Duration  of  in- 
sanity prior  to 
admission. 

Length  of  resi- 
dence of  those 
remaining  in 
asylum  on  30th| 
September.  | 

Periods  of  treat- 
ment of  those 
who  were  dis- 
charged cu’^ed 
during  the 
year. 

Periods  of  treat- 
ment of  those 
who  were  dis- 
! charged  im- 
proved during 
the  year. 

Periods  of  treat- 
ment of  those 
who  were  dis- 
charged unim- 
proved during 
j the  year. 

Under  1 month 

37 

5 ' 

3 

2 

From  1 to  2 months  

10 

4 

6 

2 

2 

“ 2 “ 3 “ 

14 

7 

2 

1 

1 

“ 3 “ 4 “ 

6 

7 

i 3 

2 

1 

“ 4 “ 5 “ 

4 

12 

i 4 

2 

“ 5 “ 6 “ 

1 

9 

1 6 

“ 6 “ 7 “ 

12 

8 

6 

1 

'•  7 “ 8 “ 

1 

5 

3 

“ 8 “ 9 *•  

4 

11 

9 “ 10  “ 

1 

3 

2 

“ 10  “ 11  “ 

1 

5 

“ 11  “ 12  “ ... 

7 

2 

“ 12  18  “ 

8 

36 

4 

3 

1 

“ 18  months  to  2 years 

24 

3 

8 

2 to  3 years 

2 

58 

2 

1 

1 

“ 3 “ 4 “ 

2 

54 

2 

1 

“ 4 “ 5 “ 

3 

30 

“ 5 “ 6 “ 

3 

41 

1 

“ 6 “ 7 “ ‘ 

5 

' 31 

ii  7 ^ ‘ ^ ^ ‘ 

50 

“ 8 “ 9 '•  

1 

33 

1 

“ 9 “ 10  

42 

“ 10  “ 15  “ 

2 

85 

“ 15  “20  “ 

3 

43 

1 

Not  stated 

12 

100 

Totals 

. 132 

710 

47 

17 

11 

1900  ] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


2T 


TxABLE  No.  12.  , 

Shelving  tke  nature  of  employment  and  the  number  of  day’s  work  performed  by  patients 

during  the  year. 


Nature  of 

A 

<4-1  ^ 

® 03  • 

^ CD 

Days  worked. 

employment. 

-o 

an  o 

1 

Male. 

1 

Female . 

Total. 

Carpenter’s  shop .... 

Tailor’s  shop 

Shoe  shop 

\ 

4 

1,248 

1,248 

4 

4 

1,012 

1,248 

2,184 

1,012 

1,248 

2,184 

Engineer’s  shop  

8 

Blacksmith’s  shop. . . 

1 

312 

312 

Mason  work  

2 

624 

624 

Wood  yard  and  coal 
shed 

8 

1,872 

1,872 

Bakery 

3 

936 

936 

Laundry  

32 

936 

’7,644 

10,580 

Dairy 

6 

2,468 

312 

2,468 

312 

Butcher’s  shop  

1 

Painting 

5 

1,560 

2,808 

2,184 

1,560 

2,808 

2,184 

Garden 

9 

Grounds 

8 

1 

Nature  of 

1 

L ^ 

° ao  • 

s.. 

1 s a s 

Days  worked. 

employment. 

ill 

Male. 

Female. 

1 Total, 

Stable 

7 

2,100 

2,100 

Kitchen 

8 

2,184 

1 2,184 

Dining  rooms  

70 

13,280 

10*390 

23,670 

Officers’  quarters  . . . 

4 

1,407 

1,407 

Sewing  rooms  . . . . 

l| 

246 

216 

Knitting  

37; 

11,410 

11,410 

Mending  

74 

2,910 

12,110 

15,020 

Wards  

192  18,700 

42,100 

60,800 

Storeroom 

11 

1 312 

312 

General 

28 

6,009 

4,010 

10,019 

Tin  shop . . . 

1 

1 312 

312 

Book-binding 

1 

312 

312 

Sewing  in  wards  ... 

61 

1 4,360 

14,210 

18,570 

7'otal  

580j72,183 

103,527 

175,710 

TABLE  No.  13. 

Shewing  the  Counties  and  Districts  from  which  the  patients  remaining  in  residence  on 
the  30th  September,  1900,  were  originally  received. 


Counties  and 

Counties  and 

Districts. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Districts. 

Males. 

F einales. 

Total. 

Algoma  District 

. 2 

2 

4 

Norfolk  

Brant  

. 2 

6 

8 

Northumberland  

9 

16 

19 

Bruce 

. 1 

2 

3 

Ontario 

11 

16 

27 

Carleton  

. 6 

2 

« 

Oxford 

3 

2 

5 

Dufferin  

. 1 

1 

Parry  Sound  District  . . . 

Dundas 

Beel  

’9 

’9 

is 

Durham 

. 8 

18i 

26 

Perth 

2 

1 

3 

Elgin 

. 2 

2 

4 

Peterborough 

10 

8 

18 

Essex 

Prescott 

Froiitenac  . 

‘2 

’2 

Prince  Edward  

Glengarry  

. i 

1 

Rainy  River  District  

Grenville  

1 

1 

Renfrew  

'i 

i 

Grey 

. 11 

io 

21 

Russell  — 

Haldimand 

Simcoe 

6 

io 

is 

Haiton 

4 

’4 

*8 

Stormont  

2 

2 

Hastings  

. 7 

1 

8 

Thunder  Bay  District 

2 

i 

3 

Huron  

. 2 

5 

7 

Victoria 

10 

9 

19 

Kent 

. 1 

1 

Waterloo  

1 

3 

4 

Lambton 

1 

1 

Welland 

2 

2 

4 

Lanark 

1 

2 

Wellington 

2 

7 

9 

Leeds 

2 

2 

Wentworth 

5 

5 

19 

Lennox  and  Addington . . 

. 1 

1 

York 

209 

211 

420 

Lincoln  

. 1 

*6 

7 

Not  classed,  unknown,  etc. 

5 

6 

Middlesex 

2 

1 

3 

Muskoka  District 

. 3 

2 

5 

Total  . 

360 

360 

710 

Nipi-sing  District 

. 1 

2 

3 

Patients  transferred  to  other  asylums. 


24 


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1900] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


25 


TABLE  No.  15. 

Report  of  Garden  Produce  from  October  1st,  1899,  to  September  30th,  1900. 


Name. 

Quantity. 

Rate. 

Value. 

$ c 

2 630  bunches 

0 02  each i 

! 52  60 

24  bushels  

40  bushel 

9 60 

36  “ . .* 

40  “ 

14  40 

450  “ 

40  “ 

180  00 

420  “ 

40  “ 

168  00 

1,745  each 

1 each 

17  45 

1,'200  “ 1 

1 3 “ 

36  00 

r^.olortr  

4,649  “ 

2 “ 

92  98 



12,130  “ 

2 “ 

242  60 



92  quarts 

5 quart 

4 60 



910  bunches 

1 each  

9 10 

(~!i  R , 

450  each I 

5 “ 

22  50 

rinrp  

4,669  dozen  j 

5 dozen 

233  45 

ps^  

80  quarts 

5 quart 

4 00 

^jpf.truee  

30,224  each 

1 “ 

302  24 

lkTp|nriR  

30  “ 

5 “ 

1 50 

OninnR  grppn  

6,888  bunches ' 

1 “ 

(?8  88 



64  bushels ' 

1 00  bushel 

64  00 

jn  pod  

20  “ 1 

i 40  “ 

8 00 

T*r*tat<***fi  pai'ly  - 

46  “ ■ 

* 60  “ 

27  60 



163  bunches 

1 each 

1 63 

Parsnips  

825  bushels 

40  bushel 

130  00 

Tihnhftrh 

8,251  bu»  dies 

2 each 

165  02 

p.a®p^***'*'i*^*  

64  quaits 

5 quart  

3 20 

l^addinh  

7,025  bunches 

1 each 

70  25 

Rpinafih  

507  bushels 

20  bushel 

101  40 

RftVPfy  sn.pp  

810  bunches 

2 each . . 

16  20 

T’nmaf.nps  

240  bushels 

25  bushel 

60  00 

Turnips 

610  “ 

20  “ 

122  00 

Vppptahlp  TYi  arrows 

920  each  

2 each 

18  40 

Mangle-wurzels 

37  tons 

5 00  ton  

185  00 

Milk  

28,719  gallons 

12  gallon 

3,446  28 

Wpstom  onm  *. 

’ 40  loads 

1 00  load  

40  00 

1 

1 

5,918  88 

TABLE  No.  16. 


Report  from  Tailors’  Shop  from  October  1st,  1899,  to  September  30th,  1900. 


Name  of  articles. 

Made. 

Repaired. 

Tweed  coats 

171 

102 

“ vests 

112 

73 

pants . 

74 

239 

Uniform  coats 

.....  29 

37 

“ pants  

30 

57 

Blue  denim  coats 

S 

.... 

* ‘ overalls  

61 

15 

Overcoats 

14 

Name  of  articles. 

Made. 

Repaired. 

Moleskin  coats 

3 

“ pants.  

3 

4 

“ suits 

Firemen’s  coats 

5 

’5 

“ pants  

11 

16 

Made  in  wards,  cut  and  pressed  in  shop,  90  pairs 
pants. 


2G 


THE  REPORT  ON  THE  INSPECTOR 


[No.  »5 


TABLE  No.  17. 

Report  from  Shoe  Shop  from  October  1st,  1899,  to  September  30.h,  1900. 

Name  of  articles. 

Pairs. 

Rate. 

j Value. 

Men’s  long  boots 

59 

120 

68 

99 

652 

$ c. 
3 00 
2 25 
2 00 
1 00 
50 

$ c. 
177  00 
270  00 
136  00 
99  00 
326  00 

“ brogaus 

Women’s  shoes 

“ slippers  

Repaired  

1,008  00 

Harness 


22  new  pieces $ 7 35 

33  pieces  repaired 3 80 

Tinware 

129  new  pieces 112  00 

842  pieces  repaired  119  20 

Book  Binding 

81  new  books  bound 40  50 

781  old  books  rebound 195  25 

Upholstering. 

182  mattresses  remade 364  00 

4 pillows  remade 1 00 

22  sofas  reupholstered 89  75 

27  chairs  “ 33  25 


$1,874  10 


TABLE  No.  18. 
Repaired  in  Men’s  Wards. 


Name  of  articles. 

Number. 

Name  of  articles. 

Number. 

Socks  . 

...  810 

Qnilts  

193 

Shirts,  cotton 

407 

Blankets 

236 

Sheets  “ ... 

590 

Pants 

132 

Mattresses  

Coats  

109 

Undershirts 

Vests  

72 

Wool  drawers 

119 

TABLE  No.  19 
Conservatories. 


Plants  in  greenhouse 

Bedding  plants  

Annuals 


2.603 

6.604 
6,429 


1900] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


27 


TABLE  No.  20. 


Annual  Deport  : Toronto  Asylum  for  the  year  ending  September  30th,  1900,  shewing 
“ shewing  work  done  in  women’s  wards. 


Articles. 

Made.  Repaired. 

Articles. 

Made. 

Repaired. 

Aprons ! 

460 

836 

Pudding  dish  covers 

2 

15 

23 

Pillow  cases  

1,066 

iio 

Blinds  

....  116 

310 

“ shams  

8 

Blankets 

190 

Pants 

90 

.... 

Boxes,  fancy  — 

2 

Photo  frames  painted 

2 

• . » • 

Carpets . . . 

15 

20 

Quilts  

287 

468 

Caps  

Rugs 

10 

12 

Capes  

10 

"ie 

Sideboard  covers 

6 

8 

Curtains . 

She  ets  

896 

460 

Clothes  bags  

....  49 

‘isi 

Shirts  . . 

. . . , 340 

160 

Counterpanes  hemmed  . . . . 

64 

66 

Sk'rts  . . 

200 

1,875 

Cushions  

8 

27 

Socks,  pairs 

350 

746 

Ciishion  covers  

38 

Stochings,  pairs 

287 

800 

Chemises  

....  680 

l',864 

Slippers,  wool 

15 

Dresses 

394 

2,710 

Towels,  dish  

460 

Drapes  

8 

“ ‘ roller  

96 

Drawers,  pairs 

235 

i^seo 

“ diaper  

30 

Dusters 

....  12 

Ticks,  mattress 

100 

Doylies  . . 

25 

“ pillow 

10 

Drawen  work,  pieces 

...  14 

“ bed  

10 

*i25 

Guernseys  . . 

*687 

Table  cloths  

105 

Handkerchiefs,  fancy  ....  , . , 

.....  5 

“ covers  

12 

Hats  trimmed  

59 

“ napkins  , 

120 

Lace,  yds 

465 

Toilet  covers 

50 

’4 

Lambrequins 

"12 

Tray  cloths 

36 

7 

Matts,  table  

54 

Tea  cosey 

1 

“ toilet 

63 

Work  bags 

8 

Night  gowns  

265 

*620 

Wash  cloths  

6 

Needle  cases  

2 

W aists 

50 

Pictures,  small  painted 

4 

TABLE  No.  21. 

Annual  Report : Toronto  Asylum  for  the  year  ending  30th  September,  1900,  shewing 

work  done  in  sewing  room. 


Articles. 

Cut.  Made.  Repaired. 

Articles. 

Cut. 

Made.  Repaired. 

Aprons 

....  573 

34 

49 

Pillows  

2 

Altar  cloths 

4 

3 

Pudding  cloths 

..  45 

Box-covers  ...  

5 

Sideboard  covers 

4 

'3 

’i 

Blouses  

's 

Screens  

2 

Blinds 

...  299 

19 

'2 

Shams 

'2 

“ trimmed  

37 

Shirts 

’3 

163 

Bagatelle  table  cover  . . . 

i 

1 

Rugs  

i2 

Bibs  

18 

Skirts 

187 

Curtains 

214 

59 

io 

Sofa  covers 

1 

Counterpanes  

17 

Screen  “ 

7 

Clothes-bags 

lis 

’4 

4 

Shrouds 

..  24 

Chemises  

317 

8 

Sheets 

..  589 

ii 

Collars . . , 

8 

io 

Stamping  done  (shams) . . . 

i2 

Capes 

19 

2 

Table  cloths 

.!  lii 

4 

’8 

Cushion  covers 

28 

6 

'i 

“ covers  

..  80 

16 

Cushions  

14 

Tea  coseys  

6 

Caps 

292 

Toilet,  covers  . 

52 

'5 

6 

Drawers 

332 

ii 

lii 

Ties 

..  118 

12 

Dresses 

13 

3 

Towels  diaper 

26 

“ made  over  

2 

“ dish 

. . 316 

Drapes  

13 

Ticks  pillow 

Doyleys 

‘ ‘ mattress 

Lambrequins  

2 

'2 

“ “ enlarged 

Fringe,  yds ' 

3 

Untidy  suits 

’9 

Handkerchiefs  

6 

Quilts 

. . 180 

22 

Mantel  drapes 

3 

4 

Towels,  roller  

..  217 

Matts,  bound  

4 

Stockings,  pairs  . . 

is 

Material  for  decorating, 

yds. 

23 

Socks  “ 

445 

Night  gowns 

Table  napkins 

12 

Pillow  cases 

888 

i4 

io 

Waists  

3 

Piano  covers 

2 

28 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  :i5 


TABLE  No.  22. 

Lanndry  list  for  year  ending  in  30th  September,  1900. 


Aprons  10,402 

Blankets 10,200 

Blinds 211 

Blouses 1,701 

Bags  (clothes) 1,104 

Chemises  20,108 

Collars 12,511 

Cuffs,  pairs 3,114 

Caps 10 

Coats  812 

Curtains 1,104 

Rugs  12,426 

Skirts 30,826 

Spreads 10,421 

Sheets 30,812 

Socks,  pairs 10,211 

Stockings,  pairs  12,636 

Shams 5,110 

Shirts 26,162 

Towels,  diaper 10,371 

“ dish 6,321 

“ roller 4,111 

Dresses  10,173 

Drawers 15,502 

Dusters  104 

Tablecloths 10,116 

“ napkins 10,600 

Tray  cloths  .521 

Guernseys 5,536 

Handkerchiefs  20,700 

Night  shirts  12,620 

“ gowns 30,211 

Ticks  526 

Toilet  covers 1,201 

Vest 824 

Waists  2,630 

Neckties 102 

Pillow  cases 30,201 

Pants 1,403 

Quilts 2,402 

Extra 65,441 

Total  430,285 

Toronto  Asylum. — Farm  exchange  account  for  the  year  ended  30bh  September,  1900. 


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ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE  MEDICAL  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  THE 
ASYLUM  FOR  THE  INSANE,  LONDON,  ONTARIO. 


October  1st,  1900, 

To  R.  Christie,  Esq.,  Inspector  of  Asylums,  Toronto,  Ontario. 


Sir, — I have  the  honor  to  transmit  to  you  herewith  the  Twenty-ninth  Annual 
Report  of  this  Asylum. 

There  were  in  residence  at  this  asylum  on  the  1st  day  of  October,  1899,  996  patients, 
of  whom  470  were  men  and  526  were  women.  In  the  course  of  the  twelve  months  that 
have  since  elapsed  there  have  been  admitted  into  the  asylum  156  patients,  of  whom  77 
were  men  and  79  women,  making  the  total  number  of  patients  under  treatment  during 
the  year,  1,152 — 547  men,  and  605  women. 

Of  these  patients,  .79  have  been  discharged — 32  men  and  47  women  ; 59  have  died — 
28  men  and  31  women;  5 (all  men)  have  been  written  ofi  eloped;  and  1 (a  man)  was 
transferred  to  another  asylum,  leaving  in  residence  at  present,  1,008  patients,  of  whom 
481  are  men  and  527  women. 

Of  the  79  patients  who  have  been  discharged,  64 — 24  men  and  40  women,  were  dis- 
charged recovered  ; 11 — 5 men  and  6 women  were  discharged  improved;  and  4 — 3 men 
and  1 woman,  were  discharged  at  the  request  of  their  friends,  unimproved. 

The  number  of  patients  discharged,  recovered  and  improved,  was  75,  or  48.08  per 
cent,  of  the  admissions. 

The  total  number  of  patients  under  treatment  during  the  year  was  1,152,  and  the 
number  of  deaths  59,  so  that  the  death  rate  for  the  year  was  5.12.  We  had  no  death 
during  the  year  from  other  than  natural  causes. 

The  average  death  rate  from  the  opening  of  the  asylum  down  to  the  present  time  has 
been  4.5  per  cent. 

The  total  number  of  patients  admitted  into  this  asylum  since  it  was  opened,  20th 
November,  1870,  is  4,558 — 2,425  men  and  2,133  women.  Of  these  : 

There  have  been  discharged,  1,779 — 906  women  and  873  men. 

There  have  died,  1,304 — 746  men  and  558  women. 

There  have  been  written  oflF  eloped,  94 — 85  men  and  9 women. 

There  have  been  transferred  to  other  asylums,  373 — 207  men  and  166  women.. 

Leaving  in  residence  to-day,  1,008 — 481  men  and  527  women. 


Infirmary  Building. 


A sum  of  money  was  placed  in  the  estimates  the  last  session  of  the  Legislature  to 
begin  the  erection  of  an  infirmary  at  this  asylum.  Mr.  Heakes,  the  architect,  and  myself 
went  to  New  York  City,  Elmira,  Binghampton  and  Rochester  early  in  May  to  study  the 
latest  modes  of  construction  of  hospitals,  infirmaries  and  operating  rooms.  We  decided 
upon  an  outline  sketch  of  the  building  required  and  Mr.  Heakes  drew  plans  and  specifica- 
tions from  which  to  work.  On  29th  June,  the  site  being  previously  selected,  Mr.  Fair- 
bairn  staked  out  the  building,  and  the  next  working  day,  3rd  July,  a number  of  patients 
began  work  excavating  the  basement.  Before  the  middle  of  September  the  concrete 


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foundation  was  in  and  we  had  begun  work  on  the  stone  walls.  To-day  the  stone  found- 
ation is  finished,  the  inside  brick  walls  are  nearly  up  to  the  lower  floor  of  the  building, 
and  the  masons  are  placing  the  Credit  Valley  stone  at  the  level  of  the  basement  window 
sills. 

If  there  should  turn  oat  to  be  anything  wrong  with  the  plan  of  this  infirmary  build- 
ing, which  I do  not  believe  will  happen,  I am  willing  to  take  the  blame  as  it  has  been 
dr*wn  to  meet  my  views.  Should  there  be  anything  wrong  with  the  work  done  upon  it 
I am  equally  willing  to  bear  the  responsibility.  I believe  that  in  design  the  building  is 
right  and  I am  sure  that  so  far  the  work  upon  the  building  is  as  nearly  perfect  as  work 
can  be. 

Work  Done,  Renewals,  Etc. 

(1)  We  put  in  two  new  Doric  hot  water  furnaces  at  West  Cottage,  taking  out  two 
worn  out  Gurney  furnaces.  (2)  We  finished  the  addition  to  water  supply  mentioned 
last  year  by  carrying  a four  inch  pipe  to  east  tower  tank  and  three  storey  tank.  (3)  We 
fitted  up  33  new  cast  iron  enamelled  bracket  basins  and  removed  the  old  broken  and 
worn  and  rusted  basins.  (4)  Put  in  twelve  new  cast  iron  enamelled,  heavy  baths.  (5) 
Built  and  fitted  up  a boot  room  behind  2 B in  which  the  patients  put  on  boots  when  they 
go  out  and  change  these  for  slippers  when  they  come  in  and  in  which  the  boots  are  kept, 
cleaned  and  oiled.  (6)  We  refitted  our  stage  with  new  scenery.  (7)  Built  a new  piggery 
in  which  to  raise  young  pigs.  (8)  Extended  and  refitted  the  surgery.  (9)  Refloored 
engineer’s  shop.  (10)  Tore  down  female  airing  court  wall  and  took  brick  and  stone  over 
to  new  infirmary  into  which  these  were  built.  (11)  Made  a considerable  addition  to  the 
hennery  building.  (12)  Built  a new  brick  kitchen  at  bursar’s  house. 


New  Work  Needed, 

There  is  no  use  mentioning  many  things  under  this  head  as  it  is  imperative  that  we 
put  all  labor  that  can  be  spared  from  the  land  into  the  infirmary  building  until  it  is 
finished.  I will  say,  however,  that  (1)  we  very  much  need  more  room  and  more  machines 
in  the  laundry  ; that  (2)  we  greatly  need  a building  in  which  to  store  apples  and  other 
fruit,  with  space  in  it  to  do  our  preserving  and  other  space  in  which  preserves  may  be 
stored.  Every  year  we  grow  more  fruit  and  every  year  we  have  a larger  population  and 
need  more;  this  constant  increase  in  the  amount  of  fruit  grown  has  carried  us  past  our 
capacity  of  caring  for  and  storing  it,  and  every  year  we  sustain  a greater  and  greater  loss 
on  account  of  the  want  of  such  storage  capacity  ; (3)  the  old  store  at  the  asylum  badly 
needs  refitting. 

Amusements. 

It  has  always  been  the  aim  of  this  asylum  to  provide  ample  occupation  and  as  ample 
amusement  for  its  inmates.  During  the  year  just  closed  we  have  not  fallen  behind  any 
other  year  in  our  history  in  these  respects.  Thanks  almost  entirely  to  our  bursar,  Dr. 
Sippi,  we  have  had  at  our  disposal  throughout  the  year  a good  band,  orchestra  and  church 
choir,  these  we  have  very  fully  utilized.  We  used  our  excellent  amusement  hall  101 
times  in  the  course  of  last  amusement  season,  that  is  from  October  to  April.  We  had  in 
it  for  the  patients,  41  dances,  24  concerts,  22  “ At  Homes,”  and  14  lectures.  The  total 
attendance  of  patients  upon  these  101  evenings  was  41,718  or  an  average  attendance  of 
417  patients;  this  average  is  higher  by  41  patients  than  that  of  last  year  which  was  the 
highest  down  to  that  time.  We  have  a good  library  and  we  take  many  journals  and  papers 
for  the  patients.  We  sent  267  patients,  149  men  and  118  women,  to  the  Western  Fair  on 
10  th  of  last  month.  Then  on  27  th  of  last  moith  we  had  our  annual  athletic  sports; 
these  are  always  much  enjoyed  and  this  year  the  occasion  was  perhaps  more  successful 


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than  ever  before.  There  were  23  races  and  other  events,  114  prizes  ; many  dozen  of  the 
patients,  both  men  and  women,  took  part,  and  at  least  400  patients  were  on  the  field  as 
spectators.  No  less  than  fifty  business  firms  in  the  city  of  London  contributed  towards 
the  prizes,  and  many  members  of  these  firms  were  on  the  ground  and  witnessed  the  sports. 


Officers  and  Employees. 


There  is  but  little  under  this  head  to  report.  There  has  been  no  changes  on  the 
stafi*  except  that  Miss  Lillie  Jones,  chief  attendant  and  assistant  matron  at  north  building, 
was  transferred  to  Hamilton  asylum  on  4th  March  and  Mrs.  Parker  replaced  her  from 
Hamilton  the  same  day.  The  work  has  gone  quietly  on — all  have  labored  harmoniously 
together — each  has  done  his  or  her  part  honestly  and  well ; no  institution  could  be  better 
served  by  its  officers  and  employees  than  this  has  been,  not  only  during  the  year  just 
closed,  but  for  many  years  back. 


Gynecological  Surgery. 


We  have  reached  the  end  of  the  sixth  year  during  which  we  have,  without  much  en- 
couragement from  our  fellow  alienists,  carried  on  the  above  work  systematically.  The 
work  is  now  looked  upon  by  us  as  of  much  a matter  of  course  as  any  other  part  of  our 
daily  routine.  In  the  case  of  every  female  patient  we  satisfy  ourselves  whether  there  is 
or  not  pelvic  disease  and  if  there  is  we  do  what  we  can  to  cure  it  just  as  we  should  in  the 
case  of  pulmonary  or  stomach  disease. 

During  the  year  just  closed,  the  work  done  in  which  is  given  in  detail  in  the  accom- 
panying table,  we  have  opera.ted  in  55  of  these  gynecological  cases.  Of  these  patients, 
17  have  recovered,  16  are  improved,  none  have  died,  and  so  far  22  of  the  cases  are  unim- 
proved mentally  though  there  is  every  reason  te  believe  that  many  of  the  22  will  improve 
and  recover  and  that  several  of  the  16  now  improved  will  get  quite  well. 

It  remains  to  give  a summary  of  the  work  done  in  the  past  six  years  together  with 
the  results  of  the  same. 

We  have  examined  in  all,  generally  under  an  anesthetic,  286  female  patients  and 
have  found  organic  disease  in  some  one  or  more  of  ttie  pelvic  organs  in  243  of  them — 
only  43  patients  out  of  the  entire  number  examined  having  been  found  entirely  free  from 
such  disease.  Of  the  243  cases  of  organic  disease  we  have  operated  upon  226  — there  re- 
main two  to  be  attended  to,  while  there  were  15  cases  whish,  although  the  subject  of 
organic  disease,  will  not  for  various  reasons.be  operated  upon. 

The  226  cases  upon  which  we  have  operated  presented  the  following  pathological 
conditions,  ofcen  several  in  a single  case  : In  19  there  was  dysmenorrhoea  or  memorrha- 
gia  ; in  89  there  was  disease  of  the  endometrium  ; in  123  there  was  subinvolution  of  the 
uterus  ; in  48  there  was  hypertrophy  of  the  cervix  ; in  53  the  cervix  had  been  lacerated  ; 
in  34  the  cervix  was  cystic  ; in  5 there  was  polipus  of  the  cervix  ; in  17  uterine  fibroid  ; 
in  1 epithelioma  of  the  uterus  ; in  1 sarcoma  of  the  uterus  ; in  77  there  was  retroversion 
of  the  uterus ; in  8 there  was  complete  procidentia  of  the  uterus  ; in  38  ovarian  tumor 
often  with  disease  of  the  tubes ; in  48  there  were  perineal  injuries  with  their  sequential 
results ; in  1 recto- vaginal  fistula  ; in  1 ischio  rectal  fistula  ; in  1 haematoma  of  the  vul- 
va : A tota  deceased  conditions  in  226  patients. 

The  operations  performed  (often  several  in  one  case)  were  the  following  : 


Curettage  and  divulsion 177  times. 

Operations  on  cervix 68  “ 

Suspension  of  displaced  uteri  .’ 70 

Ovariotomy 26  “ 

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Hysterectomy 24  times. 

Perineorrhaphy 36  “ 

Laparotomy  for  tubercular  peritonitis 2 “ 

Operation  for  hematoma  of  ovarian  ligament 1 “ 

Myomectomy  4 “ 

Operation  for  hematoma  of  vulva 1 “ 


Total  number  of  operations 409  “ 


The  results  of  these  409  operations  performed  on  226  patients  have  been,  so  far,  as 
follows : 

First,  as  regards  bodily  health  : In  4 cases  the  patient  died  as  a result  of  the  opera- 
tion. In  nearly  all  the  rest  of  the  cases  in  which  there  has  been  time  for  any  result  to 
follow,  the  physical  health  of  the  patient  has  been  restored  or  greatly  improved.  Then 
as  regards  mental  health.  In  93  cases  the  patient  recovered  from  her  insanity  ; in  56 
other  cases  there  has  been  improvement,  often  very  marked,  in  the  mental  health  of  the 
patient ; and  in  73  cases  there  has  been,  so  far,  no  improvement  in  the  patient’s  mental 
health.  So  that  149  of  the  222  who  survived  the  operation  either  recovered  their  mental 
health  or  this  was  improved. 

In  some  of  these  cases,  no  doubt,  the  patient  would  have  recovered  her  meij^tal 
health  or  this  would  have  improved  without  any  operation,  but  I am  certain  that  in 
many  cases  there  would  have  been  neither  improvement  nor  recovery. 

But, it  will  be  said,  if  many  cases  are  really  recovered  or  improved  by  this  new  method 
of  treatment, surely  the  statistics  of  the  asylum  should  show  the  influence  of  the  new  factor. 
Well,  so  they  seem  to  do.  For  instance  : The  average  recovery  rate,  including  cases  im- 
proved, in  the  male  halls  of  this  asylum  for  the  five  years,  1886-90,  calculated  upon  ad- 
missions was  36.24  ; in  the  next  five  years,  1891-5,  it  was  34-22,  and  in  the  next  quin- 
quennial period,  1896-1900,  it  was  35.92.  The  actual  figures  being: 

Date  Admitted  Discharged,  Recov- 

ered & Improved. 

1886—90  298  108 

1891—95  412  141 

1896—1900  373  134 

In  the  woman’s  halls  the  average  recovery  rate,  including  cases  improved,  for  the 
five  years,  1886  90,  calculated  upon  the  admissions,  was  37  2 per  cent.  ; in  the  next  five 
years,  1891  95,  it  was  37.9  per  cent.  But  in  the  next  five  years,  during  which  the  gyne- 
cological work  was  a factor,  that  is,  in  1896-1900,  the  recovery  rate  rose  to  52.7  per  cent. 
The  actual  figures  being  : 

Date  Admitted  Discharged,  Recov- 

ered & Improved 

1886—90  228  85 

1891—95  332  116 

1896—1900  334  176 

The  recovery  rate  on  the  men’s  side,  and  the  women’s  side  down  to  1895,  was  the 
normal,  ordinary  recovery  rate  of  this  asylum  ; the  advance  on  the  women’s  side 
1896-1900  has  undoubtedly  been  due  to  the  gynecological  work  done  at  this  asylum 
during  the  past  six  years.  And  the  facts  presented  mean  that  about  60  women  have  by 
that  means  been  restored  to  health  within  that  limited  time. 

We  were  told  some  years  ago  that  it  would  require  two  years  of  this  work  to  show 
whether  or  not  it  was  of  any  value,  we  now  have  a record  of  it  for  six  years  and  so  far 
it  seems  to  bear  the  test  of  time  very  well. 


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The  chief  credit  for  this  gynecological  work  at  this  asylum  should  be  given  to  Dr. 
Hobbs,  who  has  carried  it  on  entirely  without  reward  since  the  reork  is  over  and  above 
that  for  which  he  receives  his  very  moderate  salary. 

Finally  I desire  to  say  that  we  never  operate  for  insanity,  but  always  for  the  relief 
of  some  actual,  demonstrable,  disease  or  displacement.  Also  that  we  never  operate  with- 
out the  consent  of  the  patient’s  friends  ; and  that  her  physician  is  always  consulted  and 
is  asked  *o  be  present  at  the  operation.  As  a matter  of  fact  the  women’s  family  physi- 
cian very  often  assists  at  the  operation  and  always  consents  to  and  endorses  the  work. 


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to  30(h  Sfpttmber,  1900. 


1900  J 


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1900] 


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43 


General  Surgery. 


In  general  surgery  we  have  performed  in  the  last  six  years  70  operations  as  follows  : 
Bassini’s  operation  for  the  cure  of  hernia,  37  times ; we  have  operated  for  the  removal  of 
cancer,  3 times ; for  appendicitis,  3 times  ; trephined  once  ; operated  for  hydrocele  of  the 
tunica  vaginalis,  3 times ; for  chronic  prolapse  of  the  rectum,  once  ; for  volvulus  of  the 
large  intestine  once ; for  fracture  of  lower  jaw  (wired),  once  ; we  performed  cholecystomy, 
once  ; amputation  of  arm,  once  ; operated  for  club  feet,  twice ; and  performed  16  minor 
operations.  We  had  one  death  resulting  from  an  operation.  We  obtained  a radical  cure 
in  all  the  hernia  cases  and,  in  fact,  achieved  our  end  in  every  case  except  in  that  of  frac- 
ture of  the  jaw  in  which  we  failed  to  get  union  and  in  one  of  the  cases  of  appendicitis 
which  proved  to  be  a hopeless  case  and  in  which  the  patient  died. 

In  only  three  of  these  general  surgery  cases  was  the  mental  health  of  the  patient 
restored  or  materially  improved,  though  in  many  of  them  a source  of  irritation  having 
been  removed  by  the  operation,  the  patient  was  made  more  comfortable  and  better 
tempered. 

Farm  and  Garden, 


This  season  in  this  part  of  the  country  has  been  favourable  to  both  farm  and  garden 
crops.  Although  the  summer  was  exceptionally  warm,  showers  were  so  frequent  that 
tbe  grass  and  trees  retained  throughout,  and  even  into  October,  the  bright  green  of  May 
and  June.  The  balance  sheet  annexed  will  show  in  full  the  result  of  our  farming  and 
gardening  operations. 


The  yield  of  the  farm  by  acres  was  as  follows  : 
Hay 


Oats 


Corn,  ripe, 
Mangolds 


Straw  . . . . . 
Corn  fodder 


28 

acres  

avenue  and  grounds) .... 

10  loads.  . 

38 

acres  

22 

it 

. . 5,488  “ 

15 

ct 

16 

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6 

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4 

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. . 2,500  “ 

43  “ 

The  oats  were  “ Sunshine  ” variety,  sown  on  potato,  mangold  and  corn  ground.  They 
weighed  36  pounds  to  the  bushel  from  the  machine,  no  rust  in  three  years  that  we  have 
raised  the  variety,  sown  from  18th  to  22nd  April,  ripe  July  20th. 

The  potatoes  were  planted  from  13th  April  to  1st  June,  were  of  “Empire  State” 
variety,  tubers  not  very  large  but  good  keepers  and  prime  quality. 

The  ensilage  was  of  the  “ Butfer  ” and  “ Mammoth  ” sweet  varieties,  mixed  with  one 
pound  of  sunflower  seed  to  the  acre  which  improves  the  ensilage  greatly.  We  arrived  at 
the  weight  by  taking  a row  of  corn  right  through  the  field,  placing  that  on  the  scales  and 
counting  the  rows. 

The  corn  for  ripening  was  planted  from  May  17th  to  May  20th  on  clover  sod  well 
saturated  with  liquid  manure  and  dressed  with  bone  meal.  Four  varieties  of  corn  mixed 
together  were  used  as  seed.  A hybridising  process  took  place  which  we  think  increased 
the  yield.  The  crop  was  cultivated  five  times  each  way  and  hoed  twice. 

The  asylum  with  its  total  population  of  nearly  twelve  hundred  requires  for  daily  use 
415  quarts  of  milk  ; here  follows  a statement  showing  the  quantity  and  cost  of  milk  pro- 
duced at  this  institution  daring  the  year  just  ended  : 


44 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


Number  of  cows  on  farm 44 

“ “ in  milk  44 

Daily  average  number  of  quarts  per  cow  9^ 

Total  number  of  quarts  produced  146,613 

Quantity  and  value  of  food  consumed  : 

48.000  pounds  chop  feed  $442  88 

19.000  “ bran  149  60 

117.000  “ hay 500  25 

242.000  “ ensilage  corn 181  50 

223,600  “ mangold  wurzels  260  82 

7,400  “ turnips  ....  8 60 

Pasture  225  00 

Cowman’s  wages,  half  charged  to  piggery 156  00 


Cost  of  dairy $1,924  65 

Dr. — To  exchange  in  dairy  stock,  viz  : 

Bought  35  cows  for $1,275  00 

Sold  35  cows  for $1,233  00 

Sold  3 calves  5 00 

1,238  00 

37  00 


$1,961  65 


Cost  per  quart  to  produce  milk  1 J cent 

Maintenance  per  animal  per  annum  $43  75 


The  yield  of  the  main  garden  of  the  asylum,  under  charge  of  Mr.  Rennie,  was  for 
the  year  just  ended  as  follows  : 

Vegetables 


Asparagus  ....... 

Beans  . 

Beets  

Cabbage,  early 

Cabbage,  late  . . . . 
Cabbage,  pickling  . . 

Cabbage,  kale 

Cauliflower 

Carrots 

Celery 

Corn,  sweet 

Cucumbers 

Cucumbers,  pickling 

Horseradish  

Lettuce,  forced  , . . . 
Lettuce,  garden  . . . . 

Onions,  green 

Onions,  dried 

Onions,  pickling.  . . , 

Parsnips 

Peas,  green  in  pod  . , 
Peppers,  large 


4,868  bunches. 

33  bushels. 
1,200  » 
1,930  heads. 
11,950  “ 

432  “ 

500  “ 

6,233  “ 

800  bushels. 
9,000  sticks. 
2,400  doz-^n. 
874  “ 

29  bushe’s 
250  bunches. 
178  dozen. 
1,987  dozen. 
5,337  bunches. 
475  bushels. 
110  quarts. 
900  bushels. 
113 
13 


1900] 


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45 


PepperF,  cayenne 
Radish,  forced 
Radish,  garden  . 

Rhubarb  

Salsify 

Spinach  

Tomatoes 

Turnips,  white . . 
Turnips,  suede.. 


12  quarts. 
536  bunches. 
4.873 

4,910  bunches. 

1,200  » 

192  bushels. 
500 

2,160  bunches. 
400  bushels. 


Fkuit. 


Apples  

Apples,  crab . . . 
Currants,  red  . 
Currants,  black 

Cherries  

Citrons 

Grapes 

Gooseberries  . . 
Melons,  musk  . 

Plums  

Pears  

Raspberries  . . . 
Strawberries . . . 


900  bushels. 
275 

4,858  quarts. 
495 
100 
290 

20  pecks. 
4,132  quarts. 
1,428 

9 pecks. 
260  “ 
1,365  quarts. 
669  “ 


Herbs. 


Sage 300  bunches.’ 

Savory 500  “ 

Tyme  200  “ 


The  crop  grown  by  Mr.  Flynn  on  the  10  acres  constituting  th^  sewage  field,  was  as 
under  : 


Asparagus 

Beets . 

Beets 

Beans  

Cabbage  . 

Cauliflower  

Carrots  . 

Celery  

Cucumbers,  forced  . 

Cucumbers  

Cucumbers,  pickling 

Sea  kale 

Peas 

Strawberries 

Tomatoes 

Radish,  forced 

Lettuce,  forced  . . . 

Melons,  musk 

Melons,  water 

Onions 

Onions 

Peppers  

Chilies 


4.224  bunches. 

1,830  “ 

90  bushels. 

107  “ ' 

14,034  heads. 

1,000  “ 

1,475  bunches. 
4,540  sticks. 

300 

5,391 

24  bushels. 

969  bunches. 

309  bushels. 

3.225  quarts. 

278  bushels. 

249  bunches. 

352  doz.  bunches 

1,491 

1,000 

2,710  bunches. 

400  bushels. 

12  dozen. 

64  quarts. 


46 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


Over  and  above  the  farm  and  garden  crops  just  given,  we  grew  for  use  in  the  orna 
mental  grounds  and  for  decorative  purposes,  7,163  green  house  plants  ; 50,469  bedding 
plants,  and  23,610  annuals  raised  under  glass. 

I have,  the  honor  to  be.  Sir, 

Your  obedient  servant. 


R.  CHRISTIE,  Esq., 

Inspector  of  Asylums, 

Toronto,  Ont, 


R.  M.  BUCKE, 

Medical  Superintendent. 


1900  7 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


47 


ANNUAL  STATISTICAL  REPORT 

Of  the  operations  of  the  Asylum  for  the  Insane,  London,  for  the  year  ending  30th 

September,  1900. 


TABLE  No.  1. 

Shewing  movements  of  patients  in  the  Asylum  for  the  official  year  ending  30th 

September,  1900. 


Remaining,  October  1st,  1899 , . 

Admitted  during  year  : — 

By  Lieutenant-Governor’s  warrant 
“ Medical  certificate 


Total  number  under  treatment  during  year 
Discharges  during  year  : — 

As  recovered . . 

“ improved ...  . . . 

“ unimproved  


Total  number  of  discharges  during  year. 

Died  

Eloped  

Transferred 


Remaining  in  asylum  30th  September,  1900 


Total  number  admitted  since  opening  of  asylum. 

“ discharged 

“ died  

“ eloped 

“ transferred 


“ remaining  30th  September,  1900  . 
No.  of  applications  on  file  September  30th,  1900 


Male. 


28  . 
49 


Female . 


Total.  Male 


45 

111 


470 


77 


906 

746 

85 

207 


873 

558 

9 

166 


64 
11 
. 4 


1,779 

1,304 

94 

373 


547 


Female . 


526 


79 


605 


66 


481 


2,425 


1.944 


78 

627 


481 

5 


2,133 


1,606 


527 

18 


Total. 


996 

156 

1,152 


144 

1,008 


4,558 


3,650 


1,008 

23 


48 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  2. 


Shewing  the  maximum  and  minimum  number  of  patients  resident  in  the  Asylum,  the 
total  number  of  days’  stay  of  patients,  and  the  daily  average  number  of  patients  in 
the  Asylum,  from  the  1st  October,  1899,  to  30th  September,  1900. 


— 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Minimum  number  of  pabients  in  residence  (on  the  1st  of  Oct.) 

Maximum  “ “ “ (on  the  24th  of  Sept.). . . 

Collective  days’  stay  of  all  patients  in  residence  during  year 

Daily  average  population 

470 

489 

174,724 

478.6 

626 

641 

195,786 

636.4 

996 

1,030 

370,610 

1016.0 

Admissions  of  vear. 

Total  admissions  since 

opening. 

— 

Total. 

Male.  1 

Female . | 

Total. 

Male. 

Female 

Total. 

Social  state. 

1 

Married \ 

Widowed / 

37 

48 

85 

1,050 

1,328 

2,378 

Single 

40 

31 

71 

1,375 

805 

2,180 

Total 

77 

79 

156 

2,425 

2,133 

4,658 

Religion. 

Presbyterians 

23 

16 

39 

639 

480 

1,019 

Episcopalians 

Methodises 

12 

18 

16 

23 

28 

41 

450 

549 

376 

540 

826 

1,089 

Baptists  _ 

6 

7 

12 

180 

165 

345 

P!r>ngrf>gffi.ti<^nfl.lists  

22 

14 

36 

Roman  Catholics 

15 

7 

22 

386 

376 

762 



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2 

8 

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12 

3 

16 

Tnfirlftls 

31 

8 

39 

Other  denominations . 

2 

6 

8 . 

113 

100 

213 

Not  reported 

2 

4 

6 

137 

69 

206 

Total 

77 

79 

156 

1 2,425 

2,133 

4,558 

Nationalities. 

English 

6 

“7 

13 

323 

247 

570 

Trish 

2 

2 

4 

302 

360 

662 

Rpntoh  

6 

1 

7 

214 

180 

394 

Canadian 

63 

66 

129 

1,373 

1,175 

2,548 

167 

United  States 

3 

3 

90 

67 

Other  countries ....  

58 

63 

121 

Unknown  . 

65 

41 

106 

Total 

77 

79 

166 

2,425 

2,133 

4,558 

1900  I 


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41) 


TABLE  No.  3. 

Shewing  the  Counties  from  which  patients  have  been  admitted  up  to  30th  September, 

1900. 


Counties. 

Admitted  during  year. 

1 

j Total  admissions. 

Male.  ' 

1 

! Female. 

1 

1 

Total 

Male. 

Female 

Total. 

1 

8 

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5 

13 

Brant  

.... 

38 

34 

72 

Bruce  

6 

” ’ i5-' ' 

180 

123 

303 

Carleton 

4 

7 

11 

Elgin 

3 

1 9 

12 

152 

146 

298 

Essex 

6 

1 3 

9 

131 

123 

254 

1 

5 

7 

12 

Orey  

! 

10 

13 

23 

Haldimand  

1 

22 

23 

45 

Halton  

10 

7 

17 

Hastings  

6 

9 

14 

Huron 

11 

8 

i9 

215 

215 

430 

Kent  

9 

9 

18 

162 

173 

1 335 

Lambton  

4 

8 

12 

265 

184 

449 

Lanark 

3 

3 

6 

Leeds  and  Grenville 

5 

5 

Lennox  and  Addington 

1 

1 

3 

1 

4 

Lincoln  

1 

10 

6 

16 

Middlesex 

22 

21 

43 

562 

526 

1,088 

Muskoka  District 

Norfolk  ...  

1 

30 

35 

65 

Northumberland  and  Durham. ...  

. 

14 

10 

24 

Ontario 

6 

13 

19  j 

Oxford  

4 

4 

8 

220 

141 

361  i 

Peel  

4 

6 

10  i 

Perth 

12 

8 

20 

183 

150 

333  1 

Peterborough  

1 

5 

6 1 

Prescott  and  Russell 

2 

3 

5 

Prince  Edward  

1 

1 

2. 

Renfrew 

13  1 

21 

34 

Simcoe 

5 

5 

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Stormont,  Dundas  and  Glengarry 

12 

14 

26 

Victoria  

33 

21 

54 

Waterloo 

8 

7 

15 

Welland 

20 

16 

36 

Wellington  

13 

17 

30 

Wentworth  

46 

47 

93 

York  

! 

27 

11 

38 

Not  classed  

2 

2 

Total  admissions 

77 

79 

156 

2,425 

2,133 

4,558 

50 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR  - 


[ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  4. 

Shewing  the  Counties  from  which  warranted  cases  have  been  admitted  up  to  30th 

September,  1900. 


Admitted  during  year. 


Total  admissions. 


Counties. 


Male. 

Female . 

Total. 

Male. 

Female . 

1 Total. 

Algoma  District  

8 

2 

! 

10 

Brant  

20 

11 

31 

Bruce  

3 

3 

6 

90 

43 

133 

Carleton 

2 

2 

Dufferin  . 

Elgin  

1 

1 

45 

13 

58 

Essex  

i 

1 

60 

39 

99 

Frontenac . . 

1 

1 

Grey  

9 

8 

17 

Haldimand  

10 

3 

13 

Halton  

7 

3 

10 

Hastings  

2 

5 

7 

Huron 

4 

3 

'•  7 

94 

55 

149 

Kent  

4 

3 

7 

59 

27 

86 

Lambton  

2 

1 

3 

135 

44 

179 

Lanark 

1 

1 

Leeds  and  Grenville 

Lennox  and  Addington 

1 

1 

1 

Lincoln 

8 

l'* 

9 

Middlesex 

7 

3 

10 

150 

109 

259 

Muskoka  District  

Norfolk 

1 

1 21 

12 

33 

Northumberland  and  Durham 

4 

2 

6 

Ontario I 

1 

5 

6 

Oxford  . 

107 

33 

140 

Peel 

3 

5 

8 

Perth  

7 

3 

10 

79 

41 

120 

Peterborough  

1 

5 

6 

Prescott  and  Russell 

1 

1 

2 

Prince  Edward  

1 

1 

Renfrew .... 

Simcoe  . . , ' 

1 

5 1 

8 

13 

Stormont,  Dundas  and  Glengarry 

1 

1. 

Victoria. » 

9 

9 

18 

Waterloo  

17 

8 

25 

Welland 

3 

5 

8 

Wellington 

13 

11 

24 

Wentworth 

6 

9 ' 

16 

York 

28 

25 

53 

Not  classed 1 

1 

1 

! 

i 

Total  admissions j 

28 

17 

45 

998  j 

547  i 

1,545 

Total. 


TABLE  No.  5. 


Shewing  the  length  of  residence  in  the  Asylum  of  those  discharged  during  the  year. 


No. 

Initials. 

Sex. 

When  admitted. 

I 

j When  Discharged. 

j 1 

Remarks, 

' 1 

G.  F.  C 

M 

June  25,  1897 

'October  6,1899 

Recovered. 

2 

D.  D 

M 

October  4,  1898 

November  1,  1899 | 

Unimproved 

3 

J.  A.  W 

M 

“ 1,  1898 

“ 17,  1899 

4 

R.  H 

F 

May  31,  1899 

December  20,  1899 

Recovered. 

5 

L.  B 

F 

February  18,  1897 

“ 21,  1899 1 

Improved. 

6 

J.  McD 

F 

“ 28,  1899 

“ 22,  1899 1 

Recovered. 

7 

.J.  McD 

M 

November  29,  1898 

“ 26,  1899 1 

8 

D.  F. 

M 

June  17,  1896 

“ 27,  1899 

.£ 

9 

G.  A.  J . . 

M..  .. 

March  18,  1898 

“ 27,  1899 

10 

M.  W 

F 

May  5,  1899 

“ 28,  1899 

' 

1900  ) 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


51 


TABLE  No.  5.  — Concluded. 


Shewinfij  the  length  of  residence  in  the  Asylum  of  those  discharged  during  the  year. 


No. 

Initials. 

Sex. 

Whtn  admitted. 

1 When  Discharged, 

Remai  ks. 

11 

0.  C 

M 

December  7,  1895 

January  10,  19C0  

Recovered. 

12 

L.  C 

M 

October  30,  1897 

“ 10,  1900 

13 

,1.  o’N 

F . . .. 

May  16,1898 

“ 11,  1900 

14 

W.  0 

M 

July  7,  1896 

“ 12,  1900 

15 

n s 

F 

December  1,  1899  

“ 27,  1900  , . 

16 

s.  z 

M 

November  11,  1899 

Febiuary  9,1900 

4 1. 

17 

W.  R 

F 

August  22,  1899 

“ 28,  1900 

- 4 

18 

O’N  

M 

December  1,  1899 

March  7,  1900 

19 

M McP 

M 

January  2,  1900 

“ 9,  1900 

20 

-v . (4 

M 

September  7,  1899 

“ 17,  1900 

21 

J.  McO 

M 

March  23,'  1896  

*•  22,  1900  . . . 

Improved. 

22 

H.  E.  C 

M 

April  20'  1899 

“ 24,  1900 

Recovered. 

28 

y\.T>  

F 

June  16'  1899 

“ 30,  1900 

Unimproved . 

24 

M.  E.  W 

F 

October  7,  1899 

“ 31,  1900 

Recovered. 

iVl.  McD 

F 

“ 12'  1899 

“ 31,  1900  . . . 

26 

>1.  A.  E 

M 

March  31, 1890 

April  6,  1900 

27 

C.  3 

F . ... 

October  7,  1899 

“ 9,  1900 

Improved. 

28 

J.  S.  T.  P 

M 

July  15,  1899 

“ 11,  1900 

Recovered. 

29 

S'.  E.  F . . 

F 

March  15,  1900 

“ 18,  1900 

( i 

30 

M.  H 

F 

February  28,  1900 

Mav  9,  1900 

Improved. 

31 

L.  F 

F 

“ “ 16^1899 

“ 9,  1900 

Recovered. 

32 

M S 

F 

December  20,  1898  

“ 15,1900 

33 

S.  S 

F 

April  28'  1890 

“ 15,  1900.  ... 

< i 

34 

E.  L 

F 

19'  1900 

“ 23,  1900 

i( 

35 

G.  s 

M 

November  17,  1898 

“ 23,  1900  

Improved. 

36 

C K 

F 

March  lO'  1900  

“ 24,  1900 

Recovered. 

37 

M.  Mc^ 

F 

August  15,  ] 898 

“ 26,1900... 

Improved. 

38 

W.  0.  L 

M 

January  7,  1899  

“ 26,  1900 

Recovered. 

39 

R.  J 

M 

June  6,  1894 

June  6.  1900 

li 

40 

J.  V 

M. 

March  9,  1900  

“ 9,  1900 

Unimproved . 

41 

A.  R 

F 

October  17,1899 

“ 13,  1900 

Recovered. 

42 

D.  M.  McK.... 

M 

January  7,  1900 

“ 20,1900 

Improved. 

43 

J.  H 

M 

April  20,  1900 

“ 22,1900., 

Recovered. 

44 

E.  A.  H.; 

F ... 

October  2,  1899 

July  2,  1900  ' . . 

i( 

45 

M.  M 

M 

December  14,  1899 

“ 2 1900 

Improved. 

ii 

46 

J.  McL 

F 

“ 2,1896 

“ 12,  1900 

47 

L.S 

F 

""  2,  1899 

“ 23,  1900 

Recovered. 

48 

H.  B 

F 

July  5,  1899 

“ 27,  1900 

49 

M.  M... 

F 

September  22,  1899  

“ S7,  1900 

(C 

50 

I.  K 

F 

April  11,  1895 

“ 27,  1900 

ti 

51 

F.  B.  E 

M . ... 

December  14,  1899 

1 “ 28,  1900 

52 

J.  H.  E 

M 

J anuary  29,  1894 

“ 28,  1900 

Improved 

53 

S.  T 

F 

May  19,  1900 

August  3 1900 

Recovered. 

54 

M.  W 

F 

September  6,  1899 

“ 4,  1900 

55 

M J.  C 

F . . ; ; ; ; 

November  21,  1899 

“ 20,  1900 

0 

56 

M.  J 

F 

January  17,  1900 

22,  1900 

u 

57 

H.  A. 

F 

March  12,  1900  . 

“ 23.  1900 

44 

58 

M.  A.  S 

July  23,  1900 

“ 25,  1900 

59 

C.  D 

F 

“ 24,  1900 

“ 27,  1900 

4 4 

60 

M.  G 

F 

June  1,  1894 

“ 28, 1900!!!!  !! 

44 

61 

A.  H 

F 

“ 11,  1900  

September  2.5  19i)0 

i4 

62 

J.  G 

F 

Mav  9,  1900  

“ 25.  1900 

.4 

63 

L.  0 

F 

April  16,  1900 

“ 25  1900 

44 

64 

A.  H 

F 

“ 6,  1900  

25,’ 1900 

65 

G.  G 

F 

Mfl.y  25  1 899 

“ 25,  1900 

4 4 

66 

S.  J.  R 

F ..... . 

August  16,  1899  

“ 25,’  1900 

4. 

67 

C.  B 

F 

“ 10,  1899 

“ . 25,  1900 

44 

68 

M.  McP 

F 

October  1 j 1 898 

“ 28,  1900 

44 

69 

J.  B 

M 

February  13,  1900 

“ 28,’ 1900  !..!!! 

44 

70 

H.  K ........ 

M 

April  11,  1900 

“ 28,  1900 

44 

71 

G.  L 

M.  . .. 

“ 12,  1900  

28,’  1900  " ’ . . 

72 

.T.  H 

M 

May  5,  1900 

“ 28,  1900  

‘4 

73 

G.  M 

M 1 

“ 22,  1900 

“ 28,  1900  

“ 

74 

T.  T 

“ 25,  1899 

“ 28,1900 

4 4 

75 

E:  R 

■F  ..... . 

June  5,  1900  

“ 29,  1900  . . 

44 

76 

L K 

F ' 

December  14,  1 898 

“ 29,  1900 

44 

77 

K.  D 

F 

November  22  1899 

“ 29  1900 

44 

78 

.T.  A.  H 

F 

“ 23^1896  . .. 

“ 29’  1900 

1 mproved. 

79 

M.  McR 

F 

January  19,  1900 

30,  1900 

Recovei  ed. 



Sh<^ 

No. 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31. 

32 

33 

34 

35 

36 

37 

38 

39 

40 

41 

42 

43 

44 

45 

46 

47 

48 

49 

50 

51 

52 

53 

.54 

55 

56 

57 

58 

59 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  :t5 


TABLE  JSo.  6. 

of  residence,  and  proximate  cause  of  death  of  those  who  died  durinsf 
the  year  ending  30  th  September,  1900. 


Age. 

Date  of  death. 

Re 

i 

m 

u 

<A 

0) 

pH 

1 oi 

1 Months.  '^§ 

1 B % 

in 

n 

>, 

P 

Proximate  cause  of 
death 

61 

October  7,  1899 

4 

6 

22 

Apoplexy. 

77 

“ 2.3,1899... 

20 

2 

8 

Senile  decay. 

55 

November  8,  1899  .. 

2 

11 

11 

Exhaustion  of  mania. 

44 

“ 16,1899.... 

8 

6 

11 

Exhaustion  of  epilepsy 

69 

“ 27,1899.... 

29 

9 

Apoplexy. 

70 

“ 28,  1899  ... 

4 

9 

Senile  decay. 

52 

“ 30,1899.... 

5 

22 

Apoplexy. 

43 

December  1,  1899 

i 

6 

29 

Paresis. 

63 

“ 2,1899.... 

8 

6 

Marasmus. 

50 

“ 7,  1899 .... 

7 

1 

Paresis. 

66 

“ 9,  1899  . 

1 

14 

Paralysis. 

49 

13,1899.... 

4 

11 

2 

Intestinal  ulceration. 

68 

“ 17,1899.... 

3 

9 

26 

i^enile  decay. 

64 

“ 22,1899.... 

1 

25 

Exhaustion  of  mauia. 

39 

“ 27,1899  .. 

7 

• • << 

76 

•7  anuary  9,  1 900 .... 

3 

19 

Senile  decay. 

39 

“ “ 10,  1900  ... 

18 

6 

6 

Phthisis,  pulmonary. 

64 

February  1,1900.... 

28 

2 

23 

Rheumatoid  arthritis. 

44 

“ 2,  1900  . 

22 

Exhaustion  of  mania. 

60 

“ 4,  1900  . . . 

6 

Ulceration  of  stomach. 

76 

“ 5,1900.... 

2 

4 

2 

Apoplexy. 

66 

“ 7,1900.... 

11 

6 

29 

Exhaustion  of  epilepsy 

60 

“ 13,1900.... 

14 

11 

16 

Appendicitis. 

33 

“ 20,1900.... 

9 

3 

24 

Colitis. 

76 

March  1,  1900,... 

4 

9 

15 

Senile  decay. 

74 

“ 3,1900.... 

29 

3 

8 

Diarrhoea. 

62 

“ 14,1900.... 

21 

Senile  decay. 

64 

“ 14,1900... 

24 

8 

16 

Epilepsy. 

71 

“ 15,1900.... 

11 

13 

Senile  decay. 

75 

21,1900.... 

29 

3 

26 

Epilepsy. 

43 

“ 29,  1900  .. 

4 

11 

3 

Acute  hepatitis. 

38 

April  11,1900... 

7 

6 

Phthisis,  pulmonary. 

46 

“ 13,1900... 

11 

4 

Epi  epsy. 

43 

“ 20,  1900  ... 

10 

9 

22 

Phthisis,  pulmonary, 

79 

“ 24,1900.... 

9 

11 

9 

Senile  decay. 

75 

“ 27,1900.... 

5 

3 

26 

18 

May  4,  1900  . . . 

7 

Pneumonia. 

29 

“■  8,  1900  . . 

1 

16 

Phthisis,  pulmonary. 

36 

“ 12,1900.... 

8 

4 

Meningitis. 

70 

“ 13,  1900.... 

4 

22 

Apoplexy. 

41 

“ 18,1900.... 

■"2'* 

4 

Epilepsy. 

61 

“ 21,1900.... 

13 

3 

14 

Apoplexy. 

65 

“ 31,1900.... 

8 

1 

8 

Chronic  rheumatism. 

62 

June  17,1900.... 

6 

5 

1 

Paralysis  agitans. 

33 

“ 30,1900.... 

7 

2 

19 

Phthisis,  pulmonary. 

32 

July  6,1900.... 

11 

4 

8 

Pysemia. 

62 

“ 11,1900.... 

18 

Exhaustion  of  mania. 

49 

“ 14,1900... 

2"| 

"s’ 

7 

Phthisis,  pulmonary. 

40 

“ 18,1900.... 

12  1 

1 

17 

Obstruct.’nof  gall  stones 

71 

“ 29,1900.... 

20  1 

3 

24 

Apoplexy. 

71 

“ 30,1900.... 

10  1 

1 

23 

70 

August  1,  1900 

20  1 

3 

18 

Senile  decay. 

80 

“ 1 1900.... 

1 

6 

22 

“ 5,1900... 



4 1 

1 

18 

Phthisis,  pulmonary. 

72 

10,1900.... 

11  I 

11 

26 

Senile  decay. 

80 

“ 25,1900,... 

12  1 

Apoplexy. 

63 

September  6,  1900 

29  1 

9 

14 

Senile  decay. 

36 

“ 17,1000.... 

11  1 

2 

29 

Ac.  phthisis, pulmonary 

79 

“ 27,  1900  ... 

29 

10 

1 

4 

Senile  decay. 

OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  A8YLUNS. 


TABLE  No  7. 

Shewing  trades,  callings  and  occupations  of  patients  admitted  into  the  Asylum. 


Tiade?,  callings  and  occupations. 


Agents  

Architects .... 

Actuaries 

Actors 

Artists  

Book-keepers  

Bakers  

Bricklayers 

Butchers  

Blacksmiths  

Brass-finishers 

Brewers  

Builders , 

Barbers 

Broom-makers 

Barristers 

Bookbinders 

Brickmakers 

Bridge-tenders  

Brakesmen 

Baggagemen  

Commercial  travellers. 

Cabinet-makers 

Consuls 


Confectioners  . . 

Coopers  

Carpenters  . ... 

Clerks 

Clergymen 

Carriage-m  akers 

Cooks  

Carders 


During  the  year.  | During  former  years. 


Males.  Femalps  Total.  Males.  Females  Total 


8 

n 

3 

8 

31 

2 

2 

1 

5 

2 

1 


1 I 
1 \ 


2 

16 

60 

44 

3 

3 

1 


1 

8 

12 

3 

8 

31 

2 

2 

1 

5 1 
2 ; 
1 i 


16 

60 

45 

3 

3 

3 


Total. 


1 

9 

12 

3 

8 

32 

2 

2 

1 

5 

2 

1 

1 


16 

60 

49 

3 

3 

3 


Captains  of  steamboats 

Cigarmakers  

Custom-house  officers 

Coppersmiths  

Coachmen  

Civil  servants 

Clock  cleaners  ...  

Carters  

Dyers  

Domestic  servants,  all  kinds 

Dressmakers 

Detectives 

Druggists 

Dentists 

Doctors 


Engineers 

Editors  

Engravers  

Farmers 

Fishermen 

Founders  

Ferrymen 

Furriers 

Gardeners 

Grocers 

Glass-blowers  . . 

Gentlemen 

Glove  makers  . . 

Grooms  

Gun-smiths 

Hucksters 

Hatters 

Hostlers 

Hunters 

Harness-makers 
Housekeepers  . . 
Hack-drivers  . . . 
Inn-keepers  . . . . 
Ironmongers  . . . 


31 


10 

1 


36 


49 


285 

22 


15 


887 

5 

1 

2 


69 


1 


1 

49 


956  I 
5 

i 

1 I. 


3 


’i  T 


1,172 


6 

1,172 

1 

3 


1 1 

289  299 

22  I 23 


16 


992 

5 

1 

2 

'l 

15 


7 

1,221 

1 

3 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No. 


o 4 


TABLE  No.  7. — Continued, 


Shewin^^,  trades,  callings  and  occupations  of  patients  admitted  into  the  Asylum. 


During  the  year. 

During  former  years.  [ 

Trades,  callings  and  occupations. 

Males, 

Females 

■ 1 

Total. 

Males. 

Females  1 

^Total.  1 

Total. 

1 

4 

4 1 

4 

-Janitors .... 

Labourers  

i? 

1 

17 

698 

598  1 

615 

6 

6 

5 

Ladies  

1 

1 

1 

10  1 

1 10 

11 

1 

1 

1 

1 

4 

4 

4 

Milliners  

i 

”‘13” 

13 

13 

Masons 

9 

9 

9 

Machinists 

16 

16 

16 

1 

1 

1 

Millers  

1 

1 

12 

12 

12 

14 

14 

14 

Merchants  

41 

41 

41 

6 

6 

6 

1 

6 1 

6 

6 

2 

2 

2 

No  occupation  . 

2 

1 

3 

34 

91 

126 

128 

Nurses  

1 

1 

2 

2 

3 

Not  stated . . 

1 

1 

i4' 

45 

69 

60 

2 

2 

2 

5 

4 

9 

7 

1 

8 

17 

Plasterers  

4 

4 

4 

4 

1 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

Prostitutes 

1 

6 

6 

() 

Paintprs  

1 

1 

26  ! 

26 

26 

Printors  . . 

17 

17 

17 

Peddlers 

4 1 

1 

5 

6 

Physip.ians  ....  

6 

6 

6 

PiiTnp-ma,lfp>'s  

1 

1 

1 

P.ailwa.y  forpmen 

1 

1 

1 

2 

2 

3 

Railway  conductors  

1 

1 

1 

1 

Spinsters  

3 

3 

8 

8 

11 

Sailors  

14 

14 

14 

Students 

2 

1 

3 

28 

1 

29 

32 

Spinners  

1 

2 

3 

3 

Sisters  nf  nViarity  . 

1 

1 

1 

SnHfl, -water  mannfap.tnrers  

1 

1 

1 

1 

Stone-on  ttpr.s  

] 

1 

5 

0 

5 

Showmen  

2 1 

2 

2 

Sud  filers  

6 

6 

6 

Shoematers  

34 

34 

34 

Seamstresses  . 

22 

22 

22 

So^p-rnalrera  

1 

1 

1 

Sla.ters  

Starti'en-nm^tors  

Soldiers  

3 

3 I 

1 3 

Salesmen  

' 1 

1 

1 

Surveyors  ...  

2 

2 

2 

Ss.il  and  ten t-m 

ShopVeepers  

Shipihnilder.s  

2 

2 ‘ 

2 

Teachers 

1 

1 

22 

16 

i 38 

39 

Tinsmiths 

3 

3 

8 

1 ■ 8 

11 

Tavern-feeepers  

8 . 

l’ 

i 0 

9 

Tailors  'i 

24 

13 

1 37 

37 

T'a.nners  . . - - 

1 

1 “ 

1 6 

6 

7 

T'eamsters  

3 

3 

3 

T'nll.ori.te  Voepers 

1 

l’ 

2 

2 

T’eleprraph  operators 

3 

1 

4 

4 

Wa.*'oh  maters 

8 

8 

8 

Wood-worters  

1 

2 

2 

2 

VT^eavera  

1 .. 

4 

1 

5 

5 

Wheel  wriorhts  

! “ ' 

1 

1 

1 

agge  n .|ri  at  er  s 

1 H 

1 

11 

11 

TTptnnwn  or  other  employments  

1 

1 111 

1 261 

362 

362 



Total 

77 

79 

1 1R6 

1 2,348 

1 2.054 

4.402 

4.-558 

1900] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


TABLE  No.  8. 

Shewing  caases  of  insanity. 


Cauijes  of  Insanity. 

In  respect  of  the  admissions  for  the  year 
ending  30th  September,  1900.  • 


Number  of  instances  in  which  each  cause  was  assigneJ. 

As  predisposing 
1 cause. 

As  exciting  cause. 

1 

As  predisposing  or 
exciting  cause 
where  these  could 
not  be 

1 distinguished. 

Moral. 

Domestic  troubles,  including  loss  of  relatives 

or  friends 

Religious  excitement  

Adverse  circumstances,  including  business 

troubles 

Love  affairs,  including  seduction 

Mental  anxiety,  “worry”  

Fright  and  nervous  shocks 


Physical. 


Intemperance  in  drink 

Intemperance,  sexual  

Veneral  disease  

Self-abuse,  sexual 

Over-work.  ...  

Sunstroke 

Accident  or  injury 

Pregnancy  

Puerperal 

Lactation  

Puberty  and  change  of  life 

Uterine  disorders  

Brain  disease,  with  general  paralysis  

Brain  disease,  with  epilepsy  

Other  forma- of  brain  disease  

Other  bodily  diseases  or  disorders,  including 

old  age  

Fevers 


1 


Hereditary. 

With  other  ascertained  cause  in  combination 
With  other  combined  cause  not  ascertained. 

Congenital. 

W ith  other  ascertained  cause  in  combination 
With  other  combined  cause  not  ascertained. 
Unknown 


Total 53 


16 

10 


12 


50- 


103 


19 


40 


50 


103 


3 I 


24 


29 


53 


50 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  :v> 


TABLE  No.  9. 

Shewing  the  probational  discharges  and  the  resnlt  thereof. 


Reg. 

No. 

Sex. 

Initials. 

Date  of  probational 
discharge. 

1 Term  of 

probation. 

Result. 

1 

M ... 

R.  J 

October 

9,  1899 

6 months  

Discharged  recovered. 

2 

M .. 

W.  0.  L 

ii 

5,  “ 

6 

“ 

>(  t ( 

3 

F 

J.  0.  N 

( ( 

9,  “ 

3 

•66 

“ “ 

4 

F 

s.  S 

“ 

21,  “ 

3 

ii 

((  (< 

6 

M ... 

J.  McD 

November  1,  *•  

3 

6 6 

“ “ 

6 

F.... 

W.  R 

14,  “ 

3 

4< 

“ “ 

7 

F 

VI.  T 

“ 

27,  “ 

6 

“ 

Returned. 

8 

F 

M.  W 

December  2,  “ 

3 

( 4 

Discharged  recovered. 

9 

F..  - ... 

0.  S. 

“ 

12,  “ 

3 

“ improved. 

10 

F. 

A.  H 

“ 

13,  “ 

6 

“ .... 

“ recovered. 

11 

M ... 

N.  G 

“ 

16,  “ 

1 

“ “ 

12 

M .... 

J.  S.  T P 

“ 

20,  “ 

1 

(i 

4 4 44 

13 

F 

J.  McL 

“ 

22,  “ 

1 

Returned. 

14 

IVl  ... 

H.  C 

“ 

23,  “ 

3 

66 

Discharged  recovered. 

16 

M ... 

S.  Z 

“ 

23,  “ 

1 

66 

16 

F 

M.  W 

“ 

29,  “ 

3 

“ “ 

17 

F 

M.  McD. 

( t 

30,  “ 

3 

4 4 44 

18 

M . . . 

F.  B.  E 

Februi:.ry  1,  1900 

3 

(4 

4 4 4 4 

19 

F 

M J.  C 

3,  “ 

3 

4 4 

4 4 4 4 

20 

M ... 

().  N 

“ 

7,  “ 

6 

44 

4 4 44 

21 

M .. 

J.  F 

April 

3,  “ 

6 

4 6 

4 4 4 4 

22 

F 

S F 

14,  “ 

1 

.... 

4 4 4 4 

23 

M ... 

J.  H.  R 

“ 

14,  “ 

3 



44  4 4 

24 

M .. 

1).  McK 

61 

18,  “ 

3 

‘‘  

“ improved. 

25 

F..  .. 

M.  W 

“ 

20,  “ 

3 

4( 

“ recovered. 

26 

F 

J,  A.  H 

K 

23,  “ 

3 

(4 

“ unimproved. 

27 

F..  .. 

J.  B 

23,  “ 

3 

i4 

Returned. 

28 

M ... 

J.  L 

“ 

24,  “ 

3 

.... 

“ 

29 

F.  ... 

VI.  M 

“ 

24,  “ 

3 

44 

Hischa’'ged  recovered. 

30 

VI  .. 

F.  J.  C 

“ 

24,  “ 

3 

Returned. 

31 

F 

A.  B 

(( 

24,  “ 

6 

Discharged  recovered. 

32 

F 

G.  K 

“ 

26,  “ 

6 

66 

1 

“ “ 

33 

F 

M.  H 

< ( 

26,  “ 

6 

44  1 

“ improved. 

34 

F..  .. 

C.  K 

May 

3,  “ 

3 

‘‘  

“ recovered.. 

35 

F 

H.  A 

“ 

16,  “ 

3 

4 4 

“ “ 

36 

M .... 

J.  H 

“ 

17,  “ 

1 

“ .... 

“ “ 

37 

vt  .... 

T.  T 

“ 

19,  “ 

3 

“ •* 

38 

F 

M.  J 

(( 

19,  “ 

3 

“ “ 

39 

F 

as 

(i 

26,  “ 

3 

Returned. 

40 

M .... 

G.  L 

28,  “ 

3 

Discharged  recovered. 

41 

M .... 

J.  B 

31,  “ 

3 

6 % 

“ “ 

42 

F 

M.  E 

June 

6,  “ 

1 

44 

Returned. 

43 

F 

C.  B 

*• 

6,  “ 

3 

“ 

Discharged  recovered.. 

44 

M .... 

J.  H 

“ 

9,  “ 

3 



ft  < * 

45 

F 

G.  G 

“ 

11,  “ 

3 

44 

66  <6 

46 

F 

0.  S 

“ 

13,  “ 

3 

44 

Returned. 

47 

M .... 

H.  K 

“ 

13,  “ 

3 

44 

Discharged  recovered. 

48 

M .... 

G.  M 

“ 

16,  “ 

3 

4 4 

66  44 

49 

F 

S.  R 

18,  “ 

3 

4 4 

4,4  i4 

50 

M ... 

C.  C 

“ 

19,  “ 

3 

44 

Absent. 

61 

F 

M.  G 

(( 

28,  “ 

1 

Discharged  recovered. 

52 

F 

L.  K 

“ 

30.  “ 

3 

44  4 4 

63 

M . . . 

K.  H 

bO,  “ 

3 

4< 

Absent. 

54 

F 

J.  G 

July 

7.  “ 

3 

44 

Discharged  recovered. 

55 

F 

E.  P 

7,  “ ....  

3 

4 4 

Returned. 

66 

F 

L.  C 

if 

9,  “ 

3 

44 

Discharged  recovered. 

57 

M ... 

G.  McK 

“ 

12,  “ 

3 

44 

Absent. 

58 

F 

E.  H 

“ 

24,  “ 

1 

44 

Returned. 

59 

M .... 

J.  G 

August 

6,  “ 

6 

4 4 

“ 

60 

F 

R.  0 

“ 

7,  “ 

1 

“ 

Discharged  recovered. 

61 

F 

A.  H 

“ 

14,  “ 

1 

44 

14  St"' 

62 

F 

M.  McP 

“ 

17,  “ 

1 

4 4 

4 4 4 4 

63 

F 

A.  H 

“ 

20,  . “ 

1 

4 4 

4 4 4% 

64 

F 

MR 

“ 

27,  “ 

1 

4 4 

Returned. 

65 

F 

M.  H 

66 

28,  “ 

1 

4 4 

“ 

66 

F 

M McR 

66 

31,  “ 

1 

4 4 

Discharged  recovered. 

67 

F..  .. 

N.  B 

September  3,  “ 

6 

44 

Absent. 

68 

F 

F.  H :. 

1 (( 

8,  “ 

3 

“ 

I 


1900] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


57 


TABLE  No.  9. — Continued. 


Shewing  the  probational  discharges  and  the  result  thereof. 


Reg. 

No. 

Sex. 

Initials. 

Date  of  probational 
discharge. 

Term  of 
probation. 

Result. 

69 

F 

M.  W 

September  11, 

1900  

6 months  

Absent. 

70 

M .... 

E.  P...  

“ 11, 

3 “ 

71 

F 

E.  G 

“ 11, 

3 “ 

i< 

72 

M . ... 

H.  B 

“ 14, 

3 “ ...... 

n 

73 

F 

E.  H 

“ 15, 

( ( 

3 “ 

Discharged  recovered. 

74 

F 

8.  M 

“ 20, 

6 “ 

Absent. 

76 

M .... 

A.  A 

“ 26, 

(( 

6 “ 

76 

M .... 

F.  W 

“ 29, 

1 “ 

Returned. 

77 

M .... 

A.  S 

“ 30, 

3 “ 

Absent. 

TABLE  No.  10. 

Shewing  in  quinquennial  period,  the  ages  of  those  admitted,  recovered  and  died 

during  the  year. 


Ages. 


From  10  to 

15  years  . 

“ 15  “ 

20  “ . . 

“ 20  “ 

26  “ .. 

“ 26  “ 

30  “ . . 

“ 30  “ 

35  “ 

“ 35  “ 

40  “ . . 

..  40  “ 

45  “ .. 

“ 45 

60 

“ 50  “ 

55  “ .. 

“ 55  “ 

60  “ . . 

“ 60  “ 

65  “ . . 

“ 65  “ 

70  “ .. 

“ 70  “ 

75  “ . . 

“ 75  “ 

80  “ . . 

“ 80  “ 

85  “ .. 

“ 85  “ 

90  “ .. 

“ 90  “ 

96  “ .. 

Unknown 


Adnaibted. 


Recovered. 


Died. 


Males. 

i 

Females. 

Total.  1 

Males.  } 

1 

Females.  | 

Total. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

3 

4 

7 

3 

2 

5 

1 

1 

12 

9 

21 

5 

1 3 

8 

1 

1 

9 

11 

20 

2 1 

1 6 

7 

i 

1 

10 

12 

22 

4 

6 

10 

1 

. 2 

3 

6 

13 

19 

1 

1 3 

4 

2 

3 

5 

9 

8 

17 

2 

1 5 

7 

3 

4 

7 

9 

9 

18 

1 

1 5 

6 

1 

2 

3 

6 

4 

10 

3 ' 

7 

1 

2 

3 

3 

3 

3 

3 

1 

1 

7 

2 

9 

■■3 

3 

7 

4 

11 

2 

2 

3 

3 

3 

2 

5 

1 

4 

6 

1 

1 

4 

4 

8 

4 

4 

8 

2 

1 

2 

1 1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

77 

79 

156 

24 

i 

40 

1 

64 

28 

31 

69 

Totals 


58 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No. 


TABLE  No  11. 


Periods. 

1 

I 

1 Duration  of  insanity 
! prior  to  Admission. 

Length  of  residence 
of  those  remaining 
in  Asylum  on  30th 
September. 

Periods  of  treatment 
of  those  who  were 
discharged  cured 
during  the  year. 

Periods  of  treatment 
of  those  who  were 
discharged  improv- 
ed during  the  year. 

Periods  of  treatment 
of  those  who  were 
discharged  unim 
proved  during  the 
year. 

Under  1 month  

23 

13 

From  1 to  2 months 

22 

12 

5 

“ 2 “ 3 “ 

16 

14 

4 

1 

“ 3 “ 4 “ 

18 

10 

4 

1 

“ 4 “ 5 “ 

7 

9 

3 

“ 5 “ 6 “ 

8 

8 

7 

1 

“ 6 “ 7 “ 

12 

8 

3 

2 

“ 7 “ 8 “ 

1 

4 

6 

“ 8 “ 9 “ 

3 

5 

3 

1 

“ 9 “10  “ 

4 

“ 10  “11  “ 

1 

10 

4 



“ 11  “12  “ 

4 

9 

1 

“ 12  “18  “ 

6 

34 

9 

2 

“ 18  months  to  2 years 

3 

34 

4 

2 

“ 2 “ 3 years  

6 

64 

2 

1 

“ 3 “ 4 “ *. 

4 

60 

2 . 

3 

“ 4 “ 6 “ 

3 

61 

1 

“ 5 “ 6 “ 

1 

46 

1 

“ 6 “ 7 “ 

2 

38 

2 

1 

“ 7 “ 8 “ 

1 

66 

“ 8 “ 9 “ 

2 

43 

“ 9 “10  “ 

1 

36 

“ 10  “16  “ 

3 

140 

1 

“ 16  “20  “ 

1 

123 

“ 20  years  and  upwards 

3 

179 

Not  stated 

6 



Totals 

166 

1,008 

64 

11 

4 

Note  —This  total  must  agree  with  the  total  admissions  of  the  year. 


] 


59 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


TABLE  No.  12. 


Shewing  the  nature  of  employment;  and  the  number  of  days’  work  performed  by  patients 

during  the  year. 


Nature  of  employment. 

1 

Number  I 
of  patients] 
who 
worked. 

Days  worked. 

1 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Carpenter’s  shop 

10 

3,047 

3,047 

Tailor’s  shop  

3 

740 

740 

Shoe  shop  . 

2 

610 

610 

8 

2,305 

2,305 

Blacksmith’s  shop 

Mason  work 

3 

1,029 

1,029 

Repairing  roads  

Wood  yard  and  coal  shed 

2 

610 

610 

Bakery  

4 

1,232 

1,232 

Laundry  

29 

2,600 

• 6,787 

9,387 

Dairy 

2 

427 

427 

Butcher’s  shop  and  slaughter  house 

6 

1,536 

1,536 

Bicrsrerv .... 

Painting 

3 

977 

977 

Tfarm 

40 

11,547 

11,547 

Garden . . 

1 63 

16,012 

16,012 

Grounds 

Stable 

12 

3,710 

3,710 

Kitchen 

35 

2,467 

'7,980 

10,437 

Dining  rooms 

53 

6,843 

8,969 

1.5,812 

Ofl&cers’  quarters 

Sewing  moms  

62 

18,430 

18,4.30 

Knitting  

34 

10,073 

10,073 

Spinning 

Mending  

30 

878 

878 

Wards 

Halls 

411 

60,718 

62,862 

123,580 

Storeroom  

2 

419 

419 

General  

121 

20,006 

16,345 

36,351 

Total 

924 

136,826 

132,324 

269,149 

(iO 


THE  UEI’ORT  OP  THE  INSPECTOR 


;i5 


TABLE  No  13 

Shewing  the  Counties  and  Districts  from  which  the  patients  remaining  in  residence  on 
the  30th  September,  1900,  were  originally  received. 


Counties  and  Districts. 

Males. 

Females. 

'I'otal. 

Algoma 

1 

1 

Brant  

4 

4 

Bruce  , 

49 

36 

84 

Garleton 

1 

1 

Elgin 

34 

44 

78 

33 

42 

76 

1 

2 

3 

Haldimand 

1 

1 

Hastings 

1 

1 

Huron  

66 

56 

111 

46 

41 

86 

Lambton 

60 

61 

111 

Middlesex 

110 

153 

263 

Norfolk 

1 

1 

Ontario  ....  

1 

1 

Oxford 

44 

39 

83 

Peel * 

1 

1 

Perth 

45 

37 

82 

Russell 

2 

2 

Victoria 

1 

1 

Waterloo 

1 

5 

6 

Wellington 

2 

1 

3 

Wentworth  . . 

3 

3 

York  

1 

4 

5 

Not  classed,  unknown,  etc 

1 

1 

Total 

481 

527 

1,008 

TABLE  No.  14. 

Patients  transferred  to  other  Asylums. 


1 County  originally  I 
I admitted  from.  | 

Canadian. 

Roman 

Catholic. 

Unmarried. 

Duration  of  in'^anity 
prior  to  admis.sion. 

Admitted  by 
warrant. 

Occupation. 

Years. 

Months. 

1 Middlesex , . I 

1 1 

1 

1 1 

1 

1 1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

L 1 

Clerk 

® •n 

^ a 

-I 

- « » I 

il  a S 

•Sou 


Asylum 

transferred 

to 


E.  F,|  24 


Toronto. 


TABLE  No.  15 

Amount  of  work  done  in  shoemaker’s  shop  daring  the  ye  treading  September  30,  1900 


Made. 

Lon<?  boots  1 pair. 

Men’rt  shoPs 1 “ 

Leather  slippers 72  “ 

Total 74  pair. 


j Repaired. 

I Boots,  shoes  and  slippers  953  pairs, 

I Rubber  boots 4 

Razor  strops 4 

Belt 1 

Brace  straps 3 

Slipper  soles  cut  for  48  pair  cloth  slippers. 

Some  repairs  to  harness,  mitts  and  sn«peuders_ 


TABLE  No.  16. 

Amount  of  knitting  done  in  wards  during  the  year  ending  September  30,  1900. 

Machine  Knitting. 


Stockings 418  pairs. 

“ refooted 169  “ 

Socks 549  “ 

“ refooted 287  “ 

Mitts 8 “ 

Total  1,421  pairs. 


Socks 451  pairs. 

Stockings 718  “ 

Total 1,169  pairs. 


1900] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


61 


TABLE  No.  17. 


Articles  made  and  repaired  in  Tailor^s  Shop  daring  the  year  ending  Sept.  30bh,  1899. 


Made. 

Repaired. 

Made. 

Repaired. 

Coats  Uniform 

75 

87 

Caps,  men’s 

70 

Vests  “ 

1 

1 

Moleskin  dresses 

2 

Pants  “ 

64 

61 

Moleskin  drawers 

2 

Coats  

332 

Moleskin  mitts 

2 

Pants  

674 

*6 

Pea  jackets 

6 

Vests 

229 

2 

Blinds 

76 

Overall  pants  

28 

Sleigh  robes  

'4 

Overall  jackets 

39 

— 

— 

Overcoats 

19 

*1 

Total 

1,724 

162 

Drawers,  men’s 

216 

Cloth  slippers,  60  pairs. 


TABLE  No.  18. 

Articles  made  in  Tinsmith’s  Shop  during  the  year  ending  Sept.  30th,  1900. 


Teapots  6 

Tin  cups 294 

Poultry  drinking  fountains  12 

Scoops 2 

Pitchers 12 

Wash  basins 2 

Dippers  9 

Bedroom  cans  7 

Fish  boiler 1 

Milk  pans  6 

Oil  can 1 

Gal.  measures  2 

Potato  strainers  5 


Reflector  for  stage  1 

Galvanized  iron  buckets  12 

Smoke  stack  for  cottage,  west  gate  1 

Boiler  cover  1 

Colanders  2 

Fern  pot 1 

I Milk  pails  18 

Bakepans  ...  26 

Galvanized  iron  pipes  and  elbows  for  bone  mill  8 

Tea  boiler  1 

Funnels  6 

Dust  kettles  7 

Tin  trays 13 


And  a large  amount  of  tinware  repaired. 


TABLE  No.  19. 

Articles  made  and  repaired  in  the  Wards  during  the  year  ending  30th  Sept.,  1900. 


Re- 


Made. 

paired. 

Dresses 

1,002 

4,629 

“ uniform  . 

35 

8 

Skirts 

687 

2,161 

Aprons  

1,835 

635 

Chemises 

1,072 

2,355 

Flannel  chemises 

184 

196 

Drawers  ....  

609 

1,572 

Nightdresses  ....  

310 

560 

Shirts '. . . 

618 

1,603 

Flannel  shirts 

87 

255 

Neckties  ( 

609 

Caps,  women’s 

47 

Waists  

6 

.... 

Guernseys 

79 

Pants  ....  

944 

Coats 

V PfltR  

628 

460 

Socks  (pairs  of)  

3,062 

Stockings  (pairs  of) 

2,366 

1,657 

587 

Sheets  

Pillowslips  

....  1,032 

36 

Re- 


Made. 

paired. 

Pillowshams  

376 

Pillows 

55 

Sofa  pillows 

10 

Sofa  pillow  covers 

53 

Quilts ... 

'374 

Towels  

3,  .338 

.... 

Ticks  

197 

2,766 

Mattrasses  

158 

Tablecloths ‘ 

233 

Table  covers  

21 

Aprons,  uniform  

Blankets  

247 

“68 

807 

Bags 

Sideboard  covers 

..  ..  6 

Pudding  cloths 

24 

Curtains  and  drapes 

22 

Laundrt  wraps  . 

45 

Library  books  covered ...  . 

242 

Totals 

15,609 

25,331 

Cribbage  boards,  12.  Balcony  chairs,  2. 

Checker  boards,  12.  Chairs  cane  seated,  64. 

1 ooking-glass  frames,  4.  Rags  prepared  for  rag  carpet,  774  yards  rag 

Stool,  1.  carpet  made. 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


f)2 


[No.  ;{5 


. TABLE  No.  20. 

Number  of  articles  passing  through  the  Laundry  during  the  year  ending 

30th  S«pt , 1900. 


Dresses 

Skirts 

Drawers 

Aprons  

Chemises  

Flannel  chemises  . . . 

Nightdresses 

Handkerchiefs  

Collars  . 

Neckties 

Caps  

Waists  

Shawls  

Corsets 

Sunbonnets 

Cuffs  (pairs. of) 

Stockings  (pairs  of)  . 

Socks  (pairs  of)  

Shirts 

Flannel  shirts  . ... 

Guernseys  

Pants 

Coats  

Vests 

Jackets 

Mitts  (pairs  of)  

Sheets 


18,540 

12,709 

21,520 

18,117 

44,557 

5,201 

14,692 

7,817 

7,484 

1,922 

383 

1,940 

3 

1 

2 


6,070 

17.031 

20,502 

30,305 

3,765 

4,399 

2,515 

1,698 

671 

37 

8 

92,446 


Blankets 11,943 

Pillowslips  54,140 

Pillowshams  1,480 

Pillows  31 

Pillow  ticks 207 

Bpisterslips 169 

Quilts  10,043 

Canvas  qu  its  73 

I Sofa  pillow  cases 744 

j Touels  82, .310 

! Tablecloths  16,826 

i Table  covers 53 

j Tray  cloths  198 

Table  napkins 4,739 

Sideboard  covers ...  . . 28 

Stand  covers 171 

Bureau  covers,  etc 1,154 

Curtains 222 

j Screens 4 

I Mattrasses 74 

I Ticks 10,278 

Carriage  dusters 5 

I Pudding  cloths 1,819 

I Laundry  wraps  and  bags 2,087 


Total • 533,141 


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OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


65 


ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE  MEDICAL  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  THE 
ASYLUM  FOR  THE  INSANE,  KINGSTON,  FOR  THE  YEAR  ■ 
ENDING  SEPTEMBER  30th,  1900. 

To  Robert  Christie,  Esq.,  Inspector  of  Asylums  and  Public  Charities  of  Ontario. 

Sir,  — In  accordance  with  the  statutory  requirement,  I have  the  honor  to  submit  the 
forty- fifth  annual  report  of  this  Hospital  (the  twenty- third  since  it  became  a Provincal 
Institution),  for  the  year  ending  September  30th,  1900. 


Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

There  were  in  residence,  October  1st, 

1899  

304 

276 

580 

Admitted  during  the  year  : 

' By  Lieut. -Governor’s  warrant. . . 
By  medical  certificate 

Male. 
.. . 10 

...  28 

Female. 

3 

30 

Total 

13 

58 

38 

33 

71 

Total  number  under  treatment  during  the  year. 
Discharged  during  the  year,  Male. 

Recovered 12 

Imprc^ved  3 

Unimproved 2 

Female. 

4 

5 

Total. 

16 

8 

2 

342 

309 

% 

651 

Total 

..  17 

9 

26 

Died 

..  17 

21 

38 

34 

30 

04 

Remaining  in  residence,  September,  30th,  1900. 

308 

279 

587 

Admissions. 

The  number  of  insane  persons  admitted  has  been  unusually  small,  and  yet  we  have 
been  able  to  meet  the  requirements  of  the  district.  When  it  is  observed  too,  that  of  those 
admitted  the  greater  number  were  suffering  from  chronic  mental  troubles,  it  bears  out 
the  supposition  that  acute  insanity  is  becoming  a comparatively  rare  affection  in  the 
Quinte  district,  or  leads  one  to  suspect  that  recent  cases  are  dealt  with  at  home.  As  a 
matter  of  fact  hospitals  for  the  insane,  as  their  true  mission  is  understood  by  the  people, 
are  used  more  and  more  for  the  care  and  treatment  of  the  insane,  and  the  apparent 
increase  in  insanity  in  Ontario  is  probably  largely  owing  to  the  willingness  of  the  public 
to  use  institutions  for  the  care  of  their  insane  friends.  Chronic  cases  that  were  at  one 
time  kept  in  misery  at  home,  are  now  cared  for  in  hospitals  for  the  insane.  Only  thir- 
teen patients  were  received  from  the  gaols,  and  while  this  was  a decided  improvement  on 
the  state  of  affairs  referred  to  last  year,  it  is  not  as  near  the  ideal  as  we  could  wish.  In 
reality  there  was  no  reason  why  one  of  those  admitted  should  have  been  sent  to  the 
gaol. 

Discharges. 

Owing  to  the  fact  that  so  few  patients,  and  these  to  a great  extent  of  the  most 
unpromising  class,  were  admitted,  the  list  of  recoveries  is  necessarily  small. 

Deaths. 

The  percentage  of  deaths  was  rather  larger  than  usual,  no  less  than  thirteen  patients 
dying  from  senility.  As  is  always  the  case  the  proportion  of  deaths  from  phthisis  was 
large. 

Bernard  Lomis,  a feeble  minded  emigrant  boy,  who  was  admitted  here  while  suffer- 
ing from  an  attack  of  mania,  recovered,  and  was  allowed  to  go  out  on  probation,  one  of 
our  male  attendants  becoming  his  bondsman.  Employment  was  secured  f jr  him  and  he 
was  getting  along  well.  One  Suuday  morning  during  the  warm  weather  in  July  he  went 
bathing  at  the  Cataraqui  bridge,  and  not  being  able  to  swim  well,  was  drowned. 

6 A 


66 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[No.  35 


Electricity  vs.  Gas. 

It  is  a matter  of  regret  that  up  to  the  present  time  the  suggestions  made  last  year 
regarding  the  substitution  of  electric  light  for  gas  have  not  been  carried  out.  It  is  to  be 
hoped  that  another  season  will  not  be  allowed  to  pass  without  the  changes  recommended 
being  made,  as  the  method  of  lighting  the  building  is,  in  its  defective  condition,  most 
unsatisfactory  and  inefficient. 


The  Year. 

Although  the  year  has  been,  in  many  respects,  an  uneventful  one  in  the  history  of 
the  institution,  much  useful  work  has  been  accomplished  in  a quiet  way.  This  has  been 
rendered  possible  by  the  loyal  support  given  by  officers  and  employees,  very  few  of  whom 
have  made  us  doubt  the  confidence  reposed  in  them.  Without  this  support  it  would  be 
difficult  to  carry  on  such  a work  with  any  degree  of  success,  and  that  there  has  been  so 
little  friction  among  the  officials  has  been  a matter  of  congratulation.  The  greatest  test 
of  the  efficiency  and  interest  of  these  employees  is  the  general  air  of  content  that  charac- 
terizes the  patients  at  Rock  wood. 

I have  the  honor  to  be,  Sir,  t 

Your  obedient  servant, 

C.  K.  CLARKE, 

Medical  Superintendent. 


1900] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


67 


ANNUAL  STATISTICAL  REPOET 

Of  the  operations  of  the  Asylum  for  Insane,  Kingston,  for  the  year  ending  30th 

September,  1900. 


TABLE  No.  1. 

Shewing  movements  of  patients  in  the  Asylum  for  the  official  year  ending  30  th 

September,  1900. 


Remaining  October  1st,  1899  

Admitted  daring  year  : — 

By  Lieutenant- governor’s  warrant. 
I By  medical  certificate  

, I (V! 


Total  number  under  treatment  during  year 
Discharges  during  year  : — 

^ As  recovered  

' As  improved  

As  unimproved  

Total  number  of  discharges  during  year  . . 
Died 


Transferred ...  

Remaining  in  Asylum,  30th  September,  1900 


Total  number  admitted  since  opening  of  Asylum 

“ discharged 

“ died 

“ eloped 

“ transferred 


remaining,  30th  September,  1900  . . . 


Males. 


10 

28 


12 

3 

2 


17 

17 


718 

550 

45 

231 


Females 


3 

30 


628 

407 

1 

238 


Total. 


26 


1,346 

957 

46 

469 


Males. 

Females 

Total. 

304 

276 

580 

38 

33 

71 

342 

309 

651 

34 

30 

64 

308 

279 

587 

1,852 

1,553 

3,405 

1,544 

1,274 

2,818 

308 

279 

587 

n 

10 

21 

No.  of  applications  on  file  30th  September,  1900 


68 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  2. 

Shewing  the  maximum  and  minimum  number  of  patients  resident  in  the  Asylum,  the 
total  number  of  days’  stay  of  patients,  and  the  daily  average  number  of  patients  in 
the  Asylum,  from  the  1st  October,  1899,  to  30th  September,  1900. 


Maximum  number  of  patients  in  residence,  on  the  18th  June,  1900 

Minimum  number  of  patients  in  residence,  on  the  25th  March,  1900 , 

Collective  days’  stay  of  all  patients  in  residence  during  year i 

Daily  average  population 


Social  'state. 

Admissions  of 

year. 

Total  admissions  since 
opening. 

Males. 

Females 

Total. 

Males. 

Females 

Total. 

Married 

14 

17 

31 

744 

840 

1,584 

Single  . . . 

24 

16 

40 

1,108 

713 

1,821 

Total 

38 

33 

71 

1,852 

1,553 

3,405 

Religion. 

Presbyterians  

6 

4 

10 

282 

251 

633 

Episcopalians 

8 

8 

16 

387 

288 

676 

Methodists  

9 

12 

21 

345 

354 

699 

Baptists 

1 

1 

2 

32 

34 

66 

Congregationalists  

1 

1 

9 

12 

Roman  Catholics 

12 

8 

20 

607 

628 

1,135 

Other  denominations 

147 

76 

223 

Not  reported  . . 

1 

1 

43 

19 

62 

Total 

38 

33 

71 

1,852 

1,553 

3,405 

Nationalties. 

English • 

6 

2 

8 

155 

93 

248 

Irish  

3 

1 

4 

302 

270 

572 

Sf»ohoh 

3 

3 

80 

83 

163 

Canadian  

25 

30 

55 

1,162 

993 

2,156 

Tlnited  Stat<^s  . . , 

19 

17 

36 

Oth^^r  I’miT) trips  

1 

1 

60 

27  , 

87 

Unknown  

74 

70 

144 

Total  

38 

33 

71 

1,852 

1 

1,553  i 

i 

3,405 

Males. 

1 

Females. 

Total. 

314 

280 

694 

302 

274 

576 

112.058 

101.169 

213.227 

307.008 

277.175 

.584.183 

1900] 


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69 


TABLE  No.  3. 

Shewing  the  counties  from  which  patients  have  been  admitted  up  to  30th 

September,  1900. 


Counties. 

Admitted  during  year. 

Total  admissions. 

Total. 

Male. 

Female . 

Total. 

Male. 

Female . 

Total. 

Algoma  District 

3 

2 

6 

5 

Brant 

6 

7 

13 

13 

Bruce  

3 

6 

9 

9 

Carleton 

200 

159 

359 

359 

Dufferin 

Elgin 

3 

4 

7 

7 

Essex 

3 

2 

5 

5 

Frontenac 

12 

8 

20 

284 

288 

572 

592 

Grey  

7 

9 

16 

16 

Haldimand  

6 

7 

13 

13 

Halton  

3 

2 

5 

5 

Hastings 

8 

2 

10 

124 

96 

220 

230 

Huron 

6 

5 

11 

11 

Kent 

2 

2 

2 

Lambton  

12 

2 

14 

14 

Lanark 

121 

121 

242 

242 

Leeds  and  Grenville 

1 

i 

138 

120 

258 

259 

Lennox  and  Addington 

4 

4 

8 

117 

95 

212 

220 

Lincoln 

L 

1 

9 

6 

16 

16 

Middlesex . , 

8 

6 

14 

14 

Muskoka  District  

1 

1 

2 

2 

Norfolk 

7 

5 

12 

12 

Northumberland  and  Durham 

4 

4 

8 

57 

80 

137 

145 

Ontario 

19 

23 

42 

42 

Oxford  

14 

4 

18 

18 

Peel 

4 

1 

6 

5 

Perth 

10 

9 

19 

19 

Peterborough 

1 

1 

8 

13 

21 

22 

Prescott  and  Russell  

47 

32 

79 

79 

Prince  Edward  

2 

3 

5 

56 

46 

101 

106 

Renfrew 

6 ! 

8 

14’ 

93 

78 

171 

185 

Simcoe  ...  

13  1 

12 

25 

25 

Stormont,  Dundas  and  Glengarry 

145 

130 

275 

275 

Victoria 

5 

13  1 

18 

18 

W aterloo 

1 1 

1 

10 

4 1 

14 

16 

Welland » 

6 

4 1 

10 

10 

Wellington  

5 

4 

9 

9 

Wentworth 

1 

2 

2 

15 

18  1 

33 

36 

York 

1 

40 

59  1 

99 

99 

Not  classed  

I 

204 

48  1 

252 

252 

1 

Total  admissions 

38  ! 

33  j 

71 

1,814 

1,520  1 

1 

1 

3,334 

3,405 

70 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  4. 


Shewing  the  counties  from  which  warranted  cases  have  been  admitted  up  to  30th 

September,  1900. 


Admitted  during  year. 

Total  admissions. 

Counties. 

Total. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Male. 

Female . 

Total. 

Algoma  District 

3 

2 

5 

5 

Brant 

6 

7 

13 

13 

Bruce 

3 

6 

8 

8 

Carleton 

166 

124 

' 290 

290 

Dufferin 

1 

Elgin 

3 

4 

7 

7 

Essex 

3 

2 

5 

6 

Frontenac  

1 

1 

2 

142 

97 

239 

241 

Grey  

7 

9 

16 

16 

Haldimand  

6 

6 

12 

12 

Halton  

2 

1 

3 

3 

Hastings  

4 

4 

88 

50 

138 

142 

Huron 

6 

5 

11 

11 

Kent  

2 

2 

2 

Lambton  

12 

2 

i4 

14 

Lanark  

97 

87 

184 

184 

Leeds  and  Grenville .... 

78 

57 

135 

135 

Lennox  and  Addington 

2 

2 

4 

77 

39 

116 

120 

Lincoln 

9 

5 

14 

14 

Middlesex 

6 

4 

10 

10 

Muskoka  District 

1 

1 

1 

Norfolk 

7 

5 

12 

12 

Northumberland  and  Durham 

2 

2 

38 

45 

83 

85 

Ontario 

18 

22 

40 

40 

Oxford  

14  1 

3 

17 

17 

Peel 

1 

5 

6 

Perth 

10 

9 

19 

19 

Peterborough ...  1 

8 

8 

16 

16 

Prescott  and  Russell 

41 

24 

65 

65 

Prince  Edward 

24 

15 

39 

39 

Renfrew .' 

18 

20 

68 

68 

Siracoe  

12 

1] 

23 

23 

Stormont,  Dundas  and  Glengarry 

111 

73 

184 

184 

Victoria 

5 

12 

17 

17 

Waterloo ’ 

1 

1 

10 

4 

14 

15 

Welland .* 

6 

4 

10 

10 

W^ellington  

4 

* 4 

8 

8 

Wentworth 

13 

12 

25 

25 

York 

33 

50 

83 

83 

Not  classed 

27 

7 

34 

34 

! 

1 

Total  admissions 

10 

3 

13 

1,149 

1 

836 

1,985 

1,998 

1900  ] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


71 


TABLE  No.  5. 

Shewing  the  length  of  Residence  in  the  Asylum  of  those  discharged  daring  the  year. 


No. 

Initials. 

Sex. 

When  admitted. 

When  discharged. 

1 

Remarks. 

1 

M.  E 

F .... 

June 

26th,  1898 

20th,  1899 

12th,  “ 

October 

2nd, 

9th, 

1899 

Improved. 

Recovered. 

2 

F.  M 

M ... 

April 
1 August 

December 

3 

L.  B 

F .... 

J anuary 

1st, 

1900 

Improved. 

4 

A.  McM 

M .... 

! December 

19th,  “ .... 

4th, 

Recovered. 

5 

J.  F 

M .... 

July 

9th,  1897 

“ 

6th, 

( ( 

Improved. 

6 

F.  M 

F .. 

September  22nd,  “ 

(( 

6th, 

Improved. 

7 

M.  E.  A 

F .... 

April 

19th,  1899 

“ 

9th, 

“ 

Recovered. 

8 

P.  C 

M . ... 

January 

March 

19th,  1900 

February 

16th, 

Recovered. 

9 

S.  A.  C 

M .... 

27th,  1899  

26th, 

ii 

Recovered. 

10 

F.  J.  R 

M .... 

June 

29th,  “ 

April 

17th, 

Recovered. 

11 

R.  B 

M ....' 

December 

1 

15th,  “ 

30th, 

u 

Recovered. 

12 

T.  Q 

M ....i 

17th,  1887 

6 h,  1899 

June 

14th, 

20th, 

« ( 

Unimproved. 

Recovered. 

13 

M.  M 

F ... 

April 

July 

6i 

14 

P.1 1 

! M .... 

25th,  “ 

July 

13th, 

i i 

Recovered. 

15 

M D 

F .... 

November 

29th,  “ 

August 

(< 

2nd, 

a 

Recovered. 

16 

C.  0.  L 

M .... 

December 

22nd,  “ 

17th, 

(( 

Recovered.; 

17 

T.  0 

M .... 

August 

15th,  1900  .... 

“ 

20th, 

Unimproved. 

18 

W.  W.  McL  ... 

M .... 

May 

2nd,  “ 

25th, 

(( 

Recovered. 

19 

J.  J.  F 

M .... 

July 

8th,  1899  .... 

“ 

30th, 

“ 

Recovered. 

20  ( 

M.  L 

M .... 

April 

18th,  1900 

30th, 

“ 

Recovered. 

21 

W.  B 

M .... 

October 

9th,  1899 

10th,  1900 

“ 

30th, 

<< 

Improved. 

Improved. 

22 

T.  B.  H 

M .... 

June 

September 

24th, 

( ( 

23 

S.  S 

M ....| 

February 

21st,  “ 

25th, 

\ 6 

Recovered. 

24 

E.  McK.... 

F .... 

Op.f.riVbftr 

1899 

26th, 

4 i 

Improved. 

Recovered. 

25 

0.  G 

F .... 

September  15th,  1898 

26th, 

“ 

26 

J.  McO 

F .... 

April 

• 

4th,  “ 

27th, 

Improved. 

72 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  6. 


Shewing  age,  length  of  residence,  and  proximate  cause  of  death  of  those  who  died  during 
the  year  ending  30th  September,  1900. 


No. 

Initials. 

Sex. 

Age. 

Date  of  Death. 

Res 

A 

QC 

<D 

idenc 

sylui 

m 

a 

o 

!e  in  1 

n. 

c3 

Q 

I 

Proximate  cause  of  death. 

1 

J.  T..  . . 

F .. 

70 

October 

15th, 

1899 

5 

4 

Dysentery. 

2 

J.  M.  T . . . . 

F .. 

52 

18th' 

4 

2 

Cerebral  apoplexy. 

3 

J.  W.  McQ  . 

M .. 

33 

( t 

22nd,' 

4 

7 

16 

General  debility. 

4 

W.  M 

M . . 

23 

29th, 

(( 

18 

Pyaemia. 

5 

F.  a 

F .. 

80  + 

November 

1st, 

u 

9 

21 

Senility. 

6 

E.  P.  D 

M 

45 

4th, 

( ( 

9 

1 

Typho-pneumonia. 

7 

C.  B 

F .. 

68 

“ 

23rd; 

( i 

3 

4 

1 

Senility. 

8 

J.  G.  B 

M .. 

57 

December 

16th, 

it 

4 

2 

2 

Erysipelas. 

9 

T.  J . 

M .. 

39 

25th, 

tt 

18 

General  paralysis. 

10 

G.  D. 

M 

59 

1 

31st, 

6t 

6 

25 

General  debility. 

11 

H.  M 

M .. 

83 

January 

16th, 

1900  .. 

4 

8 

Senile  dementia. 

12 

J.  S 

M .. 

44 

27th, 

ti 

■’4’ 

10 

21 

Phthisis. 

13 

C.  M 

F . 

40 

“ 

28th, 

6 t 

10 

3 

20 

Phthisis. 

14 

M.  A.  W... 

F .. 

41 

“ 

30th, 

ti 

16 

7 

10 

Epilepsy. 

15 

W.  H 

M .. 

48 

February 

3rd, 

it 

4 

10 

28 

General  paralysis. 

16 

1 T.  F 

M . 

36 

13th, 

t t 

3 

8 

15 

Phthisis. 

17 

M.  M 

F . 

55 

“ 

20th, 

( 6 

2 

3 

30 

Phthisis. 

18 

C.  McK.... 

F .. 

60 

21st, 

i t 

30 

23 

Phthisis. 

19 

D.  A 

M .. 

71 

“ 

23rd, 

t ( 

1 

’"s' 

22 

Senility. 

20 

H.  M.  A . . . 

F .. 

31 

March 

5th, 

%( 

4 

7 

18 

Phthisis. 

21 

C.  McN 

M . . 

61 

24th, 

U 

10 

Senility. 

22 

M.  V.  D . . . 

F .. 

53 

“ 

26th, 

a 

4 

6 

'25' 

Phthisis. 

23 

K.  G.  . 

F .. 

34 

April 

9th, 

it 

4 

7 

4 

Heart  clot. 

24 

M.L 

F .. 

39 

9th, 

tt 

2 

2 

18 

Phthisis. 

25 

M.  B 

F ..1 

1 74 

20th, 

ti 

1 

6 

11 

Senility. 

26 

M.  A.  McL. 

F .. 

69 

May 

9th, 

6C 

19 

3 

20 

Senility. 

27 

M.  T 

M .. 

53 

13th, 

(( 

17 

4 

General  debility. 

28 

B.  C . . 

F 

27 

18th, 

it 

24 

Septicaemia. 

29 

W.  0. 

M 

65 

June 

22nd, 

ti 

15 

Chorea. 

30 

M.  P 

F .. 

84 

23rd, 

1 1 

31 

i 7 

16 

Senile  decay. 

31 

H.  J.  E . . . . 

F .. 

65i 

27th, 

C( 

2 

6 

19 

Senility. 

32 

B.  L 

M .. 

19 

Jujy 

22nd, 

tt 

1 

8 

27 

Accidental  drowning. 

33 

M.  McL.... 

F .. 

74 

28th, 

it 

18 

4 

12 

Senility. 

34 

MS 

M .. 

41 

August 

8 th, 

i( 

14 

8 

5 

Phthisis. 

35 

J.  L. . . . 

F .. 

64 

“ 

18th, 

it 

14 

27 

Cerebral  hemorrhage. 

36 

K.  McC  ... 

F .. 

SO 

September 

U 

8th, 

a 

12 

"e’ 

15 

Senility. 

37 

M.  E.  D.... 

F .. 

34 

23rd, 

ti 

8 1 

10 

20 

Tub.  meningitis. 

38 

R.  C 

M ..1 

55 

26th, 

1 1 

20 

10 

18 

Erysipelas. 

1900J 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


73 


TABLE  No.  7. 


Shewing  trades,  callings  and  occupations  of  patients  admitted  into  the  Asylum. 


Trades,  callings  and  occupations. 

During  the  year. 

During  former 

years. 

Total. 

Males. 

Fem 

Total. 

Males. 

Females 

5 Total. 

Agents 

1 

1 

8 

8 

9 

Architects 

1 

1 

1 

Book-keepers  

4 

4 

4 

Bakers 

10 

10 

10 

Bricklayers 

4 

4 

4 

3' 

3 

3 

1 

1 

29 

29 

30 

1 

1 

1 

Brewers 

1 

1 

1 

Barbers 

3 

3 

3 

Broom-makers 

2 

2 

2 

4 

4 

4 

Bankers  

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Commercial  travellers 

9 

9 

9 

Coopers 

6 

6 

6 

Carpenters 

2 

2 

78 

78 

80 

Clerks 

41 

41 

41 

Clergymen  

11 

11 

11 

Carriage-makers 

9 

9 

9 

Cooks  

2 

5 

7 

7 

Carders  . . 

3 

3 

3 

Captains  of  steamboats .....  

3 

3 

3 

Cigarmakers 

1 

1 

1 

Custom-house  Officers 

2 

2 

2 

Coachmen  

2 

2 

2 

Carters 

4 

4 

4 

Cheese  makers 

4 

4 

4 

Domestic  servants,  all  kinds 

1 

3 

3 

17 

391 

408 

411 

Dressmakers  

1 

1 

38 

38 

39 

Detectives 

i 

1 

Druggists 

5 

5 

5 

Dentists 

1 

1 

1 

Drovers 

2 

2 

2 

Engineers 

2 

2 

10 

10 

12 

Farmers 

9 

9 

538 

4 

542 

551 

Fishermen  

2 

2 

2 

Factory  girls 

3 

3 

3 

Fruit  canners 

1 

1 

1 

Gardeners  

3 

3 

3 

Grocers 

2 

2 

2 

Gentlemen 

1 

1 

2 

2 

3 

Grooms 

] 

1 

1 

Gun-smiths 

1 

1 

1 

Hatters . . . . : 

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

Harness-makers 

9 

9 

9 

Housekeepers  

32 

32 

32 

Hack-drivers 

6 

6 

6 

Inn-keepers 

5 

5 

5 

J ewellers 

2 

2 

2 

J anitors 

2 

2 

2 

Journalists* 

1 

1 

1 

Labourers 

10 

10 

606 

506 

516 

Ladies 

17 

17 

17 

Lumbermen 

10 

10 

10 

Liverymen 

1 

1 

1 

Milliners  

4 

4 

4 

Masons  

5 

5 

5 

Machinists . . 

13 

13 

13 

Matchmakers 

1 

1 

1 

Millers  

3 

3 

3 

Moulders 

3 

3 

3 

Merchants 

25 

25 

25 

Mechanics  

2 

2 

2 

Music-teachers 

4 

4 

4 

Manufacturers ; 

1 

1 

1 

74 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[No.  35- 


TABLE  No.  7. — Continued. 


Trades,  callings  and  occupations. 

During  the  year. 

During  former  years. 

Total. 

Males. 

Females 

Total. 

Males. 

Females 

Total. 

No  occupation 

1 

1 

39 

115 

154 

165 

Nurses 

2 

2 

2 

Not  stated 

126 

180 

306 

306 

Newsboy  

1 

1 

1 

Other  occupations  

1 

1 

10 

24 

34 

35 

Plasterers  

3 

3 

3 

Prostitutes 

1 

1 

1 

Painters 

16 

16 

15 

Printers  

9 

9 

9 

Peddlers 

3 

3 

3 

Physicians 

13 

13 

13 

Pump-makers 

2 

2 

2 

Pigeon  fanciers 

1 

1 

1 

Piano-makers 

1 

1 

1 

Plumbers 

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

Railway  Foremen 

1 

1 

1 

Railway  Conductors 

1 

i“ 

1 

Railway  Firemen 

1 

1 

1 

Registrars 

1 

1 

1 

Spinsters 

11 

11 

26 

26 

37 

Sailors 

1 

1 

17 

17 

18 

Students  

1 

1 

12 

3 

15 

16 

Spinners 

2 

2 

2 

Stone-cutters  

2 

2 

2 

Shoemakers 

48 

48 

48 

Seamstresses 

58 

58 

58 

Station-masters 

2 

2 

2 

Soldiers 

11 

11 

11 

Teachers 

14 

34 

48 

48 

Tinsmiths 

8 

8 

8 

Tavern-keepers  

17 

17 

17 

Tailors  

4 

2 

6 

6 

Teamsters  . 

1 

1 

1 

Telegraph  operators 

1 

1 

5 

5 

6 

Typewriters 

1 

1 

1 

Watchmakers 

1 

1 

1 

W^eavers 

4 

4 

4 

Waggon-makers  

1 

1 

1 

Wives 

17 

17 

”'667 

567 

584 

Unknown  or  other  employments 

12 

9 

21 

21 

Upholsterers 

1 

1 

1 

Total 

38 

33 

71 

1814 

1520 

3334 

3405 

1900] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS, 


75 


TABLE  No.  8. 

Showing  causes  of  insanity. 


Number  of  instances  in  which  each  cause  was  assigned. 


Causes  of  insanity. 

In  respect  of  the  admissions  for  the  year 
ending  30th  September,  1900. 

As  predisposing 
cause. 

As  exciting  cause. 

As  predisposing  or 
exciting  cause 
where  these  could 
not  be  distin- 
guished. 

1 

Male.  I 

IS 

a 

pH 

Total. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Male. 

.2 

a 

<D 

Total. 

Moral. 

Domestic  troubles,  including  loss  of  rela- 

1 

3 

4 

Keligious  excitement 

2 

2 

Adverse  circumstances,  including  business 
troubles  

2 

2 

Love  affairs,  including  seduction 

1 

1 

Mental  anxiety,  ‘ ‘ worry  ” 

2 

2 

Physical. 

Intemperance  in  drink 

1 

1 

1 

1 

V^eneral  disease 

1 

1 

2 

2 

Over- work 

2 

1 

3 

Sunstroke 

1 

1 

Accident  or  injury, 

1 

1 

Puerperal 

"4"’ 

4 

Lactation 

1 

1 

Uterine  disorders 

2 

2 

Brain  disease,  with  epilepsy 

1 

1 

Other  forms  of  brain  disease 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Other  bodily  diseases  or  disorders,  includ- 
ing old  aere 

4 

2 

6 

4 

3 

7 

Fever  

1 

1 

Hereditary. 

With  other  ascertained  causes  in  combina- 
tion   

4 

6 

10 

With  other  combined  causes  not  ascertained 

7 

6 

13 

Congenital. 

With  other  ascertained  cause  in  combina- 
tion   

1 

1 

2 

With  other  combined  cause  not  ascertained. 

1 

2 

3 

Unknown 

19 

15 

34 

21 

14 

35 

Total  

38 

33 

71 

38 

33 

71 

76 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  9. 

Shewing  the  probational  discharges  and  the  result  thereof. 


Reg. 

No. 

Sex. 

Initials. 

Date  of  probational 
discharge. 

Term  of 
probation. 

3302 

M .... 

F.  M 

October 

3rd,  1899 

Two  months 

3318 

M 

F.  J.  R 

“ 

3rd,  1899.., 

Six  months  

3328 

M 

T.  P 

“ 

9th,  1899... 

3197 

M 

W.  McL 

(( 

nth,  1899... 

Four  months . . . . 

2562 

M 

E.  F.  T 

“ 

12th,  1899... 

“ 

3263 

M 

E.  C.D 

“ 

16th,  1899... 

Two  months 

3330 

F 

L.  B 

November  10th,  1899 . . , 

3300 

F 

M.  E.  A 

“ 

22nd,  1899.. 

3255 

F 

M.  C. 

December  16th,  1899. . , 

Three  months 

3263 

M 

E.  C.  D 

J anuary 

20th,  1900... 

One  month 

3134 

M 

J.  T.  C 

February  19th,  1900  .. 

Two  months 

3316 

F .... 

G.  A.  L 

( 

20th,  1900... 

“ 

3263 

M 

E.  C.  D 

March 

12th,  1900... 

3360 

F 

M.  E P 

( ( 

21st,  1900... 

“ 

3297 

F 

M.  M; 

( ( 

24th,  1900... 

3340 

F 

E.  McK 

April 

17th,  1900.., 

Five  months 

3238 

F 

0.  G 

“ 

20th,  1900... 

“ 

3326 

M 

P.  I 

< ( 

23rd,  1000... 

Two  months 

3296 

M 

A.  V 

“ 

24th,  1900... 

Six  months 

3263 

M 

E.  C.  D 

25th,  1900... 

Two  months 

2100 

M 

T Q 

May 

21st,  1900.., 

One  month 

3202 

F 

J.  McC 

“ 

21st.  1900... 

Four  months  . . . . 

3254 

M 

B.  L 

“ 

30th,  1900... 

Two  months 

3345 

F 

M.  W 

31st,  1900... 

“ 

3197 

M 

W.McO 

June 

4th,  1900.., 

Six  months  

3352 

M 

C.  0.  L 

(( 

7th,  1900... 

Two  months ...... 

3328 

M 

T,  P 

“ 

8th,  1900... 

Fopr  months  

3335 

M 

W.  B . . 

“ 

9th,  1900... 

Two  months 

3371 

M 

W.  W.  McC.... 

“ 

16th,  1900. .. 

“ 

3323 

M ..... 

J.  J.  F 

“ 

18th,  1900... 

3263 

M 

C.  C.  D 

“ 

18th,  1900. . . 

(( 

3380 

F .... 

M.  H.  C 

“ 

18th,  1900... 

iC 

3359 

M 

S.  3 

(( 

19th,  1900... 

Three  months 

3370 

M 

H.  R 

“ 

22nd,  1900... 

Four  months  

3366 

M 

M.  L 

“ 

28th,  1900... 

Two  months 

3301 

M 

D.  G 

“ 

29th,  1900... 

Four  months  

3343 

F 

E.  0 

July 

4th,  1900... 

( ( 

3129 

F 

R.  C 

10th,  1900... 

Two  months 

3361 

M 

B.  B.  W 

“ 

14th,  1900... 

“ ...... 

3350 

F 

M.  E.  P 

U 

20th,  1900... 

ft 

3222 

M 

J.  B 

August 

1st,  1900... 

“ 

3361 

M 

R.  B.  W 

i • 

2nd,  1900... 

3006 

M 

W.  A.  B 

4th,  1900... 

Four  months  

3383 

F 

I.  S 

September  1st,  1900 . . . 

Three  months 

3375 

F 

A.  D 

26th,  1900... 

One  month 

3305 

M 

H.  A.  W 

(C 

27th,  1900... 

Two  months 

3338 

M 

J.  W 

i ( 

29th,  1900... 

3263 

M 

E.  C.  D 

29th,  1900... 

“ 

Result, 


Discharged  recovered. 

C ( ( ( 

Returned. 

ti 


Discharged  improved. 
Discharged  recovered. 
Returned. 

(( 


Discharged  recovered. 
Discharged  improved. 
Discharged  recovered. 

it  (( 

Still  out. 

Returned. 

Discharged  unimproved. 
Discharged  improved. 
Died, accidental  drown’ng 
Discharged  recovered. 
Still  out. 

Discharged  recovered. 
Still  out. 

Discharged  improved. 
Discharged  recovered. 

Returned. 

Discharged  recovered. 
Still  out. 

Discharged  recovered. 
Still  out. 

Returned. 

( ( 

C( 

Still  out. 

ii 

U 


c< 


SUMMARY  OF  PROBATIONAL  DISCHARGES. 


— 

Males. 

Females 

Total. 

Males. 

Females 

Total. 

Number  to'whom  probational  leave  was  granted  .... 

32 

16 

48 

Discharged,  recovered 

8 

4 

12 

‘ ‘ improved 

1 

3 

4 

“ unimproved 

1 

1 

Died  before  expiration  of  leave 1 

1 

1 

Returned  to  Asylum ^ 

10 

...  ^.. 

16 

Absent  on  probation  30th  September,  1900 

11 

3 

14 

1900] 


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77 


TABLE  No.  10. 


Showing  in  quinquennial  period,  the  ages  of  those  admitted,  recovered  and  died 

during  the  year. 


Ages. 

Admitted. 

, Recovered. 

1 

Died. 

Males. 

Females 

Total. 

1 1 
Males. 

Females 

Total. 

Males. 

Females 

Total. 

From  15  to  20  years 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

“ 20 

„ 25  “ . . . . 

2 

3 

5 

2 

2 

1 

1 

“ 25 

„ 30  “ 

7 

4 

11 

1 

1 

2 

2 

“ 30 

„ 35  “ .... 

3 

6 

9 

2 

1 

3 

1 ' 

3 

4 

“ 35 

n 40  “ .... 

4 

4 

8 

2 

1 

3 

“ 40 

M 45  “ ..  . 

5 

7 

12 

1 

1 

2 

2 

4 

“ 45 

n 50  “ .... 

i 4 

2 

6 

2 

2 

2 

“ 50 

,.55  “ ....1 

1 5 

1 

6 

2 

2 ! 

1 1 

2 

3 

“ 55 

,.60  “ . . . 1 

1 

2 

3 

3 

3 

“ 60 

„ 65  “ i 

1 

1 

1 

,1 

1 

2 

3 

65 

„ 70  “ .... 

3 

3 

1 

1 

1 

3 

4 

“ 70 

„ 75  “ , . .! 

2 

2 

1 

3 

1 4 

“ 75 

„ 80  “ 

1 

1 

1 

1 

“ 80 

„ 85  “ .... 

2 

2 

1 

3 

4 

Total 

38 

33 

71 

4 

16 

17 

21 

38 

TABLE  No.  11. 


Periods. 

Duration  of  in- 
sanity prior  to 
j admission. 

Length  of-  resi- 
dence of  those 
remaining  in 
Asylum  on 
30th  Septem- 
ber.^ 

Periods  of  treat- 
ment of  those 
who  were  dis- 
charged cured 
during  the 
year. 

Periods  of  treat- 
ment of  those 
who  were  dis- 
charged im- 
proved during 
the  year. 

Periods  of  treat- 
ment of  those 
who  were  dis- 
charged unim- 
proved during 
the  year. 

Under  1 month 

2 

7 

2 

1 

From  1 to  2 months 

12 

4 

“ 2 “ 3 “ 

4 

4 

“ 3 “ 4 “ 

4 

7 

1 

1 

• “ 4 “ 5 “ 

9 

2 

1 

“ 5 “ 6 “ 

3 

7 

“ 6 “ 7 “ 

2 

1 

“ 7 “ 8 “ 

2 

3 

“ 8 “ 9 “ 

2 

4 

2 

“ 9 “10  “ 

3 

1 

“ 10  “ 11  “ 

1 

4 ! 

1 

2 

“ 11  “ 12  “ 

2 

3 

1 

“ 12  ‘‘  18  “ 

4 

20 

2 

1 

“ 18  months  to  2 years  1 

4 

36 

“ 2 to  3 years  

4 

64 

1 

3 

“ 3 “ 4 “ 

5 

19 

“ 4 “ 5 “ ..  

1 

60 

“ 5 “ 6 “ 

‘3 

19 

“ 6 “ 7 “ 

1 

34 

“ 7 “ 8 “ 

2 

15 

“ 8 “ 9 “ 

39 

“ 9 “ 10  “ 

23 

“ 10  “ 15  “ 

6 

73 

1 

“ 15  “20  “ 

1 

58 

“ 20  years  and  upwards 

5 

72 

1 : 

Unknown . . 

3 

Totals  . . . .* 

n 1 

587 

16 

1 

8 1 

2 

78 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[No  35 


TABLE  No.  12. 

Shewing  the  natnre  of  employment  and  the  number  of  day’s  work  performed  by  patients 

during  the  year. 


Nature  of  employment. 


Carpenter’s  shop 

Tailor’s  shop 

Shoe  shop 

Engineer’s  shop 

Blacksmith’s  shop . . 

Mason  work 

Repairing  roads 

Wood  yard  and  coal  shed 

Bakery 

Laundry  

Dairy 

Butcher  shop  and  slaughter  house 

Piggery 

Painting  

Farm  t 

Garden 

Grounds 

Stable 

Kitchen 

Dining  rooms 

Officers’  quarters 

Sewing  rooms^ 

Knitting  

Spinning  

Mending  

Wards  

Halls 

Storeroom 

General 


Total 


Number  of 
patients 
who  worked. 

Days  worked. 

Male. 

Female . 

Total. 

16 

3,060 

3,060 

7 

1,360 

1,360 

4 

950 

960 

10 

2,890 

2,890 

3 

640 

640 

5 

964 

964 

17 

2,480 

2,480 

4 

883 

1 

883 

26 

956 

5,938 

6,894 

.16 

3,135 

620 

3,755 

10 

1,640 

1,640 

4 

920 

920 

8 

1,127 

1,127 

18 

4,363 

4,363 

12 

1,666 

1,666 

11 

2,027 

2,027 

8 

1,572 

1,572 

14 

1,462 

2,427 

3,889 

40 

5,039 

7,000 

12,039 

8 

1,914 

1,914 

33 

9,800 

9,800 

32 

9,658 

9,568 

15 

3,864 

3,864 

156 

33,995 

13,956 

47,951 

2 

540 

540 

59 

3,890 

13,467 

17,357 

537 

75,559 

68,544 

144,103 

1900  ] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


7y 


TABLE  No.  13. 

Shewing  the  Counties  and  Districts  from  which  the  patients  remaining  in  residence  on 
the  30th  September,  1900,  were  originally  received. 


Counties  and  Districts. 


Males, 


Females. 


Total. 


Carleton 

Dundas 

Durham 

Essex 

Frontenac  

Glengarry . 

Grenville  

Grey 

Halton 

Hastings 

Lanark 

Leeds 

Lennox  and  Addington  . . . 

Lincoln 

Middlesex  

Muakoka  District 

Norfolk 

N orthumberland 

Ontario 

Oxford 

Peterborough  

Prescott 

Prince  Edward 

Renfrew 

Russell 

Simcoe 

Stormont  

Thunder  Bay  District  

Victoria 

Waterloo 

Wentworth 

York 

Not  classed,  unknown,  etc 

Total 


42 

27 

69 

7 

8 

15 

7 

8 

15 

1 

1 

54 

71 

125 

11 

7 

18 

2 

2 

4 

1 

1 

1 

1 

43 

16 

59 

19 

20 

39 

10 

11 

21 

27 

2L 

48 

2 

2 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

9 

'■■'l3’“’ 

22 

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

2 

4 

3 

' 3 

6 

13 

13 

26 

28 

29 

57 

2 

2 

1 

1 

11 

9 

20 

2 

2 

2 

2 

1 

1 

1 

2 

3 

4 

7 

11 

4 

3 

7 

308 


279  I 587 


80 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No. 


TABLE  No  14. 

Showing  number  of  articles  made  and  repaired  in  the  carpenter’s  shop  during  tne  j ear 

ending  30th  September,  1900. 


Articles.  Made.  Repaired. 


Bandsaws  braized 12  

Baseboards feet.  25  

Bedsteads 3 

Benches 1 28 

Book-case  1 

Boxes 31  

Boxing  for  pipes feet  216  

Brushes,  deck 1,363  

“ hand 645  

*•  screws 48  

Bread  cutters  6 

Castors  put  on  sets.  2 

Carts 3 

‘ ‘ shafts  2 

Ceiling  furred feet.  4,000  

Curtain  circles 4 

Chairs 155 

“ rocking 12  

“ re-caned, 18  

Closet  seats 6 

“ tops 2 

Coal  chutes *.  1 

“ boxes 2 

Cover  fountain  basin 1 

Coffins  13  

Curves  for  walk 5 

Doors 9 16 

Dumb  waiters 4 

Fanlight  1 

Fencing feet.  228  

Floors  laid  4 14 

Feed  boxes  2 

Granery 1 

Gates 8 

Gate  posts 3 

Grills  17  

Hand  barrows  1 1 

Hot-bed  frames  1 

Handles,  chisel 17  

“ hammer 36  

“ mop 30  

“ scrubber 60  

Hen  houses  remodelled 2 ■ 

Ice  saws  sharpened 12  

“ sleighs  2 

Incubator 1 

ironing  board 1 

Land  roller  1 

Ladders . . 1 1 

“ step  5 4 

Laundry  trucks 3 

Locks  put  on 12  

Lounges  7 14 

Lumber  dressed feet.  15,000  


Articles.  Made.  Repaired. 


Mantle  set 1 

Mangers  . 2 20 

Meat  table 1 

Mortar  box 1 

Newels 4 

Portico 1 

Peels 6 

Partitions : 3 4 

Picture  frames 26  

“ mats  12  

Picture  moulding  put  up.  .ft.  1,000  

Platforms 3 

Root  house 1 

Roofs 2 

“ shingled 1 

Refrigerators 2 

Sashes ..  6 13 

“ hung 6 

Sofas 6 

“ upholstered 33  

Shelves  sets.  4 

Scrubbers 64 

Sink  frames 3 ' 

Silo  ; • 1 

Stage  properties 6 

Screens 5 4 

Sleigh 1 

Steam  box 1 

Sheeting  ash  elevator I 

“ vinery 1 

Settees 6 9 

“ re  caned  11  

Spring  rollers  put  up 13  

Stools 5 

Shutters 4 

Sidewalk feet.  110  

Sideboard 1 

Straight  edges 6 

Tables 1 25 

Trunks  2 

Tool  box 1 2 

Trap  door 1 

Water  closets  2 ...  ... 

Wardrobes 5 

Wash  stands 17 

Wheelbarrows 4 

Window  seats 8 

“ frames  2 25 

Wood  clamps 12  

“ trays 4 2 

Weigh  scales  rebuilt  1 1 

Waggons  2 

Wire  refrigerators 2 


1900  ] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


81 


TABLE  No.  15. 

Shewing  number  of  articles  made  and  repaired  in  the  Tailor  and  Shoe  Sloops  daring  the 

year  ending  30th  Sept.,  1900. 


Tailor  Shop. 

Made. 

Repaired. 

Articles. 

Coats,  patients’ 

“ uniform 

193 

568 

16 

8 

Pants,  patients’ 

347 

687 

“ uniform 

16 

20 

Vests,  patients’ 

58 

380 

Overalls 

9 

Smocks  . . 

8 

Strong  quilts 

Shoe  Shop. 


Articles. 

Long  boot  s 

Coburg  “ 

Women’s  “ 

Leather  slippers 

Canvas  “ 

Straps,  leather 

“ razor  

Parts  of  harness 


Made.  Repaired. 


2 37 

63  146 

2 35 

248  41 

112  

12  

4 

20 


TABLE  No.  16.  ' 

Shewing  number  of  articles  made  and  repaired  in  the  Engineer  and  Tinsmith  Department 
during  the  year  ending  30th  Sept , 1900. 


Articles.  Made.  Repaired. 


Air  vents 14  40 

Ash  elevators ..  4 

Auer  lights  4 

Agricultural  machines  . ] 6 

Boiler  compound,  200  gals  

Boilers,  steami 11 

Boilers,  hot  water 6 

Bath  basins  and  sinks  2 112 

Blowers  2 

Belts  4 25 

Ball  ci  cks 2 36 

Brush  heads 12  18 

Bread  cutters  4 

Closets 2 70 

Comp,  taps 18  210 

Coffee  mills 4 

Coils,  heating 2 8 

Dynamo  Brushes 4 

Engines,  steam 4 

Electric  dynamo  1 

Forceps 6 

Firehose,  ft 350  8 

Fire  extinguishers 18 

Filtering  beds  3 3 

Flower  baskets 12 

Fuller  tops 60 

Governors 4 

Garden  hose 40 

Gas  retorts,  sets 3 6 

Gas  cocks 8 50 

Gas  burners 14  30 

Gas  tips 100  

Gas  tongs 12 

Grate  bars 2 8 

Gas  stoves 12 

Gas,  cubic  feet 900,000  


Articles.  Made.  Repaired. 


Hydraulic  elevators  8 

Hand  “ 4 

Hydrants 2 6 

Hot  water  tanks 2 

Hot  “ pipes 20 

Injectors,  steam . . 4 

Iron  gate  (turnstyle) 1 

Kettles,  cooking  (re-jointed)  9 • 

Lawn  mowers 28 

Lanterns  14 

Locks  and  keys 14  25 

Lubricators 1 4 

Mat  hooks  and  scissors 4 40 

Motor,  electric  ...... 1 

Nipples,  all  sizes 180 

Oil  tanks  4 

Pumps,  steam 8 

“ electric 1 

“ deep  wells  2 

“ hand 2 

Pulleys 6 

Radiators  packed  and  repaired 150 

Ranges  and  linings 5 

Steam  gauges 9 

“ traps  4 

Smoke  pipes 1 5 

Spray  motors  ' 2 

Urns,  tea  and  coffee 6 

Valves,  globe,  angle  and  check. . 28  58 

“ safety  11 

Washing  machines 14 

Water  and  steam  leaks 60 

Water  tanks 6 

Water  ^Dumped,  gallons 26,000,000 

Weigh  scales 2 

Wheel  barrows 6 


82 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


Shewing  number  of  articles  made  and  repaired  in  the  Eogineer’s  Department  during  the 

year  ending  30th  Sept.,  1900. 


* 

Size. 

Articles. 

Place. 

r 

Feet. 

Inches. 

Pipe  and  fittings 

(( 

12 

1 

Gas  House. 

16 

i 

(( 

8 

1 

( ( 

20 

1 

(( 

20 

H 

1 

Blacksmith  Shop. 

( ( 

24 

(( 

20 

3 

30 

1 

Gas,  No.  2 Ward. 

(( 

24 

!!  8 “ 

a 

12 

1 

i ( 

18 

1 

Piggery. 

No.  6 Steam  Boiler. 

i i 

12 

1 

( 

35 

Cow  Stable,  N.  C. 
Farmer’s  House. 

(C 

20 

h 

1 

( ( 

10 

a 

350 

1 

Vegetable  Garden. 
Tennis  Lawn. 

(C 

400 

1 

C( 

100 

n 

1 

(( 

20 

Engineer’s  House. 
( ( 

C( 

12 

i| 

C ( 

18 

ct 

(i 

18 

1 

Carpenter’s  House. 

U 

(( 

14 

2^ 

i( 

8 

U 

ti 

25 

1 

Chief  Attendant’s  House. 

n 

12 

2 

(( 

20 

( ( 

25 

1 

Gardener’s  House. 

(t 

12 

h 

1 

ii 

100 

Drying  Coil,  Laundry. 

Gas,  Female  Scullery  and  Dining  Room. 
Slaughter  House. 

a 

20 

§ 

( ( 

18 

ti 

24 

1 

n 

300 

H 

Water  pipe,  Avenue. 

New  Hydrant,  Infirmary. 

“ Superintendent’s  House. 

i i 

45 

3 

(C 

150 

3 

Shewing  number  of  articles  made  and  repaired  in  the  Tinsmiths’  Shop  during  the  year 

ending  Sept.  30,  1900. 


Article.  Made.  Repaired. 


Ash  pans  and  coal  hods . 1 6 

Bread  pans  and  boxes 12  18 

Brass  instruments 7 

Chimney  rings. 2 4 

Coffee  and  tea  pots 3 18 

Cake  dishes  v 36  

Dampers  and  Dippers  6 8 

Diploma  cases 12  . . .... 

Dust  pans 6 

Eave  trough 100  ft. 

Funnels  and  scoops 6 8 

Flower  trays 

Hot  water  tank  lined  (gal.  iron) . . 1 

Iceboxes  “ “.  ..  2 2 

Milk  cans  and  strainers  .... 2 20 

Lamps 


Articles.  Made.  Repaired. 


Oil  cans 18  10 

Pumps  (gal.  iron)  1 

Pails  . . 6 12 

Refrigerators  1 4 

Sterilizers 4 

Sprinklers,  lawn  4 8 

Smoke  house  lined  (gal.  iron) ....  1 

Smoke  pipes  (gal.  iron) 2 6 

Steamers,  tin 1 4 

Stove  pipes  39  . . 

Tinware  (pieces) 300 

Ventilators  (gal.  iron) 

Valleys,  32  ft.  (gal.  iron) 

Water  cans 3 8 

Wash  Dishes ....  3 15 


1,900] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


83 


TABLE  No.  17. 

Number  of  articles  made  and  repaired  in  the  blacksmith  shop  during  the  year  ending 

30th  September,  1900. 


Articles. 

Made. 

Repaired 

Articles. 

Made. 

Repaired. 

4 

Locks  

24 

Ash  elevator  screen  ironed 

1 

Link«,  chain  

2 

io 

Music  stands . . , 

6 

Bolts,  1 to  6 ft 

84 

Meat  hooks 

24 

160 

Nuts  and  washers 

. . . . 160 

Band  saws  braized  

6 

Platform  scales ...  

‘"i 

Brackets,  4 ft 

1 

Pick  axes  pointed. 

6 

130 

Pokers  ....  . . . . 

2 

“ and  stays 

14 

Pipe  and  pole  hangers 

24 

“ steam  pump  

1 

“ cutters 

"’3 

Carts 

"2 

Plough  points 

18 

Closet  seats,  legs  and  hinges 

3 

2 

Points,  tool  

. . . . 360 

Cultivators  

2 

Refrigerators 

"'2 

Chisels,  cold  and  stone 

"76 

130 

Ratchet  drills 



2 

“ tooth  

12 

Spray  pump 

1 

Churn  drills,  plugs  and  feathers. 

46 

"60 

Spades  and  shovels  

64 

Curtain  brackets '. 

8 

8 

Sleigh  shoes  (sets) 

" 6 

Clamps  and  clips 

30 

Stone  wedges  . 

14 

Drills 

6 

“ hammers 

2 

Eave  troughs,  spikes 

36 

Sink  plate  and  legs 

2 

'"i 

Field  mowers  

"i 

Straighteners  for  borders. . . 

4 

Grate  wrenches,  hoes  and  bars . . 

12 

6 

Screwdrivers 

1 

Grindstone  crank 

1 

Spanners  

1 

Harrows,  acme  and  disk 

"'2 

Straps  and  stays 

16 

.... 

Horse  rake 

1 

Tongs  (pairs) 

6 

4 

Hydrant  bands 

"’2 

Tub  handles  

20 

Hose  Hooks  

6 

Wire  mattresses 

2 

'iii 

Hinges,  3 ft 

2 

"3 

Wheelbarrows 

3 

Ice  pike  hooks  

4 

Waggons,  phaeton 

1 

Ice  plough 

‘"i 

‘ ‘ lumber 

2 

Jumpers . 

"7 

“ messenger’s 

2 

Keys 

10 

"36 

“ democrat 

2 

Lawn  mowers 

4 

“ . tongues  ironed  . . 

1 

Land  rollers  ironed 

’ ’2 

1 

Whiffietrees  and  singletrees. 

sets  3 

Lamp  brackets 

3 

... 

Wrenches 

"'s 

TABLE  No.  18. 

Showing  amount  of  mason  work  performed  during  the  year  ending  30th  September,  1900 


Locality. 

Blacksmithshop Cutting  and  laying  stone  flag  for  wheel  set. 

Boiler  house : — Covering  pipes  with  asbestos  plastering. 

Carpenter’s  house  : — Building  stone  wall  and  cementing  where  surface  water  entered  cellar.  Put  brick  top 
on  chimney.  General  pointing  and  repairing. 

Chief  attendant’s  house  : — Built  up  break  in  cellar  wall  and  built  two  course  of  brick  through  cellar  for 
water  channel. 

Engine  room  ; — Built  brick  work  for  main  heating  pipe  and  exhaust  pipe  for  "elevator  engine.  Bricked 
furnace,  covered  pipes  with  asbestos,  and  pointed  with  mortar  and  fire  clay. 

Gas  house  : — Set  one  set  retorts  in  brick  work.  Repaired  furnace.  Altered  and  set  two  sets  retorts. 
Built  ends  on  three  furnaces. 

Gardener’s  house  Broke  basement  wall  and  set  doorway. 

Kitchen  Built  in  new  brick  in  fire  place  of  cooking  range. 

Main  building  : — Quarried,  cut,  dressed  and  set  stone  for  two  sets  of  stairways  in  terrace,  with  ornamental 
scroll  sides. 

New  court : — Drilled  eight  bolt  holes  for  staying  corn  cutter  and  carrier:  Changed  place  of  smoke  pipe  in 
piggery.  Cemented  around  boiler.  Tapped  drain  from  root  house,  repaired  walls  and  chim- 
neys inside  and  out. 

Superintendent’s  house  : — Cemented  base  in  cellar.  Built  granolithic  walk  from  green-house  around  to  the 
front  Repaired  plastering  generally. 

South  cottage  : — Broke  away  brick  wall  for  water  pipe  and  rebuilt.  Cemented  breaks  in  boiler-room,  and 
radiators  in  dining  room.  Repaired  bridge  wall  and  pointed  sides  of  furnace. 

Stables  Put  new  head  in  furnace  chimney.  Fixed  range  in  vinery. 

Ward  No.  5 Broke  wall  and  set  terracotta  fire  place.  Built  two  cement  bases  in  two  strong  rooms. 

Walks  Finished  granolithic  walk  from  main  building  to  the  street  and  set  turnstile. 


84 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  ;i5 


TABLE  ^0.  19. 

Showing  the  amount  of  painting  and  glazing  performed  during  the  year  ending  30th 

, September,  1900. 


Locality.  Yds. 

Ward  No.  1 Painted  wainscot,  dining  room,  two  coats 150 

“ 2 . “ ceilings,  hall  and  woodwork,  bath  room  octagon  and  ward,  three  coats. . 600 

“ 3....  “ ceilings,  walls  and  woodwork,  three  coats 220 

“ 3 “ sitting  room  and  octagon,  two  coats 130 

“ 4. . . . “ woodwork,  sitting  room  and  hall,  dining  room,  two  coats 360 

“ 6 . . . . “ octagon,  hall  and  bath  room,  walls,  woodwork,  dado  and  border,  two  coats  560 

“ 9 “ sitting  room,  halls,  ceilings  and  woodwork,  two  coats  640 

New  court “ dormitories,  dining  room,  and  hall,  ceilings  and  woodwork,  two  coats 340 

“ “ silo,  piggery  and  cow  stables,  one  coat  1,835 

South  cottage  . . “ three  bed  rooms,  ceilings,  walls  and  ^woodwork,  two  dining  rooms,  ceil- 

ings and  woodwork,  two  sitting  rooms,  ceilings  and  halls,  stair  cases, 
woodwork  and  eight  doors,  two  verandas,  three  pairs  steps  and  sixty 
window  casings,  two  bath  rooms  and  eight  bath  tubs,  four  outside 

chairs,  eight  chandeliers,  two  coats 1,056 

Engineer’s  house.  “ six  pairs  shutters,  three  floors,  one  ceiling,  two  coats 200 

Gardener’s  “ “ two  rooms,  walls  and  woodwork,  two  coats  140 

Offices  Varnished  floors,  Med.  Supt’s.,  Bursar’s  and  Steward’s. 

Furniture “ sixty  chairs,  thirty-three  rockers,  five  centre  tables,  thirty  wash  stands, 

thirty-eight  picture  frames,  twenty  radiators. 

Farm  and  other 

vehicles,  etc..  .Painted  two  lumber  waggons,  two  coats  ; two  delivery  waggons,  four  coats  ; one 
Gladstone  waggon,  three  coats  ; one  buggy,  three  coats  ; one  phaeton, 

three  coats  ; two  yachts,  two  coats  

Glass  set,  feet 1,8 


TABLE  No.  20. 

Showing  number  of  articles  made  and  repaired  in  the  female  department  during  the  year 

ending  30th  September,  1900. 


Articles.  Made. 

9 

Aprons 421 

“ nurses 132 

Bed  t’cks 63 

Blouse  waists 9 

Blankets 

Chemises,  cotton 250 

‘ ‘ flannel 


Caps,  nurses’ 69 

Cushions,  sofa  11 

“ covers 98 

“ pin 3 

Covers,  toilet  and  tray  84 

“ window  seats  5 

Curtains,  sets 36 

Counterpanes 123 

Carpet  balls,  sewed 100 

Cords  and  tassels,  pairs 70 

Dresses 238 

“ night 136 

“ uniform 46 

Drawers,  cotton,  pairs  187 

“ flannel,  pairs  191 

Drapes,  mantel  15 

“ table 24 

‘ ‘ bracket  8 


Repaired. 


Articles. 


Made.  Repaired. 


1,286 

”79 

’.376 

1,562 

90 


'975 

267 

*486 

176 


Doylies 

Kerchiefs,  uniform  . . 
Lambrequins,  window 
Lace,  crochet,  yds. 

Mattress  ticks 

Mattresses  made  over. 

Mats,  table 

“ floor 

Marking 

Neckties 

Pillows 

Pillow  cases . . . 

“ ticks 

“ shams 

Petticoats 

Stockings,  pairs 

Socks,  “ 

Sheets 

Shirts,  cotton  

“ flannel  

Shrouds  

Sunbonnets 

Towels  . 

“ dish 

Table  cloths 

Window  blinds 


16 

104 

11 

300 

69 

215 

20 

36 

4,896 

839 

96 

582 

24 

26 

168 

83 

704 

552 

297 

391 

35 

48 

712 

132 

166 

74 


360 


752 

996 

2,833 

926 

817 

375 


1900] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


85 


TABLE  No.  21. 


Shewing  returns  from  Farm  and  Garden  for  the  year  ending  30bh  September,  1900, 


Quantity. 

Articles. 

Rate. 

^ S c. 

Quantity,  Articles. 

Rate. 

$ 

480  bush,  apples 

.@  $0  30 

129  00 

350  qts.  raspberries 

8 

28 

23  “ 

beans 

50 

11  ro 

96  doz.  cucumbers  

15 

14 

435  “ 

beets 

.@ 

30 

130  50 

4 “ melons  . . .' 

1 00 

4 

285  “ 

carrots  

(5), 

20 

57  00 

21  “ pumpkins  

1 00 

21 

594  “ 

mangolds  

. .@ 

20 

118  80 

400  “ sweet  corn  

6 

24 

925  “ 

oats  ...  , ....... 

30 

277  50 

300  lbs.  grapes ... 

@ 

8 

24 

70  “ 

onions 

1 00 

70  eo 

65  tons  hay 

@ 

8 00 

520 

25  “ 

peas  

55 

13  75 

25  “ straw 

@ 

5 00 

125 

64  “ 

“ in  pod 

25 

16  00 

170  “ silo  corn 

• @ 

4 00 

680 

822  “ 

potatoes 

. 

40 

328  50 

38  “ carrots ■ 

■ @ 

6 50 

247 

30  “ 

parsnips 

30 

9 00 

5 turnips 

• @ 

6 00 

30 

70  “ 

spinach  

30 

21  00 

21,779  gals,  milk  

• @ 

20 

4,355 

24  “ 

salsify 

1 00 

24  00 

4,112  lbs,  pork  

222 

90  “ 

tomatoes  

30 

27  00 

1,141  “ veal  

• @ 

6 

68 

p 700  bunches  asparagus  

. 

5 

35  00 

31  cows  slaughtered  ...... 

1,160 

2,930 

“ lettuce  

. @ 

3 

87  90 

15  lambs  “ 

37 

940 

“ onions 

3 

28  20 

57  pigs  sold  

146 

200 

“ parsley 

5 

10  00 

125  Jbs.  wool 

@ 

10 

12 

870 

“ radish  

3 

26  10 

“ rags  

12 

16,000 

“ rhubarb 

1 

160  00 

100 

“ savory  and  sage 

5 

5 00 

Total 

19,694 

2,350  heads  celery 

2 

47  00 

5,500  “ 

cabbage . 

@ 

3 

165  00 

Gkeenhouse. 

1,200  “ 

cauliflower 

3 

36  00 

600  qts, 

. strawberries 

8 

48  00 

3000  bedding  plants. 

1,250  “ 

currants 

6 

75  00 

750  annuals,  “ 

50  “ 

gooseberries 

8 

4 00 

6,000  greenhouse  plants. 

c. 

00 

40 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

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80 

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ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE  MEDICAL  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  THE  ASYLUM 
FOR  INSANE,  HAMILTON,  FOR  THE  YEAR  ENDING  SEPT.  30,  1900. 

Hamilton  Asylum,  Ocfc.  1st,  1900. 

To  Robert  Christie,  Esq,,  Inspector  of  Asylums,  Ontario  : 

Sir, — I have  the  honor  to  submit  the  Twenty-fifth  Annual  Report  of  this  Asylum 
for  the  year  ending  September  30th,  1900. 


Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Male. 

Female 

Total. 

Peniaining  October  1st,  1899  

481 

540 

1 1,021 
128 

Admitted  during  year : 

By  Lieutenant-Governor’s  Warrant  direct 

“ “ “ from  Mimico. 

By  medical  certificate 

Total  admitted 

21 

‘•29’ 

14 

1 

63 

35 

1 

92 

50 

78 

Total  number  under  treatment 

531 

618 

1,149 

Discharges  during  year  : 

Recovered  

32 

31 

63 

Improved 

1 

7 

8 

1 

Unimproved.  

2 

2 

Total  discharges 

33 

40 

73 

Died  

Eloped  

28 

1 

24 

52 

1 

Total 1 

1 

62 

64 

126 

Remaining  in  Asylum  September  30tb,  1900  ...  ... 

469 

554 

1,023 

1,051 

Maximum  number  in  residence  July  17th,  1900 

489 

562 

Percentage  of  recoveries  on  admissions,  49. 

Percentage  of  deaths  on  number  under  treatment,  4.52. 

Yearly  per  capita  cost  of  maintenance,  $117.57. 

Weekly  per  capita  cost  of  maintenance,  $2.26. 

The  statistical  tables  annexed  give  a very  complete  record  of  the  operations  of  the 
asylum  during  the  year,  so  that  it  will  only  be  necessary  to  refer  to  a few  of  the  leading 
events  which  have  marked  our  progress. 

It  is  usual  to  give  a summary  of  general  repairs  done  and  new  work  constructed  and 
also  the  probable  requirements  for  the  coming  year. 


Admissions. 

The  last  official  year  began  with  1,021  names  on  our  register  and  at  its  close  there 
are  1,023,  an  increase  of  2.  The  average  numb’er  under  treatment  during  the  year  was 
1,035,  and  the  total  number  under  treatment  during  the  year  was  1,149.  We  admitted 
during  the  year  128  new  cases,  50  being  men,  78  women.  Last  year  we  admitted  165 
cases,  82  being  men  and  83  women,  showing  a decrease  of  admissions  this  year  over  last 
y«ar  of  37  cases.  I have  also  to  note  that  we  admitted  4 men  and  12  women  from  other 
asylum  districts.  Two  women  from  County  of  Bruce,  1 woman  from  County  of  Huron,  2 
women  from  Nipissing  District,  1 woman  from  Oxford  County,  1 woman  from  Peel 
County,  1 woman  from  Perth  County,  2 women  from  Peterborough  County,  and  4 men 
from  York  County.  While  assisting  to  relieve  the  congestion  in  other  asylum  districts, 
I may  say  that  we  provided  prompt  admission  to  every  suitable  case  within  our  own 
district. 


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Discharges, 

The  number  discharged  as  recovered  during  the  year  is  63,  which  is  49  per  cent,  of 
the  admissions,  and  the  number  discharged  as  recovered  and  improved  is  71,  which  is  55 
per  cent,  of  the  admissions.  Two  cases  were  discharged  unimproved,  and  one  man 
escaped  and  was  not  recovered.  The  total  discharges  were  74. 

Death  Rate. 

The  total  number  of  deaths  during  the  year  was  52,  of  which  number  28  were  men 
and  24  women,  making  a percantage  4 52  on  the  total  number  under  treatment.  Last 
year  the  de^th  rate  was  5.25  per  cent , showing  a decrease  this  year  of  .73  per  cent 

Total  Admissions  and  Discharges. 

We  began  the  official  year  with  1,021  names  on  our  register  and  we  admitted  128 
new  cases.  At  the  close  of  the  year  I find  we  discharged  74  cases  in  life  and  52  by  death, 
making  a total  of  126  discharges,  thus  showing  that  by  the  year’s  operations  our  discharges 
came  within  2 of  equalling  our  total  admissions,  and  our  population  to-day  is  1,023,  or 
only  2 in  excess  of  what  it  was  at  the  beginning  of  the  year,  and  after  providing  accom- 
modation for  16  cases  from  other  asylum  districts. 

Methods  of  Admission. 

The  above  statistics  go  to  prove  that  our  present  accommodation  has  pretty  well 
overtaken  the  demand  in  our  own  district.  The  record  of  discharges  this  year  is  unprece- 
dented in  the  history  of  this  asylum,  and  I purpose  directing  your  attention  to  some  of 
the  causes  which  contributed  to  this  phenomenal  result. 

A good  deal  of  discrimination  has  to  be  exercised  in  awarding  admissions.  There  is 
a growing  tendency  in  the  public  mind,  as  well  as  in  the  medical  profession,  to  foist  senile 
and  bedridden  cases  upon  us  ; where  the  treatment  required  is  merely  a matter  of  over- 
sight and  care  on  the  part  of  the  relatives,  but  quite  hopeless  in  so  far  as  asylum  treat- 
ment will  avail.  Many  cases  of  unfilial  abandonment  come  under  our  notice,  which 
simply  means  an  unwarranted  shirking  of  duty  and  a shifting  of  the  burden  from  the 
home  to  the  asylum.  This  is  one  of  the  abuses  of  the  liberality  and  splendid  generosity 
of  the  Government  in  throwing  open  the  doors  of  our  asylums  to  the  deserving,  needy  and 
afflicted  without  regard  to  creed,  race  or  color. 

There  is  also  a disposition  on  the  part  of  relatives  to  send  the  insane  to  the  asylums 
through  the  gaols  by  the  warrant  system,  in  order  to  escape  the  coat  and  responsibility  of 
medical  examination,  as  well  as  the  cost  of  transportation,  and  maintenance  in  the  asylum. 
Magistrates  should  be  instructed  to  discourage  this  practice,  in  view  of  the  fact  that 
poverty  is  never  a bar  to  the  admission  of  a deserving  case.  The  circuitous  method  of 
admission  to  an  asylum  by  warrant  causes  unnecessary  delay,  and  the  golden  opportunity 
of  immediate  treatment  is  often  lost,  while  the  condition  of  the  patient  in  the  meantime 
may  have  passed  from  the  acute  to  tbe  chronic  stage.  The  degradation  and  stigma  which 
attaches  to  a patient  who  has  been  incarcerated  in  gaol  without  having  committed  any 
crime,  may  haunt  him  or  her  throughout  life  like  a nightmare  and  has  a most  depressing 
effect  in  hindering  recovery. 

Methods  of  Treatment. 

I do  not  presume  to  offer  any  panacea  or  even  any  new  method  of  treating  the  insane. 
The  literature  of  the  subject  by  authors  well  skilled  in  science  and  ripe  in  experience  is 
so  extensive  and  so  widely  diffused  that  little  new  can  be  written  on  the  subject.  I de- 
sire simply  to  emphasize  some  of  the  well  known  methods  of  treatment  in  the  light  of 
personal  experience  and  subsequent  results.  The  treatment  of  the  insane  may  be  divided 
under  three  heads ; the  moral,  the  social  and  the  medical.  I put  the  medical  last  for  I 
consider  it  the  least  important,  at  least  that  part  which  includes  the  administration  of 


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drugs.  The  public  have  the  idea  that  asylum  physicians  have  some  specific  remedy  for 
the  cure  of  insanity,  which  is  of  course  nonsense. 

The  last  year  has  convinced  , me  more  strongly  than  ever  of  the  immense  advantage 
of  systematized  labor  and  recreation  as  a remedial  agent.  A large  proportion  of  insanity 
is  due  to  unnatural  and  perverted  methods  of  living,  which  include  secret  vices,  excessive 
use  of  alcohol,  imperfect  nutrition,  mental  worry  over  real  or  imaginary  trouble,  the 
struggle  for  existence,  unfavorable  social  environment,  hereditary  weakness,  etc.  All  or 
any  of  these  conditions  reacting  on  a mind  feebly  endowed  naturally,  will  in  time  unhinge 
the  mental  equilibrium  and  prepare  the  unhappy  victim  for  asylum  treatment. 

All  rational  methods  of  treatment  must  consist  in  a complete  reversal  of  the  above 
perverted  methods  of  living,  and  our  whole  asylum  equipment  and  practice  must  be 
specially  arranged  with  that  end  in  view.  The  asylum  in  all  its  appointments  should  be 
a busy  workshop  of  industry,  for  mental  growth  will  only  react  to  well  directed  and  per- 
sistent exercise,  and  sloth  and  indolence  are  the  sure  forerunners  of  mental  and  physical 
decay. 

Not  less  important  is  the  necessity  for  alternating  labor  with  recreation.  Healthful 
and  invigorating  sports  should  be  practised  in  great  variety  of  form  to  suit  the  varied 
tastes  of  a heterogeneous  population.  The  various  sports  which  we  have  encouraged  here 
have  done  a marvelloas  work  in  improving  the  morale  of  the  institution  and  in  establish- 
ing a splendid  esprit  de  corps  between  patients,  officers  and  attendants.  In  looking  over 
our  large  list  of  recoveries  during  the  past  year,  I am  glad  to  record  the  fact  that  we 
have  drawn  most  largely  from  the  devotees  of  our  various  sporting  clubs.  This  is  exactly 
in  accordance  with  the  theory  which  I have  laid  diwn,  and  should  encourage  us  to  still 
greater  effort  in  the  future.  The  curative  idea  has  been  too  long  underestimated  in  the 
treatment  of  the  insane,  and  that  is  one  of  the  reasons  why  all  our  asylums  are  loaded  up 
with  such  large  armies  of  chronic  cases. 

They  are  allowed  to  dawdle  away  their  time  in  interminable  idleness,  and  drag  out 
their  weary  days  in  mental  and  physical  inertia  ; lost  to  the  world,  and  a burden  upon 
their  friends  or  perchance  the  generosity  of  the  State.  From  an  economic  point  of  view, 
not  to  speak  of  its  social  importance  to  the  individual  and  the  community  at  large,  the 
Government  would  do  well  to  encourage  in  every  possible  way  the  efforts  of  the  superin- 
tendents to  provide  a diversity  of  labor,  as  well  as  an  alternating  system  of  recreation  and 
sports,  for  statistics  as  well  as  experience  prove  beyond  doubt  these  to  be  the  sheet  anchor 
methods  of  treating  the  insane. 

Shakespeare  with  that  almost  superhuman  insight  to  human  character,  has  so  cor- 
rectly portrayed  this  condition  that  I may  be  excused  for  quoting  him  in  this  connection. 

Macbeth. — “ Canst  thou  not  minister  to  a mind  diseas’d, 

Pluck  from  the  memory  a rooted  sorrow, 

Raze  out  the  written  troubles  of  the  brain, 

And  with  some  sweet  oblivious  antidote 
Cleanse  the  stuff’d  bosom  of  that  perilous  stuff. 

Which  weighs  upon  the  heart  ? 

Doctor. — “Therein  the  patient  must  minister  to  himself.” 

Macbeth. — “ Throw  physic  to  the  dogs  ; I’ll  none  of  it.” 

Farm. 

The  products  of  the  farm  are  abundant  and  with  the  exception  of  the  hay  crop, 
everything  else  is  away  above  the  average.  From  16  acres  of  fall  wheat  we  threshed  603 
bushels,  which  is  a yield  of  nearly  38  bushels  per  acre.  From  20  acres  of  spring  wheat 
we  threshed  542  bushels,  a yield  of  27  bushels  per  acre.  From  35  acres  we  threshed 
1606  bushels  of  oats,  an  average  of  45  bushels  per  acre.  The  hay  crop  yielded  80  tons. 
From  27  acres  we  cut  and  put  in  the  silo  350  tons  of  ensilage. 

The  estimated  yield  of  potatoes  is  4,300  bushels,  of  carrots  100  bushels,  of  mangolds 
4000  bushels,  of  turnips  500  bushels.  Milk  145,844  quarts.  Bone  dust  by  our  own 
crusher  10  tons.  We  sold  229  live  hogs  from  which  we  realized  in  cash  $1,923.47. 

Garden. 

The  products  of  the  garden  are  also  abundant.  Fruit  and  vegetables  were  in  great 
abundarce  and  did  much  to  vary  and  enriffi  the  dietary  of  the  patients.  For  the  first 


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time  in  our  history  our  garden  produced  a crop  of  peaches,  and  wg  are  now  assured  that 
this  luscious  fruit  can  be  cultivated  here  successfully.  I must  refer  you  to  the  detailed 
statement  of  the  gardener,  which  is  hereby  annexed,  giving  the  total  products. 

The  ornamental  grounds  never  looked  so  beautiful  as  this  year.  The  frequent  show- 
ers kept  the  lawns  green  throughout  the  whole  summer,  which  is  something  almost 
unprecedented.  The  flower  beds  were  especially  luxuriant  and  beautiful  and  commanded 
great  admiration. 


Repairs  and  Alterations. 

A new  kitchen  has  been  added  to  the  Bursar’s  house.  The  main  part  of  the  house 
has  also  been  remodelled,  with  the  result  that  it  has  been  modernized  and  made  most 
convenient  and  comfortable  in  all  its  appointments. 

The  greater  part  of  the  work  was  done  by  our  own  mechanics,  and  their  work  reflects 
much  credit  on  them  for  their  skill  and  ability.  4 

Two  new  boilers  are  being  put  in  the  east  boiler  house.  Main  Building,  also  a new 
pump  for  raising  the  water  to  the  high  level  tanks.  A hot  water  boiler  is  also  being  put 
in  at  the  Hospital. 

A contract  has  been  let  for  introducing  electric  light  into  the  buildings,  also  10  arc 
lights  for  the  grounds.  The  buildings  are  now  being  wired  and  we  hope  to  see  before 
long  a revolution  in  the  lighting  of  our  buildings  as  well  as  the  grounds.  We  hope  before 
another  year  to  see  the  pumping  done  by  electric  power  and  the  laundry  machinery  as 
well.  Anything  which  will  lessen  the  consumption  of  coal  should  be  favorably  considered, 
not  only  in  lessening  the  expense,  but  in  overcoming  the  difl&culty  of  haulage  up  the 
mountain.  As  usual  an  immense  amount  of  repairing  was  done,  too  numerous  to  mention 
here.  I therefore  refer  you  to  the  reports  of  the  several  departments  which  are  hereby 
annexed. 

Wants. 

Our  chief  want  for  the  coming  year  is  the  remodelling  of  the  antiquated  and  unsani- 
tary water  closet  system  in  the  main  building.  This  requirem  mt  cannot  be  much  longer 
delayed.  The  extension  of  the  spray  bath  system,  which  we  have  on  four  of  the  halls  at 
main  building,  is  also  very  much  desired,  not  only  in  the  interest  of  cleanliness,  but  of 
expedition  and  economy  in  the  use  of  water  as  well. 

A new  amusement  hall  on  the  level  is  one  of  the  necessary  improvements  for  which 
our  hearts  are  yearning. 

The  present  hall  is  situated  on  the  third  story  of  main  building,  and  can  only  be 
reached  by  a tortuous  and  circuitous  climbing  of  stairs.  It  is  most  inconvenient  to  reach 
from  the  other  buildings  especially  at  night.  It  is  alsD  too  small  for  our  increasing  pop- 
ulation, and  is  a constant  source  of  anxiety  from  fear  of  fire.  The  old  hall  could  be 
converted  into  dormitories  and  would  thus  increase  our  capacity,  and  in  that  respect 
would  minimize  the  cost  of  erecting  a new  one. 

Water. 

We  are  still  dependent  on  the  city  for  our  water  supply,  and  the  very  knowledge  of 
that  dependency  makes  the  city  exact  the  highest  possible  terms  for  our  supply.  A few 
years  ago  an  effort  was  made  to  find  a supply  on  the  mountain,  and  an  artesian  well  was 
drilled  1200  feet  without  result.  Another  scheme  tor  developing  certain  springs  about  a 
mile  from  the  asylum  was  also  thought  of,  and  a feeble  effort  was  made  in  that  direction 
but  it  was  also  abandoned. 

I am  of  opinion  that  the  time  has  come  when  a thorough  and  determined  effort  should 
be  made  to  accomplish  this  very  much  desired  end.  The  saving  of  over  $3000  a year, 
which  we  pay  to  the  city,  would  pay  the  interest  on  a large  investment  of  money  having 
this  end  in  view.  X trust  the  matter  will  engage  your  earnest  attention  during  the 
coming  year. 


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Changes  in  the  Staff. 

On  March  5th,  Mrs.  Parker,  assistant  matron,  exchanged  places  with  Miss  Jones  at 
the  London  asylum.  On  June  27th,  Miss  Cadenhead,  head  nurse  at  the  Hospital,  ex- 
changed places  with  Mrs.  McMillan  at  the  Toronto  asylum.  On  July  2nd,  Dr.  Smith, 
2nd  assistant  physician,  was  transferred  to  the  Brockville  asylum. 

Mr.  Peter  Graham,  assistant  storekeeper,  died  on  July  19th,  and  Mr.  Lachlin  C. 
McIntyre  was  appointed  to  the  position  on  September  1st.  Official  instructions  have  been 
received  that  Mrs.  Keegan,  the  matron,  will  be  retired  on  October  1st,  and  Miss  Watson, 
matron  at  Brockville  asylum,  will  take  her  place. 

General  Remarks. 

In  summing  up  a general  history  of  our  operations,  I am  glad  to  report  that  the 
past  year  has  been  the  most  successful  in  the  history  of  this  asylum.  Judged  by  results, 
which  is  the  true  test  of  efficiency,  I have  pleasure  in  referring  you  to  the  annexed  tables 
and  reports,  .whi  'h  bear  unmistakable  testimony  of  this  statement.  It  is  proper  to  say, 
however,  that  adventitious  circumstances  sometimes  favor  the  result  in  a particular  year, 
especially  is  this  the  case  in  the  character  of  the  admissions,  which  goes  to  affect  favour- 
ably the  number  of  the  discharges.  The  nature  of  the  season  also  aftects  favourably  or 
otherwise  the  products  of  the  farm  and  garden.  It  is  encouraging  to  report  that  every 
suitable  case  for  treatment  was  promptly  admitted,  and  that  the  discharges  so  balanced 
the  admissions  as  to  leave  our  population  only  2 in  excess  of  what  it  was  at  the  close  of 
last  year. 

The  subject  of  economy  in  management  is  always  an  important  issue  in  the  adminis- 
tration of  the  public  institutions,  and  the  question  has  been  more  than  ever  pressed  upon 
our  attention  by  your  department  during  the  past  year.  There  can  be  no  doubt,  that  in 
a large  institution  where  so  many  people  of  destructive  habits  have  to  be  fed  and  com- 
fortably housed,  the  avenues  of  waste  and  extravagance  are  many  ; and  the  utmost  vigil- 
ance is  required  to  keep  it  within  reasonable  bounds.  There  is  also  a large  equipment  of 
machinery,  implements  and  tools  of  various  kinds  required  to  conduct  the  several  depart- 
ments, and  there  is  always  room  for  the  careless,  destructive  and  extravagant  use  of  these 
things.  Admitting  all  this,  it  must  never  be  forgotten,  that  economy  may  be  carried  to 
the  verge  of  inefficiency,  and  there  is  a constant  danger  of  our  asylums  being  converted 
into  Poor  Houses,  a condition  very  much  to  be  deplored.  Fortunately,  the  humanitarian 
spirit  of  the  age  will  endorse  a liberal  provision  for  the  care  and  comfort  of  the  defective 
classes,, provided  that  it  can  be  assured  that  is  is  wisely  expended  for  their  benefit. 

The  per  capita  expenditure  for  the  past  year  is  $117.57  or  $2.26  per  week,  and  the 
average  yearly  per  capita  for  the  past  5 years  is  $116.62  or  $2.24  per  week.  This  ex- 
penditure is  far  below  that  of  asylums  in  Britain,  Europe  and  America.  I need  not  say 
I could  have  devised  many  ways  of  increasing  this  expenditure,  which  would  have  added 
to  the  efficiency  of  the  work,  and  without  being  fairly  charged  with  extravagance. 

In  all  probability  before  this  report  is  presented  to  the  Legislature,  a new  century 
shall  have  dawned  upon  us  ; already  the  vanishing  shadows  of  the  19th  century  lengthen 
into  oblivion,  but  the  memory  of  mighty  achievements  for  the  amelioration  of  the  condi- 
tion of  the  insane  during  the  latter  half  *of  the  present  century  shall  continue  to  live  with 
us.  Let  us  hope  as  the  glimmering  shadows  of  a new  century  dawn  upon  us  we  may  be 
stimulated  to  gird  up, our  loins  and  go  forth  to  welcome  a new  birth  of  time  laden  with 
immense  possibilities  and  rich  treasures  of  knowledge  for  the  future. 

I have  the  honor  to  be,  Sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

JAMES  RUSSELL,  ' 

Medical  Superintendent. 


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THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


ANNUAL  STATISTICAL  REPORT 

Of  the  operations  of  the  Asylum  for  Insane,  Hamilton,  for  the  year  ending  30th 

September,  1900. 


TABLE  No.  1. 

Shewing  movements  of  patients  in  the  Asylum  for  the  official  year  ending  30th 

September,  1900. 


Remaining,  October  1st,  1899 

Admitted  during  year : 

By  liieutenant-Governpr’s  Warrant. 
By  medical  certificate  


Total  number  under  treatment  during  year 
Discharges  during  year  ; 

As  recovered 

“ improved 

“unimproved  


Total  number  of  discharges  during  year 

Died 

Eloped  

Transferred 


Remaining  in  Asylum,  30th  September,  1900 


Total  number  admitted  since  opening  of  Asylum , 

“ discharged  

“ died  

“ eloped  . , 

“ transferred 


“ remaining,  30th  September,  1900 

No.  of  applications  on  file  30th  September,  1900  


Male. 


700 

541 

71 

146 


Female. 


Total. 


15 

63 


36 

92 


796 

461 

3 

142 


12 


1,496 

1,002 

74 

288 


18 


Male. 

481 

50 

531 


Female. 


540 


78 

618 


Total. 

1,021 

1^8 

1,149 


62 

469 


1,927 


— 1,458 
469 


64 

.554 


1,956 


1,402 

554 


126 

1,023 

3,883 


2,860 

1,023 


1900] 


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93 


TABLE  No.  2. 

Shewing  the  maximum  and  minimum  number  of  patients  resident  in  the  Asylum,  the 
total  number  of  days’  stay  of  patients,  and  the  daily  average  number  of  patients  in 
the  Asylum,  from  the  1st  October.  1899,  to  30th  September.  1900. 


Maximum  number  of  patients  in  residence  (on  the  17th  of  July,  1900). . 
Minimum  “ “ (on  the  3rd  of  October,  1899) 

Collective  days’  stay  of  all  patients  in  residence  during  year 

Daily  average  population 


Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

489 

562 

1,051 

481 

540 

1,021 

176,000 

201,786 

377,786 

482.192 

552.838 

1,035.030 

Social  state. 

Married  and  widowed 

Single 

Not  reported 

Total 


Religion. 

Presbyterians 

Episcopalians 

Methodists 

Baptists 

Congregationalists  . . . 

Roman  Catholics 

Mennonites 

Quakers  

Infidels 

Other  denominations. . . . , 
Not  reported  

Total 


Nationalities. 


English 

Irish  

Scotch  

Canadian 

United  States  . 
Other  countries 
Unknown  . ... 


1 

Admissions  of 

year. 

Total  admissions  since  opening. 

Male. 

— 

! 

Female. 

Total. 

Male. 

1 

Female. 

1 

Total. 

Total. 

25 

53 

78 

885 

1,129 

2,014 

25 

25 

50 

1,042 

827 

1,869 

50 

78 

128 

1,927 

1,956 

3,883 

10 

16 

26 

361 

350 

711 

6 

13 

19 

384 

340 

724 

n 

* 22 

33 

448 

484 

93^ 

3 

6 

9 

91 

128 

219 

'12 

12 

24 

13 

12 

25 

. 353 

388 

741 

1 

1 

19 

10 

29 

9 

7 

16 

1 

1 

5 

7 

12 

156 

183 

339 

2 

1 

3 

93 

54 

147 

50 

78 

128 

1,927 

1,956 

3,883 

1 

7 

7 

14 

311 

224 

i 

i 

535 

i 

3 

7 

10 

230 

344 

574 

4 

4 

8 

139 

134 

273  1 

31 

58 

89 

1,081 

1,097 

2,178  1 

3 

3 

51 

48 

99  1 

2 

1 

3 

68 

70 

138  1 

1 

1 

47 

39 

50 

78 

128 

1,927 

1,956 

86  1 
3,883  1 

Total 


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[ No.  35 


TABLE  NO.  3. 

Shewing  the  counties  from  which  patients  have  been  admitted  up  to  30th 

September,  1900. 


Counties. 

Admitted  during  year. 

Total  admissions. 

Male. 

Female . 

Total. 

Male. 

Female . 

Total. 

Algoma  District 

9 

5 

14 

Brant  

1 

9 

10 

93 

114 

207 

2 

2 

7 

16 

23 

10 

10 

20 

Dufferin 

1 

1 

2 

24 

27. 

51 

Blgin 

5 

7 

12 

3 

1 

4 

19 

7 

26 

Grey 

8 

3 

11 

105 

76 

181 

Haldimand  

1 

3 

4 

83 

70 

153 

Halton  

2 

6 

8 

63 

69 

132 

Hastings  

6 

8 

14 

Huron 

1 

1 

5 

11 

16 

Kent 

6 

5 

11 

Bambton  

8 

4 

12 

Lanark ^ 

1 

2 

3 

Leeds  and  Grenville 

7 

6 

13 

Tjfinnnv ,.a,nd  Addington 

10 

1 

11 

Lincoln  

4 

4 

8 

110 

110 

220 

Middlesex  

16 

10 

26 

IVTnskoka  Distriot  

15 

2 

17 

IV^ipissinP'  Distrifit  

2 

2 

2 

3 

5 

Norfolk 

2 

6 

8 

79 

88 

167 

Northumberland  and  Durham  

35 

29 

64 

Ontario 

25 

33 

68 

Oxford  1 

1 

1 

16 

12 

28 

Parry  Sound  District .* 

3 

3 

6 

Pfipl 

1 

1 

15 

25 

40 

Perth 

1 

1 

7 

11 

18 

Peterborough  • 

2 

2 

8 

17 

25 

Pre3Cott  and  Russell  

3 

4 

7 

Prince  Edward  ...  

5 

2 

7 

P.a.iny  Rivor  Distirint 

1 

1 

Ronfrow 

4 

2 

6 

Simcoe  ..  . 

206 

169 

365 

Stnrmontj  Dnnda.s  a.nd  Glongarry 

13 

10 

23 

Thiindor  Bay  District  

4 

2 

6 

Victoria 

11 

21 

32 

Waterloo  

5 

5 

10 

103 

91 

194 

Welland 

3 

8 

11 

82 

111 

193 

Wellington  

4 

5 

9 

171 

182 

353 

Wentworth  

16 

16 

31 

355 

402 

757 

York  

4 

2 

1 

171 

188 

359 

Not  classed 

3 

3 

Total  admissions 

50 

78 

128 

1,927 

1,956 

3,883 

1900  J 


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95 


TABLE  No.  4. 


Shewing  the  counties  from  which  warranted  cases  have  been  admitted  up  to 

30bh  September,  1900. 


Counties. 

Admitted  during  year. 

Total  admissions. 

Male. 

Female 

Total. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Algoma  District 

8 

1 

9 

1 

1 

40 

29 

69 

6 

8 

14 

.9 

6 

15 

17 

8 

25 

F.lgin 

2 

2 

4 

2 

1 

3 

18 

2 

20 

Grey  

4 

3 

7 

69 

38 

107 

Haldimaud 

32 

14 

46 

Halton  

1 

1 

29 

22 

51 

Hastings  ....  

6 

6 

12 

2 

3 

6 

Xent . . . 

5 

5 

Lambton 

7 

1 

8 

Lanark 

1 

1 

2 

Leeds  and  Grenville 

7 

5 

12 

Lennox  and  Addington  ... 

9 

9 

Lincoln ... 

2 

2 

68 

39 

107 

Middlesex 

8 

5 

13 

Muekoka  District  

9 

2 

11 

Nipissing  District 

1 

1 

2 

2 

4 

Norfolk  

1 

1 

40 

37 

77 

Northumberland  and  Durham  

22 

14 

36 

Ontario 

19 

20 

39 

Oxford  . . 

13 

-8 

21 

Parry  Sound  District 

3 

2 

6 

Peel 

5 

8 

13 

Perth 

1 

1 

6 

7 

13 

Peterborough 

8 

11 

19 

Prescott  and  Russell 

3 

3 

6 

Prince  Edward  

3 

2 

5 

Rainy  River  District 

1 

1 

Renfrew  

4 

4 

Simcoe  

147 

82 

229 

Stormont,  Dundas  and  Glengarry  

11 

3 

14 

Thunder  Bay  District 

4 

2 

6 

Victoria ■ 

9 

18 

27 

Waterloo  

4 

4 

56 

18 

73 

Welland  

1 

1 

2 

39 

27 

66 

Wellington  

3 

1 

4 

69 

40 

109 

Wentworth 

3 

4 

7 

65 

57 

122 

York  

4 

1 

5 

143 

141 

284 

Not  classed  ; 

Total  admissions 

21 

15 

36 

1,025 

695 

1,720 

TABLE  No.  5. 

Shewing  the  length  of  residence  in  the  Asylum  of  those  discharged  during  the  year. 


No. 

Initials. 

Sex. 

When  admitted. 

When  discharged. 

Remarks. 

3675 

J.  McG 

M 

14th  March,  1899. 

6th  October, 

1899.... 

Recovered. 

3715 

M.  W 

P 

3rd  July,  1899.. 

18  th 

1899.... 

(i 

695 

F 

16th  May,  1881 . . 

21st  “ 

1899.... 

Improved. 

3724 

A.  B ::l 

F ' 

18th  July,  1899.. 

27th 

1899 .... 

Recovered. 

3609 

L.  M.  L 

F 

18th  November, 1898. . 

lOth  November,  1899 

3212 

T S 

M...;  ...  . 

9th  April,  1896.. 

lOth  “ 

1899  ... 

Improved. 

3753 

E.  W.  S 

F 

24th  September,  1899. . 

13th 

1899.... 

Recovered. 

3735 

P.  M 

M 

10th  August,  1899 . . 

[15th  “ 

1899.... 

3692 

E.  D 

F 

1st  May,  1899.. 

6th  December, 

1899.... 

Improved. 

3673 

H.  G 

M. 

11th  March,  1899.. 

9th 

1899 .... 

Recovered. 

3773 

H.I 

F 

20th  November,  1899. . 

21st  “ 

1899 .... 

Unimproved. 

3764 

M.  P 

F 

12th  October,  1899.. 

27th 

1899.... 

Recovered. 

9(j 

Sb 

No. 

3148 

3175 

3445 

3788 

3628 

3762 

3497 

3729 

3768 

3676 

3528 

3752 

3741 

3730 

3413 

3814 

3746 

2541 

3690 

8750 

3406 

3819 

3799 

3740 

3758 

3769 

3848 

2562 

3140 

3688 

3862 

3745 

3860 

2885 

396 

3426 

3467 

3665 

3578 

3297 

3756 

3831 

3865 

3457 

3650 

3713 

3770 

3694 

786 

2260 

2376 

3416 

3587 

3631 

3747 

3787 

3794 

3815 

3836 

3837 

3842 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR  [ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  5. — Concluded. 


»th  of  reaidoQce  ia  the  Asylam  of  those  discharged  during  the  year. 


Sex. 


M 

M 

F 

F 

F 

F 

M 

F 

F 

M 

F 

F 

M 

M 

F 

M 

M 

F 

F 

F 

M 

M 

M 

M 

F 

F 

M 

F 

F 

F 

M 

F 

M 

M 

F *... 

F 

F 

F 

M 

M 

M 

F 

F 

M 

M 

M 

M 

F 

F 

M 

M 

M 

F 

F 

M 

F 

F 

F 

M 

M 

F 


When  admitted. 


19ih  December,  1S95. . 
22c d January,  1896.. 
2nd  October,  1897 . . 
29th  December,  1899 . . 
19th  “ 1898.. 

10th  October,  1899.. 
30th  January,  1898.. 
28th  July,  1899.. 
21st  October,  1899.. 
21st  March,  1899.. 
2nd  May,  1898.. 
23rd  September,  1899 
25th  August,  1899 . . 
29th  July,  1899.. 
4th  August,  1897.. 
6th  ApriJ,  1900.. 
12th  September,  1899. . 
28th  May,  1892.. 
27th  April,  1899. . 
19th  September,1899. . 
23rd  July,  R97. 
20th  April,  1900.. 
19th  January,  1900.. 
25th  August,  1899.. 

6th  October,  1899.. 
25th  “ 1899. 

24th  June,  1900. . 
5th  July,  1892.. 
2nd  December,  1895 . . 
21st  April,  1899 . . 
1st  August,  1900.. 
11th  September,i899. . 
26th  July,  1900.. 
5th  May,  1894.. 
24th  November,  1879. . 
28th  August,  1897 . . 
25th  November,1897. . 
23rd  February,  1899.. 
19th  August,  1898.. 
17th  November,  1896. . 
4th  October,  1899.. 
25th  May,  1900.. 
17th  August,  1900. . 
20th  October,  1897 . . 
9th  February,  1899.. 
20fch  June,  1899.. 
4th  December,  1899 
6th  May,  1899.. 
18th  January,  1882.. 
28th  July,  1890.. 
21st  April,  1891.. 
12th  August,  1897.. 
16th  September,  1898. , 
28th  December,  1898.. 
13th  September,1899. . 
26th  December,  1899 . . 
9th  January,  1900.. 
9th  April,  1900. . 
1st  .J  une,  1900 . . 
4th  “ 1900.. 

13  th  “ 1900. . 


When  discharged. 

Remarks. 

4th  January, 

1900  ... 

Recovered. 

15th 

1900.... 

“ 

26th  February, 

1900  ... 

8th  March, 

1900.... 

9th 

1900.... 

Improved. 

I6th 

1900.... 

Recovered. 

16th 

1900 .... 

“ 

27th 

1900... 

“ 

28th 

1900.... 

“ 

5th  April, 

1900.... 

27th  “ 

1900.... 

Unimproved. 

5th  May. 

1900  . 

Recovered. 

9th  “ 

1900.... 

(( 

28th  “ 

1900  ... 

“ 

2nd  June, 

1900.... 

2nd  “ 

1900.... 

“ 

4th  “ 

1900... 

“ 

8th  “ 

1900.... 

“ 

20th  “ 

1900.... 

“ 

20th  “ 

1900.... 

“ 

17th  July, 

1900.... 

“ 

18th  “ 

1900  ... 

“ 

24th  “ 

1900-.. . 

<( 

25th  “ 

1900.... 

“ 

25th  “ 

1900  . , 

25th  “ 

1900.... 

(< 

1st  August, 

1900.... 

“ 

14th 

1900.... 

Improved. 

18th 

1900.... 

18th 

1900.... 

Recovered. 

23rd 

1900.... 

“ 

24th 

1900.... 

25th 

1900.... 

27th 

1900.... 

27th 

1900.... 

27th 

1900... 

27th 

1900.... 

Improved. 

27th 

1900... 

Recovered. 

28th 

1900.... 

28th 

1900.... 

“ 

31st 

1900.... 

“ 

7th  September,  1900  . 

Improved. 

12th 

1900.... 

Recovered.  . 

14th 

1900.. .. 

“ 

17th 

1900.... 

1 ( 

17th 

1900 . . 

( ( 

17th 

1900.... 

19th 

1900.... 

“ 

24th 

1900.... 

29th 

1900.... 

29th 

1900.... 

“ 

29th 

1900.... 

29th 

1900.... 

“ 

29th 

1900.... 

“ 

29th 

1900.... 

(( 

29th 

1900.... 

“ 

29th 

1900  . . 

29th 

1900.... 

(( 

29th 

1900.... 

29th 

1900.... 

29th 

1900.... 

1900 

Shewi 

No. 

2574 

3743 

3661 

3224 

3646 

1630 

452 

3616 

1922 

1683 

3336 

2660 

3738 

3240 

2065 

3793 

1307 

1833 

83 

3719 

1822 

3468 

1802 

1421 

19 

2710 

3480 

1345 

2829 

3716 

3454 

3157 

2389 

3765 

931 

1470 

3840 

3821 

1657 

2225 

3734 

3156 

1787 

3797 

2438 

1190 

3757 

3245 

3863 

3428 

3606 

2300 


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97 


TABLE  No.  6. 

ti  of  residence,  and  proximate  cause  of  death  of  tho^e  who  died  during 
the  year  ending  30th  September,  1900, 


Date  of  Death. 

Residenc 

AsyluE 

S ^ 

S 1 § 

e in 

Q. 

>> 

cS 

Q 

Proximate  Cause  of  Death. 

12th  Oct.,  1899. ..... 

7 

10 

10 

Phthisis. 

20bh  “ 1899 

1 

18 

Exhaustion  of  dementia. 

27th  “ 1899  

8 

11 

General  paresis. 

31st  “ 1899 

”3’ 

5 

12 

Apoplexy. 

3rd  Nov.,  1899. . ... 

9 

2 

Exhaustion  of  mania. 

9th  “ ' 1899 

12 

7 

24 

Heart  disease. 

20th  “ 1899 

19 

7 

22 

Pernicious  anaemia. 

5th  Dec.,  1899 

1 

6 

Exhaustion  of  mania. 

12th  “ 1899.  ..... 

11 

"2 

17 

Paralysis. 

18th  “ 1899 

11 

9 

8 

Exhaustion  of  epilepsy. 

28th  “ 1899 

2 

10 

19 

Septicaemia. 

2nd  Jan.,  1900  

6 

8 

18 

Exhaustion  o-f  epilepsy. 

8th  “ 1900 

4 

16 

Exhaustion  of  mania. 

9th  “ 1900 

"3 

5 

26 

Paretic  demr  ntia. 

13  th  “ 1900 

10 

7 

16 

“ “ 

21st  “ 1900 

16 

Exhaustion  of  dementia. 

22nd  “ 1900 

14 

4 

4 

Phthisis. 

24th  “ 1900 

11 

5 

21 

28th  “ 1900  

23 

9 

20 

Pneumonia. 

6th  Feb.,  1900.  .... 

6 

27 

Exhaustion  of  dement  a. 

24th  “ 1900 

‘ii‘ 

6 

22 

Epileptic  dementia. 

14th  Mar.,  1900 

2 

3 

17 

Phthisis. 

15th  “ 1900 

11 

7 

13 

Senile  decay. 

20th  “ 1900  

13 

9 

21 

Nephritis. 

22ud  “ 1900 

24 

5 

Exhaustion  of  dementia. 

30  th  “ 1900 

6 

' 8’ 

3 

Cancer  of  uterus. 

2nd  Apr.,  1900 

2 

2 

30 

Heart  failure. 

16th  “ 1900 

14 

3 

8 

Senile  decay. 

17th  “ 1900 

6 

2 

9 

Epilepsy. 

21st  “ 1900 

9 

18 

Phthisis. 

23rd  “ 1900 

’2’ 

6 

6 

“ 

29th  1900 

4 

4 

10 

Pneumonia. 

30th  “ 1900 

8 

10 

28 

Accidental  poisoning. 

13th  May,  1900  

6 

30 

Suicide.  • 

11th  .Tune,  1900 

17’ 

7 

3 

Apoplexy. 

12th  “ 1900 

13 

8 

23 

12th  “ 1900 

4 

Heart  failure, 

12th  “ 1900  

1 

19 

Exhaustion  of  epilepsy. 

26th  1900  

'u 

4 

4 

Phthisis. 

18th  July,  1900 

10 

2 

10 

“ 

28th  “ 1900 

11 

20 

a 

30  th  “ 1900  

4’ 

7 

11 

15th  Aug.,  1900 

12 

13 

Paralytic  dementia. 

16  th  “ 1900 

"7 

3 

Gener  al  Paresis. 

20th  “ 1900.  ... 

”8 

11 

4 

Epilepsy. 

25  th  “ 1900 

15 

8 

27 

Phthisis. 

3rd  Sept.,  1900 

10 

30 

Exhaustion  of  mania. 

13th  “ 1900 

‘4 

1 

27 

Exhaustion  of  epilepsy. 

13th  “ 1900 

1 

6 

Diarrhoea., 

16th  “ 1900 

’ V 

15 

General  paresis. 

22od  “ 1900 

1 

'16 

10 

Phthisis. 

2'th  “ 1900 

9 

11 

3 

Senile  decay. 

Sex. 


M .. 
F . . . , 
M .. 
F ... 
M. . . 
F .. 
M . . . 


Age 


42 

70 

46 

72 

22 

72 
59 
35 

46 
65 
65 

29 
24 
54 
67 
74 
33 
59 

73 

77 
64 
27 

74 
63 

54 
50 

30 
99 
45 

39 

47 

40 

37 
63 

78 

72 
44 
52 
32 

41 
39 
39 

73 
49 

39 

55 

38 
24 
44 

56 

40 

75 


98 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[No.  35 


TABLE  No.  7. 


Shewing  trades,  callings  and  occupations  of  patients  admitted  into  the  Asylum. 


During  the  year. 

During  former  years. 

Trades,  callings  and  occupations. 

j Males. 

w 

Is 

a 

(D  . 

j Total. 

QQ 

(D 

DO 

<D 

a 

<D 

Total. 

Total. 

Agents 

9 

9 

9 

Architects 

3 

3 

3 

Artists 

l” 

1 

1 

1 

1 

8 

1 

9 

10 

3 

3 

3 

Bricklayers  

6 

6 

5 

Butchers 

11 

11 

11 

25 

25 

26 

Brewers  

1 

1 

1 

3 

3 

3 

Barbers 

2 

i” 

3 

3 

Broom-makers .... 

2 

2 

2 

1 

i'  ’ 

2 

2 

Brickmakers 

1 

1 

2 

2 

3 

1 

1 

1 

Basketmakers 

1 

1 

1 ' 

4 

4 

4 

Cabinet-makers  

3 

3 

3 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Coopers 

6 

6 

6 

Carpenters 

66 

44 

66 

66 

Clerks 

, 

2 

2 

7 

51 

53 

Clergymen 

n 

11 

11 

Carriage-makers 

3 

3 

3 

Cooks  

1 

1 

3 ' 

3 

4 

Carders 

3 

1 

4 

4 

Captains  of  steamboats 

1 

1 

1 

Cigar  makers 

2 

2 

5 

5 

7 

Cnstmn -house  nffieers 

2 

2 

2 

Coachmen 

1 

1 

1 

Civil  servants 

1 

1 

1 

Carters  

4 

4 

4 

Dyers 

2 

2 

2 

Domestic  servants,  all  kinds  

6 

6 

2 

"436  ’ 

432 

438 

Dressmakers 

1 

1 

36 

36 

37 

Detectives 

{. 

1 

1 

Druggists 

1 

1 

6 

6 

7 

Dentists 

3 

3 

3 

Engineers ... 

1 

1 

7 

7 

8 

Editors  

3 

3 

3 

Farmers 

16 

16 

584 

3 

587 

603 

Fishermen 

6 

6 

6 

Furriers 

1 

1 

1 

Firemen :i.  . 

1 

1 

1 

Florists  

1 

1 

1 

Gardeners 

10 

10 

10 

Grocers  

1 

1 

6 

1 

7 

8 

Glass-blowers  

1 

1 

1 

Gentlemen 

1 

1 

8 

8 

9 

Hostlers  

3 

3 

3 

Harness-makers . . 

6 

6 

6 

Housekeepers  

58 

58 

971 

971 

1,029 

13 

Inn-keepers 

1 

1 

11 

1 

12 

Jewellers  

3 

3 

3 

.Janitors 

3 

3 

3 

Labourers 

10 

10 

528 

• 528 

538 

Laundresses  

7 

7 

7 

Ladies 

3 

3 

3 

Lawyers  

3 

3 

3 

Lumbermen . 

1 

1 

1 

Lithographers  .... 

1 

1 

1 

Milliners 

5 ' 

5 

5 

Masons  ...  

i 

i 

4 

4 

5 

1900] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


99 


TABLE  No.  7 — Continued. 


Trades,  callings  and  occupations. 

During  the  year. 

During  former  years. 

Total, 

OQ 

. 1 

a 

0) 

PR 

H 

. 1 

OQ 

® 1 

.2 

a 

0) 

Pn 

o 

Machinists 

2 

2 

26 

28 

28 

Millers 

1 

1 

3 

3 

4 

Moulders 

1 

1 

10 

10 

11 

Merchants 

1 

1 

18 

9 

27 

28 

Mechanics 

29 

2 

31 

31 

Music-teachers 

3 

3 

3 

Marble- cutters 

2 

2 

2 

Matrons 

2 

2 

2 

Midwives 

1 

1 

1 

Nc  occupation 

1 

3 

4 

42 

106 

147 

161 

Night-watchmen 

2 

2 

2 

Nurses 

2 

2 

4 

4 

6 

Not  stated 

2 

2 

26 

75 

100 

102 

1 

1 

1 

2 

2 

60 

10 

60 

62 

Plasterers  

1 

1 

1 

Photographers  

1 

1 

3 

3 

4 

Prostitutes  

1 

1 

1 

Painters 

1 

1 

28 

28 

29 

Printers 

9 

1 

10 

10 

Peddlers 

1 

1 

7 

1 

8 

9 

Physicians  

2 

2 

2 

Pump-makers 

2 

2 

2 

Porters 

2 

2 

2 

Railway  employees 

4 

4 

4 

Spinsters  . . 

1 

] 

14 

14 

15 

Sailors 

11 

11 

11 

Students  . 

13 

3 

• 16 

16 

Spinners 

8 

7 

15 

15 

Stone-cutters 

5 

6 

5 

Saddlers 

4 

4 

4 

Shoemakers 

1 

1 

27 

27 

28 

Seamstresses * 

26 

26 

26 

Station-masters  

1 

1 

1 

Soldiers 

2 

2 

2 

Salesmen  

2 

2 

2 

Surveyors 

1 

1 

1 

Sail  and  tent-makers 

1 

1 

1 

Shopkeepers 

1 

1 

1 

Ship-builders  

4 

4 

4 

Sawyers 

1 

1 

1 

Stenographers 

1 

1 

1 

Teachers 

13 

23 

36 

36 

Tinsmiths ; 

7 

7 

7 

Tavern-keepers  

3 

3 

3 

Tailors  

1 

1 

13 

13 

26 

27 

Tanners  

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

Teamsters 

6 

5 

5 

Upholsterers 

1 

1 

1 

Veterinary  surgeon 

1 

1 

1 

Watchmakers 

1 

1 

1 

Wood- workers  * 

2 

2 

2 

Weavers 

6 

7 

13 

13 

Waggon-makers 

6 

6 

6 

Wool- workers 

2 

i” 

3 

3 

Waiters 

1 

1 

1 

Unknown  or  other  employments 

30 

99 

129 

129 

Total '. 

60 

78 

128 

1,877 

1,878 

3,755 

3,883 

100 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[No.  H5 


TABLE  No,  8. 


Shewing  causes  of  insanity 


Causes  of  insanity. 

In  respect  of  the  admissions  for  the  year  ending 
30th  September,  1900. 

Number  of  instances  in  wh 
As  predisposing  cause. 

ioh  each  cause  was  assigned. 
As  exciting  cause. 

Male. 

Female . 

Total. 

Male. 

Female . 

! Total, 

1 

1 

Moral. 

! 

Domestic  troubles,  including  loss  of  relatives  or 

friends 

1 

7 

8 

Religious  excitement 

5- 

5 

Adverse  circumstances,  including  business  troubles . 

6 

5 

1 1 

Love  affairs,  including  seduction 

2 

Mental  anxiety,  “worry” * 

1 

4 

5 

Fright  and  nervous  shocks 

1 

1 

Physical. 

Intemperance  in  drink 

2 

1 

3 

Intemperance,  sexual 

I 

Venereal  disease  

1 

1 

2 

Self-abuse,  sexua# 

4 

4 

Over-work 

2 

' 1 

:i 

Sunstroke ...  

2 

2 

Accident  or  injury 

2 

1 

3 

Pregnancy  

2 

2 

Puerperal 

4 

4 

Lactation 

2 

2 

Puberty  and  change  of  life , . , 

3 

3 

Uterine  disorders 

1 

1 

2 

2 

Brain  disease,  with  general  paralysis 

1 

[.■ 

Brain  disease,  with  epilepsy.  

2 

2 

Other  forms  of  brain  disease 

2 

2 

4 

Other  bodily  diseases  or  disorders,  including  old  age. 

4 

4 

8 

Fevers 

2 

1 

3 

Hereditary. 

With  other  ascenjained  cause  in  combination 

1 

With  other  combined  cause  not  ascertained 

17 

30 

47 

Congenital. 

With  other  ascertained  cause  in  combination 

With  other  combined  cause  not  ascertained 

Unknown * 

33 

48 

’ 81  1 

21 

28 

49 

Total 

50 

78 

128 

50 

78 

128 

Reg. 

No. 

3673 

3495 

3676 

3764 

3628 

3768 

3761 

3690 

2541 

3729 

3762 

3413 

3761 

3766 

3426 

3740 

3746 

3792 

8768 

3764 

3770 

3713 

3814 

3408 

3665 

3537 

3769 

3799 

3742 

3457 

3140 

3467 

3416 

3688 

3573 

3710 

2260 

3578 

2250 

2611 

2500 

2895 

396 

2376 

3257 

786 

3297 

3779 

3777 

3819 

2953 

3787 

.3842 

3558 

3631 

3860 

3766 

3837 

3694 

3794 

3820 

3816 

3587 

3836 

3823 

3633 

870 

3760 

3813 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


101 


TABLE  No.  9 

Shewing  the  probaiional  discharges  and  the  result  thereof. 


Date  of  Probation  al 
Discharge. 


H.  G 

7th  October,  1899 

M.  A.  B 

18th 

(4  44 

R.  G 

1st  November,  “ 

M.  P 

18th 

t<  44 

A.  W 

29th 

44  4 4 

M.  McG 

5th  December,  “ . 

S.  R 

6th 

4 4 4 4 

C.  A 

6th 

4 4 44 

E.  E.  C 

7th 

4 4 4 4 

E.  C.  S 

13th 

44  4 4 

M.  0.  B 

14th 

44  14 

S.  A 

11th  January,  1900 

R.  J.  L 

25th 

“ “ 

C,  B 

7th  Februarv,  “ 

B.  F 

14th 

4 4 44 

R.  C 

28th 

4 4 4 4 

E.  F 

■ 3rd  March,  “ . 

0.  A.  D 

15th 

“ “ . 

M.  J.  McC.... 

19th 

44  4 4 

W.  M 

31st 

4 4 4 4 

M.  H ...  . ... 

10th  April,  “ . 

J.  W 

12th 

4 4 4 4 

W.  K 

14th 

44  4 4 

P.  T.  C 

16th 

<4  44 

F.  C.  McC  .... 

16th 

44  44 

W.  H.  G 

16th 

44  44 

I.  D 

21st 

44  4 4 

G.  J 

23rd 

44  44 

F.  B 

23rd 

4 4 4 4 

G.  J.  J 

25th 

4 4 4 4 

M.  C 

1st  Mav.  “ 

A.  F 

1st 

4 4 4 4 

V.  D.  H 

4th 

4 4 44 

A.  L 

5th 

44  4 4 

L.  E.  G 

7th 

44  44 

F.  K 

8 th 

4 4 4 4 

D.  W.  McC  . . . 

11th 

4 4 44 

T.  B 

15th 

4 4 44 

T.  F 

18th 

44  44 

C.  W.  H 

21  st 

‘4  4 4 4 

G.  N.  A 

23rd 

44  44 

S.  R 

24th 

44  44 

J.  S 

24th 

44 

R.  B 

26th 

4 4 44 

E.  P 

7th  June,  “ . 

A.  A.  L.  . 

14th 

44  44 

J.  B 

25th 

44  4 4 

J.  L 

25th 

44  44 

N.  H 

28th 

44  44 

P.  0 

30tb 

((  (( 

T.  C 

2nd  .Tiilv.  . 

E.  C.  W 

7th 

((  (( 

S.  H 

10th 

44  4 4 

H.  S 

10th 

44  4 4 

E.  F 

21st 

« u 

F.  P 

30th 

44  44 

H.  H 

31st 

4 4 4 4 

T.  J 

4th  August,  “ . 

F.  E.  K 

4th 

4 4 4 4 

M.  A.  C 

7th 

44  44 

J.  B 

17th 

4 4 4 4 

C.  A.  T 

28th 

4 4 44 

S.  P 

3rd  Sentember.  “ . 

J.  R.  W . . . . 

3rd 

44  44 

E.  J.  C..  ..... 

6th 

44  4 4 

F.  W.  W 

6th 

44  44  * ' 

J.  H 

10th 

44  4 4 

M.  G 

17th 

4 4 4 4 

C.  A.  B 

22nd 

44  44 

Term  of 
probation. 


Result. 


1 month 
3 months 
3 “ 

1 month 

3 months 
3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

2 “ 

2 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 


2 “ 

6 “ 

3 “ ...... 

3 “ 

1 month  

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

1 month  

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

3 “ 

2 “ 

2 “ ... 

2 “ 

2 “ 

2 “ 

1 “ 

1 month  

3 “ 

2 “ 

1 month  I 

2 months  

2 “ 

1 month  

1 “ 

1 “ 

2 months  

3 “ 

3 “ • 

3 “ 

2 “ 


Discharged  recovered. 
Returned, 

Discharged  recovered. 


improved. 

recovered. 


Returned. 

Discharged  recovered. 


it  a 

Returned. 

Discharged  recovered. 
Returned. 

Still  out. 

Discharged  recovered, 

((  U 

ii  a 

Returned. 

Discharged  recovered. 
Returned. 

Discharged  recovered. 
“ improved. 

“ recovered. 

Returned. 

Still  out. 

Discharged  recovered. 

ti  ii 

Still  out.  • 

Returned. 

Still  out. 

Returned. 

Discharged  recovered. 
Still  out. 

Discharged  recovered. 

a 

Returned. 

Discharged  recovered. 

<<  ti 

((  (C 

((  a 

Returned. 

Discharged  recovered. 
((  (( 

Still  out. 

Discharged  recovered. 

a it 


Returned. 

Discharged  recovered. 

ii  a 

a 

Still  out. 


102 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  9. — Continued, 


Summary  of  probational  discharges. 


— 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Number  to  whom  probational  leave  was  granted 

29 

40 

69 

Discharged,  recovered 

19 

23 

42 

“ improved 

3 

3 

“ unimproved 

Died  before  expiration  of  leave .... 

T?,etnrned  to  Asylum 

6 

7 

12 

Absent  on  probation  on  30th  September,  1900  . . 

6 

6 

11 

.... 

29 

40 

69 

29 

40 

69 

1900] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  A SYLUMS 


103 


TABLE  No.  10. 

Shewing  in  quinquennial  period,  the  ages  of  those  admitted,  recovered  and  died  daring 

the  year. 


Admitted. 


Recovered. 


A^es. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

1 Male. 

1 

Female. 

Total. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

ITrnTn  Ifi 

to 

20  vears 

2 

3 

5 

1 

2 

3 

20 

44 

26 

44 

7 

4 

11 

3 

2 

6 

1 

2 

3 

(( 

25 

44 

30 

44 

6 

6 

12 

4 

4 

8 

2 

1 

3 

(( 

30 

44 

35 

44 

6 

11 

17 

3 

4 

7 

1 

2 

3 

35 

(4 

40 

44 

5 

14 

19 

4 

5 

9 

2 

6 

8 

40 

44 

46 

44 

6 

11 

16 

2 

9 

11 

2 

3 

5 

45 

44 

60 

(( 

6 

8 

14 

3 

2 

6 

4 

1 

5 

tt 

50 

44 

56 

44 

4 

3 

7 

4 

4 

2 

2 

4 

it 

55 

44 

60 

44 

1 

7 

8 

2 

1 

3 

2 

1 

3 

<4 

60 

44 

65 

(( 

6 

4 

9 

3 

1 

4 

4 

1 

6 

it 

65 

44 

70 

44 

2 

3 

6 

3 

1 

4 

2 

2 

70 

44 

75 

44 

1 

3 

4 

6 

2 

8 

it 

75 

44 

80 

44 

1 

1 

2 

2 

44 

96 

44 

100 

44 

1 

1 

Totals.. 

5o 

78 

128 

32 

31 

63 

28 

24 

52 

Died. 


TABLE  No.  11. 


Periods. 


Under  1 month 


From  1 

to 

2 months 

“ 2 

44 

3 

44 

“ 3 

44 

4 

44 

“ 4 

44 

5 

“ 5 

44 

6 

44 

« 6 

44 

7 

44 

“ 7 

44 

8 

44 

“ 8 

44 

9 

(4 

“ 9 

44 

10 

•44 

“ 10 

44 

11 

44 

“ 11 

44 

12 

44 

“ 12 

18 

44 

“ 18  months  to  2 years. 

“ 2 to  years 

“ 3 “ 4 “ 

“ 4 “ 5 “ 

“ 5 “ 6 “ 

((  6 7 “ 

((  7 8 ** 

“ 8 “ 9 “ 

“ 9 “ 10  “ 

“ 10  “ 15  “ 

“ 15  “ 20  “ 

“ 20  years  and  upwards 
Not  stated  


Duration  of  in- 
1 sanity  prior  to 
admission. 

Length  of  Asy- 
lum residence 
of  those  re- 
maining in 
Asylum  on 
30th  Sept. 

Periods  of  treat- 
ment of  those 
who  were  dis- 
charged cured 
during  the 
year. 

Periods  of  treat- 
ment of  those 
who  were  dis- 
charged im- 
proved during 
the  year. 

Periods  of  treat- 
ment of  those 
who  were  dis- 
charged unim- 
proved during 
the.year. 

26 

14 

3 

22 

5 

3 

1 

6 

8 

3 

6 

10 

6 

1 

3 

10 

4 

9 

3 

4 

7 

2 

2 

4 

2 

1 

4 

6 

6 

2 

12 

5 

2 

6 

* 2 

6 

2 

9 

42 

6 

1 

2 

33 

3 

1 

4 

66 

8 

1 

6 

64 

3 

1 

2 

53 

1 

1 

4 

44 

1 

64 

1 

1 

39 

62 

i 

1 

47 

1 

5 

197 

1 

2 

122 

1 

1 

7 

* 114 

1 

5 

128 

1,023 

63 

8 

2 

Totals 


104 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  12. 

Shewing  the  nature  of  employment  and  the  number  of  days’  work  performed  by  patients 

during  the  year. 


Nature  of  employment. 


Carpenter’s  shop . . . 

Tailor’s  shop. 

Shoe  shop  ....  . 

Engineer’s  shop 

Mason  work  

Wood  yard  and  coal  shed 

Bakery 

Laundry 

Dairy 

Butcher’s  shop  and  slaughter  house 

Piggery 

Painting . . . 

Farm 

Garden  and  grounds . 

Stable 

Kitchen  . 

Dining  rooms 

Officers’  quarters 

Sewing  rooms 

Knitting 

Mending 

Halls  

Storeroom  

General I . . . 

Total 


Number 

of 

Days  worked. 

patients 

who 

worked. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

4 

1,071 

1,071 

6 

745 

578 

1,323 

799 

3 

799 

7 

8 
2 

2,343 

2,064 

62 

1 

2,343 

2,064 

62 

4 

1,049 

1,049 

35 

3,546 

6,035 

9,580 

8 

2,726 

2,726 

2 

331 

331 

3 

669 

669 

6 

1,710 

1,710 

31 

6,943 

6,943 

73 

18,262 

18,262 

7 

2,376 

2,376 

26 

2,831 

6,663' ‘ 

8,484 

66 

7,496 

15,985 

2.3,480 

7 

2,219 

2,219 

66 

16,567 

16,567 

47 

14,126 

14,126 

22 

3,531 

3,631 

432 

85,229 

68,468 

163,697 

1 

308 

30% 

44 

6,816 

7,994 

14,809 

899 

147,373 

141,156 

288,529 

TABLE  No  13. 


Shewing  the  Counties  and  Districts  from  which  the  patients  remaining  in  residence  on 
the  30th  September,  1900,  were  originally  received. 


Counties  and  Districts. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Counties  and  Districts. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Algoma  District 

. 3 

1 

4 

Nipissing  District 

2 

2 

Brant 

. 32 

34 

66 

Norfolk 

’ 22  . 

33 

55 

Bruce 

. 1 

3 

4 

Northumberland 

1 

1 

Carleton  

2 

2 

Ontario  

.’  ‘4 

2 

6 

Dufferin 

. 10 

10 

20 

Oxford  

. 6 

5 

10 

Dundas  

1 

1 

Parry  Sound  District 

. 1 

3 

4 

Durham  

1 

1 

Peel  

. 2 

6 

8 

Elgin 

. 'i 

2 

3 

Perth 

. 3 

3 

6 

Essex  

. 1 

1 

Peterborough  

4 

4 

Frontenac  

. 6 

6 

Rainy  River  District  .... 

'.  'i 

1 

Grey  

. 43 

31 

74 

Simcoe  

. 46 

49 

45 

Haldimand 

. 18 

24 

42 

Stormont  

. 1 

1 

Halton  

. 17 

23 

40 

Thunder  Bay  District  . . . 

. 1 

1 

Huron  

2 

2 

4 

Victoria  . 

1 

3 

4 

Kent . 

. 1 

1 

2 

Waterloo 

. 34 

38 

72 

Lambton  ' . 

1 

1 

Welland 

. 27 

37 

64 

Leeds  

. 1 

1 

Wellington  

. 51 

59 

110 

Lennox  and  Addington  . . 

‘i 

1 

Wentworth 

. 75 

106 

181 

Lincoln 

.'  3i 

28 

59 

York 

. 20 

37 

57 

TVTl  H 1 GPV 

3 

2 

5 . 

Muskoka  District  

. 4 

4 

Total 

. 469 

554 

1,023 

1900] 


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105 


TABLE  No.  14. 


Shewing  the  number  of  articles  made  and  repaired  in  the  sewing-room  during  the  year 

ending  September  30th,  1900. 


Articles. 

Made. 

Repaired 

Articles. 

Made. 

Repaired. 

Aprons 

465 

702 

Pillow  ticks 

41 

Bed-ticks 

276 

305 

Pillow  shams 

101 

Bolster  covers 

4 

Pudding  cloths 

54 

Blouses  

13 

Pants 

• • - 

]‘,892 

Blinds 

35 

Picture  frames(embroidered) 

6 

Bibs  

59 

Sheets 

867 

‘963 

Blankets 

"io 

Shirts  

432 

1,960 

Caps  (uniform) 

’i90 

Stockings 

554 

2,727 

Chemises 

280 

1,492 

Stockings  (footed) 

76 

Curtains  ...  

23 



Socks  

332 

2’ 402 

Carpet,  rag  (balls) 

239 

Skirts  

194 

1,381 

Coats 

*668 

Shrouds  

38 

Combination  suits 

26 

Sofa  pillows 

21 

Counterpanes 

346 

Toilet  covers 

16 

Cushions  (fancy) 

’*8 

Tidies  

20 

’22 

Doilies  (knitted) '. . 

2 

Towels 

523 

5 

Drawers  

337 

2',  036 

Table  cloths  , 

134 

37 

Drapes  (bracket)  

7 

Table  covers  

10 

Drapes  (mantel) 

6 

Uniform  dresses  

52 

Dresses  . . 

333 

2,844 

Uniform  waists 

3 

Gloves  

4 

Under  vests 

14 

Jackets 

12 

‘258 

Vestss 

'343 

Mats 

160 

Wrappers 

‘”5 

Mattress  ticks  

74 

2, *484 

— 

Lounge  covers  (crocheted) . . 

3 

Total 

6,707 

24,406 

Pillow  slips 

523 

'386 

Night  dresses 

149 

1,177 

Mattresses  made  over 

17 

Lace  knitted  (3  yds.) 

12 

.... 

Pillows  made  over  . . . 

4 

TABLE  No.  15. 

Number  of  articles  passing  through  the  laundry  during  the  year  ending  30th  Sept.,  1900 


Articles.  No. 

Aprons  14,637 

Blankets 4,191 

Blinds 147 

Blouses 621 

Bed  ticks 4,012 

Bolster  covers 172 

Bonnets  6 

Bibs 2,364 

Chemises 16,597 

Collars  3,497 

Corsets 103 

Corset  covers 1,369 

Carpets .* 152 

Curtains  1,094 

Counterpanes 2,260 

Cuffs  1,351 

Coats 1,339 

Clothes  Bags 16 

Dresses 7,663 

Drawers 11,166 

Dusters  1,518 

Handkerchiefs  1,009 

Jackets 1,145 

Mats  125 

Mitts  13 

Mufflers  3 


Articles.  No. 

Neckties 96 

Night  Dresses  6,558 

Pillow  slips 27,981 

Pillow  shams 808 

Pillow  ticks  14 

Pudding  cloths 12 

Pants  4,645 

Sheets  25,300 

Skirts  6,886 

Stockings 10,207 

Shirts  17,368 

Socks  14,087 

Shawls  . 15 

Sideboard  covers  15 

Suits 333 

Towels  20,659 

Table  cloths 4,629 

Table  napkins 1,435 

Tidies  185 

Toilet  covers 1,368 

Under  vests  1,538 

Vests 584 

Miscellaneous  articles 2,744 


Total...  224,037 


106 


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I No.  35 


TABLE  No.  16. 


Number  of  articles  made  and  repaired  in  the  tailor’s  shop  during  the  year  ending 

30th  September,  1900. 


Articles. 

Made. 

Repaired. 

Articles. 

Made. 

Repaired 

Coats 

106 

38 

Summer  Jackets 

Vests 

119 

16 

Overalls  

46 

Trousers 

491 

82 

Smocks 

6 

Coats,  attendants’  uniform. 

32 

61 





Trousers,  “ “ 

33 

130 

Total  

991 

317 

TABLE  No.  17. 

Amount  of  work  done  in  shoe  shop  during  the  year  ending  30th  September,  1900. 

Articles. 

New  work.  Repairs. 

Articles. 

New  work.  Repairs, 

Women’s  shoes 

..pairs  306  102 

Balmorals 

Men’s  brogans 

. “ 243  120 

Leather  mitts 

. . . “ 103 

Men’s  farm  shoes... 
Carpet  slippers 

. “ 398  71 

Total 

...  “ 1,067  293 

TABLE 

No.  18. 

Showing  number  of  articles  made  and  repaired  in  carpenter’s  shop  during  the  year  ending 

September  30th,  1900. 


Articles. 

Made. 

Repaired. 

Articles. 

Made. 

Repaired, 

Tables  altered  for  ward  dining- 

Ornamental tables 

40 

rooms  

60 

Wagon  reaches 

..  . 3 

Window  stops 

149 

Poles  for  climbing  flowers 

64 

Window  cords 

187 

Step  ladders . , 

ii 

Parting  strips 

84 

Bread  cutters 

7 

Window  sash 

14 

Mat  frames 

6 

Large  brushes 

49 

Handles  for  stone  hammers 

179 

Picture  frames 

37 

39 

Locks  ! 

67 

Perforated  seats 

67 

Base  boards  

27 

Pig  troughs 

ie 

Chairs,  arm  

69 

Gates 

2 

“ rooking 

41 

Cupboards 

4 

**  common 

240 

Wardrobes 

3 

Ottomans 

6 

4 

Pastry  boards 

3 

Carts 

4 

Meat  boards 

6 

Window  blinds  put  up 

Wire  fly  screens,  hospital 

60 

Lounges 

■ 17 

Floors 

18 

Wheelbarrows  .* 

12 

Barrel  covers  , 

*6 

W.C.  seats 

17 

Towel  rollers 

4 

Doors  

■ 

41 

Sinks 

'8 

Easels 

6 

12 

Bracket  shelves  put  up 

20 

. . 

Shelves,  drawers,  etc.,  in  store-rooms  on  halls  “ A ” and  “1”  M.B.  New  stairs  at  entrance  to  kitchen 
and  basement  O.  H. 

660  lineal  feet  of  new  sidewalk,  Queen  street.  Repaired  sidewalk  all  round. 

Repaired  Queen  street  steps. 

Fence  at  porter’s  lodge.  Repairs  to  horse,  cow  and  other  stables  and  buildings.  Put  a two-storey 
addition  to  bursar’s  house  containing  cellar,  kitchen,  pantry,  two  bedrooms,  bathroom,  closet  and  stairs . 

Moved  original  kitchen  to  the  end  of  the  house,  tore  out  two  bedrooms,  bathroom, "three  closets,  pantry, 
front  and  back  stairs  of  bursar’s  house. 

Put  up  new  stairs  and  new  partitions ; cut  six  new  doors  and  one  window ; closed  up  one  doorland  two 
windows  ; rearranged  registers  for  heating ; put  new  floor  in  the  attic  and  made  new  steps  and  walk  in 
front  of  house. 


1900] 


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107 


TABLE  No.  19. 

New  work  performed  by  Engiaeer  daring  the  year  ending  September  30th  1900. 


Gas  pipe  put  iu  bursar’s  new  kitchen,  470  ft.  | in.  pipe. 
‘‘  “ “ 70  ft.  I “ 

“ “ “ 60  ft.  I “ 

Two  water-closets  in  bursar’s  house. 

Pipe  used,  water-closets,  40  feet  of  6 inch  soil  pipe. 


75 

25 

100 


I wrought  iron 
[pipe. 

75  “ i 

Put  in  two  wash  basins  in  bursar’s  house. 

Pipe  used  for  wash  basins,  60  ft.  of  1 in.  steam  pipe, 

“ “ 20  “ i 

“ “ 25  “ I lead  pipe. 

“ “ 20  “ 2 in.  waste  iron 


Put  in  sink  in  bursar’s  kitchen. 

Pipe  used  for  sink,  20  feet  of  | inch. 

Waste  pipe  used  for  sink,  6 feet  of  2 inch  cast  pipe. 
Put  up  hot  water  boiler  connecting  to  stove. 

Pipe  used  66  feet  of  | wrought  pipe. 

“ 10  “ i 

Put  up  pump  from  soft  water  cistern. 

Pipe  used  38  feet  of  1 inch  wrought  pipe. 

Lead  pipe  2 “ 2 “ “ 

Put  in  new  hot  water  return  pipe  from  hot  water 
cylinder.  Orchard  House. 

Pipe  used  135  feet  IJ  steam  pipe. 

Put  in  50  feet  2 inch  blow-off  pipe,  west  boiler  house. 
“ 100  “ 1 “ feedpipe. 


[pipe. 

Repair  work  performed  by  the  engineer  during  the  year  ending  30th  September  30th, 


1900. 


Repa 


red  steam  leaks 600  times. 

water-closets ....  260  “ 

water  taps 1,700  “ 

baths  75  “ 

bedsteads(new  bottoms  put  on)  148  “ 

wash  basins  136  “ 

gas  leaks 120  “ 

urinals 30  “ 

pieces  of  tinware 1,632  “ 

washing  machinery  (laundry)  30  “ 

laundry  engine  7 “ 

sinks  125  “ 

lawn  hose 65 

pokers  25  “ 

dumb-waiters 16  “ 

lanterns 135  “ 

scissors  135  “ 

spectacles  126  “ 


muffs 

steam  pots  in  kitchen . 

electric  bells 

fire  engine 

pumps  

steam  pumps 

telephone  

night  watch  detector, 
wire  guards 


25 

75 

25 

4 

6 

25 

15 

10 

25 


Repaired  lawn  mowers 26  times* 

“ cruet  stands 46  “ 

“ pewter  tea  pots 110  “ 

“ hydrants 16  “ 

“ milk  waggon 20  “ 

“ refrigerators 41  “ 

“ globe  valves  200  “ 

“ air  valves  250  “ 

“ steam  pipes  175  " 

“ ranges  and  stoves 120  “ 

“ portable  ovens 10  “ 

“ bench  castings 26  “ 

“ pick  axes 40  “ 

“ slicers  for  boilers 26  “ 

“ knives 360  “ 

“ fire  extinguishers 25  “ 

**  drain  soil  pipe  in  ground  ....  16  “ 

“ traps  of  soil  pipe  in  ground. . 20  “ 

“ ventilating  pipes  6 “ 

“ water  supply  to  buildings....  16  “ 

“ spray  baths  16  “ 

“ tea  urns 25  “ 

“ pipe  tongs 31  “ 

“ wheel  pipe  cutters  10  “ 

“ radiators 26  “ 

“ Nason’s  steam  traps 16  “ 

cistern  pumps  25 


Repaired  all  connections  and  ground  in  all  valves  in  east  and  west  boiler  house,  main  building,  also  m 
east  house,  orchard  house  and  pump  house,  Queen  street. 

Repaired  all  grates  belonging  to  16  steam  boilers. 

“ “ 10  hot  water  boilers. 


TABLE  No.  20. 


Showing  quantity  of  milk  and  cost  of  feeding  cows  for  the  year  ending  September  30th, 

1900. 


Month. 

Quarts  of 
milk. 

Value  of 
milk  at  3 
cents 

per  quart. 

Cost 
of  feed. 

Value  of 
milk  over 
feed. 

October  

13,196 

11,892 

11,404 

12,060 

10,220 

12,036 

12,472 

14,040 

$ c. 
396  88 

$ c. 
185  00 

$ c. 
210  88 

November  . . 
December 

t 

366  76 
342  12 

231  36 
258  36 

125  40 
181  76 

January  

361  80 

268  36 

103  44 

February 

306  60 

218  68 

87  92 

March 

361  08 

231  37 

129  71 

April  

*374  16 

223  12 

161  04 

May 

421  20 

193  48 

227  72 

13,436 

12,248 

403  08 

220  06 

183  02 

367  44 

189  88 

177  66 



11,532 

11,308 

346  96 

184  28 

161  68 

September 

339  24 

170  90 

168  34 

146,844 

4,376  32 

2,664  85 

1,808  47 

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[No 


TABLE  No.  21. 


Work  done  by  the  Painter  during  the  year  ending  September  30fch,  1900. 

Month.  Work  done. 

October Painting  verandah  for  Farm  Hands’  house.  Painting  attendants  room  on  Hall  4,  main 

Building.  Painting  iron  fence  and  gate  at  front  entrance  to  grounds.  Painting  13  Dor- 
mitories with  borders  in  Hall  2,  main  building.  Painting  Attendants  rooms  with  bur  lers 
in  Hall  2,  main  building, 

November.  .Painting  front  and  transept  Halls  with  borders  and  graining  all  woodwork  in  Hall  2,  main 
building.  Painting  attendants’  rooms  with  borders  in  Hall  5,  Orchard  House.  Painting 
Bursar’s  office.  Painting  Dining-room  Pantry  in  Hall  2,  main  building.  Staining  and 
varnishing  1,100  feet  moulding  for  Hall  2 and  Hall  B,  main  building. 

December  ..Painting  dining-room  pantry  in  Hall  1,  main  building.  Staining  40  picture  frames,  painting 
26  chairs  and  3 tables  for  Hall  2,  main  building.  Graining  13  wardrobes  for  male  attend- 
ants, main  building.  Painting  16  chairs  for  female  Halls,  East  House  Painting  50 
chairs  for  female  Halls,  Orchard  House.  Japanning  and  bronzing  radiators  and  pipes, 
and  bronzing  all  gas  jets  in  female  Halls,  Orchard  House.  Painting  6 tables  for  Hail  3, 
Orchard  House. 

January Painting  bath-room  and  japanning  pipes  in  male  basement.  Painting  attendants’  rooms.  Hall 

3,  Orchard  House.  ' 

February. . .Painting  4 large  dormitories  and  9 small  bed-rooms,  Hall  3,  Orchard  House.  Painting  9 single 
bed-rooms  in  Hall  4,  Orchard  House. 

March  ....  Painting  4 large  dormitories  with  borders,  Hall  4,  Orclard  House.  Painting  attendants’  rooms 
and  the  Hall  woodwork  on  Hail  4,  Orchard  Mouse,  (iraining  4 wardrobes  for  attendants, 
main  building.  Graining  the  woodwork,  painting  the  walls,  with  borders,  of  back  »tairs 
leading  up  to  female  Halls,  main  building.  Painting  Hall  A bathroom  and  closet,  also 
new  storeroom. 

April  Painting  Hall  1 bathroom  and  storeroom,  finishing  the  woodwork  in  oil,  main  building. 

Painting  back  stairs  leading  up  to  male  Halls,  main  building,  and  graining  woodwork. 

June Painting  female  attendants’  rooms  with  border  and  graining  the  woodwork,  main  building. 

Painting  room  for  Matron,  Orchard  House.  Painting  all  bedroom  floors  in  Hall  2,  main 
buildings.  Painting  4 bedrooms  in  wing  of  Hall  3,  main  building,  also  the  bedroom  floors. 
Oiling  and  varnishing  20  small  tables  for  Halls,  main  building.  Painting  and  striping  12 
chairs  for  Malls,  main  building.  Enamelling  6 pieces  bedsteads,  painting  4 chairs  for 
Hospital. 


July Finishing  in  oil  all  inside  woodwork  in  new  addition  to  Bursar’s  house.  Painting  all  outside 

woodwork  on  Bursar’s  house.  Painting  all  outside  woodwork  on  Engineer’s  house. 

August Painting  2 bedrooms  with  borders  for  female  night  watches,  main  building.  Painting  Halls 

leading  into  kitchen,  main  building. 


September,  .Painting  9 single  bedrooms  and  2 large  dormitories  in  Hall  2,  Orchard  House. 


TABLE  No.  22. 

Showing  the  amount  of  Mason  work  done  durin?  each  month  of  the  year  ending 

September  30th,  1900. 

Month.  Work  done. 

October. . . . Building  kitchen  at  Bursar’s  residence.  Remodelled  bathroom  in  Hall  A. 

November.  .Bathroom  floor  in  Hall  1 and  plastered  one  room.  Plastered  3 rooms  in  Hall  3^. 

December  ..  Repairing  furnace’ at  East  House.' 

January Repairing  floor  on  Hall  A.  Plastering  Hall  C. 

February. . .Repairing  sewer  at* Superintendent’s  residence. 

March Repairing  main  sewer. 


April Whitewashing  main  building  basement. 

May Repairing  9 manholes  in  sewers.  Repairing  culvert  on  Queen  street. 

June Repairing  8 furnaces. 

August Plastering  in  East  House  and  general  repairing  in  the  Orchard  House. 


September.  Pointing  up  the  main  building  and  removing  stone  wall  in  east  and  west  boiler  house. 


1900  ] 


OF  1 UNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


109 


TABLE  No.  23. 

Showing  products  of  the  garden  during  the  year  ending  September  30  h,  1900 


Articles. 


Apples  

Asparagus  

Beets 

Beets 

Beans,  string  

Celery 

Corn,  green 

Cauliflower  

Carrots  

Carrots 

Cabbage I 6,318  heads' 

Currants  

Cucumbers  


Cucumbers  . 

Citron 

Grapes  , . . . 
Gooseberries 

Lettuce 

Melons  

Onions  .... 

Onions  

Pumpkins  . . . 
Parsnips  . . . 

Peppers 

Pears 

Peas  

Plums 

Plants,  G.H. 


Peaches  

Rhubarb  . . . 
Raspberries  . 
Radishes  . . . 

Savory  

Squash  

Strawberries 

Spinach 

Tomatoes  . . . 


Total 


1 Quantities. 

i 

Price. 

"Value. 

$ c. 

$ c. 

766J  bushels  . . . 

0 60 

459  90 

630  bunches. . . 

01 

6 30 

148  “ . . 

02 

2 96 

106 J bushels  . . . 

60 

63  90 

159  “ . . . 

40 

63  60 

4,325  heads  . . . . 

02 

86  50 

1,900  dozen  . . . . 

08 

152  80 

775  “ . . . 

05 

38  75 

63  bunches. . . 

01 

53 

168  bushels  . . . 

20 

1 33  60 

1 6,318  heads'  .... 

04 

! 262  72 

3,535  quarts  .... 

05 

i 176  75 

^ bushel 

i 

[pickling 

1 30 

7,446  

1 ■■■■  oi" 

74  46 

130  ; 

! 05 

6 50 

1,835  pounds. . . . 

i 03 

65  05 

264  quarts  .... 

! 05 

13  20 

7,610  heads  .... 

1 01 

76  10 

876  

i 05 

43  80 

3,145  bunches. . . 

01 

31  45 

210  bushels  . . , 

60 

126  0 ) 

250  

05 

12  50 

92  bushels  . . . 

30 

27  60 

76  quarts  . . . 

10 

7 60 

52.  bushels 

1 25 

65  00 

83  “ ... 

i2 

26  56 

8^  “ ... 

40 

3 33 

25,000  bedding. . . 

08 

2,000  00 

5,000  

25 

1,250  00 
200  00 

10,000  annuals  . . . ' 

02 

106  baskets  . , . j 

40 

42  40 

10,425  bunches. . . i 

02 

208  50 

3,248  quarts  . . . . j 

05 

162  40 

310  bunches. . . ' 

01  1 

3 10 

900  “ ... 

02 

18  00 

865  

05 

43  25 

460  quarts 

05 

23  00 

30  bushels  . . . 

60 

18  00 

772  “ 

30 

231  60 

6,108  01 

TABLE  No  24. 

Products  of  farm  during  year  ending  September  30th,  1900. 


Produce. 


Fall  wheat. 
Spring  wheat; 
Oats, 

Hay, 

Straw, 

Potatoes, 

Carrots, 

Mangolds, 

Turnips, 

Corn  for  silo. 
Milk, 

Bone  dust. 
Live  bogs, 


16  acres,  603  bushels 

, 20  “ 542  “ . 

35  “ 1,606  “ . 

80  tons 

80  “ .. 
4,300  bushels 
100 
4,000 
500 

27  acres,  350  tons  ... 

145,844  quarts  , 
10  tons  . . . 
229  


Price. 

"Value. 

$ c. 

$ c. 

70 

422  10 

68 

368  56 

30 

481  80 

8 00 

640  00 

6 00 

480  00 

50 

2,150  00 

20 

20  00 

20 

800  00 

20 

100  00 

1 20 

420  00 

3* 

4,375  32 

30  00 

300  00 

1,923  47 

1 

12,481  25 

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THE  KEPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  ;-{5 


To  Robert  Ohristie,  Esq., 

Inspector  of  Asylums ^ Toronto,  Ont 


Mimico,  Oct.  1st,  1900. 


Sir, — Tn  accordance  with  the  requirement  of  the  statute,  I have  the  honor  to  submit 
herewith  the  sixth  annual  report  of  this  asylum  for  the  year  ending  September  30th,  1900. 


Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

There  were  in  residence  on  Oct.  1,  1899 

300 

301 

601 

Admitted  during  the  year  by  warrant  ...  

26 

8 

34 

“ “ certificates  

34 

35 

69 

Total  admitted  during  the  year 

60 

43 

103 

Total  number  under  treatment  during  the  year 

360 

344 

704 

Discharged  during  year  recovered 

16 

13 

29 

“ “ improved  

1 

0 

1 

“ “ unimproved 

1 

2 

3 

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Total  number  discharged  during  the  year  

18 

16 

33 

“ died  “ 

19 

19 

38 

“ eloped  “ 

1 

0 

1 

“ transferred  “ 

31 

1 

32 

Total  number  leaving  institution  during  year 

,69 

35 

104 

Remaining  in  Asylum  September  30th,  1900 

291 

309 

600 

Admissions. 


During  the  year  there  were  103  patients  admitted  to  this  Asylum  and  of  this 
number  28  were  admittedly  incurable  at  the  time  of  their  admission,  and  *8  of  them 
died,  so  that  of  the  whole  number  admitted  there  were  only  67  in  whose  cases  there 
vras  any  prospect  of  recovery.  That  so  large  a percentage  of  admissions  are  incorable 
from  the  beginning  of  their  term  of  Asylum  residence  is  a misfortune  not  only  to  the 
patients  themselves  but  to  the  province  as  well,  because  the  responsibility  is  then 
assumed  of  continued  care  and  expenditure  for  every  patient  so  admitted  which  will 
only  terminate  with  the  death  of  the  patient.  Of  the  103  patients  admitted,  34  had 
been  temporarily  confined  in  one  of  the  gaols  of  the  province  either  for  safe  keeping 
or  because  they  had  no  friends  who  could  care  for  them  until  Asylum  accommodation 
could  be  obtained  for  them. 

Discharges. 


There  were  only  33  patients  discharged  outright  during  the  year,  being  11  less 
than  the  number  discharged  last  year.  There  are  however  at  the  present  time  22 
patients  at  home  with  their  friends  on  probation  in  addition  to  those  who  were  dis- 
charged. 

Deaths. 

There  were  38  patients  who  died  during  the  year,  being  4 less  than  last  year ; the?  e 
were  no  unusual  causes  of  death,  the  larger  number  being  due  to  pulmonary  and  car 
diac  diseases,  exhaustion  of  mental  disease,  and  old  age. 

Garden  and  Grounds. 

The  work  on  the  grounds  has  been  advanced  as  rapidly  as  possible  during  the  past 
year  having  at  the  same  time  regard  to  the  comparative  urgency  of  other  outside  work. 
The  road  and  boulevard  on  the  east  and  north  of  the  male  cottages  have  been  completed 
and  the  trees  have  been  planted  along  on  either  side.  A good  deal  of  grading  has  also 
been  done  on  the  park  ground  immediately  east  of  the  cricket  oval  and  the  trees  have 


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113 


been  planted  over  the  northern  section  of  this  area.  With  average  progress  one  more  , 
year’s  work  will  about  complete  the  grading  and  tree-planting  on  this  ground  and  then 
with  each  succeeding  year  it  will  grow  into  a better  and  more  suitable  place  in  which  four 
or  five  hundred  patients  may  at  the  same  time  take  their  recreative  outings. 

The  yield  of  fruits  and  vegetables  in  the  garden  has  been  good  and  they  have  com- 
prised even  a larger  part  than  usual  in  the  summer  dietary  for  the  patients.  The  violent 
wind  storm  during  the  early  part  of  this  month  unfortunately  occasioned  a large  loss  in 
the  apple  crop  by  the  premature  removal  of  the  greater  part  of  the  fruit  from  the  trees. 

Green  House. 

Last  fall  the  stone  for  the  outside  walls  of  this  building  was  brought  here  in  the 
rough  state  from  the  quarry  and  it  was  dressed  by  the  mason  during  the  winter.  By 
making  the  walls  hollow  with  rough  stone  on  the  inside  an  even  temperature  will  be 
more  readily  maintained  so  that  the  severe  winds  and  sudden  changes  which  occur  in 
the  winter  season  in  close  proximity  to  the  lake  will  be  less  liable  to  injure  or  destroy  the 
plants  within.  The  construction  has  been  done  entirely  by  institution  labor  and  though 
the  work  has  appeared  to  progress  slowly  it  has  been  well  and  substantially  done  and 
when  completed  this  building  will  be  adequate  to  the  needs  of  the  institution  for  many 
years  to  come. 

Farm. 

At  the  time  of  writing  the  potato  crop  of  this  year  can  only  be  estimated  but  the 
farmer  expects  to  harvest  about  three  thousand  five  hundred  bushels,  enough  to  supply 
the  institution  during  the  year. 

The  corn  for  ensilage  was  an  excellent  yield  and  it  has  been  cut  and  placed  in  the 
silo  in  first  class  condition.  Twenty  three  hundred  bushels  of  oats  and  three  hundred  of 
barley  were  threshed  out  and  besides  this  fifty  tons  of  hay  were  harvested.  In  addition 
to  raising  good  crops  the  farmer  has  steadily  imoroved  the  land  by  drainage  and  the 
removal  of  stones  every  year  until  now  it  has  become  one  of  the  most  productive  farms  in 
the  community. 

Land  for  Garden  and  Sewage  Farm, 

Every  year  of  the  past  four  years  I have  urged  upon  you  the  great  need  of  acquir- 
ing some  additional  land  for  the  double  purpose  of  providing  for  the  land  disposal  of 
sewage  and  extending  the  present  circumscribed  limit  of  the  garden.  By  exchanging  a 
small  parcel  cf  land  situated  near  the  farm,  the  outlay  would  be  considerably  reduced. 
As  soon  as  the  grounds  about  the  buildings  here  have  been  put  in  order  there  will  be  an 
enormous  amount  of  valuable  force  in  the  form  of  patients’  labour  available  for  the  pre- 
paration of  a sewage  farm  and  its  cultivation  in  succeeding  years.  At  the  London  asylum 
the  problem  formerly  was,  “ how  to  get  rid  of  the  sewage  at  the  least  cost,”  but  now 
after  many  years’  successful  operation  of  the  sewage  farm  the  question  is,“  how  the  great- 
est return  can  be  derived  from  the  use  of  the  sewage.”  Our  problem  is  how  to  dispose 
of  the  sewage  at  the  least  cost  without  endangering  the  purity  of  the  water  supply,  but 
with  the  land  disposal  method,  which  would  become  possible  if  the  land  were  acquired 
the  question  of  polluting  the  water  supply  would  be  forever  settled,  and  instead  of  their 
being  only  outlay  and  cost  connected  with  the  sewage  disposal  there  would  be  a handsome 
return  from  the  vegetables  and  fruits  grown  upon  the  richly  irrigated  land. 

Floor  in  Boiler  House. 

The  engineer  with  his  own  staff  and  some  help  from  patients  has  taken  up  the  old 
broken  cement  floor  in  the  boiler  house  and  replaced  it  with  one  of  vitrified  brick  and 
now  for  the  first  time  the  floor  is  solid  and  suitable  for  the  place.  The  mason  has  sup- 
plemented this  work  by  putting  down  a cement  floor  in  the  subway  between  the  coal 
vaults  and  the  boiler  house,  replacing  the  broken  one.  The  work  of  bricking  in  the 
boilers  could  not  be  undertaken  before  these  floors  had  been  completed,  but  the  mason 
is  now  engaged  upon  them  and  when  they  are  properly  covered  there  will  result  a con- 
siderable saving  in  the  consumption  of  coal. 

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THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


Laundry. 

i^hen  this  asylum  was  erected  there  was  no  building  for  a laundry  and  a very  inad- 
equate and  inconvenient  arrangement  was  temporarily  made  which  as  now  in  use 
embraces  tv70  small  rooms  and  a passage  in  the  basement,  and  four  rooms  with  three 
passages  on  the  ground  floor  above,  making  in  all  six  rooms  and  four  connecting  passages 
on  two  floors.  It  may  be  observed  that  the  above  mentioned  connecting  hall  passages 
are  in  daily  use  by  the  artisans  and  their  working  parties  of  male  patients,  and  also  by 
the  male  chore  party.  Thus  a common  use  of  these  hallways  by  working  parties  of  both 
sexes  is  with  the  present  structural  arrangement  absolutely  unavoidable  ; and  while  the 
work  of  the  laundry  female  patients  is  greatly  increased  in  volume  by  the  inconvenience 
of  the  arrangement,  the  incidental  intermingling  of  so  many  male  and  female  working 
patients  is  not  entirely  free  from  an  element  of  danger  even  under  the  strictest  possible 
supervision. 

There  is  sufficient  space  on  the  north  side  of  the  main  hallway  in  the  centre  build- 
ing for  a much  more  convenient,  better  equipped  and  safer  laundry,  where  all  the  women 
assis?.ing  in  the  work  may  be  shut  off  by  themselves.  Until  the  new  store  had  been 
completed  and  occupied  this  space,  which  was  partly  used  for  the  store,  was  not  available 
bub  now  that  there  is  a sufficient  unoccupied  space  which  will  permit  of  the  re-modelling 
of  the  laundry  and  its  establishment  on  a permanent  basis,  it  should  be  undertaken  dur- 
ing the  coming  year. 

Dynamo  for  Arc  Lights. 

The  old  Ball  dynamo  for  arc  lights  has  been  practically  worn  out  for  several  years 
past,  though  by  means  of  frequent  repairs  and  too  much  outlay  in  proportion  to  its  value, 
the  lamps  have  been  lighted,  though  imperfectly  a good  many  nights. 

The  engineer  and  the  electrical  expert  of  the  Public  Works  Department  have  been 
in  frequent  consultation  about  which  system  it  would  be  advisable  to  use  for  the  outside 
lighting  and  they  have  Anally  decided  that  a dynamo  for  an  incandescent  current  would 
be  more  suitable  for  the  plant  here,  and  one  of  that  type  of  machines  has  just  been  put 
in  place  by  the  Public  Works  Department.  It  will  now  be  necessary  to  replace  the  old 
arc  lamps  with  the  more  modern  Manhaltan  incandescent  lamps  and  the  circuits  will 
have  to  be  rewired  for  the  incandescent  system.  When  this  work  is  completed  and  the 
cottages  also  rewired  the  electric  equipment  will  be  on  an  adequate  and  satisfactory 
footing. 

Break  in  Intake  Pipe. 

Early  in  the  spring,  during  a heavy  south-east  gale,  the  violence  of  the  waves 
assisted  by  the  pounding  of  the  ice,  caused  a break  in  the  intake  water  pipe  near  the  end 
of  the  pier.  The  occurrence  of  cases  of  typhoid  fever  suggested  the  above  as  a cause, 
and  as  soon  as  possible  when  the  examination  was  made,  the  explanation  was  verified. 
The  Public  Works  Department  made  the  necessary  repairs,  and  the  pipe  was  caulked  at 
any  defective  joints  throughout  its  coarse  ; and  meanwhile  of  course  the  water  for  con- 
sumption had  to  be  taken  from  a well  in  the  garden  and  distributed  daily  to  the  cottages 
and  other  buildings. 

Extension  of  Pier. 

The  occasional  breaks  in  the  intake  pipe  above  referred  to  are  so  serious  in  their 
consequences  upon  the  health  and  indeed  endangering  the  lives  of  the  patients  and  em- 
ployees, that  it  becomes  imperative  to  prevent  them  if  possible.  The  opinion  of  practical 
men  who  have  been  consulted  on  the  subject  is  that  the  extension  of  the  pier  farther  out 
into  the  lake  (it  is  uow  only  200  feet  long)  is  the  only  sure  way  of  giving  proper  protec- 
tion to  the  intake  pipe  against  storms  and  ice.  If  the  pier  were  extended  into  deeper 
water  the  ice  which  will  form  near  the  shore  and  near  the  outer  end  of  the  pier  would 
not  be  able  to  pound  against  the  pipe  daring  heavy  storms,  and  the  force  of  the  waves 
being  farther  removed  from  the  pipe  in  deeper  water  would  not  disturb  it. 

There  would  be  besides  the  safety  thus  acquired  an  economical  side  to  the  extension 
of  the  pier  as  it  would  then  allow  the  coal  supply  to  be  unloaded  from  the  vessels  directly 
upon  our  own  wharf  instead  of  having  to  bring  it  by  rail  from  Toronto.  At  a very  con- 
servative estimate  based  upon  quotations  from  coal  dealers  a saving  of  about  $1000  per 
annum  in  the  cost  of  the  coal  supply  could  be  effected,  and  considered  from  this  point  of 


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view  alone,  and  leaving  out  the  greater  reason  of  securing  safety  in  the  water  supply,  it 
would  be  a profitable  and  desirable  undertaking. 

Slaughter  House. 

An  appropriation  of  a few  hundred  dollars  for  lumber  with  which  to  build  a small 
slaughter  house  at  the  farm  would  be  a desirable  and  economigal  step.  Since  this 
Asylum  was  opened  the  meat  has  been  brought  out  once  or  twice  each  week  from  the 
slaughter  house  at  the  Central  Frison,  and  although  there  is  a butcher  here  to  look 
after  the  cutting  and  distribution  of  the  meat  after  it  has  arrived,  the  labor  and  cost  of 
hauling  it,  and  a share  of  the  expense  of  killing  it  at  the  Central  Prison,  increases  the 
cost  per  pound  beyond  what  it  would  be  if  the  killing  were  done  at  our  own  slaughter 
house. 

Food  Values. 

The  question  of  food  values  is  one  of  great  practical  importance  in  the  management 
of  every  institution  not  only  from  the  point  of  view  of  providing  the  necessary  elements 
of  nutrition  in  appropriate  quantities  to  the  patients,  but  also  from  an  economic  stand- 
point. During  the  past  year  the  New  York  State  Commission  in  Lunacy  has  engaged 
the  exclusive  services  of  an  expert  in  foods  and  through  his  labors  and  recommendations 
a dietary  has  been  adopted  which  is  at  once  palatable  and  sufficient  from  the  patients’ 
own  point  of  view  and  at  the  same  time  scientifically  adapted  to  their  needs.  The  chair- 
man of  the  commission  has  found  that  while  the  physiological  requirements  have  been 
satisfied  there  has  been  a very  considerable  reduction  in  the  outlay  for  food  stuffs,  and 
it  would  seem  that  this  question  of  an  economic  and  scientific  food  supply  is  one  which 
might  with  advantage  claim  some  special  consideration  in  our  own  province. 

Amusements. 

During  the  winter  the  amusements  have  been  limited  chiefly  to  sleigh- riding,  skating, 
dances,  and  concerts  and  such  indoor  games  as  may  be  played  in  the  cottages.  In  the 
summer,  cricket,  tennis,  and  croquet  afford  the  largest  amount  of  recreation  to  the 
patients,  though  their  daily  outings  by  the  lake-side  are  very  much  enjoyed. 

Sunday  Services. 

The  patients  and  employes  here  are  continuously  indebted  to  the  three  resident 
clergymen  at  Mimico,  Rev.  Canon  Tremayne,  Rev.  J ames  Hamilton,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Cald- 
well who  have  come  in  turn  on  Sunday  mornings  to  conduct  service  in  the  chapel.  An 
extra  effort  on  the  part  of  each  of  these  gentlemen  is  required  in  order  that  he  may  pay 
seventeen  early  Sunday  morning  visits  each  year  to  the  Asylum  congregation,  but  the 
work  has  always  been  undertaken  as  a duty  and  most  cheerfully  and  acceptably 
performed. 

Rev.  Dr.  Teefy  has  very  kindly  often  visited  those  of  the  Roman  Catholic  faith  who 
have  been  ill. 

Officers  and  Employees. 

During  the  past  year  there  have  been  more  than  the  usual  number  of  changes  in  the 
staff  of  employees,  largely  because  wages  in  other  occupations  have  been  higher  and  have 
successfully  attracted  away  from  the  asylum  service  some  of  our  best  men  and  women. 
There  have  also  been  fewer  suitable  applicants  for  vacancies  than  in  former  years,  and 
this  was  probably  due  somewhat  to  the  same  cause. 

The  only  change  among  the  officers  was  the  transfer  of  Dr.  Wilson  to  Brockville 
Asylum  on  July  1st,  and  the  appointment  of  Dr.  MacNaughton  of  the  Brockville 
Asylum  as  his  successor.  Dr.  Wilson  was  the  second  assistant  medical  officer  here  for 
four  years,  and  his  service  was  characterized  by  an  unobtrusive  though  earnest  and 
scientific  interest  in  the  care  of  the  insane  and  an  urbane,  impartial  and  considerate 
treatment  of  the  employees. 

I have  the  honor  to  be,  sir, 

Your  obedient  servant. 


N.  H.  BEEMER. 


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ANNUAL  STATISTICAL  REPORT 


Of  the  operations  of  the  Asylum  for  Insane,  Mimico,  for  the  year  ending 
• 30th  September,  1900. 


TABLE  No.  1. 


Shewing  movements  of  patients  in  the  Asylum  for  the  official  year  ending  30th 
' September,  1900. 


Remaining,  October  1st,  1899 

Admitted  during  year : 

By  Lieutenant  Governor’s  Warrant- 
“ medical  certificate  


Total  number  under  treatment  during  year 
Discharges  during  year! 

As  recovered  

“ improved  

“ unimproved  

Total  number  of  discharges  during  year. . . , 

Died  

Eloped 

Transferred 


Remaining  in  Ausylum,  30th  Sept.,  1900... 

Total  number  admitted  since  opening  of  Asylum 

“ discharged  ....  

“ died 

“ eloped 

“ transferred 


“ remaining,  3(tth  Sept.,  1900 
N amber  of  applications  on  file  


Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

300 

301 

601 

26 

8 

34 

34 

35 

69 

60 

43 

103 

360 

344 

704 

16 

IS 

29 

1 

1 

1 

2 

3 

18 

15 

33 

19 

19 

38 

1 

1 

31 

1 

32 

69 

35 

104 

291 

309 

600 

670~ 

651 

1,321 

115 

112 

227 

164 

154 

318 

9 

9 

i 

91 

’"'76" 

167 

— 

— 

— 

379 

342 

721 

291 

309 

600 

16 

8 

24 

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TABLE  No.  2. 


Shewing  the  maximum  and  minimum  number  of*  patients  resident  in  the  Asylum,  the 
total  number  of  days’  stay  of  patients,  and  the  daily  average  number  of  patients  in 
the  Asylum,  from  the  1st  October,  1899,  to  the  30th  September,  1900. 


« 

Male. 

* Female. 

Total. 

Maximum  number  of  patients  in  residence  (on  the  18th  of  April) 

Minimum  “ “ “ (on  the  31st  of  March) 

Collective  days’  stay  of  all  patients  in  residence  during  year 

Daily  average  population 

272 

305 

107,495 

294.5 

304 

803 

110,995 

304.09 

576 

608 

218,490 

598.6 

‘ Admissions  of  year. 

Total  admissions  since  opening. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

1 Total. 

Social  State. 

•Married 

.30' 

29 

59 

195 

! 

341 

536 

1 

695 

Single 

30 

14 

44 

415 

267 

682 

726 

Total 

60 

43 

103 

610 

i 608 

1,218 

1,321 

Religion. 

Presbyterians 

12 

9 

21 

114 

96 

! 

j 209 

230 

Episcopalians 

9 

12 

21 

122 

135 

251 

278 

Methrdists  

19 

10 

29 

131 

143 

274 

303 

Baptists 

5 

1 

6 

17 

24 

41 

47 

C;»ngrega,tio'na1ists  

2 

1 

3 

3 

Roman  Catholics 

13 

10 

23 

155 

152 

307 

330 

Other  denominations  

2 

1 

3 

39 

26 

65 

68 

Not  reported 

30 

32 

62 

62 

Total 

60 

43 

103 

1 610 

608 

1,218  1 

1 1,321 

Nationalities. 

English  

12 

2 

1 

14 

71 

58 

129 

143 

Irish  

2 

2 

» 4 

104 

130 

234 

238 

Scotch  

2 

2 

30 

40 

70 

72 

Canadian  

45 

37 

82 

366 

341 

707 

789 

United  States 

1 

1 

10 

15 

25 

26 

Other  Countries 

15 

12 

27 

27 

Unknown  

14 

12 

26 

26 

Total 

43 

103 

610 

608 

1,218 

1,321 

. 

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[No.  35 


TABLE  No.  3. 

Shewing  the  counties  from  which  patients  have  been  admitted  up  to 
30th  September,  1900. 


Counties. 


Algoma  District . 

Brant  

Bruce  . . 

Carleton 

Dufferin 

Elgin 

Essex 

Erontenac 

Grey  

Haldimand 

Halton  

Hastings  

Huron 

Kent  

Lambton 

Lanark  

Leeds  and  Grenville 

Lennox  and  Addington 

Lincoln  

Middlesex  

Muskoka  District 

Norfolk 

Northumberland  and  Durham. . . . 

Nipissing  District 

Ontario 

Oxford  

Parry  Sound  District 

Peel 

Perth 

Peterborough  

Prescott  and  Bussell . . . . 

Prince  Edward 

Bainy  Biver  District 

Benfrew 

Simcoe  

Stormont,  Dundas  and  Glengarry 

Thunder  Bay  District 

Victoria 

Waterloo 

Welland 

Wellington 

Wentworth . . , 

Vork  

Not  classed 


Admitted  during  year. 


Males. 


Females 


11 


Total  admissions. 


60 


Total. 


11 


11 


18 


43  ! 103 


Total  admittance. 

Males. 

1 

Females 

1 

Total. 

6 

5 

11 

6 

2 

8 

2 

3 

5 

10 

11 

21 

2 

1 

3 

• 6 

6 

4 

2 

6 

9 

14 

23 

17 

8 

25 

1 

1 

2 

2 

4 

6 

22 

30 

62 

5 

4 

9 

4 

4 

5 

3 

8 

9 

8 

17 

4 

9 

13 

4 

5 

9 

1 

1 

2 

14 

5 

19 

11 

6 

17 

2 

4 1 

6 

27 

28 

55 

10 

2 

12 

41 

61 

92 

8 

2 

10 

9 

3 

12 

23 

26 

49 

6 

2 

8 

36 

38 

74 

7 

4 

11 

2 

6 

8 

2 

1 

3 

4 

5 

9 

58 

61 

119 

6 

8 

14 

5 

3 

8 

37 

33 

70 

4 

2 

6 

1 

3 

3 

3 

3 

5 

6 

170 

194 

364 

8 

3 

11 

610 

608 

1,218 

Total. 


15 
9 

5 
21 

3 

6 
6 

23 

25 

2 

7 
52 

9 

4 

8 
17 

13 
9 
2 

19 

19 

7 

57 
19 

101 

10 

16 

58 

8 

85 

IL 

8' 

7 
9 

138 

14 

8 
81 

6 

3 

3 

5 
382 

11 


1,321 


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119 


TABLE  No.  4. 


Shewing  the  counties  from  which  warranted  cases  have  been  admitted  up  to 

30th  September,  1900 


Counties. 

• 

Admitted  during  year. 

1 

Total  admittance. 

Total. 

Males. 

Females 

Total. 

Males. 

Females 

Total. 

Algoma  District 

2 

2 

4 

6 

5 

11 

15 

Brant  

1 

1 

6 

2 

8 

9 

Bruce 

2 

3 

5 

5 

Carleton - 

10 

11 

21 

21 

Dutterin 

2 

1 

3 

3 

Elgin 

6 

6 

6 

Essex 

4 

2 

6 

6 

Frontenac  

9 

14 

23 

23 

Grey  

17 

8 

25 

25 

Haldimand 

1 

1 

2 

2 

Halton  

1 

1 

* 2 

4 

6 

7 

Hastings  

22 

30 

52 

52 

Huron 

5 

4 

9 

9 

Kent  

4 

4 

4 

Lambton  

5 

3 

i 8 

8 

Lanark . . . , 

9 

8 

17 

17 

Leeds  and  Grenville 

4 

9 

13 

13 

Lennox  and  Addington 

4 

1 5 

9 

9 

Lincoln 

1 

1 

2 

2 

Middlesex 

14 

5 

19 

19 

Muskoka  District 

1 

1 

2 

11 

6 

17 

19 

Nipissing  District  

6 

1 

7 

10 

2 

12 

19 

Norfolk  

1 

1 

2 

4 

6 

7 

Northumberland  and  Durham 

1 

! 2 

27 

28 

55 

57 

Ontario 

7 

2 

9 

41 

51 

92 

101 

Oxford  

8 

2 

10 

10 

Parry  Sound  District 

. 3 

1 

4 

9 

3 

12 

16 

Peel 

4 

5 

9 

23 

26 

49 

58 

Perth 

6 

2 

8 

8 

Peterborough 

4 

7 

11 

36 

38 

74 

85 

Prescott  and  Russell 

7 

4 

11 

11 

Prince  Edward i 

2 

6 

8 

8 ■ 

Rainy  River  District 

3 

1 

4 

2 

1 

3 

7 

Renfrew 

4 

5 

9 

9 

Simcoe  

13 

6 

19 

58 

61 

119 

138 

Stormont,  Dundas  and  Glengarry  ... 

6 

8 

14 

14 

Thunder  Bay  District 

5 

3 

8 1 

8 

Victoria 

2 

9 

11 

37 

33 

70  i 

81 

Waterloo 

4 

2 

6 

6 

Welland 

1 

2 

3 

3 

Wellington  

3 

3 

3 

Wentworth 

. . . . 1 

5 

5 

5 

York .... 

11 

7 

18 

170 

194 

364 

382 

Not  classed 

8 

3 

11 

11 

Total  admissions 

60  1 
i 

1 

43  I 

103 

1 

610 

608 

1,218 

1,321 

No. 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

]3 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31 

32 

•33 


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[ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  5. 

th  of  residence  in  the  Asylum  of  those  discharged  daring  the  year. 


Sex. 

When  admitted. 

When  discharged. 

Remarks. 

F .... 

February 

17, 

1899 

October 

6, 

1899 

Recovered. 

F .... 

June 

28, 

“ 

November 

10, 

fi 

ti 

F .... 

May 

24, 

“ 

17, 

( ( 

Unimproved. 

F .... 

June 

2, 

1898 

J anuary 

1, 

looo'.'. 

Kecovered. 

F .... 

May 

15, 

4, 

« i 

“ 

M . . . . 

March 

13, 

“ 

5, 

a 

“ 

M .... 

February 

6, 

C fc 

February 

( i 

1, 

6 L 

(( 

M .... 

July 

20, 

“ 

1, 

u 

« < 

F .... 

8, 

ii 

1, 

CC 

“ 

F ... 

May 
1 (( 

13, 

189S 

H 

22, 

C( 

“ 

F .... 

9, 

1899 

26, 

it 

“ 

M .... 

October 

19, 

“ 

March 

14, 

( i 

(( 

F .... 

July 

25, 

“ 

16, 

C ( 

“ 

M .... 

February 

24, 

1898 

April 

3, 

it 

“ 

M .... 

December 

17, 

1894 

9, 

tt 

“ 

U .... 

June 

27, 

1899 

“ 

20, 

it 

(<  ' 

M . . . . 

October 

1, 

1890 

“ 

23, 

ti 

Unimproved. 

M .... 

January 

21, 

“ 

May 

7, 

t ( 

Recovered. 

M . . . . 

August 

8, 

1899 

9, 

i i 

M .... 

January 

29, 

1898 

June 

7, 

tt 

Improved. 

INI  .... 

June 

30, 

1899 

“ 

7, 

ft 

Recovered. 

M ... 

J anuary 

21, 

6 ( 

“ 

8, 

tt 

“ 

F .... 

September  14, 

“ 

“ 

19, 

i. 

(( 

M .... 

“ 

1, 

1893 

July 

12, 

ti 

“ 

F .... 

August 

17, 

1899 

August 

2, 

ti 

< ( 

M .... 

December 

1, 

“ 

7, 

t i 

M . . . . 

January 

(( 

22, 

1890-! 

“ 

18, 

i i 

“ 

M .... 

17, 

1900 

September 

1, 

it 

(i 

M .... 

31. 

1899 

12, 

1 ( 

F .... 

May 

15, 

1898  

“ 

22, 

it 

“ 

F .... 

January 

20, 

“ 

“ 

22, 

it 

F .... 

August 

18, 

1897 

22, 

a 

Unimproved. 

F .... 

November 

7, 

1899 

25, 

tt 

Recovered. 

She 

No. 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31 

32 

33 

34 

35 

36 

37 

38 


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TABLE  No.  6. 


ing  age,  length  of  residence,  and  proximate  cause  of  death  of  those  who  died  during 
the  year  ending  30th  September,  1900. 


Initials. 

Sex. 

Age. 

Date  of  death. 

Years. 

CD 

sidence 

Asylum 

.^3 

a 

o 

in 

fi 

Proximate  cause  of 
death. 

A.  R 

F .... 

77 

October 

10,  1899.. 

8 

7 

15 

Senile  decay. 

J.  H.  D 

M .... 

62 

14, 

11 

Exh.  of  Mania. 

A.  T 

F .... 

73 

“ 

15, 

7 

5 

26 

Cardiac  Disease. 

E.  F 

F .... 

44 

“ 

22, 

44 

8 

11 

9 

Exh.  of  Mania. 

J.  R 

F .... 

55 

4 ( 

29, 

5 

29 

“ 

W.  B 

M . . . . 

72 

November  18, 

7 

29 

Phthisis. 

B.  L 

M .... 

71 

“ 

26, 

44 

7 

”l” 

5 

Cardiac  Disease. 

J.  0 

M . . . . 

52 

December 

8, 

44 

9 

2 

7 

Phthisis. 

EM 

F .... 

52 

44 

11, 

44 

5 

11 

26 

Senile  decay. 

W.  V, 

M .... 

68 

44 

18, 

2 

4 

1 

Gen.  Paresis. 

L.  W 

F .... 

37 

44 

26, 

11 

Exh.  of  Mania. 

T.  A.  M 

M .... 

21 

44 

27, 

“ 

1 

li 

1 

Cerebral  Hemorrhage. 

E.  L 

M .... 

28 

January 

12, 

1900. . 

6 

8 

25 

■ Cardiac  Disease. 

S R 

F .... 

64 

13, 

1 

4 

6 

Marasmus. 

E.  C.  0 

F .... 

60 

44 

18, 

3 

6 

22 

Cardiac  Disease. 

W.  A 

M . . . . 

48 

18, 

2 

30 

Exh.  of  Melancholia. 

A.  L 

F .... 

73 

February 

7, 

’ 4 4 

5 

7 

27 

Phthisis. 

E.  W 

F.  .... 

60 

1*-^, 

4 4 

10 

Exh.  of  Mania. 

A.  H.  C 

M ..  . 

35 

(C 

21, 

9 1 

1 24 

Gen.  Paresis. 

0.  B 

F .... 

41 

44 

22, 

“ 

7 

10 

4 

Necrosis  of  Jaw. 

J.  P 

M .... 

67 

44 

24, 

7 

5 

4 

Phthisis. 

n.  K 

M .... 

58 

March 

15, 

“ 

1 

1 

Cardiac  Disease. 

W.  M 

M .... 

30 

4 4 

17, 

“ . . 

4 

11 

15 

Dysentery. 

M.  0 

F .... 

83 

May 

1, 

7 

i 7 

29 

Senile  Decay. 

m;  M 

F .... 

78 

4, 

(£ 

5 

10 

Epilepsy. 

V.  M.  P 

M .... 

74 

5, 

4 4 

1 

13 

Cardiac  Disease. 

B.  A.  G 

F .... 

21 

<c 

6, 

4 4 

9 

2 

9 

Exh,  of  Melancholia. 

N.  M 

M .... 

53 

“ 

28, 

‘‘ 

7 

5 ! 

Exh.  of  Mania. 

E.  K 

F .... 

29 

J une 

13, 

4 4 

7 

25 

Pneumonia. 

W.  C 

M ..  . 

66 

(( 

15, 

44 

2 

7 

11 

Tuberculosis. 

C.S 

M .... 

30 

(£ 

23, 

4 4 

10 

5 

11 

“ 

M.  M 

F .... 

61 

£ t 

27, 

4 4 

4 

5 

27 

Multiple  Sarcoma. 

M.  P 

F .... 

66 

August 

7, 

4 4 

9 

8 

25 

Exh.  of  Mania. 

A.  J.  L.  . 

F ... 

57 

10, 

1 

7 

Heart  Failure. 

A.  B 

M .... 

38 

10, 

3 

3 

1 6 

Dysentery. 

A.  B 

F .... 

^ 48 

•11, 

4 4 

3 

5 

16 

Heart  Failure. 

J.E 

M .... 

76 

“ 

18, 

1 

11 

16 

Senile  decay. 

J.  N 

M ... 

70 

31, 

2 

3 

11 

Hemiplegia. 

Average  age,  54.3. 


122 


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[No.  35 


TABLE  No.  7. 

Shewing  trades,  callings  and  occupations  of  patients  admitted  into  the  Asylum. 


Trades,  callings  and  occupations. 


Agents  ....  . 

Architects . 

Book-keepers  

Bakers 

Butchers  

Blacksmiths  

Brass-finishers  

Brewers 

Broom-makers 

Barristers 

Brickmakers  

Commercial  travellers  

Coopers 

Carpenters 

Clerks 

Clergymen 

Cooks  

Carders  

Cigarmakers 

Coachmen  

Civil  servants 

Domestic  servants,  all  kinds 

Dressmakers 

Druggists ; . 

Doctors 

Engineers 

Electrician 

Farmers 

Fishermen 

Founders  

Furriers 

Gardeners  

Gun-smiths  

Hatters 

Hunters 

Housekeepers  

Inn-keepers  

Jewellers  

Labourers  . 

Laundresses  

Lawyers  

Lumbermen  

Milliners  

Masons 

Machinists  

Moulders 

Merchants 

Mechanics 

Music-teachers 

Marble-cutters 

No  occupation 

Nurses  

Not  stated 

Other  occupations  ..... 

Prostitutes  

Painters 

Printers  

Peddlers 

Stenographers 

Spinsters  

Sailors 

Students 

Spinners  

Stone  cutters 


During  the  year. 


During  former  years. 

Total. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

2 

2 

2 

1 

1 

1 

6 

6 

7 

2 

2 

2 

1 

1 

1 

7 

7 

9 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

5 

5 

5 

2 

2 

2 

18 

18 

20 

16 

16 

10 

4 

4 

4 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

. 1 

1 

1 

125 

125 

126 

12 

12 

14 

5‘ 

5 

7 

3 

3 

3 

2 

2 

4 

1 

157 

157 

183 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1* 

1 

1 

5 

5 

5 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

302 

302 

332 

1 

1 

1 

2 

2 

1 

192 

192 

200 

i*’ 

1 

1 

1 

10 

10 

11 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

5 

5 

5 

6 

3 

3 

3 

2 

2 

2 

3 

3 

3 

2 

1 

3 

3 

1 

1 

1 

26 

67 

93 

96 

4 

4 

4 

37 

33 

70 

70 

2 . 

1 

3 

5 

1 

1 

1 

10 

10 

1 

5 

1 

6 

6 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

3 

30 

30 

30 

7 

7 

7 

6 

4 ’’ 

10 

15 

1 

1 

1 

i 

1 

1 

1900] 


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123 


TABLE  No.  7. — Concluded. 


During  the  year. 

1 

During  former  years. 

Trades,  callings  and  occupations. 

j Males. 

j Females. 

1 Total. 

j Males. 

j Females. 

Total. 



To 

Saddlers 

4 

4 

4 

Seamstresses  

1 

1 

9 

9 

10 

Salesmen  

1 ” 

1 

1 

Surveyors 

3 

3 

3 

Shfiplrpepfira  

1 

• 2 

3 

3 

Ship-builders 

1 

1 

1 

Teachers 

4 

4 

12 

7 

19 

23 

Tailors  

9 

1 

10 

10 

Tanners  

1 

1 

1 

W^eavers  

1 

1 

1 

Wheelwrights 

2 

2 

1 

1 

3 

Waggon-makers 

2 

2 

2 

Unknown  or  other  employments 

1 

1 

1 

Total  

60 

43 

103 

610 

608 

1,218 

1,321 

TABLE  No.  8. 
Shewing  causes  of  insanity. 


Causes  of  insanity. 

In  respect  of  the  admissions  for  the  year  ending 
30th  September,  1900. 


Moral. 

Domestic  trouble=i,  including  loss  of  relatives  or 

friends  

Adverse  circumstances,  including  business  troubles. 

Love  affairs,  including  seduction  

Mental  anxiety,  “worry”  

Fright  and  nervous  shocks 


Physical. 

Intemperance  in  drink  or  drugs. 

Intemperance,  sexual 

Veneral  disease 

Over- work 

Sunstroke 

Accident  or  injury 

Pregnancy  

Puberty  and  change  of  life  ....  

Brain  disease,  with  epilepsy  

Other  forms  of  brain  disease  

Other  bodily  diseases  or  disorders,  including  old  age. 


Hereditary. 

With  other  ascertained  cause  in  combination. 
With  other  combined  causes  not  ascertained . . 


Congenital. 

With  other  ascertained  cause  in  combination. 
Unknown  


Number  of  instances  in  which  each  cause  was 


As  predisposing  cause. 


Male.  Female.  Total 


2 

43 

103 


exciting  cause. 


Male.  Female.  Total 


47 

103 


Total 


No. 

1 

2 

3 

4 

6 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

n 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31 

32 

33 

34 

35 

36 

37 

38 

39 

40 

41 

42 

43 

44 

45 

46 

47 

48 

49 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  9. 


Shewing  the  prohational  discharges  and  the  result  thereof. 


Initials. 

Date  of  probational 
discharge. 

Term  of  probation. 

Result. 

R.  P.  F 

October  26,  1899  

6 months 

Discharged  recovered. 

M.  J.  C. ..  . 

“ 28,  “ 

3 “ 

1 Returned. 

J.  T 

“ 29,  “ 

1 “ 

Discharged  recovered. 

E.  A.  A 

November  1,  “ 

2 “ 

A.  I ' 

December  2,  

2 “ 

i(  ( ( 

J.  C 

“ 7,  “ 

2 “ 

( ( C ( 

B.  S 

“ 20’  “ 

6 “ 

' C( 

J.  M.  H 

“ 21,  “ 

1 “ 

« C (( 

E.  D 

“ 30',  “ 

2 “ 

1 ((  ( c 

T.  B.  R 

January  26,  1900  

6 “ 

44  C4 

J.  M 

February  15,  “ 

1 “ 

<<  (( 

W.  R 

“ “ 20,  “ 

1 “ 

Returned. 

W.  J.  G 

April  2’  “ 

6 “ 

Still  out. 

A.  J 

2i  “ 

6 “ ... 

Discharged  recovered. 

M.  H.  T 

“ 5,  “ 

2 weeks 

(c  < ( 

W.  J.  M 

“ 7,  “ 

1 2 months  

“ improved. 

T.  W 

“ 10,  “ 

6 “ 

Returned. 

S.  D.  G 

“ 14,  “ 

6 

Discharged  recovered. 

E.  l> 

“ 18,  “ :... 

6 “ 

Returned. 

F.  W.  C 

“ 21,  “ 

3 “ 

Discharged  recovered. 

B.  F 

“ 2.3,  “ 

6 “ 

I “ unimproved. 

R C 

“ 28,  “ 

6 “ 

[Still  out. 

0.  W 

May  8,  ■ “ . 

5 “ 

J.  N 

“ 24,  “ 

4 “ 

Discharged  recovered. 

M.  S 

“ 25,  “ 

4 “ 

R.  D.  L 

“ 31,  “ 

4 “ 1 

“ 

K.  H 

June  9,  “ ..... 

.3  “ 

Returned. 

I.  N 

“ 11,  “ 

3 “ 

44 

A.  S 

“ 12,  “ 

2 “ 

44 

M.  P 

“ 15,  “ : 

3 “ 

Still  out. 

C.  H 

July  2,  “ 

2 “ 

Discharged  recovered. 

E.  S 

3,  “ 

2 “ 

Still  out. 

C.  H.  M 

16,  “ 

3 “ 

4 4 

M.  J.  I 

August  2,  “ 

3 “ 

44 

M.  C.  L 1 

“ 14,  “ 1 

2 

4 4 

D.  G 

“ 15,  “ 

2 “ 

46 

J.  J.  M 

“ 15,  “ 

3 “ 

44 

J.  R.  0 

“ 21,  “ 

3 “ 

46 

P.  K 

“ 23,  “ ....... 

2 “ 

44 

A.  M 

“ 27,  “ ' 

9 “ 

fc4 

S.  D 

“ 27,  “ ' 

2 “ 

4i 

C.  A.  S 

September  1,  “ 

3 “ 

(4 

M.  C.  V 

A.ugiist  31,  “ 

2 “ 

44 

A.  H. 

September  .3,  “ 

1 “ 

44 

J.  G 

“ 3,  “ 

2 “ 

44 

T.  R 

“ 4,  “ 

2 “ 

44 

E.  E 

((  4 1. 

2 “ 

44 

J.  P 

“ 12’  “ 

1 “ 

64 

s.  C 

“ 14,  “ 

2 “ 

ft4 

1900] 


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125 


TABLE  No.  10. 

Shewing  in  quinquennial  period,  the  ages  of  those  admitted,  recovered  and  died  during 

the  year. 


Ages. 

Admitted. 

Recovered. 

1 Died. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Male. 

Female. 

'o 

! .2 

Female. 

Total. 

From  15  to  20  years .... 

4 

4 

1 

2 

3 

“ 20  “ 25  “ 

3 

7 

10 

3 

4 

7 

1 

1 

2 

“ 25  “ 30  “ 

12 

8 

20 

3 

2 

5 

4 

4 

“ 30  “ 35  “ 

10 

5 

15 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

“ 35  “ 40  “ 

8 

■ 5 

13 

2 

1 

3 

1 

1 

2 

“ 40  “ 45  “ 

7 

3 

10 

2 

2 

4 

1 

2 

3 

“ 45  “ 50  “ 

8 

2 

10 

3 

3 

1 

1 

2 

“ 50  “ 55  “ 

2 

4 

6 

2 

2 

1 

1 

2 

“ 55  “ 60  “ 

• • 1 

3 

3 

*2 

2 

1 

3 

4 

“ 60  “ 65  

1 

3 

4 

3 

1 

4 

“ 65  “ 70  “ 

3 1 

1 

4 

1 

1 

4 

4 

“ 70  “ 75  “ 

2 

1 1 

• 3 

1 

1 

4 

2 

6 

“ 75  “ 80  “ 

1 

1 

1 

2 

3 

“ 80  “ 85  “ 

i 

1 

Totals . . 1 

60 

43 

103. 

18 

15 

33 

19 

19 

38 

TABLE  No.  11. 


Periods. 

Duration  of  insanity 
prior  to  admission. 

Length  of  residence  of 
those  remaining  in 
Asylum  on  30th  Sep- 
tember. 

Periods  of  treatment  of 
those  who  were  dis- . 
charged  cured  during 
the  year. 

Periods  of  treatment  of 
those  who  were  dis- 
charged improved 
during  the  year. 

Periods  of  treatment  of 
those  who  were  dis- 
charged unimproved 
during  the  year. 

Under  1 month 

25 

9 

From  1 to  2 months  ....  

11 

6 

“ 2 “ 3 “ 

9 

8 

‘ 3 “ 4 “ 

7 

15 

1 

“ 4 5 “ 

2 

12 

1 

“ 5 “ 6 “ 

9 

. 8 

1 

“ 6 “ 7 “ 

9 

7 

2 

“ 7 “ 8 “ 

2 

10 

4 

“ 8 “ 9 “ 

6 

1 

‘ 9 “ 10  “ 

2 

3 

5 

“ 10  “ 11  “ 

1 1 

3 

1 

“ 11  “ 12  “ 

3 

3 

“ 12  “ 18  “ 

4 

29 

1 

“ 18  months  to  2 years  

2 

23 

3 

“ 2 to  3 years 

9 

31 

3 

1 

“ 3 “ 4 “ 

3 

31 

1 

1 

“ 4 “ 5 “ 

5 

31 

“ 5 “ 6 “ 

1 

63 

1 

“ 6 “ 7 “ 

26 

7 **  S ** 

30 

“ 8 “ 9 “ 

1 

70 

“ 9 “ 10  “ 

1 

112 

1 

10  “ 15  “ 

64 

2 

Totals  

103 

600 

29 

1 

3 

126 


THE  REPOET  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  12. 


Shewing  the  nature  of  employment  and  the  number  of  days’  work  performed  by  patients 

during  the  year. 


Nature  of  employ- 
ment. 


Carpenter’s  shop 

Tailor’s  shop 

Shoe  shop 

Engineer’s  shop  

Mason  work 

Bakery  

Laundry  

Painting  

Farm 

Garden  

Grounds 

Stable 

Kitchen 


1 IN  umber  of  pa- 
tients who 
1 worked. 

Days  worked. 

j 

Male. 

j 

Female. 

Total. 

4 

1,168 

1,168 

2 

590 

590 

3 

695 

695 

10 

2,9381 

i 

2,938 

6 

908 

908 

3 

1,0.51 

1,051 

18 

1,234 

4,005 

5,239 

1 

156 

1 

1 156 

10 

2,602 

2,602 

7 

2,397 

2,397 

40 

7,729 

• • • .... 

7.729 

4 

1,339 

• 1,339 

12 

1,805 

1,604 

3,409 

Nature  of  employ- 
ment. 


Dining  rooms  

Administration 

buildings  

Sewing  rooms  

Knitting  

Subway 

Mending  

Sewing  in  cottages . 
Mat  making,  etc. . . 

storeroom 

General 

Total 


d 

Pj  O 

Days  worked. 

'S  fl 

S.2  £ 

3 -tJ  P 

Male. 

Female . 

Total. 

1 

30 

5,889 

6,122 

11,011 

6 

801 

1,087 

1,888 

10 

2,737 

2,737 

39 

* 143 

10,517 

10,660 

6 

3,017 

3,017 

22 

6,365 

6,365 

60‘ 

15,414 

15.414 

1,773 

• .3,631 

6,404 

"2 

426 

426 

250 

42,055 

49,914 

91,969 

546 

1 

78,126 

93,986 

1 

172,112 

TABLE  No.  13. 


Shewing  the  Counties  and  Districts  from  which  the  patients  remaining  in  residence  on 
the  30th  September,  1000,  were  originally  received. 


Counties  and  districts. 

Males. 

Females 

Total. 

Counties  and  Districts. 

Males. 

Females 

Total. 

Algoma  District  

6 

4 

10 

Northumberland 

6 

8 

14 

Brant  

3 

2 

5 

Ontario 

29 

29 

68 

Bruce 

2 

2 

Oxford  

4 

1 

5 

Dufiferin. 

1 

1 

2 

Parry  Sound  District  . . 

7 

1 

8 

Durham 

4 

7 

11 

Peel  

15 

17 

32 

Elgin 

3 

3 

Perth 

3 

1 

4 

Essex 

1 

2 

3 

Peterborough  

21 

23 

44 

Frontenac .... 

2 

2 

Prince  Edward  

1 

1 

Grey  

11 

6 

17 

Rainy  River  District 

5 

2 

7 

Haldimand  

1 

1 

Simcoe  

35 

30 

66 

Halton  

1 

1 

Thunder  Bay  District  . . 

3 

1 

4 

Hastings  

5 

3 

8 

Victoria 

20 

26 

46 

Huron  

1 • 

1 

2 

W aterl  oo  

3 

2 

5 

Kent  

1 

1 

Welland  

2 

1 

3 

Lambton  

2 

1 

3 

Wellingtrm  .... 

2 

2 

Leeds 

1 

1 

Wentworth  

4 

4 

Lincoln 

1 

1 

2 

York  

77 

111 

188 

Middlesex 

5 

5 

10 

Not  classed,  unknown,  etc 

1 

2 

3 

Muskoka  District  

3 

4 

7 

Nipissing  District  

10 

2 

12 

Total .... 

291 

309 

600 

Norfolk 

1 

3 

4 

TABLE  No.  14. 

Patients  transferred  to  other  Asylums. 


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THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No. 


TABLE  No.  15. 

Work  done  in  Sewing  Room  for  year  ending  September  30th,  1900. 


Articles. 

Cut. 

Made. 

Repaired. 

Articles. 

Cut. 

Made. 

Repaired. 

604 

156 

12 

Rugs  

77 

Blouses 

8 

4 

Shrouds .' 

56 

65 

Box  covers  

11 

Shirts 

294 

76 

630 

Curtains  ....  

119 

’ '66 

Sheets  

807 

199 

12 

Chemises 

1,014 

224 

Sofa  pillow  covers  

63 

11 

5 

Collars  

6 

6 

Saddle  bags 

12 

Cuffs  

98 

Screen  

1 

1 

' 

Candy  bags 

500 

500 

Sideboard  cover  . . 

1 

1 

Chair  cover  

4 

Splashers  , 

3 

Caps  ....  

175 

2 

Tea  cosy  

1 

Presses 

415 

31 

3 

Toilet  covers  

73 

41 

Pra.wers  

583 

148 

134 

Table  cloth.s 

60 

44 

22 

Mattress  covers 

40 

40 

10 

Table  napkins 

101 

101 

Mangle  covers  

4 

Ticks 

39 

34 

Mantel  drapes 

39 

"'8 

Towels,  dish  

383 

36 

Night  dresses 

206 

76 

Towels,  roller 

260 

10 

IVeck  ties 

116 

60 

Table  covers. . 

39 

8 

Pillow  slips 

791 

259 

45 

Uniforms 

45 

2 

t'fl 

329 

113 

Pillow  shams  

16 

12 

Totals  

7,428 

2,349 

879 

Pudding  cloths  

36 

36 

1900  ] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


129 


TABLE  No.  16. 


Sewing  done  in  cottages  from  October  1,  1899,  to  September  1,  1900. 


Made. 

Repaired. 

Articles. 

Male 

cottages. 

Female 

cottages. 

Total. 

Male 

cottages. 

Female 

icottages. 

Total. 

Aprons  

310 

310 

337 

4,463 

19 

4,800 

19 

104 

104 

115 

887 

1,002 

335 

197 

138 

Braces  

5 

5 

8 

% 

Box  covers  

6 

6 

639 

639 

Blinds 

21 

21 

Counterpanes  

143 

563 

706 

183 

183 

385 

385 

4,370 

4,370 

Cuffs,  uniform,  pairs 

55 

55 

15 

15 

189 

189 

“ sash 

22 

22 

84 

84 

Chemises,  flannel 

449 

449 

3,342 

59 

3,342 

59 

44 

44 

Coats 

1,091 

25 

1,091 

25 

Caps  

Corsets  

6 

6 

Cushion  ticks  

5 

5 

Corset  covers  

2 

2 

Dresses 

457 

457 

6,463 

369 

6,463 

648 

Dish  towels  ...  

385 

385 

279 

Drawers  . 

413 

413 

1,253 

10 

6,093 

254 

7,340 

264 

Flower  pots  covered  

63 

63 

Hoods 

42 

42 

Hats  trimmed 

287 

287 

Handkerchiefs 

10 

160 

170 

Lace,  yards  

118 

118 

Lamp  shades  

57 

57 

Mattress  covers  

100 

i,738 

117 

1,838 

132 

Mitts  . 

15 

Matts  

42 

34 

76 

696 

696 

Mattresses  re-made 

26 

26 

Mantel  drapes ■ 

28 

28 

Night  gowns - 

119 

119 

2,965 

2,965 

2 

Neckties 

45 

45 

2 

Night  shirts  

11 

11 

Overalls,  pants  

1,017 

293 

1,017 

293 

“ jackets  

Pants 

1,288 

201 

1,288 

2,401 

1,246. 

4,691 

33 

Pillow  cases 

534 

534 

2.203 

1.204 
4,691 

33 

Pillow  ticks 

42 

Petticoats  

239 

239 

Pillow  shams  

Quilts  : 

2 

2 

16 

329 

345 

Roller  towels 

294  1 

294 

43 

962 

* 1,005 
1,565 

9,058 

• 

Rugs  

65 

65 

25 

1,540 

9,058 

Stockings 

195 

195 

Socks,  knitted, ’pairs 

132 

153 

285 

“ refooted 

74 

74 

“ closed 

212 

212 

Shirts,  flannel 

997 

997 

Saddle  bags 

9 

9 

Shawls 

19 

19 

Shirts,  cotton 

210 

210 

1,863 

379 

1,863 

3,272 

3,878 

Sheets 

596 

596 

1 

2,893 

Socks 

3,878 

Tea  Oosey 

1 

1 

Table  clothes  

29 

29 

2 

880 

882 

Table  covers  1 

44 

44 

Tidies 

104 

1 

104 

i,343 

131 

1,343 

131 

Table  napkins 

Toilet  covers 

18 

18 

Uniform  dresses 

37 

37 

110 

110 

“ waists  

4 

4 

“ caps  

130 

130 

‘‘  skirts 

1 

1 

' 

Vests 

59  j 

72 

131 

* 

Totals 

274 

6,983 

6,257 

13,696  I 

59,633 

73.329 

9 A. 


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[ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  17. 

Work  done  in  laundry  department  for  year  ending  September  30,  1900. 


Articles. 

Number. 

Articles. 

Number. 

• 

Aprons 

12,6.58 

2,859 

412 

39 

701 

5,781 

3,668 

1,558 

3,689 

1,646 

343 

433 

81 

14,036 

980 

8,476 

13,886 

7,366 

9,723 

18 

1,159 

1,538 

6,279 

2,062 

Pillow  shams 

1,145 
12,795 
31,882 
1,316 
3,129 
353 
52,096 
12,964 
8,636 
614 
6,450 
217 
1,631 
8,409 
7 402 
6,101 
10,541 
4,540 
176 
362 
431 

Blankets 

Petticoats 

Bed  ticks 

Pillow  slips 

Bibs 

Pants 

Blouses  

Quilts  

Collars 

Skirts  

Cuffs 

Sheets  

Counterpanes 

Shirts  

Curtains 

Socks  

Coats '. 

Stockings 

Cushion  covers 

Table  napkins  

Clothes  bags  

Tidies  

Combination  suits  ...  

Toilet  covers  

Chemises 

Table  cloths  

Dusters 

Towels,  hand 

Dresses 

“ roller  .-  .... 

Drawers  

“ bath  

Guernseys  

“ dish  

Handkerchiefs  

Uniforms 

Lambreqiuns 

Vests 

Neckties 

Waists  

NicrViffthirf.ia  . . 

Total 

Nightdresses  ; 

270,392 

Overalls  

TABLE  No.  18. 


Washing  done  in  cottages,  October  1st,  1899,  to  September  30bb,  1900. 


Articles. 

Male 

cottages. 

Female 

cottages. 

1 

Total. 

j 

I Articles. 

1 

Male 

cottages. 

Female 
cottages . 

Total. 

Aprons  

408 

10,213 

10  621 

Overalls,  pants  . . 

905 

905 

Blankets  

381 

476 

857 

“ jackets  . 

168 

168 

Bed  ticks 

50 

60 

Pillowcases  

2(<0 

745 

945 

Bath  towels 

637 

8,323 

8,960 

Pillowshams 

9 

9 

Cushion  covers 

287 

287 

Pillow  ticks 

6 

23 

29 

Chemises,  cotton .... 

5,297 

5,297 

Pants 

882 

882 

Cornitftrpanes  . . . 

511 

511 

Petticoats 

3,6P2 

3,602 

Curtains,  pairs  . . . 

144 

144 

Quilts  

2 

304 

306 

“ sash 

156 

156 

Rugs  

2 

83 

85 

Coats 

671 

671 

Roller  towels  .... 

437 

842 

1,279 

Combination  suits 

77 

77 

Sheets 

1,183 

692 

1,87-6 

Corsets  

6 

6 

Stockings  

16,627 

! 16,627 

Chemises,  flannel  . . 

5,622 

5,622 

Shawls  

59 

! 59 

Drawers,  cotton  .... 

266 

4,437 

4,703 

Socks  

10,264 

10,264 

‘ ‘ flannel .... 

. 1,677 

4,766 

6,443 

Shirts,  cotton  .... 

1,539 

1,539 

Diaper  towels 

230 

1,534 

1,764 

“ flannel .... 

1,744 

1,744 

Dresses  cotton  . . . . 

2,602 

2,602 

Table  drapes 

40 

40 

Dish  towels 

5,697 

6,538 

32,235 

Table  mats  

30 

30 

Di^esses,  flannel 

1,888 

1,888 

Table  cloths ...... 

421 

421 

Hoods 

25 

25 

Tidies 

2,743 

2,743 

Handkerchiefs 

601 

5,291 

5,892 

Ties 

32 

32 

Mattress  covers  .... 

18 

233 

251 

Toilet  covers  ..... 

337 

337 

Mitts 

10 

87 

97 

Uniforms 

141 

141 

Matts 

3 

30 

33 

Under  waists  ..... 

273 

273 

Napkins,  table 

2,165 

2,165 

Vests 

49 

725 

774 

3,976 

3,976 

Nightgowns 

Nightshirts  

149  I 

’l49 

Totals 

28,179 

92,411 

120,590 

1900] 


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TABLE  No.  19. 


Work  done  in  tailor  shop,  October  1st,  1899,  to  September  30bh,  1900. 


Articles, 

Made 
and  cut. 

Re- 

paired. 

Total. 

Articles. 

Made 
and  cut. 

Re- 

paired. 

Total. 

Aprons  

2 

407 

409 

Meat  covers 

2 

2 

Awnings 

1 

1 

Overcoats 

1 

96 

97 

Blinds 

69 

69 

Overalls,  pants 

137 

1,040 

1,177 

Coats,  shirting,  uniform 

11 

11 

“ jackets 

40 

670 

710 

“ serge  “ 

11 

11  i 

Pants,  serge,  uniform  . . 

72  1 

72 

‘ ‘ tweed 

126 

750 

876 

“ tweed  

125 

962 

1,087 

Clothes  bags 

3 

3 

Robes 

1 

1 

Cushion  covers 

16 

16 

Vests,  serge,  unTorm  . . . 

1 

1 

Drawers,  flannel 

39 

39 

“ tweed  . 

112 

388 

500 

"FTQ.tn  Vir  CTfl 

3 

3 

Lustre  coats 

2 



2 

Totals 

702 

4,385 

5,087 

1 

TABLE  No.  20. 


Work  done  in  shoe  shop,  October  1st,  1899,  to  September  30th,  1900, 


Articles. 

Made 
and  cut. 

Re- 

paired. 

1 — 

Total. 

Articles. 

Made 
and  cut. 

Re- 

paired. 

Total. 

Braces  

1 

72 

72 

.Slippers,  men 

130 

i 293 

423 

Cricket  pads 

7 

7 

“ women 

56 

56 

Cricket  balls 

5 

5 

Shoes  and  boots 

70 

’”’368’ 

438 

Harness,  pieces  

54 

54 

Skates,  pairs  fitted ...... 

4 

4 

T»r\no* 

19 

15 

11 

30 

15 

Lace  “ 

Totals 

290- 

814 

1,104 

TABLE  No.  21. 

Work  done  in  mason’s  department  for  year  ending  September  30th,  1900. 


Description. 


New- 

work.  Repaired. 


Description. 


New 

work.  Repaired. 


Walls 4 

Tile  drains 300,  ft.  1 

Sewer  pipe  laid 250  ft 

Cement  floor 155  sq.  yds 

Boilers  . . . ! 2 

Pointing 15  sq.  yds. 

Mantels  1 

Chimneys  . 1 


Holes  for  steam  pipes 

Pier  stones  cut 

Bricks  laid  ..  12,000 

Brown  stone  cut  and  laid. . . 85  sq.  yds. 

Rough  stone  laid 21  toise 

Manholes 3 

Hearth 

Door  sills 


12 

3 


1 

1 


132 


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[ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  22. 


Work  done  in  carpentering  department  for  the  year  ending  September  30th,  1900. 


Articles . 

Made. 

1 

Repaired. 

Articles. 

Made. 

Repaired 

Blinds  

55 

Hammer  handles 

7 

Broom  handles 

12 

Kiosks  

1 

BriYp.a 

19 

6 

i Lounges 

33 

Ceilings 

3 

Locks  

40 

25 

Cupboards  

2 

6 

Mat  frames 

5 

3 

Closet  seats  

50 

94 

Picture  moulding  

680  ft. 

On r tain  pnlfis  

14 

Shutters 

12 

16 

Chairs ' 

318 

Storm  sash  

12 

9 

Coffins 

16 

Stairs 

1 

5 

Corner  seats  

4 

1 

Sideboards  

6 

TOnnr  frames  

7 

18 

Shelving 

262  ft. 

Doors 

9 

175 

Tables 

4 

29 

Door  hells  

6 

Windows  ....  

32 

Door  bolts 

30 

Window  sash 

89 

Fly  screens  

10 

20 

Wheelbarrows  

6 

Floors 

1 

14 

Washstands  

15 

Floor  rubbers  

8 

36 

Greenhouse 

1 

Gates 

5 

3 

TABLE  No.  23. 


Work  done  in  the  engineering  department  for  the  year  ending  September  30ch,  1900. 


Description. 

Made. 

Repaired. 

Description. 

Made. 

Repaired. 

Basins 

1 

91 

Soil  pipes  

1 

i 

21 

Range  boilers 

1 

1 

Urinals  

24 

Heating  coils 

1 16 

W^aiters  

11 

Ash  sifter 

1 

Water  pipes ...  

24 

Counter  shafting, 

18  ft. 

Steam  pipes .....’ 

25 

Iron  arc  lamp  poles 

1 

• 

Bedsteads  

26 

Galvanized  iron  flooring 

154  sq,  ft. 

Compression  bibb  taps 

264 

Iron  pipe  

2,3.50  ft. 

Globe  valves 

57 

Drains 

530 

Lawn  mowers 

71 

Brick  laid  in  boiler  house  floor. 

8,000 

Windmill 

times,  3 

Cement  “ “ • 

2,063  sq.  ft. 

Boilers  

4 

Electroliers  

4 

Electric  wires 

50 

Closets  

274 

“ switches 

9 

Sinks 

28 

Tinware 

102 

Baths  

1 

22 

I 

1900] 


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133 


TABLE  No.  24. 

Produce  of  garden  for  year  ending  September  30th,  1900. 


Articles. 

Quantity . 

Value. 

Apples  

. 296  barrels 

$ c. 
518  00 

“ crab  

18  baskets 

4 50 

Asparagus 

624  bunches 

12  48 

Beans  

. , 764  pecks 

114  60 

Beets 

521  bushels 

208  40 

“ 

3,604  bunches 

36  04 

Carrots,  garden  , 

765'  bushels 

229  50 

“ field  

341 

68  20 

C < 

8,974  bunches 

89  74 

Cabbage,  early 

“ late 

. 1,746  heads 

52  38 

. 14,976  “ 

299  52 

“ red 

674  “ 

20  22 

Cauliflower  

2,332 

69  96 

Celery 

7,213  “ 

216  39 

Cucumbers  

632  dozen 

37  92 

Corn  

. 2,006  “ 

120  36 

Currants 

939  quarts 

56  34 

Cress  

. 475  bunches 

4 75 

Lettuce 

. 12,107  “ 

121  07 

Mint 

326  “ 

6 52 

Melons  

157 

9 42 

Marrow  and  squash  . . . 

609 

36  54 

Onions  

. 5,576  bunches 

55  76 

•«••• 

284  bushels 

213  00 

Articles. 


Potatoes,  early  

Parsnips 

Peas,  green  . ! 

Pears 

Pumpkins 

Peppers 

Parsley  

Raspberries 

Rhubarb  

Radishes  

Spinach  

Sage  

Savory  

Tomatoes  ..’ 

Turnips  

Thyme  

Grapes  

Vegetable  oyster 

Bedding  plants 

Plants  in  greenhouse 

Annuals 

Hay 


Quantity. 

Value. 

146  bushels 

146  00 

452  “ 

180  80 

220  pecks 

33  00 

146  baskets 

5S  40 

520 

31  20 

20  dozen 

1 00 

954  bunches 

19  08 

309  baskets 

23  72- 

2,493  bunches 

49  86 

2,694  “ 

53  88 

372  pecks 

37  20 

626  bunches 

12  52 

1,163  “ 

11  63 

167  bushels 

50  10 

426  “ 

85  20 

745  bunches 

7 45 

24  baskets 

6 00 

60  bushels 

30  00 

39,547 

2,372  82 

2,467 

616  75 

6,742 

134  84 

5 tons 

60  00 

$6,624  06 

TABLE  No.  25. 

Produce  of  farm  for  year  ending  September  30th,  1900, 


Articles. 

Quantity, 

Price. 

Value. 

$ c. 

$ c. 

Wheat  .'.... 

80 

bushels 

0 70 

56  00 

Oats 

2,300 

30 

690  00 

Barley 

300 

“ 

48  • 

144  00 

Hay 

52 

tons 

12  00  per  ton 
6 00 

624  CO 

Straw  

70 

420  00 

Ensilage  

.300 

“ 

1 50 

450  00 

Mangolds 

150 

7 00 

1,050  00 

Potatoes 

3,500 

bushels 

30  per  bush. 

1,050  00 

Green  feed  

67 

loads 

1 00 

67  00 

Milk  

17,913# 

gallons 

.16 

^18 

2,866  20 

Eggs  

275i  dozen 

49  59 

Turkeys 

; 19 

1 00 

19  00 

Chickens  . . 

66 

40 

*26  40 

Calves 

8 

1 00 

8 00’ 

Beets 

. . 125 

bunches 

02 

'2  40 

25 

bushels 

35 

8 75 

Corn 

250 

dozen 

10 

25  00 

Cabbage 

500 

03 

15  00 

Carrots,  field 

100 

bushels 

20 

20  00 

“ garden  

ICO 

30 

30  00 

Lettuce 

300 

bunches 

02 

6 00 

Onions  

600 

“ 

02 

12  00 

“ 

14 

bushels 

60 

8 40 

Peas,  green 

5 

40 

2 00 

Radishes  

100 

bunches 

02 

2 00 

Rhubarb 

600 

“ 

02 

12  00 

Tomatoes 

8 

bushels 

40 

3 20 

Apples  

10 

“ 

50 

5 00 

Plums 

11 

baskets 

50 

5 50 

Parsnips 

15 

bushels 

35 

5 25 

Hogs  killed  

3,133 

pounds 

221  .^2 

Hogs  sold  

6,920 

394  56 

$8,298  57 


Mimico  A'sjlum. — Farm  Exchange  aocount  for  the  year  ended  30th  September,  1900. 


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135 


ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE  MEDICAL  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  THE 
ASYLUM  FOR  INSANE,  BROCKVILLE,  FOR  THE  YEAR  ENDING 
SEPTEMBER  30th,  1900. 


Robert  Christie^  Esq  ,•  Inspector  of  Asylums^  Toronto^  Ont. 


Sir  : — Herewith  submitted,  in  accordance  with  the  statutory  requirements,  is  the 
sixth  annual  report  of  this  asylum,  for  the  year  ending  September  30bh,  1900. 

The  movement  of  the  population  was  as  follows  : 


Patients  in  residence  September  30th,  1899  .... 
“ admitted  during  the  year 

Total  number  under  treatment  during  the  year 

Number  discharged,  recovered 

“ “ improved 

“ “ unimproved 

“ “ eloped  

“ who  died  during  the  year  

Aggregate  discharges,  elopei^nts  and  deaths. . 

Number  remaining  in  residence  Sep,  30tb,  1900 

Average  daily  population 


Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

269 

244 

513 

67 

65 

132 

336 

309 

645 

13 

22 

35 

2 

1 

3 

2 

2 

1 

21 

“i3  ■ 

34 

37 

38 

75 

299 

271 

570 

285 

258 

543 

Admissions. 


The  total  number  of  admissions  was  132,  of  which  67  were  males  and  65  females. 
Of  this  number  31  males  and  10  females  were  transfers  from  the  other  Provincial 
Asylums,  so  that  the  number  of  direct  admissions  from  the  counties  comprising  our  asylum 
district  was  91,  the  males  representing  36  and  the  females  55.  Last  year  the  number  of 
direct  admissions  was  78,  so  that  the  statistics  for  the  year  just  closed  show  an  increase 
of  13. 

The  ages  of  those  admitted  were  as  follows : eight  were  under  20  years  of  age, 
twenty  five  between  20  and  30,  twenty- four  between  30  and  40,  thirty-five  between  40 
and  50,  twenty-two  between  50  and  60,  fifteen  between  60  and  70,  seven  between  70  and 
and  80,  and  one  over  80. 

It  is  satisfactory  to  note  that  with  the  progress  of  time  the  nature  of  our  modern 
hospitals  is  being  more  generally  understood  and  appreciated.  Of  course,  the  old  idea 
that  insanity  is  a disgrace  dies  hard,  but  there  is  little  doubt  that  the  first  decade  of  the 
approaching  century  will  witness  a general  abandonment  of  such  fallacious  sentiment,  and 
instead  of  hospitals  for  the  insane  being  connected  (as  have  the  antiquated  asylums)  in 
the  minds  of  the  public  with  a skull  and  crossbones,  the  motto  “ resurgam .”  will  belong 
by  right  to  oui  institutions,  where  not  only  the  physical  powers  are  coaxed  back  into 
their  normal  channels,  but  reason,  which  elevates  man  above  the  animal,  is  induced  to 
resume  its  sway. 

As  in  the  case  of  victims  of  other  physical  disorders,  insane  subjects  should  be  placed 
under  treatment  at  the  earliest  possible  moment,  and  all  means  to  this  end  should  be 
placed  within  the  reach  of  the  patient’s  friends.  But  the  practice  of  relegating  to  the 
insane  hospitals  victims  of  senility  is  to  be  deprecated.  Custodial  treatment  is,  as  a rule, 
all  that  is  necessary  in  these  cases,  and  the  shirking  of  their  duty  in  this  respect  on  the 
part  of  relatives  and  friends,  should  not  be  encouraged  or  tolerated,  as  the  number  of 
senile  patients  in  our  hospitals  means  the  crowding  out  of  a proportionate  number  of 
acute  and  possibly  curable  cases,  which  is  a very  evident  injustice. 


Discharges. 

The  number  of  discharges  for  the  year  was  40,  of  which  35  had  recovered,  3 had 
improved  and  2 were  unimproved. 


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The  percentage  of  recoveries  based  upon  the  total  admissions  (which  this  year  included 
41  chronic  transfers)  was  27.  Last  year  when  all  those  admitted  came  directly  from  their 
homes  or  the  gaols,  the  percentage  was  48. 

The  percentage  of  recoveries  amongst  those  directly  admitted  this  year  amounted 
to  38,  a number  considerably  above  the  average. 

Twenty-six  of  the  recoveries  or  74  per  cent,  of  the  whole  number,  had  been  under 
treatment  less  than  a year.  Of  the  remainder  three  had  been  undfir  treatment  less  than 
2 years,  one  between  3 and  4 years,  two  between  4 and  5 years,  and  two  between  5 and  6* 
years. 

Deaths. 

There  were  24  deaths,  all  the  result  of  natural  causes,  phthisis  as  usual  heading  the 
list  as  a fatal  agent.  The  percentage  of  deaths  amounted  to  5.2  on  the  whole  population. 

Improvements  and  Alterations. 

The  most  important  of  the  improvements  during  the  past  year,  was  the  conversion  of 
the  east  and  west  attics  of  the  main  building  wings  into  halls  for  female  and  male  patients 
respectively.  Each  hall  has  a dining  room,  dormitories,  bath  room  and  sitting  room,  and 
affords  accommodation  for  50  patients.  The  hall  on  the  east  ^e  is  now  occupied  and 
that  on  the  west  aide  will  receive  its  quota  in  a few  days.  The  improvements  have  in- 
creased the  capacity  of  the  institution  to  625. 

The  cold  storage  room,  which  had  been  defective  in  construction,  was  thoroughly 
overhauled  and  remodelled  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Hanrahan  of  the  P.  W.  Depart- 
ment. It  is  now  satisfactory  in  every  respect,  being  thoroughly  dry  and  having  a uniform 
temperature  of  40  degrees  during  the  warm  weather. 

The  interior  walls  of  the  silo  have  been  concreted  over  and  the  corners  rounded. 

The  completion  of  a board  walk  from  the  hospital  door  to  King  street  and  thence  ta 
tho  town  limits  is  a boon  for  which  the  employees  and  many  others  feel  deeply  grateful. 
Those  who  have  trudged  through  the  mud  and  slush,  sometimes  almost  knee  deep,  can 
fully  appreciate  the  comfort  of  walking  under  the  present  favorable  conditions. 

The  gas  lamp  on  the  Park  road  lighted  up  what  otherwise  would  have  been  Egyp- 
tian darkness,  but  the  foliage  is  so  dense  that  one  lamp  is  not  sufficient  for  the  whole 
park,  and  I hope  to  have  your  approval  for  the  erection  of  two  more  at  an  early  date. 

As  usual,  a great  deal  of  painting  has  been  done  by  patients,  under  the  direction  of 
an  attendant.  The  interior  walls  of  two  of  the  cottages,  the  kitchen  and  the  hall  of  the 
administrative  building  were  painted  during  the  past  year. 

A number  of  evergreens  have  been  planted  on  the  west  side  of  the  garden  to  serve 
at  a wind-break,  which  is  necessary,  owing  to  the  exposed  situation  of  the  garden. 

The  moving  of  the  steam  tea  and  coffee  urns  from  the  pantries  of  halls  “B”  and  “2’^ 
to  the  kitchen  is  a decided  improvement. 

A glance  at  the  statistical  tables  will  show  that  a large  amount  of  work  has  been 
done  in  the  carpenter  and  engineer  departments,  respectively,  during  the  year. 

Farm. 

The  crops  were  above  the  average,  the  weather  being,  in  this  section  of  the  country, 
particularly  favorable  for  growth.  The  yield  consisted  of  200  tons  of  silo  corn,  1,000 
bushels  of  potatoes,  2,000  bushels  of  mangolds,  3,000  bushels  of  turnips,  ICO  bushels  of 
carrots,  15  bushels  beans  and  4 tons  hay. 

It  is  regrettable  that  we  have  not  a larger  space  suitable  for  farming  purposes,  the 
50  available  acres  being  altogether  inadequate  for  the  requirements  of  a large  population, 
or  for  the  employment  of  all  the  patients  who  would  find  congenial  and  consequently 
beneficial  work.  With  the  possession  of  more  land  we  would  be  able  to  raise  all  the  hay 
and  coarse  grain  necessary  to  feed  the  institution  cows  and  horses.  We  certainly  figure 
at  a great  comparative  disadvantage  with  other  asylums  of  the  Province  in  this  respect^ 
and  I would  recommend  the  subject  of  additional  land  to  your  serious  consideration. 


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137 


The  farmer  has  every  reason  to  feel  proud  of  his  success  in  connection  with  the 
piggery,  the  returns  from  the. sale  of  pork  and  pigs  amounting  to  about  S 1,400.00.  No 
expense  was  entailed  in  this  department,  as  the  pigs  were  fed  on  the  refuse  food. 

Garden  and  Grounds. 

The  result  of  the  garden  work  has  been  eminently  successful,  the  yield  of  vegetables 
being  large  and  almost  sufficient  for  the  requirements  of  the  institution  for  the  year.  We 
had  a fair  amount  of  small  fruit,  but  the  fruit  trees  have  not  yet  begun  to  bear. 

Though  the  gardener  has  accomplished  much  in  the  general  clearing  and  levelling  of 
the  ornamental  grounds,  he  has  been  greatly  hampered  this  year  by  the  want  of  a team 
of  horses,  and  there  yet  remains  much  to  be  done  which  must  of.  necessity  be  allowed  to 
remain  in  abeyance  till  more  horses  are  secured. 

The  green-house  is  now  in  operation,  and  henceforth  we  expect  to  have  an  abundance 
of  flowers  and  plants. 

Wants. 

An  amusement  room,  I am  sorry  to  say,  still  heads  our  list  of  wants.  While  we 
recognize  the  utility  of  a limited  amount  of  labor  and  employment  as  a curative  agent  in 
the  treatment  of  insane,  we  feel  that  diversion  for  the  mind  while  the  body  rests  is  quite 
as  essential.  If  all  work  and  no  play  makes  the  normal  Jack  a dull  boy  what  are  we  to 
hope  from  a like  regimen  for  the  unfortunate  who  comes  to  us  with  his  mental  faculties 
perhaps  already  dulled  in  consequence  of  similar  treatment.  Too  much  work  with  too 
little  relaxation  has  sent  many  of  our  patients  to  us,  and  it  is  not  the  aim  or  purpose  of 
hospitals  to  work  the  already  overtaxed  physical  organs  while  the  mind  continues  to  run 
to  seed.  The  mind  is  the  primary  object  of  our  solicitude,  and  though  we  have  done  the 
best  with  the  means  at  our  disposal  and  made  the  amusements  and  sports  of  the  patients  * 
as  independent  of  an  assembly  room  as  possible,  the  fact  remains  that  during  the  long 
winter  months  the  amusements  which  require  extended  space  have  to  a grjBat  extent  to  be 
foregone.  Our  present  concert  hall  is  only  called  such  by  courtesy  and  accommodates  but 
a fraction  of  the  patients  who  should  attend  concerts,  entertainments  and  the  many 
diversions  which  combine  to  lighten  the  heavy  burdens  laid  upon  the  weak  shoulders  of 
our  community.  I sincerely  hope  that  this  important  item  will  receive  your  favorable 
consideration,  as  our  present  hall  could  be  enlarged  to  extend  over  the  coal  vaults  with 
but  inconsiderable  expense. 

The  beauty  of  our  situation  which  is  perhaps  unsurpassed,  warrants  the  expenditure 
of  both  time  and  attention,  in  order  to  perfect  in  detail  the  grounds  tor  which  nature  has 
done  so  much.  Mr.  Richards,  our  gardener,  has,  considering  his  limited  resources,  done 
wonderful  work  in  clearing  the  park  and  a great  deal  of  the  grounds  of  their  boulder 
carpet,  and  in  the  construction  of  a permanent  roadway,  and  has  succeeded  in  bringing 
the  grounds  into  a condition  ready  for  the  landscape  gardener’s  details  The  work  can 
be  accomplished  by  institution  labour,  all  that  is  necessary  being  a plan  upon  which  to 
work.  As  our  grounds  are  conspicuous  and  visible  for  miles  from  three  points  of  the 
compass,  I hope  you  will  recommend  the  selection  of  a competent  landscape  artist  to 
furnish  the  plans  for  our  guidance. 

Our  walls  are  still  unornamented  and  I would  again  request  the  purchase  of  some 
pictures  both  for  the  purpose  of  decoration  and  as  a slight  factor  of  interest  to  the 
patients. 

An  additional  team  of  horses  is  a necessity  for  the  work  specified  in  my  notes  on 
the  gardener’s  department. 

Another  waggon  is  also  required. 

Before  the  attic  halls  were  put  to  their  present  use  the  necessity  for  verandahs  did 
not  exist,  but  since  the  change  they  are  a sine  qua  non  for  the  dual  purpose  of  promenades 
and  fire  escapes.  As  the  roofs  of  the  verandahs  fronting  the  second  flat  could  be  utilized 
as  floors  for  the  attic  structures,  the  expense  entailed  in  this  construction  would  be 
very  inconsiderable. 

I would  request  the  appropriation  of  at  least  $100  for  the  purchase  of  musical 
instruments  for  the  asylum  band.^ 


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Wages  of  Attendants. 

In  no  situation  is  experience  more  valuable  and  fidelity  more  worthy  of  recognition 
than  in  our  institutions.  Special  qualities  are  necessary  in  the  character  of  a successful 
attendant  in  an  insane  hospital,  and  when  the  slightest  relaxation  of  vigilance,  or  misplac- 
ed confidence,  is  liable  to  result  in  a more  or  less  serious  accident,  the  fact  that  so  few 
casualities  occur  proportionately  with  the  population  speaks  volumes  for  the  devotion  to 
their  work  on  the  part  of  those  in  charge,  and  I would  respectfully  refer  you  to  my  report 
of  1896  for  a wage  schedule  which  I offered  for  your  consideration. 

In  advocating  the  adoption  of  a graded  schedule  of  remuneration  I am  prompted 
not  by  the  idea  that  better  or  more  competent  help  will  be  secured,  but  by  the  convic- 
tion that  a proper  state  of  things  will  exist  in  regard  to  those  whobe  lives  are  devoted  to 
the  care  of  their  unfortunate  brethren. 


Acknowledgements. 

The  clergymen  of  the  various  denominations  have  been  assiduous  in  gratuitously 
ministering  spiritually  to  the  patients.  This  is  a very  important  phase  of  our  Institution 
life,  and  the  gentle  and  hopeful  words  of  the  gospel  interpreted  by  its  ministers,  and 
falling  literally  as  the  gentle  dew  from  heaven  upon  parched  ground,  produce  results 
deeper  than  our  finite  minds  can  fathom. 

The  editors  of  the  local  papers,  the  Recorder  and  Times  respectively,  are  hereby 
tendered  our  thanks  for  exchanges  supplied. 

Our  acknowledgments  are  due  to  several  of  the  church  choirs  and  other  organiza- 
tions the  talent  of  whose  members  was  devoted  at  various  times  to  the  entertainment  of 
our  people. 

Without  any  special  encouragement  beyond  the  purchase  of  a few  instruments,  the 
young  men  composing  our  Asylum  orchestra  have  devoted  a great  part  of  their  free  time 
to  practice,  and  have  been  the  means  of  contributing  in  a large  degree  to  the  entertain- 
ment of  the  patients.  The  orchestra  members  deserve  a great  deal  of  credit,  and  have 
certainly  earned  the  gratitude  of  both  officers  and  patients. 


The  Staff. 

Several  changes  have  taken  place  in  the  official  staff  during  the  year.  Dr.  W.  K. 
Ross,  my  assistant  since  the  opening  of  the  Institution  and  who  was  a uniformly  capable, 
conscientious  and  courteous  official,  was,  much  to  my  regret,  transferred  to  Toronto 
Asylum.  Dr.  P.  McNaughton,  who  had'  for  nine  months  acted  as  second  assistant 
physician  and  had  shown  marked  efficiency  in  his  work,  was  transferred  to  Mimico 
Asylum.  They  were  succeeded  respectively  by  Drs.  R.  W.  B.  Smith  of  Hamilton 
Asylum  and  W.  T.  Wilson  of  Mimico  Asylum. 

Miss  Watson,  who  began  her  duties  as  matron  here  with  the  opening  of  the  Asylum, 
was  transferred  to  Hamilton  Asylum,  being  succeeded  by  Miss  Gibson;  and  Mias  Nelles 
having  been  transferred  to  Brantford  Institution  for  the  Blind  was  succeeded  by  Miss 
Qainlan  as  assistant  matron. 

As  usual,  very  few  changes  have  taken  place  amongst  the  attendants  and  employees, 
to  whom  I tender  my  sincere  acknowledgments  for  their  cheerful  co-operation  in  carrying 
on  the  work  of  the  Institution. 

And  to  you,  sir,  for  your  uniform  courtesy  and  readiness  in  lending  the  aid  of  your 
experience  and  advice  upon  all  questions  of  difficulty  I am  sincerely  grateful. 

Your  obedient  servant, 

J.  B.  MURPHY, 

Medical  Superintendent. 


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139 


ANNUAL  STATISTICAL  REPORT. 

Of  the  operations  of  the  Asylum  for  Insane,  Brockville,  for  the  year  ending 

30th  September,  1900. 


TABLE  No.  1. 

Shewing  morements  of  patients  in  the  Asylum  for  the  official  year  ending  30th 

September,  1900. 


— 

j 

Ma’e.  1 

1 

Female. 

Total. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Remaining,  October  1st,  1899  ; 

1 

1 

i 269 

244 

513 

Admitted  during  year : — 

By  Lieutenant-Governor’s  Warrant 

34 

23 

57 

“ Medical  Certificate 

33 

42 

75 

67 

65 

132 

Total  number  under  treatment  during  year 

336 

1 

309 

645 

Discharges  during  year  : — 

As  recovered  

13 

22 

35 

“ improved  

“ unimproved 

2 

1 

2 

3 

2 

Total  number  of  discharges  during  year 

15 

25 

40  1 

Died 

21 

13 

34  1 

Eloped  

1 

1 

Transferred 

1 

37 

38 

75 



Remaining  in  Asylum,  30th  Sept.  1900  

299 

271 

570 

Total  number  admitted  since  opening  of  Asylum. . . . 

1 

489 

454 

943 

“ discljarged 

88 

117 

205 

‘ ‘ died 

95 

66 

161 

“ eloped 

6 

6 1 

1 

1 

“ transferred 

1 

1 

190 

183 

373 

“ remaining  30th  Sept.,  1900 

299 

271 

570 

Number  of  applications  on  file  Sept.  30th,  1900 

1 

1 

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[No.  35. 


TABLE  No.  2. 


Shewing  the  maximum  and  minimum  number  of  patients  resident  in  the  Asylum,  the 
total  -number  of  days’  stay  of  patients,  and  the  daily  average  number  of  patients  in 
the  Asylum,  from  the  1st  October,  1899  to  30bh  September,  1900. 


Male. 

►Female. 

Total. 

Maximum  number  of  patients  in  residence  (on  the  2lst  August,  1900). 

Minimum  “ “ (on  the  3rd  of  October,  1899) 

Collective  days’  stay  of  all  patients  in  residence  during  year 

Daily  average  population 

303 

269 

104,085 

285 

275 
243  1 
94,420 
258 

578 
1 512 

198,505- 
643 

Admissions  of  Ye.ar. 

Total  Admission  since  Opening, 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Total. 

Social  State, 

Married 1 

Widowed J 

16 

38 

54 

136 

196 

332 

386 

Single 

51 

27 

78 

283 

193 

476 

554 

Not  reported  

3 

3 

3 

Total 

67 

65 

132 

422 

389 

811 

943 

Religion. 

Presbyterians  , . 

13 

6 

19 

67 

69 

136 

155 

Episcopalians 

9 

17 

26 

84 

61 

145 

171 

Methodists 

5 

16 

21 

62 

88  ' 

! 150 

171 

Baptists 

9 

11 

20 

20 

Congregationalists 

1 

1 

2 

2 

3 

Roman  Catholics 

31 

23 

54 

147 

144 

291 

345 

Other  denominations 

7 

1 

8 

22 

10 

32 

40 

Not  reported  

2 

1 

3 

1 

29 

1 

6 

35 

38 

Total 

67 

65 

132 

422 

389 

811 

943 

Nationalities. 

English 

. 2 

3 

5 

35 

20 

56 

60 

Irish 

2 

11 

13 

41 

59 

100 

113 

Scotch 

1 

1 

2 

14 

12 

26 

28 

Canadian ! 

60 

48 

108 

283 

277 

560 

668 

United  States 

1 

1 

17  1 

I 9 

26 

27 

Other  countries 

1 

1 

14 

6 

20 

21 

Unknown  

1 

1 

2 

18 

6 

24 

26 

Total 

67 

65 

132 

422 

389 

811 

943 

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141 


TABLE  No.  3. 


Shewing  the  counties  from  which  patients  have  been  admitted  up  to  30th 

September,  1900. 


Counties. 

Admitted  during  year. 

Total  admittance. 

Males. 

Females 

Total. 

Males. 

Females 

Total. 

Bruce ...  

i 

4 

1 

5 

Carleton 

12 

18 

SO 

104 

96 

200 

Elgin 

2 

2 

4 

3 

7 

Essex 

1 

1 

3 

3 ’ 

6 

Frontenac  ...  

10 

12 

22 

Grey  

1 

1 

2 

1 

3 

Haldimand 

3 

3 

Halton  

2 

2 

Hastings 

9 

24 

33 

Huron 

1 

1 

1 1 

1 2 

3 

Kent  

2 

2 

6 

1 

7 

Lambton  ......  

6 

1 

7 

Lanark  

3 

10 

13 

41 

43 

84 

Leeds  and  Grenville 

1 

12 

13 

69 

88 

167 

Tjennox  and  Addington  

3 

5 

8 

Lincoln 

2 

3 

5 

Middlesex 

.4 

4 

12 

12 

24 

Muskoka  District 

1 

1 

Nipissing  District  . 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Norfolk *. 

2 

2 

Northumberland  and  Durham  

1 

1 

12 

3 

15 

Ontario 

1 

3 

4 

Oxford  

1 

1 

3 

2 

5 

Peel 

2 

1 

3 

Perth ....  

1 

1 

5 

5 

Peterborough 

1 

'l” 

2 

Prescott  and  Russell 

5 

4 

9 

31  . 

32 

63 

Prince  Edward 

2 

3 

5 

Renfrew 

9 

8 

17 

Simcoe  

7 

1 

8 

Stormont,  Dundas  and  Glengarry 

13 

10 

23 

81 

62 

143 

Victoria 

1 

1 

1 

4 

5 

Waterloo  

1 

1 1 

! 2 

2 

Welland  .... 

3 

3 

Wellington  

• 

1 

2 

3 

W^ent worth  

3 

5 

8 

York  

16 

9 

25 

35 

30 

65 

Not  classed 

1 

1 

2 

6 1 

1 

7 

Total  admissions 

67 

65 

132 

489 

454 

943 

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TABLE  No.  4. 

Shewing  the  counties  from  which  warranted  cases  have  been  admitted  up  to  30th 

September,  1900. 


I Admitted  during  year. 

Total  admssions. 

Counties. 

1 

1 Males. 

Females 

Total. 

Males. 

Females 

Total. 

1 

4r 

Bruce 

1 

2 

1 

1 

2 

Carleton 

7 

10 

17 

73 

67 

130 

Elgin  

1 

1 

3 

1 

4 

Essex 

1 

3 

4 

Frontenac  

6 

7 

16 

Grey 

1 

1 

2 

Haldimand  

3 

3 

Halton  

1 

1 

Hastings 

6 

...  .... 

23 

Kent  

1 

' 1 

3 

3 

Lambton  

5 

1 

6 

TjainarV  

1 

2 

3 

16 

12 

28 

Leeds  and  Grenville 

1 

1 

23 

12 

35 

Lennox  and  Addington 

3 

6 

8 

Lincoln  

2 1 

1 2 

4 

Middlesex  

3 

3 

8 ! 

4 

12 

Norfolk  

1 1 

1 

Northumberland  and  Durham 

7 

2 

9 

Ontario 

2 

4 

6 

Oxford  

i 

1 

•4: 

1 

5 

Perth  

1 

1 

5 

6 

Pp.tprborrmgh  

1 

1 

2 

Prescott  and  Russell 

Prinne  Erlward  

2 

2 

4 

19 

2 

17 

2 

36 

4 

Renfrew  

8 

4 

12 

Simcoe  

5 

1 

6 

Stormont,  Dundas  and  Glengarry 

19 

7 

26 

Vip.toria,  .*  

1 

1 

1 

4 

5 

Welland 

1 

1 

4 

4 

W^ellinfton  

1 

1 

W^entworth  

1 

3 

2" 

5 

Y ork 

14 

8 i 

22 

33 

24 

57 

Not  p.la.Rsprl . 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Total  admissiona 

34 

23 

1 

1 

57 

271 

192 

463 

No. 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31 

32 

33 

34 

35 

36 

37 

38 

39 

40 


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TABLE  No  5. 


Qgth  of  Residence  in  the  Asyltfm  of  those  discharged  daring  the  year. 


Sex. 


F 
F . 
F . 
F 
F . 
F 
M. 
M. 
M 
M 
M 
M. 
F . 
F 
M. 
M. 
F . 
F . 
M. 
F . 
M. 
M. 
M. 
F . 
F . 
F . 
F . 
F . 
F . 
F . 
F . 
F . 
F . 
M 
M 
M. 
F , 
F-. 
F . 
F . 


When  admitted. 


June  22.  1899., 
Sept.  7,  1899... 
April  18,  1899 . 
Mar.  24,  1899. 
June  10,  1899. . 
Nov.  9, 1898... 
Sept.  26,1899. 
June  16,  1894  . 
May  3, 1899.  . . . 
July  26,  1899. 
Dec.  17,  1896. . 
Dec.  9, 1899  . . , 
May  20, 1899. , 
Dec.  11,  1899.. 
Oct.  21,  1899. . . 
July  13,  1899.. 
Mar.  14,  1900  . 
Oct.  1,  1897  . . 
June  6, 1899  . . 
June  22,  1899. . 
Mar.  6,  1895  . . 
Aug.  18, 1899.. 
Dec.  28,  1898 . . 
Aug.  31,  1895.. 
May  18,  1895 . . 
Oct.  9,  1899 . . . . 
June  9,  1900. . . 
Aug.  21,  1900  .. 

July  2,  1898 

April  21,  1900.. 
April  27,  1900  . 
Feb.  16,  1899.. 
Aug.  10,  1899.. 
Jan.  29,  1895.. 
Mar.  18,  1899.. 
Jan.  25,  1900.. 
Nov.  30, 1899. . . 
May  22,  1900. . . 
June  10, 1900. . . 
March  10,  1900, 


When  discharged. 


Remarks. 


Oct.  30, 1899.. 
Nov.  4,  1899.. 
Nov.  7,  1899 , . 
Jan.  8,  1900.. 
Jan.  1.5,  1900. 
Feb.  12,  1900. , 
Jan.  31, 1900.. 
Feb.  2,  1900. . 
Feb.  12,  1900 . 
Feb.  13, 1900 . . 
Feb.  19, 1900.. 
Feb.  22, 1900 . . 
Mar.  16,  1900 
Mar.  20,  1900  , 
April  11,  1900 
April  12, 1900, 
April  28,  1900. 
May  15,  1900 
May  17,  1900. . 
May  24,  1900. 
May  28,  1900. 
June  4,  1900 . . 
June  4,  1900.. 
July  13,  1900., 
July  14,1900.. 
July  17, 1900 . . 
Aug.  24,  1900  , 
Aug.  31,  1900. 
Sept.  3,  1900.. 
Sept.  10,  1900. 
Sept.  17,  1900. 
Sept.  24,  1900. 
Sept.  25,  1900. 
Sept.  26, 1900. 
Sept.  26,  1900 
Sept.  26,  1900 
Sept.  26,  1900. 
Sept  26,1900. 
Sept.  28,  1900. 
Sept.  29,  1900. 


Recovered. 

Unimproved, 

Recovered. 


Improved.  • 
Recovered. 


Unimproved. 

Recovered. 

i i 

Improved. 

Recovered. 


Improved 

Recovered. 


144 


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[ No.  ;i5 


TABLE  No.  6. 


Shewing  age,  length  of  residence,  and  proximate  cause  of  death  of  those  who  died  during 
the  year  ending  30th  September,  1900. 


1^0. 

Initials. 

Sex. 

Age. 

Date  of  Death. 

Resid( 

Years. 

jnce  in  A 
Months. 

sylum. 

Days. 

Proximate  Cause 
of  Death. 

1' 

E.  J.  E. 

F 

69 

Op.fi.  2.  1899  ... 

2 . 

Intestinal  obstruction. 

2 

W.  L 

M .... 

72 

Oct.  30, 

H 

3 

10 

24 

Apoplexy. 

3 

M.  J 

F 

61 

Nov.  10, 

(C 

7 

Exhaustion  Acute  Mania. 

4 

E.  C 

F ... 

67 

Dec.  1, 

n 

1...... 

12..,. . . 

Marasmus. 

5 

S.  M 

F 

43 

Dec.  23, 

i ( 

2 

io. 

21 

Phthisis. 

6 

J.  B 

M 

60... .. . 

Jan.  3.  1900. ... 

2..  . 

11 

i 

Pneumonia. 

7 

J.  B 

M 

41 

Jan.  11, 

i i 

2 

6 

27 

Phthisis. 

8 

M.  S 

F 

52 

Jan.  12, 

( ( 

.4 

10 

15  .... 

Phthisis. 

9 

S.  N.  T 

M. 

60 

Jan.  18, 

C k 

2 

7 

3 

Pneumonia. 

. 10 

M.  A.  M.  . . 

F .... 

48 

Jan.  29, 

iC 

5 

7 

25 

Cancer  of  Liver. 

11 

H.  B 

F 

63 

Mar.  27, 

5 

1 

2 

Heart  Disease. 

12 

J.  E 

M 

50  

Apr.  14, 

Ci 

7 

16 

General  Paresis. 

13 

A.  K 

F 

55 

Apr.  23, 

a 

h"".'.'. 

3 

27 

Cancer  of  Liver. 

14 

F.  H.  W.. . . 

M .... 

31 

4 

1 

30 

Epilepsy. 

15 

M.  H.  S ... 

F . . .*.  . 

47 

May  7, 

iC 

2 

1 

11 

Phthisis. 

16 

E.  H 

F 

48 

May  8, 

<c 

2 

1 

12 

Phthisis. 

17 

J.  R.. 

M . 

62  

May  9, 

( c 

4 

5 

4 

Heart  Failure. 

IX 

R.  S 

M..  .. 

48 

May  21, 

(( 

2 

5 

19  

Tuberculosis  of  Bowels. 

19 

W.  G 

M 

50 

May  22, 

i< 

4 

17 

Pernicious  Anaemia. 

20 

P.  D 

M 

75  ...  . 

May  26, 

5 

4...... 

30 

Senile  Debility. 

21 

L.  D 

F 

24 

June  6, 

5 

Exhaustion  of  Acute  Mel- 

cholia. 

22 

P.  S 

M 

67 

June  7, 

(« 

1 

21 

Heart  Failure. 

23 

J.  S 

M 

51 

June  22. 

n 

3...... 

7 

19 

Marasmus. 

24 

J.  F 

M 

53 

June  24, 

t i 

5 

5 

28 

Phthisis. 

25 

R.  C 

M 

51 

June  26, 

i ( 

2 

9 

Brights  Disease. 

26 

W.  W 

M 

74 

July  3, 

a 

3.../.'. 

10 

1 

Apoplexy.  _ 

27 

J.C 

M 

22 

July  10, 

n 

1 

10 

25 

Exhaustion  of  Epilepsy. 

(C  (<  (( 

28 

B.  M 

F .... 

31 

Aug.  4, 

tt 

24 

29 

H.  B 

F 

48 

Aug.  9, 

cc 

6 

Septicaemia. 

30 

M.  M 

M 

39 

Aug.  10, 

(C 

’3’.!!.’!'. 

i! 

26 

Exhaustion  of  Epilepsy. 

((  ((  cc 

31 

A.  E 

M . 

21  ... 

Aug.  27, 

( ( 

2 

32 

P.  W 

M .... 

82  

Sept.  3, 

( i 

5 

8 

6 

Senile  Decay. 

33 

J..  F 

M 

66 

Sept.  10, 

a 

11 

26 

Asthma. 

34 

L.  C 

M 

62 

Sept.  30, 

(C 

2'.'.!!!’ 

4 

19 

Phthisis. 

1900] 


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145 


TABLE  No.  7. 


Shewing  trades,  callings  and  occupations  of  patients  admitted  into  the  Asylum. 


Trades,  callings  and  occupations. 

During  the  year. 

1 

During  former  years. 

Total. 

Males. 

Females 

Total. 

Males. 

Females! 

Total. 

• 

Agents  

2 

2 

2 

Bakers 

1 

! 

1 

1 

Butchers  

1 

1 

1 

Blacksmiths  

7 

7 

7 

Barbers  

1 

1 

1 

2 

2 

2 

1 

1 

1 

Commercial  travellers  

1 

1 

1 

Cabinet-makers 

2 

2 

2 

Carpenters 

1 

1 

10 

10 

11 

Clerks 

1 

1 

2 

11 

2 

13 

15 

Clergymen 

2 

2 

2 

Carriage-makers 

1 

1 

1 

Coachmen  

2 

2 

2 

Civil  servants 

2 

2 

2 

Carters  

2 

2 

2 

Domestic  servants,  all  kinds 

22 

22 

1 

96 

96 

118 

Dressmakers 

1 

1 

5 

6 

6 

Druggists 

2 

2 

2 

Dentists 

1 

1 

1 

1 

i 

3 

3 

4 

Farmers 

25 

25 

124 

124 

149 

Gardeners  

1 

1 

1 

Grocers 

1 

1 

1 

Glass-blowers  

1 

1 

1 

Harness-makers 

3 

o 

3 

Housekeepers 

30 

30 

182 

182 

212 

Inn-keepers 

1 

1 

Labourers  

22 

22 

124 

124 

146 

Laundresses  

1 

1 

2 

2 

Lumbermen  

2 

2 

2 

Milliners  

2 

2 

2 

Masons  

2 

2 

2 

Machinists 

3 

3 

3 

Moulders 

2 

2 

4 

Merchants 

3 

3 

3 

Mechanics 

1 

1 

3 

3 

4 

Music-teachers 

1 

1 

1 

No  occupation 

20 

64 

84 

84 

Night-watchmen  

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

Nurses 

1 

1 

3 

3 

4 

Not  stated 

12 

18 

30 

30 

Other  occupations 

2 

2 

2 

Prostitutes 

2 

2 

2 

Painters 

6 

6 

t) 

Printers 

2 

2 

2 

Peddlers 

1 

1 

1 

Pump-makers 

2 

2 

2 

Spinsters  

i 

1 

1 

Sailors 

3 

3 

3 

Students 

2 

2 

7 

1 

8 

10 

Spinners 

1 

1 

1 

Sisters  of  Charity  

1 

1 

1 

Stone-cutters 

2 

2 

2 

Shoemakers  

5 

6 

6 

Seamstresses 

1 

1 

3 

3 

4 

Salesmen 

•i 

1 

1 

Sail  and  tent-makers 

i 

1 

1 

1 

Teachers 

1 

1 

3 

2 

6 

6 

Tinsmiths 

3 

3 

3 

Tailors  

1 

1 

4 

2 

6 

7 

Watchmakers 

1 

1 

1 

Wood-workers 

1 

1 

1 

Weavers 

1 

1 

1 

Waggon-makers 

1 

1 

1 

Unknown  or  other  employments 

9 

..  ^.. 

1 

’’'’is" 

17 

6 

1 

22 

40 

Total 

67 

1 65 

132 

422 

1 389 

811 

943 

10  A. 


146 


THE  REPORT  OF  THE  INSPECTOR 


[ No.  35 


* TABLE  No.  8. 

Shewing  causes  of  Insanity. 


Causes  of  Insanity. 


Number  of  instances  in  which  each  cause  was 
acsigned. 


In  respect  of  the  admissions  for  the  year 
ending  30th  September,  1900. 

■ 

As  predisposing  cause. 

As  exc  ting  cause. 

Moral. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Domestic  troubles,  including  loss  of  relatives  or 

1 

friends 

1 

1 

2 

2 

Religious  excitement 

Adverse  circumstances,  including  business  troubles . 

1 

i 

Love  affairs,  including  seduction 

1 

1 

2 

2 

1 

2 

3 

Fright  and  nervous  shocks 

1 

Physical. 

Intemperance  in  drink 

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

TntfiTYippra.nc.p,  HPvnftl 

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

Venereal  disease 

Splf-abnap,  pptiiaI 

4 

4 

Over- work 

1 

1 

3 

l‘‘ 

4 

Sunstroke 

1 

1 

Accident  or  injury 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

Pregnancy 

Puerperal 

4 

4 

Lactation  . 

Puberty  and  change  of  life 

2 

2 

5 

6 

Uterine  disorders  

1 

1 

Brain  disease,  with  general  paralysis . 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Brain  disease,  with  epilepsy ^ 

2 

2 

4 

3 1 

4 

7 

Other  forms  of  brain  disease 

Other  bodily  disease  or  disorders,  including  old  age . 
Fevers 

3 

4 

7 

i 

1 

7 

8 

1 

Hereditary. 

With  other  ascertained  causes  in  combination  

15 

19 

1 

1 

2 

With  other  combined  causes  not  ascertained 

16 

21 

1 

2 

3 

Congenital. 

1 

VT^ith  ntber  nso.Rrtn.inpd  canspp  in  cnmbina.tinn  . . 

1 

With  ntbpr  cnmhinpd  cn.nsps  nnt  ascprta.ined  

Unknown  

26 

14 

40 

46 

32 

78 

Total 

67 

65 

132 

67 

65 

132 

1900] 


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147 


No. 


46 

782 

798 
167 
774 
764 

799 
811 
790 
826 
816 
789 
763 
804 
206 
206 

86 

837 

178 

763 

802 

822 

770 

899 

841 

908 

833 

839 

926 


TABLE  No.  9. 


Shewing  the  probational  discharges  and  the  result  thereof. 


1 Sex. 

1 

Initials. 

Date  of  probational 
discharge. 

Term  of  probation. 

Result. 

M ..  . 

J.  R.  D 

October 

2,  1899...  , 

3 months 

Discharged  recovered. 

M 

J.  R.  R 

2,  “ 

2 

“ improved. 

M 

D.  F 

« 

16,  “ 

2 

t ( 

recovered. 

M 

H.  T 

<( 

28,  “ 

3 

U 

improved. 

F 

A.  K 

November 

22,  “ 

3 

u 

recovered. 

F 

M.  E 

1 month  

Returned 

M.... 

F.  H 

(< 

24,  “ 

2 months 

Discharged  recovered. 

M 

D.  S 

(< 

28,  “ 

2 

<>  (t 

F 

M.  K 

December 

21,  “ 

1 month  

((  (( 

M 

M.  J 

J anuary 

8,  1900 

1 

(4 

M 

R.  H 

10,  “ . ..  . 

3 months 

(t  <( 

M 

W.  P 

a 

23,  “ 

3 

44 

((  (( 

M 

J.  F 

n 

31,  “ 

2 

(4 

M 

J.  M 

March 

9,  “ 

2 

(( 

((  (( 

F 

M.  F 

24,  “ 

3 

( ( if 

M..  .. 

F.  S.  W 

April 

14,  “ 

6 

44 

Still  out. 

M 

W.  A 1 

1 “ 

24,  “ 

2 

44 

Discharged  recovered. 

M 

F.  M 

May 

2,  “ 

3 

44 

F . ... 

M.  F 

2,  “ 

2 

44 

((  It 

F 

S.  D 

5,  “ 

3 

4 4 

f 1 ft 

F 

M.  E.  S 

6,  “ 

3 

44 

4 4 4 4 

F 

c.  S 

12,  “ 

3 

(( 

44  44 

M 

J.  R.  Me.... 

c< 

21,  “ 

3 

44 

F ... 

M.  A.  C 

June 

26,  “ 

2 

44 

4 4 4 4 

F ..  .. 

C.  A 

July 

4,  “ 

3 

44 

F 

M.  C 

(1 

6,  “ 

2 

44 

Still  out. 

M 

J.  R.  B 

August 

8,  “ 

3 

44 

44 

M 

0.  E.  J 

September, 

4,  “ 

2 

(( 

44 

F 

C.  G 

6,  “ 

3 

44 

44 

SUMMARY  OF  PROBATIONAL  DISCHARGES. 


Males. 

1 

Females. 

1 

Total. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Number  to  whom  probational  leave  was 
granted ......  

17 

12 

29 

Discharged  recovered  ....  

12 

10 

22 

“ improved 

2 

2 

“ unimproved  

Died  before  expiration  of  leave 

Returned  to  asylum 

1 

1 

Absent  on  probation  on  30th  Sept.,  1900 

3 

1 

4 

17 

1 

12 

29  • 

148 


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[ No.  35 


TABLE  No.  10. 


Shewing  in  quinquennial  period,  the  ages  of  those  admitted,  recovered  and  died  during 

the  year. 


Ages. 

Admitted. 

Recovered.- 

Died. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

I 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

From  15  to  20  years  

4 

4 

8 

1 

2 

3 

“ 20  “ 25  “ 

8 

7 

15 

1 

3 

4 

2 

1 

3 

“ 25  “ .30  “ 

4 

6 

9 

2 

2 

4 

“ 30  “ 35  “ 

4 

8 

12 

2 

7 

9 

1 

1 

2 

“ 35  40  “ 

6 

6 

11 

3 

3 

1 

1 

“ 40  “ 45  “ 

10 

7 

17 

1 

2 

3 

1 

1 

2 

“ 45  “ 50  “ 

6 

9 

15 

1 

2 

3 

2 

4 

6 

“ 50  “ 55  “ 

3 

4 

7 

2 

2 

5 

1 

6 

“ 55  “ 60  “ 

7 

5 

12 

1 

2 

3 

1 

1 

2 

“ 60  “ 65  “ 

7 

3 

10 

1 

1 

2 

2 

4 

“ 65  “ 70  “ 

3 

2 

5 

2 

2 

4 

“ 70  “ 75  “ 

2 

2 

4 

2 

2 

“ 75  “ 80  “ 

2 

1 

3 

1 

1 

“ 80  “ 85  “ 

1 

1 

1 

1 

rTnlmown 

1 

2 

3 

Totals 

67 

65 

132 

13 

22 

35 

21 

13 

34 

TABLE  No.  11. 


Periods. 


Tli 

o >>  02 

• ^ -ts  -r- 


CO  ^ 


Under  1 month 


From  1 
2 

3 

4 
6 
6 

7 

8 
9 

10 
11 
12 


to 


2 months 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 


10 

11 

12 

18 


18  months  to  2 years . 

2 to  3 years 

3 “ 4 


20  years  and  upwards 


5 

5 

4 
7 

5 
3 

3 
2 
2 

6 

4 
3 

5 

21 


132 


Length  of  resi- 
dence of  those 
remaining  in 
Asylum  on 
Sept.  30tb. 

Periods  of  treat- 
ment of  those 
who  were  dis- 
charged cured 
during  the 
year. 

Periods  of  treat- 
ment of  those 
who  were  dis- 
charged im- 
proved during 
the  year. 

Periods  of  treat- 
ment of  those 
who  were  dis- 
charged unim- 
proved during 
the  year. 

8 

10 

4 

5 

10 

33 
15 

2 

4 

10 

3 

5 
9 

34 
■ 77 
134 

90 

117  . 

\ 

2 

2 

2 

6 

2 

1 

2 

3 

3 

1 

1 

' 

1 

1 

1 

1 

3 

1 

1 

2 

2 

1 

i 

570 

35 

3 

2 

Totals. . 


1900] 


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149 


TABLE  No.  12. 

Shewing  the  nature  of  employment  and  the  number  of  days’  work  performed  by  patients 

during  the  year. 


Nature  of  employment. 

Number 

of 

patients 

who 

worked. 

• 

Days  worked. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Carpenter’s  shop 

3 

1 822 

1 822 

Tailor’s  shop 

1 

227 

227 

Engineer’s  shop 

4 

1,406 

1,406 

Mason  work  

1 

41 

41 

Repairing  roads 

10 

204 

204 

Bakery 

2 

706 

705 

Laundry 

18 

877 

3,970 

4,847 

Dairy 

6 

2,180 

2,180 

Butcher’s  shop 

2 

600 

600 

Pierererv • • * * 

1 

365 

366 

Painting* 

5 

453 

453 

Farm 

23 

6,572 

6,672 

Garden  and  grounds 

62 

13,401 

13,401 

Stable 

2 

669 

669 

Kitchen 

11 

904 

2,260 

3,164 

Dining  rooms  

38 

6,401 

7,280 

13,681 

Officers’ quarters 

2 

• • • • • 

460 

460 

Sewing  rooms 

26 

1 

6,940 

6,940 

Knitting  ‘ • 

17 

5,016 

6,016 

Mending 

8 

2,120 

2,120 

Wards  and  halls j 

62 

8,763 

9,490 

18,253 

Storeroom 

] 

296 

296 

General 

108 

16,764 

22,240 

39,004 

Total 

392 

61,560 

69,776 

121,326 

TABLE  No.  13. 


Shewing  the  Counties  and  Districts  from  which  the  patients  remaining  in  residence  on 
the  30th  September,  1900,  were  originally  received. 


Bruce 

Males. 

4 

Females. 

1 

Total. 

5 

Norfolk 

Males. 

2 

Females. 

Total. 

2 

Carleton 

62 

61 

113 

N orthumberland 

6 

2 

7 

Dundas  . . . 

6 

4 

10 

Ontario 

1 

3 

4 

Durham 

3 

1 

4 

Oxford  

4 

1 

6 

Elgin 

4 

2 

6 

Parry  Sound  District  . . . 

1 

1 

Essex 

3 

2 

6 

Perth 

5 

1 

6 

Frontenac  

4 

10 

14 

Peterborough  

1 

1 

2 

Glengarry 

3 

10 

13 

Prescott ... 

14 

18 

32 

Grenville  

1 

18 

19 

Prince  Edward 

1 

2 

3 

Grey  

1 

1 

2 

Renfrew .... 

6 

4 

10 

Haldimand  

2 

2 

TJ.nssell  

1 

5 

6 

Halton  

1 

1 

Simcoe 

7 

1 

8 

Hastings 

6 

21 

27 

Stormont  

35 

14 

49 

Huron 

1 

1 

2 

Thunder  Bay  District  . . 

1 

1 

Kent  

5 

1 

6 

Victoria 

2 

2 

4 

Lambton  

4 

1 

6 

Waterloo  

8 

3 

Lanark  

21 

18 

39 

Wellington  

3 

*2 

6 

Leeds 

26 

23 

49 

Wentworth  

1 

8 

4 

Lennox  and  Addington  . . 

2 

5 

7 

York  

26 

26 

62 

Lincoln 

2 

2 

4 

Not  classed,  unknown,  etc 

11 

2 

13 

Middlesex  

9 

10 

19 

— 

— 

— 

Nipissing  District  

1 

1 

Total 

299 

271 

670 

150 


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TABLE  14. 

Shewing  work  done  by  the  Engineer  during  the  year  ending  September  30th,  1900. 


Articles. 

Made. 

Repaired. 

Articles.  Made. 

Repaired. 

Bars,  dry  kiln 

4 

12 

Pans,  meat  and  fruit 

6 

Beds,  iron  

163 

“ slop  3x9  ft.  extension 

“ alterations 

3 

made  and  put  under  steam 

“ setup 

80 

pots 

Basins,  wash  removed 

6 

Pipes,  steam 

io 

“ replaced 

6 

“ steam  covered  with 

“ repaired  

2 

felt  and  canvas 

40  ft 

Bells,  electric,  put  in 

3 

Pipes,  exhaust  steam  position 

Buttons  push  “ “ 

2 

changed 

2 

Batteries,  repaired  “ 

9 

Pipes,  water 

19 

Closets,  water,  repaired 

136 

“ alterations  on 

3 

Cans,  sprinkling 

6 

“ gas  altered 

2 

“ milk 

14 

• ‘ sewers  cleaned  out . . . 

4 

Covering,  boiler 

*3 

6 

“ sink  waste  cleaned  . . 

3 

Detectors,  time  electric  put  in. 

2 

“ bath  waste  

7 

Engine,  steam 

2 

Radiators,  induct  steam.  . . . 

8 

Fixtures,  gas  

3 

Range,  cooking 

6 

“ put  up 

3 

Roaster,  steam  new  set  up . . 

1 

Grates,  shaking  sets 

6 

Screens,  iron  flue  put  on 

*3 

3 

Hose,  fire  large  lengths 

“ “ small  “ 

3 

8 

Sinks,  iron  put  in 

Taps,  repaired 

3 

1 

167 

“ lawn  “ 

6 

Traps,  sink  cleaned  out 

23 

Hydrants,  large  replaced  new. 

1 

Sink  traps,  replaced  new .... 

3 

“ “ repaired 

2 

Traps,  steam  put  in  

*4 

4 

Hydrants,  small 

1 

Tank,  sewer  cleaned  out 

19  times 

“ replaced  new 

1 

Tubs,  bath 

1 

Water,  toby  heater 

6 

“ removed  

4 

Heads,  exhaust  position 

“ replaced 

4 

changed 

2 

Telephones,  repaired 

2 

Holders,  globe  put  on 

23 

“ put  in 

1 

Hoist,  hydraulic 

2 

Urns,  tea  and  coffee  position 

Jets,  gas 

19 

changed  reset 

1 set 

Joints,  expansion 

2 

Utensils,  kitchen 

11 

Kiln,  dry 

2 

Valves,  steam  and  water 

31 

Lanterns 

6 

“ radiator  re-ground 

Lamps,  1 street  set  up  in 

and  repaired. . 

68 

grove 

1 

Valves,  radiator  air  replaced. 

7 

Mains,  water  branch  laid  . . . 

790  ft 

“ water  relief  put  on 

“ gas 

245  ft 

new 

1 

Machines,  mangling 

'i 

1 

Wire,  etc.  telephone 

1400  ft 

“ washing 

4 

“ electric  repaired 

16 

“ wringing 

2 

“ electric  position  changed. 

4 

TABLE  No.  15. 

Shewing  work  done  by  carpenter  during  the  year  ending  September  30th,  1900. 


Built  1 green  house  55  x 20. 

Built  1 potting  house  and  furnace  room  14  x 26. 

4 pairs  sash  and  frames. 

2 doors. 

Glazed  green  house. 

Rebuilt  weigh  scales. 

Shelving  and  cupboards  in  pantry  and  store  house, 
in  new  hall. 

New  floor  in  4 bath  rooms. 

Laid  1900  ft.  4 ft.  sidewalk. 

“ 1300  ft.  3 ft. 


Repaired  track  500  ft.  new  rails. 

New  floor  in  3 pantries. 

Put  up  picture  moulding  in  3 halls. 

Put  up  new  Venetian  blinds  26. 

Put  up  46  ft.  partitions  in  employees’ rooms. 
Repaired  silo. 

Partitioned  new  silo. 

Spring  roller  blinds  put  up  26. 

Repaired  roof  of  coal  vault,  3000  ft.  plank. 
Made  6 poles  for  hook  and  ladder. 


1900] 


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TABLE  No.  16. 

Shewing  number  of  articles  made  and  repaired  during  the  year  ending  September  30th, 

1900,  by  carpenter.  ' 


Article. 

Made. 

Repaired. 

Article. 

Made. 

Repaired. 

Book-case 

.....  1 

Wash  stands 

8 

Benches  

28 

Water  closet  seats 

36 

36 

Chairs,  common 

306 

Water  trough 

1 

“ rocking  

38 

Gates 

2 

Lounges  



15 

Sign  boards 

2 

Sofas 

. ^ 

18 

Refrigerators  and  locks 

’7 

“ upholstered 

6 

Packing  boxes 

22 

Billiard  cues 

4 

Crates  

18 

Doors 

12 

Storm  sash 

18 

Locks  

170 

Mosquito  frames 

30 

Sash  and  frames 

12 

8 

Stone  boats 

2 

Large  brushes 

. . . . 10 

30 

Bake  boards 

2 

Sinks 

... 

8 

Meat  boards 

6 

1 

Picture  fraihes 

43 

12 

Spring  roller  blinds 

16 

Step  ladders 

6 

Blinds,  Venetian 

12 

Tables 

4 

24 

Wire  window  frames 

4 

8 

Window  stops 

180 

TABLE 

No.  17. 

Shewing  the  work  done  by  the  painter  during  the  year  ending  September  30tb,  1900. 


Month.  Work  done. 

October. . . Painted  the  third  flat  of  the  Executive 
Building. 

November.  Papered  five  rooms  on  the  third  flat  of 
Executive  Building. 

December.  Painted  bed-rooms  in  cottage  4. 

January.  . Painted  bed-rooms  in  cottage  5,  and  din- 
ing room. 

February  . Painted  attendants’  rooms  in  hall  “ F.” 

March Painted  in  hall  “ F ” and  finished  paint- 

ing dining  room. 

April.  ...  Painted  part  of  hall  “B.”  Painted  new 
green  house  and  did  glazing  for  the 
same. 


Month.  Work  done. 

May Finished  glazing  at  green  house  ; painted 

outside  wood  work  engineer’s  house. 

June Painted  in  cottage  3 and  stained  walls 

of  dining  room. 

July Painted  in  Cottage  5. 


August...  Painted  the  walls  and  wood  work_  of 
kitchen  at  Executive  Building ; paint- 
ed the  approach  to  the  amusement 
hall. 

September.  Painted  the  walls  and  wood  work  of  the 
halls  in  the  three  flats  leading  from 
front  of  Executive  Building. 


TABLE  No.  18. 


Shewing  work  done  in  the  tailor’s  shop  during  the  year  ending  September  30th,  1900. 


Article. 

Made. 

Repaired 

Article. 

Made. 

Repaired. 

Coats 

4 

Caps 

1 

“ uniform . . 

27 

108 

Combination  suits 

5 

’6 

Pants  

114 

Horse  blankets 

5 

26 

Robes  

6 

Vests 

Overall  jackets  

13 

‘3 

— 

— 

“ pants 

4 

463 

260 

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TABLE  No.  19. 

Shewing  work  done  in  sewing  room  during  jear  ending  September  30th,  1900. 


Article. 

Made. 

Repaired. 

Article. 

Made. 

Repaired. 

Aprons 

..  256 

430 

Skirts 

89 

128 

Blinds 

Shrouds  

15 

Curtains  (pairs) 

57 

i5 

Socks,  (pairs) 

522 

942 

Chemises 

. . 144 

760 

Stockings  (pairs) . 

181 

771 

Centre  pieces  and  tidies 

17 

Towels  

749 

, , 

Cushions 

26 

Table  cloths  

170 

Dresses 

263 

Underskirts 

172 

212 

Drawers  (pairs) 

..  188 

276 

Waists 

29 

48 

Lace  (yards)  

150 

Uniform  dresses 

40 

Mitts  (pairs)  

. . 126 

34 

“ caps 

80 

Nightgowns 

34 

126 

“ fichues 

no 

Panels  and  pictures 

4 

“ aprons  

112 

Pillowslips  

..  495 

384 

Window  drapes , . 

25 

Pillowshams,  embroidered 

86 

Sheets 

408 

5,340 

5,146 

Shirts  

, . . 564 

612 

1 

TABLE 

No.  20. 

Shewing  the  number  of  articles  passing  through  the  laundry  during  the  year  ending 

September  30,  1900. 


Aprons 

Blankets  . . . . . 

Bibs 

Blouses 

Corset  covers  . 

Coats 

Curtains,  pairs 

Collars  

Cuffs,  pairs  . . 

Chemises  

Drawers 

Dresses 

Dusters 

Guernseys 

Handkerchiefs 
Nightshirts  , . 
Nightgowns . . , 
Pillowshams . . 
Pillowcases  . . 
Pinafores  


15,938 

2,101 

40 

988 

982 

786 

340 

4,099 

2,465 

13,692 

10,911 

7,690 

60 

9,033 

3,813 

2,306 

7,147 

800 

29,770 

247 


Pants 

Quilts 

Sheets 

Shirts,  colored. . 
Shirt-waists  . . . . 
Stockings,  pairs 

Socks,  pairs 

Skirts,  colored . . 
Skirts,  white  .. 

Towels  

Tablecloths 

Table  napkins . . 

Ties 

Toilet  covers  . . . 

Ticks  

Uniforms 

Vests 


1,246 

1,045 

46,030 

13,968 

2,173 

571 

588 

9,168 

1,116 

22,907 

8,242 

3,857 

616 

611 

403 

821 

656 


247,726 


TABLE  No.  21. 

Shewing  products  of  the  farm  for  the  year  ending  September  30,  1900. 


Potatoes, 

Mangolds, 

Turnips, 

Carrots, 

Silo  corn. 

Beans, 

Hay, 


1.000  bush.  @ $0  40. 

2.000  n @ 0 15. 

300  M @ 0 15. 
100  @ 0 15. 

200  tons  @ 2 00 

10  bush.  @ 1 00 
4 tons  @ 8 00. 


$400  00 
. 300  00 
. 45  00 
. 15  00 

. 400  00 
. 10  00 
. 32  00 


$1,202  00 


Impkoveme>ts. 

Two  acres  cleared  of  boulders,  forty  rods  underground  tile  drained. 


1900  J 


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TABLE  No.  22. 

Shewing  products  of  garden  for  the  year  ending  September  30,  1900. 


Articles, 

Q’ty. 

Rate. 

Value. 

$ c. 

$ c. 

Beans,  green,  bushels  

. 15 

0 60 

9 00 

Beets,  bunches 

. 218 

0 02 

4 36 

Beets,  bushels  

no 

0 40 

44  00 

Corn,  green,  dozen  

. 950 

0 09 

85  50 

Corn,  fodder,  tons  

. 15 

2 00 

30  00 

Cabbage,  heads  

,2,800 

0 03i 

98  00 

Cauliflower,  heads  

. 450 

0 06 

27  00 

Celery,  heads  

.3,100 

0 031 

108  50 

Carrots,  bunches 

. 117 

0 02 

2 34 

Carrots,  bushels  

136 

0 40 

54  40 

Cucumbers,  doz 

,.  225 

0 12 

27  00 

Cres,  bunches 

,.  60 

0 03 

1 80 

Currants,  red,  boxes  

..  104 

0 05 

5 20 

Currants,  black,  boxes  

..  80 

0 07 

5 60 

Grapes,  pounds  

,.  327 

0 03 

9 81 

Lettuce,  from  hot  bed,  bunch.  78 

0 05 

3 90 

Lettuce,  from  garden,  heads 

..  810 

0 02 

16  20 

Onions,  bunches  

..  546 

0 02 

10  92 

Onions,  bushels 

..  150 

0 75 

112  50 

Peas,  green,  bushels 

..  30 

0 30 

22  50 

Articles. 

Q’ty. 

Rate. 

Value. 

Parsnips,  bushels 

$ c. 
0 50 

$ c. 
50  00 

Pumpkins  

..  85 

0 08 

6 80 

Peppers,  large  sweet,  bushel , 

..  1 

1 25 

Peppers,  Cayenne,  doz  

,.  20 

6*05 

1 00 

Parsley,  bunches 

,.  50 

0 03 

1 60 

Rhubarb,  bunches 

.2,510 

0 Oil 

37  65 

Radishes,  bunches 

0 02 

5 26 

Raspberries,  boxes 

Spinach,  bushels  

. 34 

0 08 

2 72 

..  22i 

0 50 

11  25 

Squash,  bushels 

..  63 

0 10 

6 30 

Sage  & summer  savoury,  bchs.  150 

0 03 

4 50 

Tomatoes,  bushels 

..  135 

0 40 

64  00 

Turnips,  bushels  

..  75 

0 25 

18  75 

Plants  grown  in  hot  beds — 
Flowring  annuals 

..  750 

0 03 

22  50 

Tomato  plants 

..  900 

0 01 

9 00 

Cabbage  per  c 

0 20 

6 00 

Cauliflowers,  per  c 

..  500 

0 60 

2 60 

Total 

$919  61 

Improvements  on  Grounds. 

The  main  South  drive  has  been  completed;  180  square  yards  has  been  bedded  with 
boulders  or  large  stone,  and  300  square  yards  has  been  covered  with  broken  stone  and 
finished  with  cinders. 

In  grading  plot  around  green  house  about  450  cubic  yards  of  earth  have  been 
moved. 

Ninety  feet  of  sewer  pipe  were  laid  from  green  house  to  main  sewer  to  serve  as  a 
drain.  There  has  also  been  287  yards  of  tile  draining  done. 

About  2,100  square  yards  of  grading  was  done  along  west  side  of  main  South  drive 
for  walk  and  boulevard. 


Farm  Exchacge  Account  for  the  year  ended  30th  September,  1900. 


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OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


157 


To  James  Noxon,  Esq., 

Inspector  of  Asylums, 

Toronto,  Ont. 


Orillia,  October  1,  1900. 


Sir  : — I beg  to  submit  the  24th  annual  report  of  the  operations  of  this  asylum  being 
for  the  year  ending  September  30th,  1900. 

At  the  close  of  the  previous  year  there  were  in  residence  3 57  males  and  300  females, 
making  a total  of  657.  There  were  admitted  by  Lieutenant  Governor’s  warrant,  6 males 
and  by  Medical  Certificate  39  males  and  26  females,  making  the  total  admissions  for  the 
year  45  males  and  26  females.  There  were  discharged  during  the  year  as  improved,  3 
males  and  2 females,  unimproved,  1 male  and  3 females,  making  a total  of  9 discharges 
during  the  year  5 of  whom  were  improved.  There  died  during  the  year  65,41  males  and 
24  females,  a very  large  number,  making  a death  rate  of  nearly  9 per  cent.  During  the 
winter,  influenza  or  la  grip  was  very  prevalent.  A great  number  suffered  from  this  un- 
pleasant disease,  which  left  evil  effects  with  a number  of  our  more  delicate  boys  and  girls, 
and  from  which  they  never  fully  recovered.  The  death  rate  is  to  be  largely  account- 
ed for  in  this  way.  Our  daily  average  population  for  the  year  was  651. 

A PPLICATIOXS. 

Our  list  of  applications  for  admission  steadily  grows  larger,  and  doubtless  before 
long,  the  Government  will  have  to  extend  our  accommodation  in  order  to  meet  the  de- 
mands for  admission.  At  the  close  of  the  year,  we  had  336  applications  : namely,  200 
males  and  136  females.  It  is  quite  certain  however,  that  a large  number  of  those  could 
not  be  located  to-day,  for  our  experience  was  in  1890  when  we  had  ample  room  in  the 
new  buildings,  and  applicants  were  notifled  of  such,  that  at  least  50  per  cent,  of  the  num- 
ber on  flle  could  not  be  found.  If  we  make  the  same  allowance,  our  applicants  will  prob- 
ably number  less  than  200.  But  even  with  100  knocking  at  the  doors  for  admission,  it 
will  be  seen  that  further  provision  must  be  made  for  this  unfortunate  class.  I will  not 
discuss  how  and  where  this  accommodation  should  be  provided,  as  in  former  reports,  I 
have  given  full  expression  to  my  views  in  this  regard,  more  particularly  in  the  report  of 
the  year  1 898  to  which  I beg  to  refer  you. 

Gardens. 


Owing  to  the  favorable  season,  our  garden  did  perhaps  better  this  year  than  any 
former  year.  The  crop  in  all  kinds  of  vegetables  was  large.  Quite  a large  band  of  boys 
four*d  useful  and  healthful  employment  in  garden  labor.  Many  of  them  have  a particu- 
lar liking  for  it.  This  fact  leads  me  to  suggest  that  it  would  be  wisdom  to  purchase  as 
much  farming  land  in  the  neighborhood  as  possible  with  the  view  of  establishing  a farm 
colony  of  our  grown  up  boys  and  working  men.  This  plan  is  followed  in  nearly  all  simi- 
lar institutions  in  the  United  States  and  it  is  found  not  only  to  be  a convenient  way  of 
providing  room,  but  also  an  economical  one. 

Industrial  Training. 

1 again  beg  to  recommend  that  provision  be  made  in  the  estimates  to  be  submitted 
at  the  next  session,  for  providing  industrial  teachers  for  our  grown  and  growing  boys  and 
girls,  as  our  experience  heretofore  has  been  that  when  a boy  or  girl  has  attained  the  limit 
of  school  age,  they  are  not  much  better  fitted  for  industrial  work  than  beforee  ntering 
school,  for  the  simple  reason  that  we  have  had  no  industrial  teachers,  nor  proper  rooms 
and  outfits  for  manual  training.  It  is  true  our  tailor  has  a small  class  of  boys  which  ara 
doing  remarkably  well,  but  it  must  be  remembered  that  we  have  only  had  a tailor  for  the 
last  two  years.  I have  from  time  to  time  recommended  the  appointment  of  a shoemaker, 
a bright,  intelligent,  educated  man  who  could  take  a class  of  boys  and  not  only  teach 
them  how  to  make  and  mend  a shoe,  but  also  to  be  an  example  in  his  habits  and  actions 
to  the  boys  under  him.  There  is  much  more  reason  for  training  our  boys  in  handicrafts 
than  any  other  class  in  the  community,  and  I would  strongly  urge  upon  the  Government 
to  take  action  in  this  line  at  once. 


158 


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' Water  Supply. 

In  la^t  year’s  report,  it  was  stated  that  we  had  abundance  of  water  since  collecting 
the  springs  and  connecting  them  with  the  reservoir.  Unfortunately,  however,  this  season 
has  proved  that  this  is  not  the  case.  For  some  reason  or  other  the  supply  from  the 
springs  is  greatly  diminished.  My  own  opinion  is  that  it  is  owing  to  the  absence  of  the 
old  mill  dam  near  our  property.  It  is  thought  by  many  that  this  dam  was  one  of  the 
chief  sources  of  our  supply,  and  it  is  strange  that  as  soon  as  it  was  done  away  with,  our 
water  supply  began  to  fail.  It  is  proposed  to  sink  a well  near  the  present  pump-house  to 
ascertain  whether  it  is  not  possible  to  obtain  a constant  flow.  If  this  fails,  it  will  be  nec- 
essary to  go  to  the  lake  for  our  water,  as  it  is  absolutely  necessary  that  we  should  have 
an  abundant  supply  here  at  all  times,  not  only  as  a protection  against  fire,  but  for  sani- 
tary reasons  as  well. 

Maintenance. 

We  still  mark  a very  low  figure  in  the  costs  for  maintenance  : this  year  being  only 
$81.84  per  capita.  It  should  be  stated  however  that  the  costs  for  fuel  is  not  included  in 
this,  the  accounts  not  having  passed  through  at  the  close  of  the  year,  which  of  course 
would  add  several  dollars  more.  There  must  be  other  reasons  however  to  account  for 
our  low  rate  as  compared  with  other  institutions.  Doubtless  one  reason  may  be  found  in 
the  fact  that  our  staff  is  much  smaller,  and  salaries  and  wages  as  a rule  are  less  than  in 
similiar  institutions.  Whether  those  institutions  pay  too  much,  or  we  are  in  receipt  of 
less  here  may  be  a question  open  to  discussion.  I have  no  hesitation  in  saying  that  our 
staff  is  too  small  and  some  of  our  people  are  paid  too  little  as  compared  with  others,  and 
I would  recommend  a levelling  up  in  this  respect. 

Wants. 

Under  the  head  of  wants,  I would  again  respectfully  urge  the  completion  of  our  silo 
with  the  necessary  arrangements  for  cutting  and  chopping  fodder.  The  coal  vaults  are 
still  a convenience  that  we  require,  as  you  know  the  coal  sheds  are  some  distance  from 
the  building,  and  are  becoming  very  much  wrecked.  So  that  considering  all  things,  it 
would  be  wisdom  to  have  our  coal  stored  adjoining  the  boiler-house.  This  would  save 
an  immense  amount  of  labor  as  well  as  fuel,  in  hauling  and  handling  so  frequently.  Dur- 
ing the  current  year,  we  should  do  a large  amount  of  painting  on  the  outside  of  the  main 
building.  In  many  places  the  paint  has  disappeared  altogether,  and  the  weather  is  affect- 
ing the  woodwork  so  that  it  would  be  necessary  to  have  the  whole  outside  woodwork  gone 
over.  Besides  there  is  a good  deal  of  inside  painting  to  be  done,  and  in  addition  to  that, 
the  outside  buildings  require  painting.  On  the  whole  therefore,  I would  recommend  that 
a respectable  amount  be  asked  for,  for  this  purpose.  We  also  require  a good  deal  of  furni- 
ture as  our  population  has  increased  and  the  furnishing  has  not  kept  pace  with  our  growth 
in  that  respect. 

Improvements 

Under  the  head  of  improvements,  I have  only  to  mention  the  beginning  of  the  erec- 
tion of  a cold  storage  building  which  I have  no  doubt,  will  prove  immensely  valuable  as 
well  as  a saving  to  the  institution.  No  other  improvements  have  been  attempted  if  we 
except  the  clearing  up  of  waste  land,  and  beautifying  the  place  in  general. 

Officers  and  Employees. 

We  have  not  had  many  changes  in  our  staff*  since  my  last  report.  Our  assistant 
matron,  Miss  Gibson,  was  transferred  to  another  institution  and  Miss  McKay  of  Wood 
stock  was  appointed  to  succeed  her  here.  Dr.  Laidlaw,  the  assistant  physician,  in  Jan- 
uary last  joined  0 Battery  Royal  Canadian  Artillery  for  active  service  in  South  Africa, 
where  I have  no  doubt,  he  assisted  in  making  a name  for  the  Canadian  soldiers.  It  may 
not  be  out  of  place  to  mention  that  Capt.  L.  E.  W.  Irving,  at  one  time  assistant  h*  re  is 


1900]  . 


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169 


also  in  the  same  battery,  of  which  he  is  now  lieutenant.  Dr.  W.  P.  St.  Charles  was  ap 
pointed  to  fill  Dr.  Laidlaw’s  position  here  and  has  proved  himself  to  be  a valuable  officer. 
The  officers  and  employees  generally  have  given  good  satisfaction  during  the  year. 

Your  obedient  servant, 

A.  H.  BEATON, 

Medical  Superintendent. 


ANNUAL  STATISTICAL  REPORT 


Of  the  operations  of  the  Asylum  for  Insane,  Orillia,  for  the  year  ending  30th  September, 

1900. 


TABLE  No.  1. 


Shewing  movements  of  patients  in  the  asylum  for  the  official  year  ending  30th  Septem- 
ber, 1900. 


Male. 

Female. 

1 

Total. 

Male. 

Female . 

Total. 

T?,p.maining',  Opt.nViftr  Isf,  1899 

357 

300 

657 

Admitted  during  year  : 

By  Lieutenant-Governor’s  warrant 

6 

6 

“ medical  certificate  

39 

26 

65 

45 

26 

71 

Total  number  under  treatment  during  year 

1 402 

1 326 

728 

Discharges  during  year : 

1 

1 

1 

As  improved  

3 

2 

5 

“ unimproved  

1 

3 

4 

Total  number  of  discharges  during  ye^r 

4 

5 

9 

Died  

41 

24 

65 

45 

29 

74 

Remaining  in  asylum,  30th  September,  1900 

357 

297 

654 

Total  number  admitted  since  opening  of  asylum  . . 

790 

703 

1,493 

“ discharged 

60 

62 

112 

“ died 

351 

332 

683 

“ eloped 

I 2 

2 

“ transferred  

20 

22 

42 

1 

“ remairsiner,  30th  Sept^mbf-r,  1900  .... 

1 

1 .357 

297 

654' 

Number  applications  on  fi  e,  30th  September,  1900. . 

1 

! 

200 

136 

336 

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TABLE  No.  2. 

Shewing  the  maximum  and  minimum  number  of  patients  resident  in  the  asylum,  the 
total  number  of  days’  stay  of  patients,  and  the  daily  average  number  of  patients  in 
the  asylum,  from  the  1st  October,  1899,  to  30th  September,  1900. 


Maximum  number  of  patients  in  residence  (on  the  26th  of  March) 
Minimum  “ “ “ (on  the  4th  of  July), . . 

Collective  days’  stay  of  all  patients  in  residence  during  year. 

Daily  average  population 


Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

359 

1 303 

662 

348 

1 297 

645 

128,158 

1 109,551 

237,709 

351,117 

1 300,114 

651,231 

Married 

Widowed 

Single . 

Not  reported. 


Social  State. 


Total. 


Religion. 


Presbyterians 

Episcopalians 

Methodists 

Baptists 

Congregationalists  . . , 
Roman  Catholics . . . , 

Mennonites 

Quakers 

Infidels 

Other  denominations. 
Not  reported 


Admissions  of  year. 


Male.  Female.  Total 


45 


45 


26 


26 


71 


71 


Total  Admissions  since 
Opening. 


Male.  Female.  Total 


1 

’789' 


790 


140 

154 

109 

29 

2 

125 

12 

3 


9 

1 

693 


703 


136 

159 

181 

26 

1 

86 

6 

1 


10 

1 

1482 


1493 


276 

313 

290 

55 

3 

211 

18 

4 


Total. 


Nationalities. 


English 

Irish  

Scotch 

Canadian 

United  States  . . 
Other  Countries 
Unknown. 


Total . 


6 

45 


26 


10 

1 

71 


28 

88 

790 


61 

162 


703 


1493 


45 


26 


71 


46 

89 

25 

632 

8 

16 

24 

790 


43 

37 

18 

562 

11 

9 

23 

703 


89 

76 

43 

1194 

19 

25 

47 

1493 


1900] 


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TABLE  No.  3. 

Shewing  the  Counties  from  which  patients  have  been  admitted  up  to  the  30th 

September,  1900. 


Counties. 

Admitted  during  year. 

Total  admissions. 

Total. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Algoma  District 

1 

1 

2 

3 

8 

1 11 

Brant 

1 

1 

10 

13 

23 

Bruce  

2 

2 

24 

22 

46 

Carleton  

2 

1 

3 

26 

16 

42 

Dufferin  '. 

1 

1 

2 

2 

8 

10 

Elgin 

1 

1 

6 

13 

19 

Essex 

18 

16 

34 

Frontenac  

1 

3 

4 

31 

31 

62 

Grey  

2 

2 

4 

26 

29 

55 

Haldimand 

1 

1 

19 

4 

23 

Halton 

12 

9 

21 

Hastiness 1 

1 

1 

15 

21 

36 

Huron  

1 

1 

27 

17 

44 

Kent 

2 

2 

16 

21 

37 

Lambton 

1 

1 

16 

14 

30 

Lanark 

1 

1 

9 

5 

14 

Leeds  and  Grenville 

2 

2 

23 

16 

39 

Lennox  and  Addington  

1 

1 

17 

12 

29 

Lincoln 

6 

4 

10 

Middlesex 

1 3 

2 

5 

36 

24 

60 

Muskoka  District 

1 

13 

8 

21 

Norfolk 

1 

8 

10 

18 

Northumberland  and  Durham 

2 

2 

4 

23 

26 

49 

Ontario 

3 

3 

29 

21 

50 

Oxford 

1 

1 

2 

18 

16 

34 

Peel  

5 

16 

21 

Perth  

11 

15 

26 

Peterborough 

6 

13 

19 

Prescott  and  Russell 

1 

1 

3 

4 

Prince  Edward 

5 

10 

15 

Renfrew  

3 

11 

14 

Simcoe 

2 

....3. 

""  5 

61 

51 

112 

Stormont,  Dundas  and  Glengarry  

1 



1 

24 

9 

33 

Victoria 

3 

1 

4 

18 

10 

28 

Waterloo  

18 

17 

35 

Welland  

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1 

6 

8 

14 

Wellington 

22 

8 

30  . 

Wentworth  

2 

2 

34 

32 

66 

York  

11 

3 1 

1 14 

135 

112 

247 

Not  classed  

1 

1 

8 

4 

12 

Total  admissions  

45 

26 

71 

7J90 

1 

703 

1,493 

11  A 


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[No.  35 


m 


TABLE  No.  4. 

Shewing  the  Counties  from  which  warranted  cases  have  been  admitted  up  to 

30th  September,  1900. 


Counties. 


Total  admissions. 


Algoma  District 

Brant  

Bruce  

Carleton 

Dufferin 

Elgin 

Essex 

Frontenac 

Grey  

Haldimand  

Halton  

Hastings  

Huron 

Kent  

Lambton  

Lanark  

Leeds  and  Grenville 

Lennox  and  Addington  

Lincoln  

Middlesex  

Muskoka  District  . . . . 

Norfolk 

Northumberland  and  Durham  . . . 

Ontario 

Oxford  

Peel 

Perth 

Peterborough  

Prescott  and  Russell 

Renfrew 

Simcoe  

Stormont,  Dundas  and  Glengarry 

Victoria 

Waterloo  

Welland 

Wellington  

Wentworth  

York  

Not  classed  


Total  admissions 


Male. 


1 

10 

14 

4 

1 


Female.  Total 


3 

4 
2 

4 
3 

13 

5 


140 


116 


1 

1 

8 

8 

2 

4 

5 
25 

14 
3 
3 

6 
8 

3 
6 
5 
9 
9 

4 

5 

3 

10 

8 

5 
8 

4 
7 
3 
1 

6 

16 

15 

5 
1 
1 
3 

10 

20 

1 


Total. 


256 


TABLE  No.  5. 

Shewing  the  length  of  residence  in  the  Asylum  of  those  discharged  during  the  year. 


No, 


Initials. 

Sex. 

When  admitted. 

When  discharged. 

Ti.  R 

F 

4—  3—97 

1—10—99 

R W 

M 

7_  8_99 

31—10—99.  

.T  M n E 

29—10—99 

30  11—99 

R.  M.  .T 

F 

17—12—97 

31—12—99 

V D 

M 

2—12—97  

1—  3 00 

L.  W 

A A H 

F 

2.3—  1—99 

13  _ 3-00 

F 

31—  3—99  

26—  3—00 

F.  H 

M 

4—  3—99  

29—  4—00.  ...  ... 

E TT 

.VT 

4—  9—99  

5—24—00 

Remarks. 


No. 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31 

32 

33 

34 

35 

36 

37 

38 

39 

40 

41 

42 

43 

44 

45 

46 

47 

48 

49 

60 

51  I 

52 

53 

54 

55 

56 

57 

68 

59 

60 

6L 

62 

63 

64 

65 


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163 


TABLE  No.  6. 


wing  age,  length  of  residence,  and  proximate  cause  of  death  of  those  who  died  during 
the  year  ending  30th  September,  1900. 


Initials. 

Sex. 

Age. 

Date  of  Death. 

Reside 

Years. 

nee  in  A 
Months. 

sylum. 

Days. 

Proximate  cause  of 
s death. 

E.K 

F .... 

61 

October 

7, 

1899.. 

9 

11 

7 

Hoemorrhage  of  lungs. 

J.H 

M.... 

32 

a 

9, 

4 4 

22 

10 

16 

Epilepsy. 

M.S 

F .... 

52 

<( 

11, 

4 4 

11 

10 

23 

Apoplexy. 

W.C 

M.... 

29 

(« 

14, 

4 4 

3 

6 

20 

Epilepsy. 

D.T 

M.... 

8 

“ 

20, 

“ . , 

1 

4 

15 

Epilepsy. 

N.H 

M.... 

31 

“ 

31, 

(4 

7 

9 

20 

Phthisis. 

J.  M 

M.... 

47 

November  3, 

44 

7 

4 

4 

Phthisis. 

A.S 

M.... 

27 

December 

1, 

4 4 

8 

4 

5 

General  Debility. 

M.H 

b"  . . . . 

35 

“ 

8, 

“ 

4 

8 

6 

Phthisis. 

M.  B 

F .... 

52 

“ 

10, 

44 

23 

1 

17 

Heart  failure. 

A.M 

F .... 

53 

“ 

18, 

“ 

2 

3 

8 

Phthisis. 

H.A 

M.... 

27 

(C 

2.3, 

4 4 

3 

9 

1 

Phthisis. 

J.R 

M... 

42 

“ 

31, 

44 

17 

4 

7 

Phthisis. 

G.  VV 

M... 

21 

January 

<4 

1, 

190C . . 

12 

3 

3 

General  Debility. 

.T.W 

M.... 

49 

7, 

44 

7 

4 

2 

Heart  failure. 

ML 

F ... 

26 

“ 

9, 

4 4- 

5 

6 

13 

Liver  disease. 

S.B 

F .... 

14 

13, 

“ 

1 

1 

1 

Phthisis. 

M.P 

F ... 

31 

February 

8, 

44 

4 

8 

5 

Erysipelas. 

G.S 

M.... 

16 

17, 

4 ( 

3 

5 

16 

Brain  fever. 

J.B 

M.... 

25 

“ 

24, 

19 

2 

4 

Congestion  of  lungs. 

D.M 

M.... 

46 

March 

12, 

4 4 

9 

7 

7 

General  Debility. 

T.F 

M.... 

9 

15, 

44 

1 

3 

4 

Phthiss. 

I.R 

F .... 

23 

“ 

15, 

44 

1 

6 

7 

Erysipelas. 

T.B 

IF  .... 

9 

“ 

26, 

44 

1 

5 

14 

Spinal  Memiplis. 

A.W 

'F  .... 

26 

28, 

44 

1 

16 

General  Debility. 

C.K 

F . . 

22 

“ 

31, 

44 

7 

9 

17 

Influenza. 

K.B 

IM.... 

22 

April 

( i 

4, 

44 

2 

6 

6 

Epilepsy. 

C.  W 

F .... 

48 

10, 

44 

5 

9 

8 

Asphyxia. 

C.H.  ....  .. 

M.... 

14 

14, 

44 

4 

9 

11 

Phthisis. 

M.G 

F .... 

21 

16, 

4 4 

6 

1 

4 

Epilepsy. 

W.R 

M.... 

7 

19, 

44 

2 

2 

1 

General  Debility. 

A.B 

M.... 

32 

22, 

4 4 

6 

5 

7 

General  Debility. 

C.R 

F .... 

25 

C t 

24, 

44 

2 

5 

6 

Phthisis. 

T.S 

M.... 

73 

May 

(( 

2, 

44 

8 

9 

27 

Apoplexy. 

W.P..- 

M.... 

22 

6, 

44 

14 

7 

11 

Phthisis. 

3.U 

M.... 

46 

‘ ‘ 

6. 

6 

6 

9 

Congestion  of  liver. 

R.H 1 

!F  .... 

40 

<( 

8, 

44 

2 

3 

9 

Phthisis. 

W.P 

M.... 

27 

9, 

44 

20 

6 

8 

Influenza. 

J.C 

M.... 

38 

(C 

11, 

44 

8 

4 

17 

General  Debility. 

F.T 

F .... 

8 

June 

1. 

44 

s 

11 

Marasmus. 

J.w....,  . 

M.... 

34 

•‘-J 

2, 

44 

6 

7 

23 

Heart  failure. 

R.E 

F .... 

12 

“ 

3, 

44 

3 

6 

2 

Epilepsy. 

T.F 

M.. 

61 

“ 

4, 

44 

9 

8 

13 

General  debility. 

J G 

M.... 

14 

‘‘ 

5, 

44 

5 

3 

13 

Tuberculosis. 

W.S ' 

M.... 

37 

(1 

6, 

44 

19 

1 

11 

General  debility. 

G.G 1 

If  ... 

19 

“ 

12, 

44 

9 

4 

21 

Epilepsy. 

J.W 

M.... 

23 

1 i 

17, 

4 4 

6 

3 

26 

Phthisis. 

J.N 1 

IM.... 

14 

19, 

44 

1 

7 

27 

Tuberculosis. 

G.D. 

'M.... 

10 

20, 

44 

4 

5 

26 

Epilepsy. 

J.C ' 

M.... 

16 

“ 

26, 

4 ( 

7 

1 

2 

Tuberculosis. 

M....I 

19 

K 

27, 

44 

2 

10 

Epilepsy. 

F .... 

17 

July 

4, 

44 

2 

2 

23 

Typhoid. 

T.H 

M.... 

11 

44 

5, 

44 

4 

3 

12 

Tuberculosis. 

M.N 

M... 

46 

44 

22. 

44 

12 

5 

26 

Gastric  cancer. 

M.T 1 

F . . . . 

16 

44 

24, 

44 

1 

7 

16 

Obes  of  oesophagus. 

S.R 1 

M.... 

34 

29, 

44 

2 

4 

11 

Tuberculosis. 

M.O  

F .... 

11 

August 

4 

44 

3 

3 

21 

Chronic  hydrocephab. 

J.L IM.... 

19 

6, 

44 

5 

3 

24 

Tuberculosis. 

M.F i 

F .... 

34 

44 

7, 

44 

1 

1 

10 

General  debility. 

P.C 

M.... 

13 

44 

7, 

44 

4 

3 

General  debility. 

F.N  

M.... 

19 

44 

21. 

44 

11 

9 

3 

Cirrhosis. 

J.N 

M.... 

29 

September  2, 

4 4 

9 . 

8 

17 

Phthisis. 

W.L 

M.... 

46 

“ 

8, 

44 

6 

1 

7 

Phthisis. 

O.F 

F .... 

14 

“ 

16, 

44 

5 

6 

26 

Tuberculosis. 

S.F 

M ... 

8 

27, 

44 

3 

4 

16 

Phthisis. 

164 


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[No.  »5 


TABLE  No.  7. 

Shewing  in  quinquennial  period,  the  ages  of  those  admitted,  recovered  and  died  during 

the  year. 


TABLE  No.  8 


Periods. 


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3 “ 4 

4 “ 5 

5 “ 6 

6 “ 7 

7 8 

8 “ 9 

9 “ 10 
10  “ 11 
11  “ 12 
12  “ 18 
18  months  to  2 years . 


Periods. 


From  2 to 

3 “ 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 
9 

10 
15 


3 years . 

4 


20  years  and  upwards. 


Totals 


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bo  n ;±e 

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45 

58 

49 

40 
48 
31 
39 
67 
79 

41 
27 

654 


1900  ] 


OF  LUNATIC  AND  IDIOT  ASYLUMS. 


1G5 


TABLE  No.  9. 

Shewing  the  nature  of  employment  and  the  number  of  day’s  work  performed  by  patients 

during  tbe  year. 


Nature  of  employment. 


Carpenter’s  shop 

Tailor’s  shop  

Engineer’s  shop  

Wood  yard  and  coal  shed  

Bakery  

Laundry 

Dairy  . . . 

Butcher’s  shop  and  slaughter  house 

Piggery  

Farm,  garden,  grounds 

Stable 

Kitchen  

Dining  rooms  

Sewing  rooms  

Knitting 

Wards  . . 

Halls 

Storeroom  

General 

Superintendent’s  house  

Gas  house I 

Total 


Number  of 

Day’s  worked. 

patients 

who  worked. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

2 

346 

1 

346 

5 

1,356 

1,356 

4 

1,125 

1,125 

12 

936 

936 

3 

939 

939 

18 

1,043 

3,747 

4,790 

6 

2,183 

2,183 

2 

156 

156 

2 

730 

730 

35 

6,084 

6,084 

4 

1,277 

1,277 

5 

730 

730 

36 

4,380 

8,718 

13,098 

8 

2,182 

2,182 

20 

6,260 

6,260 

153 

27,375 

28,245 

55,620 

11 

2,191 

1,252 

3,443 

1 

313 

313 

27 

2,191 

3,130 

5,320 

4 

365 

577 

942 

2 

730 

730 

360 

52,267 

57,047 

109,314 

TABLE  No.  10. 

Shewing  the  counties  and  districts  from  which  the  patients  remaining  in  residence  on  the 
30th  September,  1900,  were  originally  received. 


Counties  and  districts.  Males.  Females.  Total. 


Algoma  District 

2 

4 

6 

Brant  

4 

5 

9 

Bruce  

8 

8 

16 

Carleton 

. 10 

6 

16 

Dufferin  

1 

3 

4 

Dundas  

4 

2 

6 

Durham 

3 

1 

4 

Elgin  . 

4 

2 

6 

Essex 

11 

5 

16 

Frontenac 

. 13 

9 

22 

Glengarry  

1 . 

1 

Grey  

. 10 

*”i6 

20 

Haldimand  

6 

2 

8 

Halton  

1 

5 

6 

Hastings  

7 

11 

18 

Huron 

. 15 

6 

21 

Kent  

5 

10 

15 

Lambton  

5 

7 

12 

Lanark 

3 

1 

4 

Leeds 

9 

3 

12  . 

Lennox  and  Addington. . . 

. 10 

6 

16 

Lincoln 

1 . 

1 

Middlesex 

. 26 

9 

35 

Counties  and  districts.  Males.  Females.  Total. 


Muskoka  District , . 

7 

3 

10 

Nipissing  District 

2 . 

2 

Norfolk 

4 

” 6 

10 

Northumberland 

7 

7 

14 

Ontario 

9 

8 

17 

Oxford 

9 

6 

15 

Parry  Sound  District 

4 

2 

6 

Peel 

4 

6 

10 

5 

5 

10 

Peterborough  

3 

6 

9 

Prince  Edward  ....  4 

3 

3 

6 

Renfrew 

1 

5 

6 

Sxmcoe  

23 

31 

54 

Stormont  

2 

2 

Victoria 

8 

5 

13 

Waterloo  

7 

9 

16 

Welland 

3 

3 

6 

Wellington  

8 

2 

10 

Wentworth  ...  . . 

15 

14 

29 

York  

90 

44 

134 

Not  classed,  unknown,  etc. 

1 . 

1 

Total 

357 

297 

654 

Orillia  Asylum — Farm  Exchange  Account  for  the  year  ended  30fch  September,  1900. 


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OF  THE 


Operation?  of  the  Asylam  for  Insane,  Homewood  Retreat,  Guelph,  for  the  year  ending 

30th  September,  1900. 


TABLE  No.  1. 


Shewing  movements  of  patients  in  the  Asylum  for  the  official  year  ending 

30th  September,  1900. 


— 

Males. 

Females.  | 

1 

Total. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Fflmaining'  October  1st,  1899  

9 

10 

4 

8 

13 

18 

Admitted  during  year  : — 

Ry  TnoHical  certificate  

Total  number  under  treatment  during  year  

19 

10 

12 

3 

31 

13 

Total  number  of  discharges  during  year 

Hemaining  in  Asylum,  30th  September,  1900 

9 

9 

18 

Total  number  admitted  since  opening  of  Asylum 

133 

124 

107 

98 

240 

222 

“ discharged  . . 

103 

19 

2 

94 

4 

197 

23 

2 

“ died 

“ eb^ped  . 

**  remaininp  8fbih  Septp>Tiiber  1900  ....... 

9 

9 

18 

Inebriate  Branch. 

Remaining,  October  1st,  1899 

3 

14 

2 

6 

6 

19 

Admitted  during  year  : — 



Total  number  under  treatment  during  year  «... 

17 

16 

7 

6 

24 

21 

Total  number  *'f  discharp*^*  dnri'^o^  yea.r 

in  Asylunij  30th  S6ptGinb6rj  X900 - 

2 

1 

3 

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308 

61 

50 

361 

368 

“ diacbarped 

300 

5 

3 

50 

350 

5 

3 

“ Hied  , 

‘ ‘ plnped  

“ rema.ininD’  30th  Sentember.  1900  

2 

1 

3 

