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FIRST BIENNIAL REPORTS 
 
 OP THE 
 
 BOARD OF CONTROL 
 
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 BIENNIAL PERIOD 
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■ LETTERS OF TRANSMITTAL. 
 
 Concord, N. H., Nov. 2, 1914. 
 To His Excellency the Governor, and the Honorable Council: 
 In conformity with the law creating the Board of Control, 
 we have the honor to submit herewith our first biennial re- 
 port covering the period from June 1st, 1913, to August 
 31st, 1914. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 SAMUEL D. FELKER, 
 WILLIAM J. AHERN, 
 GEORGE W. FOWLER, 
 
 GEORGE w. McGregor, 
 
 BENJAMIN W. COUCH. 
 
 Concord, N. H. Nov. 2, 1914. 
 To His Excellency the Governor, and the Honorable Council: 
 In conformity with the act establishing the office of Pur- 
 chasing Agent, I have the honor to submit my first biennial 
 report covering the period from September 1, 1913, to 
 August 31, 1914. 
 
 Respectfuly submitted, 
 
 GEORGE W. FOWLER. 
 
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CONTENTS. 
 
 Eeport of Boaed of Conteol. 
 Eeport of Puechasing Agent. 
 
 Eepobt of State Hospital. 
 
 Repoet of Industrial School. 
 
 Repoet of School foe Feeble Minded. 
 
 Report of State Sanatorium. 
 
BOAED OF CONTROL. 
 
 Samuel D. Felkee, Eochester, (ex officio) Governor of the 
 
 State. 
 William J. Aheen, Concord, (ex officio) Secretary of the 
 
 State Board of Charities and Corrections. 
 George W. Fowlee^ Pembroke, Secretary, term expires July 
 
 19, 1916. 
 De. Geoege W. McGeegoe, Littleton, term expires May 
 
 29, 1917. 
 Benjamin W. Couch, Concord, term expires August 4, 1915. 
 
 Employees of the Boaed. 
 
 Chase E. Whitchee, Architect. 
 
 Chaeles H. Smith, Inspector of Construction. 
 
 Alfeed L. Guay, Inspector of Construction. 
 
 THE PUECHASING AGENT. 
 
 George W. Fowlee, Pembroke, Purchasing Agent, 
 Term Expires July 19, 1916. 
 
 Employees. 
 
 NoEA M. HoDNETT, Clerk and Stenographer. 
 Nellie L. Gannon, Bookkeeper. 
 
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 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL 
 
 COVEKING THE PERIOD FROM JUNE 1, 1913, 
 TO AUGUST 31, 1914. 
 
 The act abolishing the Boards of Trustees of the State 
 Pospital, the State Industrial school, the School for Feeble 
 Minded Children and the State Sanatorium, and creating 
 the Board of Control, went into effect June 1, 1913, as to 
 the Board of Control, and on September 1, 1913, as to the 
 Purchasing Agent. 
 
 The terms of the act are such that it is necessary that two 
 separate reports should be made, one relating to the Board 
 of Control, and the other relating to the Purchasing Agent. 
 
 The Boakd of Conteol. 
 
 The Board organized July 28, 1913, by electing Mr. Ahem 
 Chairman, and Mr. Fowler Secretary. 
 
 In August a contract for a year was made with Chase R. 
 Whitcher of Manchester, N. H., under which he became State 
 Architect, to draw plans and specifications, submit estimates, 
 and generally supervise institutional construction. 
 
 The board has held regular, general business meetings at 
 its office in the State House on Friday of each week, at which 
 times the superintendents of the several institutions have 
 appeared and presented their various matters to the board 
 for its consideration. 
 
 Such additional meetings as exigencies have required have 
 been held from time to time, both at the board's office and 
 at the various institutions. 
 
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 10 '"•'% ; ^•^S^i^i'Ot ^b:^ :i?oaed of control. 
 
 One member of the board has made an inspection of each 
 institution each month, the members inspecting the institu- 
 tions in rotation and reporting any matters found to require 
 the attention of the board. 
 
 The system of having the superintendents bring to the 
 board at the regular meetings anything coming to their at- 
 tention, and of having the members of the board report any- 
 thing found by them on inspection to require attention, seems 
 to us to provide a double check against failure of the board 
 to know of things which ought to be done for the welfare 
 of the inmates or of the institutions themselves. 
 
 Physical Condition of the Plants. 
 
 LAND. 
 
 Land is a most valuable asset for an institution and es- 
 pecially so for those which have inmates who are benefited 
 mentally and physically by regular out-door work. In this 
 the institutions in the western states are more fortunate than 
 most of those in the East. 
 
 TABLE OF LANDS. 
 
 Total. 
 Institution. Class. Acreage. Acreage. 
 
 State Hospital building" site 115 
 
 tillage 183 
 
 pasturage 120 418 
 
 School for Feeble Mind- 
 ed Children building site 90 
 
 tillage 88 
 
 pasturage 100 
 
 wood land 100 
 
 sprout land 100 478 
 
 Industrial School building site. 15 
 
 tillage 95 
 
 pasturage 62 
 
 sprout land 34 206 
 
 Sanatorium building site 10 
 
 tillage 60 
 
 pasturage 80 
 
 wood land 261 411 
 
 1.513 
 
KEPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL. 11 
 
 BUILDINGS. 
 
 With very few exceptions, the board found the buildings at 
 the various institutions to be in good, serviceable condition. 
 
 At the Hospital there is a relatively large per cent of new 
 construction, considering the age of the institution, result- 
 ing from the Act of 1903, under which the pauper insane 
 were taken over from the ten county almshouses. This rel- 
 atively new construction, with capacity, is as follows: The 
 Walker Building, 212 ; Kent Annex, 81 ; South Pavilion, 40 ; 
 North Pavilion, 100; Twitchell House, 30; Peaslee Annex, 
 45; Hospital Building, 156, and the cow barn, 50 stalls. 
 The older constructions, Peaslee, 24; Kimball & Chandler, 
 87; Bancroft, 44; Fiske & Eumford, 111; Kent, 63, have 
 been put into a very good state of repair. 
 
 At the School for Feeble Minded Children, all of the con- 
 struction except the farm buildings and the administration 
 building is relatively new and in a good state of repair. 
 These consist of an administration building, which is a re- 
 modeled farm house; the Quinby building, a well designed 
 and substantially constructed refectory of sufficient size to 
 take care of reasonable growth of the institution; a school 
 building of three stories; the McLane, 90; the Floyd, 90; 
 and the Felker, 100 (nearing completion) dormitories; 
 laundry, central heating plant, isolation hospital, and farm 
 buildings consisting of three barns, paint shop, carpenter 
 shop, small farm house, and a detached farm house used 
 by employees. The farm buildings are in need of paint, and 
 the horse bam is in a very bad state of repair. 
 
 At the Industrial School the girls' dormitory, Wilkins, 50 
 capacity, is new construction; Riverview Cottage for smaller 
 boys, 28, is relatively new and both are in excellent condi- 
 tion; the main building is old and of poor design for the 
 purpose for which it is used. We shall recommend certain 
 changes for this building in regard to the dining room and 
 kitchen, which are now entirely unsuitable. The two main 
 barns, corn barn, and other farm buildings are in good con- 
 
12 KEPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL. 
 
 dition, but at some future time we shall recommend a more 
 suitable arrangement for the piggery. 
 
 At the Sanatorium all the construction is relatively new, 
 consisting of a two-story brick administration building, a 
 three-story wood construction refectory with infirmary ac- 
 commodations upstairs, one-story male and female wards, 
 heat, light and power plant with laundry included in the 
 construction, hydro-electric power house, and cow barn under 
 construction. 
 
 INDUSTRIES. 
 
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 Modern scientific management of public charitable and 
 correctional institutions includes the fostering of industrial 
 pursuits for the inmates, for economic reasons to some ex- 
 tent, but more especially to enhance remedial treatment of 
 the cause which has brought the inmate to the institution. 
 
 Two general systems seem to be in practice in this country ; 
 the centralized institutional plant doing one particular thing, 
 and small, diversified employments to which various inmates 
 are directed in accordance with what the officers find to be 
 the inmates' natural inclination or adaptation. The board 
 favors the latter, and it is the more difficult to work out. 
 
 The industrial idea has already been carried into effect 
 quite extensively, as compared to what has been done in other 
 eastern states, at the Hospital, the School for Feeble Minded 
 Children and the Industrial school, but improvements along 
 this line can be made, the exact details of which the board 
 has not yet determined upon. Eeference to the reports of 
 the superintendents to the board, hereto appended, is made 
 for information as to what has already been accomplished 
 in this line. 
 
 FARMING. 
 
 The institution farm, wherever the inmates can work, is 
 a most valuable asset, and should be extended wherever and 
 whenever a reasonable opportunity presents itself. 
 
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL. 13 
 
 In addition to its value for remedial treatment, if it is 
 under the charge of a competent farmer, it is bound to be an 
 economic success. 
 
 The piggery pays best, and these institutions are nearer 
 to a normal line of efficiency as to this than as to the cattle 
 and the hens. 
 
 Not nearly enough has been done with the hennery in 
 those institutions which have inmates who can give the hens 
 and the henneries that constant care which is necessary in 
 order to make poultry raising successful. 
 
 "We confess the delinquency of New Hampshire in the 
 matter of its institution herds of cattle. 
 
 The herds are not bad, but they are not as good as they 
 should have been by this time. No systematic attempt has 
 been made to keep the complete record on each cow, and to 
 follow this up by weeding her out of the herd as soon as by 
 reason of age or for other cause she has dropped below par 
 for efficiency. 
 
 We entertain in our minds an ambitious program for the 
 state: We would gather the experts and decide on the breed 
 of cattle the state shall raise, would carefully purchase a 
 very few registered heifers and a bull of that breed for each 
 institution, would rotate these bulls until they had been kept 
 at each institution for a proper period and then discard and 
 buy new from outside the institution herds. We would 
 gradually eliminate the grades and scrubs until in course of 
 time we could point with pride to the standard State of New 
 Hampshire cattle, and the farmers of the state could purchase 
 with impunity, and at a fair and reasonable price, bull and 
 heifer calves, out of herds in which they have confidence, 
 interest and pride. We say this is ambitious, but not ex- 
 travagant and would be well worth doing. 
 
 Reference to the reports of the superintendents will show 
 the amount and kinds of products which have been raised 
 on the farms during the period. 
 
14 EEPORT OF THE BOAED OF CONTROL. 
 
 BEQUESTS. 
 
 The board desires to gratefully acknowledge two trust fund 
 legacies to the State Hospital which have been invested and 
 added to the permanent funds of the institution. One leg- 
 acy was by the will of Charles W. Eawson, late of Gilsum, 
 deceased, who donated the sum of one thousand dollars, and 
 the other from Susan H., Luella B., and Elva A. Wheeler, 
 sisters of Leverett Wheeler, a deceased patient. 
 
 Construction. 
 
 The Legislature of 1913 made appropriations for new con- 
 struction and extraordinary repairs as follows: 
 
 state hospital. 
 
 To rewire buildings $2,000.00 
 
 To build an addition to the laundry 5,000.00 
 For repair of cow bam and for cows 5,000.00 
 
 $12,000.00 
 
 SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE MINDED CHILDREN. 
 
 To build a dormitory for epileptics $40,000.00 
 
 Chapel 20,000.00 
 
 For piping sewerage, water and 
 
 steam 10,000.00 
 
 Land 3,000.00 
 
 To install an interior telephone sys- 
 tem 1,000.00 
 
 Enlarge the schoolhouse 2,550.00 
 
 Insulate steam piping 2.250.00 
 
 For electric wiring 400.00 
 
 To equip the carpenter shop 800.00 
 
 $80,000.00 
 
EEPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL. 16 
 
 STATE SANATORIUM. 
 
 To build a stock barn $7,700.00 
 
 An infirmary 17,500.00 
 
 Alter the dining room building 1,500.00 
 
 Furnish female infirmary 2,800.00 
 
 Install electric apparatus 3,520.00 
 
 Build a coal pocket 1,900.00 
 
 Install a boiler 1,350.00 
 
 Eepair the dam 2,000.00 
 
 For sewerage and hydrants 1,000.00 
 
 Live stock 1,500.00 
 
 Kitchen furnishings 600.00 
 
 Repairs 1,600.00 
 
 $42,970.00 
 
 Total $134,970.00 
 
 The State Auditor's report contains tables showing in de- 
 tail all the expenditures made under the foregoing appro- 
 priations, reference to which is here made for all such details, 
 but the following will show the construction and extraordi- 
 nary repair work of the board during the period. 
 
 On all such construction and repair work as has not been 
 contracted, the materials and supplies therefor have been 
 purchased by the purchasing agent. 
 
 The board adopted the system of daily inspection by com- 
 petent inspectors, representing the board solely, for all con- 
 struction and repair work done under these appropriations, 
 employing for this purpose Mr. Charles H. Smith of Aliens- 
 town and Mr. Alfred L. Guay of Laconia. 
 
 STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 Rewiring. This has been completed, the work having been 
 done by the electrician of the Hospital. 
 
 Repairs to cow ham. An examination of the barn itself, 
 and estimates furnished by the architect disclosed the fact 
 
i^Q REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL. 
 
 that this appropriation ,could npt be judiciously expended on 
 the barn as it was. Acting under advice and in accordance 
 with its judgment, the board has in process of erection a one- 
 story, wood construction with cement bottom, cow bam con- 
 nected to the old barn by trolley. This bam will contain 
 fifty stalls, wash and milk rooms, and be distinctly modern 
 in all its appointments. . This work is being done by the 
 regular Hospital force, to which .has been added carpenters 
 and masons, all under the direction of the architect; It will 
 be ready for occupancy in December. 
 
 Addition to Laundry Building. It was determined that 
 this could be done to better advantage by the- Hospital force, 
 with added carpenters and masons, than by contract, the 
 work to commence as soon as the cow barn is finished, so 
 there had been no construction under this appropriation at 
 the end of the period covered by this report. 
 
 SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE MINDED CHILDREN. 
 
 * Dormitory for epileptics. This building is in process of 
 tJOnstruction, being a two-story brick dormitor}" of mill con- 
 struction, designed along the general lines of the McLane 
 and Floyd dormitories, with such improvements as have sug- 
 gested themselves. The general contract was awarded to Wal- 
 lace Building Company, Laconia, for $31,075; heating, T. 
 Raiche, Manchester, $2,800; plumbing, T. Raiche, Manches- 
 ter, $2,075 ; electric wiring, W. D. Sanborn, Laconia, $925. 
 
 Chapel. This building could not be built within the ap- 
 propriation on plans accepted by the board, so a service- 
 •^able part of the building as planned is being constructed and 
 the plans preserved fbr use at su6h time in the future when 
 it will be found necessary to make an enlargement. Prac- 
 tically the entire building is devoted to a combination audi- 
 torium and gymnasium and is built of brick. It has been 
 named the Charles Sherman Little Building in honor of the 
 first superintendent of the institution. General contract, 
 'Hutchinson Building Company, Concord, $14,650; heating. 
 
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL. 17 
 
 T. Raiche, $1,200; plumbing, Orr & Rolfe, Concord, $726; 
 electric wiring, Orr & Rolfe, $552. 
 
 Piping, sewerage, water and steam. 8team pipe insulation. 
 These appropriations contemplated relaying the old pipe 
 lines as well as supplying the new buildings. A thorough 
 study of the heat, water and sewer line situation brought the 
 board to the conclusion that radical changes should be made 
 in the system involving relocation. Accordingly these ap- 
 propriations were combined and the steam system changed 
 to high pressure, a main artery cement conduit constructed, 
 with laterals running to various buildings, and additional 
 sewer and water lines laid, the sewer line being a ten-inch 
 main which will take care of future construction. The con- 
 tracts for this work were awarded as follows: Conduit sub- 
 way, Wallace Building Company, $2,890; conduit lines, T. 
 Raiche, $2,550 ; pipe lines, T. Raiche, $3,775 ; water and sewer 
 lines, John H. Stevens, Manchester, $1,274.43; trenches, 
 Hobbs & Cote, Laconia, for water trench, $160, and $6.50 per 
 cubic yard for ledge, for sewer trench $3 per rod, and $6.50 
 per cubic yard for ledge. Exposed steam piping in the Quin- 
 by Building and dormitories has been covered at a cost of 
 $634, the work being done by John H. Stevens. 
 
 To install an interior telephone system. The board de- 
 cided not to attempt to do anything with this appropriation 
 until after the two new buildings are ready to be occupied. 
 For land. The board purchased about fifty acres of good 
 pasture land and a barn of Annie M. Huston for the sum of 
 $1,500. A tract of one hundred acres of sprout land was 
 purchased from Jacob Sanborn for $600. This tract has 
 been fenced and will be gradually made over into a good 
 pasture by the use of inmate labor. Neither of these tracts 
 is connected with the other institution lands, but each is ac- 
 cessibly located in the vicinity. 
 
 Enlargement of Schoolhouse. The third floor of this 
 building constituted the gymnasium, which will hereafter 
 be in the Little building, and this floor has been made over 
 into a hallway and two school rooms, the interior has been 
 
18 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL. 
 
 repainted, and necessary heating and plumbing made. Gen- 
 eral contract, Wallace Building Company, $1,570; heating 
 and plumbing, T. Eaiche, $145. 
 
 Electric wiring. This has been done by W. D. Sanborn on 
 a contract as follows: Superintendent's residence, $225; 
 farm house, $50; vegetable cellar, $35; carpenter shop, $65; 
 school building, $100; Little Building, dimmer, $25; switch 
 board, $75 ; fixtures, $25. 
 
 Equipment of carpenter shop. A buzz planer, handsaw, 
 power grinder, saw bench with saws, and a ten-horse power 
 motor have been installed at an expense, together with shaft- 
 ing, freight, and electrical work, of $785.03. 
 
 Mr. Smith has been inspector of the construction at this 
 institution, 
 
 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. 
 
 The upper story of the Wilkins Building had been left un- 
 finished and was practically waste space. There being an 
 unexpended balance of the building appropriation which could 
 be used for the purpose, the board decided to finish the upper 
 story to provide accommodations for an increase in the num- 
 ber of inmates. This has been done under the supervision of 
 the architect. General contract, Bunton & Bernard, Man- 
 chester, $4,550; plumbing and steam heating, $830. 
 
 STATE SANATORIUM. 
 
 Several transfers from one item to another were found to 
 be necessary and were made, under the terms of the act 
 (Chap. 252, 1913) which provided ''Said sum ($42,970) to 
 be expended under the supervision of the governor and coun- 
 cil (board of control), who may make any changes in the 
 direction of the expenditures above itemized as, in their 
 best judgment, they may see fit,'' and under the advice and 
 direction of the governor and council. 
 
 StocTc ham. A cement bottom and wood construction 
 combination horse and cow barn, with silo, is being built to 
 
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL. Id 
 
 contain eight horse and twenty cow stalls. General contract, 
 Cummings Construction Company, Ware, Mass., $7,687; 
 plumbing, T. Eaiche, $200 ; wiring, A. L. Franks & Co., $240. 
 It will cost about $1,000 to connect the barn with the water 
 system and the entire expense of the barn item has been 
 provided for by a transfer of $1,500 from the infirmary item. 
 
 Infirmary. The lowest bid on any plans and specifications 
 for a building which the board believed it wise or economical 
 to build, was $25,282, the appropriation being $17,500. After 
 due consideration, the board voted that it was inexpedient 
 to attempt any construction under this item. The isolated 
 location of this institution makes it hard for contractors to 
 take care of their employees, the long freight haul and the 
 transfer from the railroad of about two and a half miles up 
 a very steep grade and the conformation of the land, all in- 
 crease the cost of construction to such an extent that the 
 board found that, as to most of the items in the appropria- 
 tion, the amounts required had been underestimated. 
 
 Alterations to dining room building . The open third 
 story has been finished into rooms to be used for employees 
 until provision is made for them elsewhere, when it may be 
 used as an addition to the infirmary accommodations. Gen- 
 eral contract, Cummings Construction Company, $2,468.67; 
 heating, T. Eaiche, $400; plumbing, T. Eaiche, $500; wiring, 
 A. L. Franks & Co., $235. This institution was found to 
 be without a vegetable cellar and without any suitable accom- 
 modations for refrigeration, so that supplies had to be re- 
 ceived by it almost daily, no safe margin of perishable sup- 
 plies being on hand at any time to guard against the 
 constant danger of interruption of freight service in the 
 winter time, a situation which the board decided could 
 not be allowed to continue. A transfer was made to this 
 item of the appropriation and a power refrigerating plant 
 installed in an addition to the dining room building, and a 
 vegetable cellar constructed beneath. Contract for the addi- 
 tion, Cummings Construction Company, $527 ; cork insula- 
 tion, New England Eefrigerating Company, Boston, Mass., 
 
20 EEPOIIT OF THE BOARD OF CONTEOL. 
 
 $797; refrigerating machinery, Bay State Construction & 
 Supply Company, Boston, $1,222; excavating and building 
 vegetable cellar, Cummings Construction Company, $1,000. 
 
 Furnishings for female infirmary. As stated heretofore, 
 the infirmary was not built, so nothing was expended under 
 this appropriation. 
 
 To install electric apparatus. This item was included in 
 the appropriation for the purpose of installing an auxilliary 
 electric plant in the power house to supplement the hydro- 
 electric plant and to be ready for service in case of failure of 
 the hydro-electric plant. A Ball engine, a fifty k. w. West- 
 ern Electric generator, synchronizing apparatus, transform- 
 ers, and other electrical machinery, have been installed. Con- 
 tract for material and labor was let to A. L. Franks & Co., 
 for $3,035. 
 
 Coal pocket. A concrete coal pocket of one hundred twen- 
 ty-five tons capacity has been constructed with direct en- 
 trance to the boiler room of the heating plant, and so lo- 
 cated that teams drive on to a flat top and dump over man- 
 holes into the pocket. The contract for this work was let 
 to the Cummings Construction Company for the sum of 
 $1,887. 
 
 Boiler. A Dillon boiler of one hundred fifty-horse power 
 was purchased on a contract for $898 f.o.b. Glencliff, and a 
 contract made with T. Raiche for $1,600 to do the piping and 
 setting. When the amount of this item of the appropriation 
 was determined, it was not understood that the installation 
 of the proper type of boiler would necessitate the building of 
 a brick extension to the boiler house, which is being done by 
 Raiche as a part of his contract. 
 
 The work under this item is in process and the boiler will 
 be ready to go into commission in December. 
 
 Repair of dam. The height of the dam and of the spill- 
 way has been increased three feet, and a wing a hundred feet 
 in length with a cement core has been extended from the dam. 
 This has doubled the capacity and is all that could be done 
 within the appropriation, but more yet is required as is ex- 
 
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL. 21 
 
 plained under the head of recommendations. Contract for 
 this work was let to Cummings Construction Company for 
 $1,925. 
 
 Sewerage and hydrants. Several sewer lines of two hun- 
 dred feet in length have been laid from the central basin to 
 land below; 700 feet of four-inch cast iron pipe water line 
 have been laid from the main water line to the cow barn and 
 one hydrant installed near the bam. On account of the un- 
 certainty of the conditions to be met in trenching for the 
 water line, a contract was made with Cummings Construc- 
 tion Company to do this work at actual cost plus $75, under 
 the inspection of Mr. Guay. It is estimated that the expense 
 will be about $1,100. The other work under this item, in- 
 cluding the erection of a silo, has been done under the super- 
 vision of Mr. Guay and laborers employed by him. 
 
 Live stock. There is more live stock at Glencliff than the 
 productive lands will supply with hay and pasturage ; in fact 
 the institution is obliged to purchase a part of its hay, so 
 this item has not been expended. 
 
 Kitchen furnishings. Morandi-Proctor Company appara- 
 tus has been purchased consisting of a range, urn, hot table 
 and piping. Contract, A. H. Britton & Co., Concord, 
 $547.21; expended for kettles, pans, freight and apparatus, 
 $52.83. 
 
 Repairs. Work done under this item has consisted of a 
 large amount of replumbing in the male ward, repairs to the 
 ice house and many minor items throughout the plant. 
 
 All the work under the different items of this appropriation 
 has been done under the inspection of Mr. Guay. 
 
 PLYMOUTH NORMAL SCHOOL. 
 
 The act making an appropriation for the construction of 
 a dormitory at the Pl3nnouth Normal School provided that 
 the work should be done under the direction of the governor 
 and council, who accepted plans and specifications, and to- 
 gether with the trustees of the institution, made the contracts 
 for the construction. The act was passed subsequent to the 
 
22 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL. 
 
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 Board of Control Act, which provides that all construction 
 shall be under the direction of the board. Acting under a 
 request made by the governor and council, the board super- 
 vised the construction of this building, Mr. Guay, the in- 
 spector, being used on this work, together with Mr. King, 
 of the school staff. 
 
 Recommendations. 
 
 GENERAL. 
 
 The board recommends that an act be passed under which 
 the income of each institution shall stand appropriated to 
 its use. 
 
 At the last session of the legislature an act was passed for 
 the present period, but the new act should be general and 
 not limited to a biennial period. 
 
 All stat€ moneys must by law pass into the state treasury, 
 and unless each institution shall have to its use its own in- 
 come and earnings, an injustice will be done, because the cost 
 of supplies for the industrial departments is charged to the 
 institution, and so it should have to its own credit the pro- 
 ceeds of these departments. Also the institutions which have 
 inmates who pay the whole or a part of their board have to 
 pay the cost of maintenance of these inmates, and should 
 have to their own use the board so paid. 
 
 We also recommend the enactment of a law under which 
 the board shall have authority to buy, sell or exchange insti- 
 tutional lands provided each exercise of authority under the 
 act shall be by the advice and consent of the governor and 
 council. This act should also contaain authority for the 
 board to institute proceedings for the condemnation of land 
 for institutional purposes by and with the consent of the 
 governor and council, the taking to be in the manner pre- 
 scribed for the taking of lands in the laying out of highways. 
 
 Additional lands for those institutions in which it is de- 
 sirable that certain of the inmates should work, will be 
 found to have economic as well as remedial value. 
 
KEPOET OF THE BOAKD OF CONTliOL. Zd 
 
 The matter of obtaining suitable lands for the institutions 
 is highly important and extremely difficult. A special ap- 
 propriation for land for a specific institution immediately en- 
 hances the land values in the specified vicinity. 
 
 We believe that the legislature should provide, by appro- 
 priation, a suitable amount for the purchase of land, to be 
 expended by the board under the advice and direction of the 
 governor and council, or by the governor and council upon 
 recommendation of the board. 
 
 We believe that the board should have an emergency fund 
 appropriation of reasonable amount, to be included in the 
 budget bills, which could be used, when necessary, for the 
 benefit of any of the institutions, and for the purpose of mak- 
 ing economies which could not be taken advantage of with- 
 out such a fund. 
 
 APPKOPRIATIONS. 
 
 The board has asked each superintendent to include in his 
 report his recommendations as to the things which need to 
 be done at his institution, the expense of which would neces- 
 sitate a special appropriation, and to give to the board his 
 estimates as to maintenance requirements for the next bien- 
 nial period. 
 
 The budget item for maintenance should always be figured 
 with an allowance to take care of any unanticipated rise in 
 maintenance costs resulting either from the necessity of tak- 
 ing in more inmates than expected or from unexpected in- 
 crease in the cost of supplies. 
 
 It should be figured so that there will be a reasonable mar- 
 gin to cover unforeseen things and to provide for minor re- 
 pairs to be done from time to time as the necessity for them 
 occurs. 
 
 The Hospital item, $225,000 (see footnote to table below), 
 is sufficient for these things and is not increased from the 
 prior period. 
 
 No material increase in population is to be anticipated at 
 the Industrial School or the Sanatorium, and the repair items 
 
24 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL. 
 
 at these two institutions are of such a nature that they are 
 recommended for special appropriations, so that maintenance 
 is not recommended to be changed from the prior period. 
 
 The maintenance for the School for Feeble Minded Chil- 
 dren for the year 1914-15 is $46,800, and if the Felker Build- 
 ing is in operation for six months of the year, there is grave 
 doubt if this will be sufficient. We recommend that the 
 maintenance for this institution for the next period should 
 be $57,000, which ought to provide for the usual mainte- 
 nance items and give some leeway for such minor repairs as 
 should be made when the necessity therefor appears, instead 
 of letting such repairs go unattended to. 
 
 If an act providing that the income of each institution 
 shall stand appropriated to its use should fail of passage, 
 these maintenance items will have to be increased as indi- 
 cated in the table below. 
 
 The maintenance required for the Board of Control is 
 recommended to be $3,000 to cover per diem, traveling ex- 
 penses and any other legitimate item of expense which might 
 appear. 
 
 The amount required for maintenance of the purchasing 
 agenf s department to cover salary, clerk hire and expense 
 of keeping the books and records is estimated at $6,000. 
 
 Eeference to the table below will show that these main- 
 tenance figures are for each of the two years of the biennial 
 period. 
 
 As to special appropriations, the board has canvassed the 
 situation at all the institutions and determined upon those 
 items of construction and repair which necessity requires 
 should be done during the next biennial period, and has re- 
 served the remaining recommendations of the superintend- 
 ents for future consideration. 
 
 The necessities at the Hospital require the expenditure of 
 the largest amount. In the superintendent's report will be 
 found a tabulation showing the present overcrowding of those 
 wards which are suitable for taking care of violent female 
 patients. Plans and specifications for a violent female dor- 
 mitory have been prepared and submitted to contractors for 
 
EEPOET OP THE BOARD OF CONTROL. 25 
 
 estimates as to cost. The plans for this building have been 
 SO drawn as to easily provide for the inevitable extension 
 thereof in the future. 
 
 This addition to the plant will necessitate the installation 
 of one boiler. The board has decided, under the advice of 
 the architect, that an extension to the boiler house should 
 be made of sufficient size to provide space for a battery of 
 five boilers, which shall face the battery of five already in- 
 stalled, and the new boiler would be the first of the new 
 battery. 
 
 The estimated cost of the building and furnishings to- 
 gether with connections with the central heating plant and 
 for the boiler and boiler house addition is $185,000, and we 
 recommend the appropriation of that amount for this purpose. 
 
 At the School for Feeble Minded Children there is no 
 suitable place to house the employees and the conditions 
 there in regard to this are such that we recommend the 
 erection of an employees' dormitory, plans and specifica- 
 tions for which have been accepted and submitted to con- 
 tractors for estimates. 
 
 We have gone carefully into the matter of the condition 
 of the horse barn and have decided that it would be inad- 
 visable to expend the amount of money thereon which would 
 be necessary in order to put it into suitable condition. 
 
 We believe that it would be an economy for the institution 
 to very substantially increase its hen business. 
 
 We recommend an appropriation of $45,000 with which 
 to build an employees' dormitory, to furnish the same and 
 connect it with the central heating plant by a conduit which 
 would also carry the sewer and water lines, to build a horse 
 barn and to use so much of any balance of said sum as may 
 be required to construct a hennery. 
 
 No new construction is absolutely necessary at this time 
 at the Industrial School, but the conditions in the main 
 building, as to the kitchen and dining room, are such that 
 they should not be allowed to continue. We have had es- 
 timates made of the cost of making changes which would 
 take care of the matter for a considerable length of time 
 and recommend an appropriation of $2,500 for this purpose. 
 
ZQ REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL. 
 
 The board's examination of the cost of maintenance at 
 the Sanatorium leads to the belief that the matter should be 
 carefully investigated before any plans are definitely de- 
 cided upon to provide for an extension of the capacity at this 
 institution. There are two things, however, which we think 
 should be done during the next period. A retaining wall 
 and an overhead approach to the second story of the bam 
 should be constructed and the dam should be faced on the 
 inside with concrete, the pond should be grubbed out and 
 an excavation made which would increase the storage ca- 
 pacity in an amount sufficient for all probable future growth 
 of the institution and provide ample water for fire purposes. 
 
 The following is a tabulation of the maintenance and 
 special appropriations which we recommend. 
 
 APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED. 
 
 Department 
 and Purpose. 
 
 Board of Control 
 
 Per diem and expense 
 Purchasing Agent 
 
 Salary and expense. . . 
 State Hospital 
 
 Maintenance 
 
 Violent female build- 
 ing furnishing, boiler 
 house addition boiler 
 
 Year 
 Ending 
 August 
 31, 1916. 
 
 $285,000.00 
 185,000.00 
 
 $59,000.00 
 
 45,000.00 
 
 $46,000.00 
 
 2,500.00 
 
 $35,000.00 
 2,000.00 
 
 $3,000.00 
 6,000.00 
 
 470,000.00 
 
 104,000.00 
 
 48,500.00 
 37,000.00 
 
 Year 
 Ending 
 August 
 31, 1917. 
 
 $285,000.00 
 
 $3,000.00 
 6,000.00 
 
 
 
 285.000.00 
 
 School for Feeble Minded 
 Children 
 
 $59,000.00 
 
 Employees' dormitory, 
 furnishing, heat, 
 sewer and water 
 line ; horse barn ; 
 hennery 
 
 
 
 59,000.00 
 
 Industrial School 
 
 Maintenance 
 
 Improvements to kitch- 
 en and dining-room, 
 main building 
 
 $46,000.00 
 
 
 46,000.00 
 
 Sanatorium 
 
 Maintenance 
 
 Barn approach and 
 dam 
 
 35,000.00 
 
 
 
 35,000.00 
 
 
 
 
 
 $668,500.00 
 
 
 $434,000.00 
 
 N. B. The maintenance items for the first three institutions are here 
 given without reference to the income of each institution. If the law is 
 changed so that the income of each institution shall stand appropriated to 
 its use, these maintenance items should be reduced as follows : 
 
 State Hospital, from $285,000 to $225,000 
 
 School for Feeble Minded Children, from 59,000 to 57.000 
 
 Industrial School, from 46.000 to 45.000 
 
report of the board of control. 97 
 
 Expense of Operating the Board. 
 
 Two departments, Board of Control and Purchasing 
 Agent, were created in one act. The auditor has carried 
 both under one detail. Nearly all the incidental expense 
 is properly chargeable to the Purchasing Agent. 
 
 The following statement of the per diem, travel, and in- 
 cidental expense includes items to the amount of $1,143.54, 
 expense incurred in equipping the office and opening a full 
 set of books. 
 
 BOARD OF CONTROL EXPENSE FOR THE PERIOD FROM 
 
 June 1, 1913 to August 31, 1914. 
 
 PERSONAL EXPENSE. 
 
 Per diem $1,968.00 
 
 Transportation 142.54 
 
 Subsistence 134.98 
 
 Miscellaneous 10.13 
 
 INCIDENTALS 
 
 Clerks (See Auditor's Eeport) 585.00 
 
 Original Office Equipment 846.39 
 
 A. K. Paul, expert accountant, opening set of 
 
 books 297.15 
 
 Surety Bonds 304.10 
 
 Miscellaneous 552.30 
 
 Total $4,840.59 
 
 Eespectfully submitted, 
 
 SAMUEL D. FELKER, 
 WILLIAM J. AHERN, 
 GEORGE W. FOWLER, 
 
 GEORGE w. McGregor, 
 
 BENJAMIN W. COUCH, 
 
 Board of Control. 
 
PURCHASING AGENT'S REPORT. 
 
 To His Excellency the Governor, and the Honorable Council: 
 The portion of the Act of 1913 requiring the purchase of 
 supplies for certain state institutions and departments by a 
 purchasing agent took effect September 1, 1913. This re- 
 port therefore relates to the fiscal year ending August 31, 
 1914, only, although designated by the act a biennial report. 
 In addition to giving a summarized account of the pur- 
 chases made during the fiscal year and certain classified 
 financial statements, the act provides the report shall contain 
 "a general statement of the work of the department and the 
 observation of the agent as to the systems in force in the 
 various institutions, and his recommendations thereunto 
 pertaining, with such suggestions as to legislation as may 
 in his judgment be needed for the more complete performance 
 of the duties of his office.'' 
 
 IN GENERAL. 
 
 To bring the purchasing on account of a state into one 
 department was pioneer work in this section of the country. 
 There was therefore no worked-out system as a guide and 
 no opportunity to profit by the experience of others. Some 
 more remote states had adopted the policy, but conditions 
 were so different that it was conceded little aid could be 
 obtained from them. 
 
 Each of the seven state institutions and the more than a 
 score of state departments, for which the purchasing of the 
 things they needed was put upon the purchasing agent, 
 had hitherto purchased independently. The advantage of 
 uniting purchases had been recognized in single instances 
 
 28 
 
REPOET OF THE PURCHASING AGENT. 29 
 
 however. Previous to the passage of this act, provision had 
 been made so that book paper stock and envelopes for the 
 use of the several departments and institutions were pur- 
 chased in quantity through the Printing Commission. Three 
 institutions had united voluntarily in a steam coal contract; 
 a different group had joined in a butter contract and a but- 
 terine contract, and two were supplied with storage eggs 
 under one contract. Those were the chief exceptions to the 
 independent buying. Such practice was being extended each 
 year. 
 
 As the persons who did the purchasing for each institu- 
 tion- or department had other duties, it was to be expected 
 the greater number of wants had not been long anticipated. 
 To make formal requisition for supplies upon one central 
 department and physically apart from the institution itself, 
 and long enough in advance of the actual need to give ample 
 time for purchase to the best advantage, and their delivery, 
 was a most radical change. 
 
 Eecognizing this, it was regarded as impracticable to lay 
 down any hard and fast rules in putting into effect the new 
 state policy. Everything savoring of "red tape" was avoided, 
 further than an attempt to faithfully meet the requirements 
 of the act. The determination was to cooperate with and 
 to the fullest extent possible to be helpful to the institutions 
 and departments in a constant endeavor to get for them and 
 the state the fullest value for the money expended for such 
 of their maintenance as fell to this department. 
 
 An idea that such result could be accomplished by furnish- 
 ing articles of a cheaper quality and so at a smaller money 
 outlay has never been entertained. The constant effort has 
 been to so assemble requisitions from different sources and 
 anticipated needs, and by stimulating competition, to get the 
 grade of article required at the lowest possible cost. 
 
 To illustrate: None of the institutions were large enough 
 to use a carload of pea beans in a year, but it was ascer- 
 tained from a canvas that combined institutions consume 
 about such total. A car of No. 1 New York hand-picked 
 beans was purchased, brought to Concord and distributed 
 
30 EEPORT OF THE PURCHASING AGENT. 
 
 from there. Thus all were supplied at as low a cost as could 
 be obtained for any quantity, however large, at such date. 
 
 Among other articles purchased in similar way are mo- 
 lasses and syrup, vinegar and sugar. On articles of general 
 institution or department use of whatever character, but of 
 less than carload quantity, the policy has been to so arrange 
 the order that the lowest price for which such supplies could 
 be purchased in quantity could be obtained. With the ex- 
 ception of such supplies as to which no competition could be 
 secured, what is known as retail price has not been paid, and 
 as to such exceptions, the state has made the purchase at as 
 low a cost as could have been made by even a much larger 
 consumer. 
 
 The result was possible through the certainty of the seller 
 that in supplying the state, he was sure of his pay in full; 
 that, if a manufacturer or exclusive agent, there was a trade 
 advantage in numbering the state among its customers, and 
 that the expense of soliciting the business was minimum be- 
 cause of one purchaser for all the institutions and depart- 
 ments. 
 
 At the outset, those charged with checking up supplies 
 received at each institution were notified, that in no instance 
 would a purchase be made of provisions of any sort that were 
 not in first-class order and in every way wholesome; that if 
 any arrived which they suspected were not in such condi- 
 tion, they were to know that such had not been purchased; 
 and they were positively instructed either to return them to 
 the shipper at once at his expense, or to set them aside, and 
 notify this office in either case. I believe they have faith- 
 fully followed those instructions. 
 
 As purchasing agent, I have not construed the law as 
 putting upon me the duty of passing upon the need of a 
 requisition as made. Whenever from information at hand 
 as to the cost of different grades or makes of articles for which 
 requisition was made, it was believed better value could be 
 obtained than from following the specifications of the requi- 
 sition, such information has been given the party making the 
 requisition. The purchase when made was in accord with 
 
REPORT OF THE PURCHASING AGENT. 31 
 
 his final decision as to what should be secured. As to the 
 institutions under the Board of Control, this practice has 
 been varied merely to conform to a vote of the board that 
 all requisitions for other than the ordinary staple supplies 
 should first be submitted to the board for authorization. 
 
 METHOD OF OPERATING. 
 
 To carry into the fullest effect the purposes for which the 
 department was created, it was agreed that prompt payment 
 for purchases made would be an important factor. Business 
 concerns were generally profiting by the cash payment and 
 discount policy, and with abundant cash in the treasury, it 
 was desirable that the state should exercise a similar advan- 
 tage. The constitutional provision that no money shall be 
 issued from the state treasury but by warrant of the governor, 
 by and with the advice and consent of the council, and the 
 fact that the governor and council were not constantly in ses- 
 sion, made it impracticable to make prompt payment of each 
 invoice through the state treasurer. To consider this prob- 
 lem and the matter of accounting with a view that there be 
 no more duplication of clerical work than could be avoided, 
 a conference of the governor and council, the state auditor, 
 state treasurer, and Board of Control was held, to which an 
 expert accountant was summoned. 
 
 On August 29, 1913, following that conference, the gov- 
 ernor and council passed the following resolution, setting 
 forth the method of operation : 
 
 Resolved hy the Governor and Council, That the Method 
 of Doing Business hy the Board of Control Be as Follows: 
 
 1. At the beginning of each fiscal year, the governor 
 shall draw his warrant on the treasurer for an advance of a 
 sum sufficient to provide a working capital for the purchasing 
 agent, which sum shall be deposited to the credit of the pur- 
 chasing agent, who shall use the same in payment of obliga- 
 tions contracted by him under the powers and duties of his 
 office. 
 
32 KEPOET OF THE PURCHASING AGENT. 
 
 2. Upon requisition from the various departments and 
 institutions, the purchasing agent shall make his purchases, 
 and the seller shall make bills therefor in triplicate, and de- 
 liver the same to the purchasing agent. The purchasing 
 agent shall immediately deliver one such bill to the head of 
 the institution or department consuming such articles so 
 purchased; one to the state auditor, and shall retain one 
 for his office. The auditor shall give notice to the purchas- 
 ing agent of any errors discovered by him. The institution 
 or department shall report to the purchasing agent the de- 
 livery of the articles so purchased, and as to whether they 
 comply with the specifications and are otherwise satisfactory. 
 
 After receipt of this information, the purchasing agent 
 shall pay the bill so contracted and charge the amount against 
 the consuming department or institution. 
 
 The departments and institutions shall keep records of 
 accounts and as heretofore submit classified schedules of the 
 same at the end of each month to the auditor. At the begin- 
 ning of the succeeding months the governor shall draw war- 
 rants, based upon a report of the auditor to him, in sums 
 equal to bills so paid, and the sums so obtained on warrant 
 shall be deposited to the account of the purchasing agent to 
 reimburse his working capital account. 
 
 WORKING CAPITAL. 
 
 The working capital at first provided was $25,000. Such 
 sum was soon increased to $45,000, and the purchasing agent 
 "further instructed to advance the managers of the several 
 institutions the following sums for the purpose of meeting 
 valid emergency bills as they arise against such institutions 
 respectively, and for paying employes, such as cannot be 
 carried upon the regular payrolls: State Hospital, $700; 
 School for Feeble Minded, $200; State Sanatorium, $200; 
 State Prison, $100 ; Industrial School, $100.'' 
 
 It was stipulated that the managers should account to the 
 purchasing agent for the money so advanced. They were 
 to be reimbursed for the amount expended, whenever such 
 
KEPOKT OF THE PURCHASIXG AGENT. 33 
 
 funds ran low, at the discretion of the agent. This has been 
 done. The bond of the agent was increased because of such 
 additional responsibility. Further, the agent was instructed 
 to furnish from sucli working capital money to meet the 
 monthly and bi-weekly payrolls of such institutions as pre- 
 sented, after being certified by the superintendent and 
 the auditor. This was done that state employes might not 
 fail to receive their wages on the day they became due, as 
 was not always feasible through warrant upon the state 
 treasurer. Under similar instructions, advances have been 
 made to the Forestry and the Liquor License Departments 
 for the prompt payment of some of their obligations, and 
 for some work under special appropriations at the Laconia 
 and Glencliff institutions. The total of such advances dur- 
 ing the year is $144,873.14, for which reimbursements have 
 been made the purcliasing agent, through the treasurer's of- 
 fice, in the same manner as payments for supplies have been 
 reimbursed. The interest received upon daily balances has 
 been $231.57, which has been paid the state treasurer. Dur- 
 ing the year there were paid for supplies $302,486.40. By 
 advice of the auditor, the invoices for the highway depart- 
 ment have for the most part not been paid by the purchasing 
 agent, although all contracts and purchases have been made 
 by him. The exception has been the bills upon which dis- 
 count could be obtained for cash payment. The reason for 
 making that department an exception was that the cost was 
 finally shared by the state and towns in varying percentage. 
 The invoices on account of the adjutant general's office have 
 also been paid direct. 
 
 The number of checks drawn for the year is 5,202 ; of these, 
 5,031 were for supplies, and 171 for advances. 
 
 WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Previous to beginning operations, the following notice was 
 caused to be published in newspapers in various parts of the 
 state : 
 
34 REPOKT OF THE PUECHASING AGENT. 
 
 To Manufacturers, Jobbers, Merchants and Other Wholesale 
 
 Dealers : 
 
 ^'Notice is hereby given that the purchasing agent for the 
 State of New Hampshire invites and will receive proposals 
 for furnishing fuel, furnishings, supplies, materials equip- 
 ment or other things in use in the several institutions and 
 state departments, the purchase of which is required of him 
 by law after September 1, 191o. Lists of supplies as needed 
 from time to time will be furnished inquirers on receipt of 
 requests, stating the line in which interested. 
 
 •'Contracts will be awarded the lowest bidders, quality 
 considered, each bidder in any competition being given an 
 equal opportunity under such regulations as will protect the 
 interests of the state. Other conditions being equal. New 
 Hampshire dealers will be given preference." 
 
 A card index of names and addresses thus obtained was 
 made, to which have been added those of all other applicants 
 however received. 
 
 Requisition blanks in triplicate were furnished all depart- 
 ments and institutions specified in the law. The "original" 
 was for the purchasing agent, the "duplicate" for the insti- 
 tution or department, and the "triplicate" for the auditor. 
 These blanks called for a statement of the article needed, 
 quantity required, when needed, quantity on hand, annual 
 consumption, last purchase, dealer, quantity and price. 
 
 An additional blank was issued, termed "Emergency Pur- 
 chase" and the heads of each institution and department were 
 made the agent of the department to purchase such articles 
 in any emergency for which there was not time to make a 
 requisition upon this office, the report of a transaction thus 
 made to be rendered at once upon such emergency blank. 
 Comparatively few of the latter have been used. In an en- 
 deavor to keep in the closest touch with the work, the agent 
 has been at the office practically every business day of the 
 year and some holidays. The office hours have been from 
 8 A. M. to 6 p. M., six days of the week. 
 
 The number of requisitions for the year has been large, 
 particularly from the institutions, because of the conditions 
 
KEPOET OF THE PURCHASING AGENT. 35 
 
 and practice generally prevailing previous to the change to a 
 central department. A few weeks after the department be- 
 gan operation, a conference of the superintendents and the 
 Board of Control was held. The possible advantage of sim- 
 ultaneous requisitions with a longer anticipation of needs 
 was pointed out, and by agreement a certain day of each 
 week was named as "requisition day"; that is, such requisi- 
 tions as were certain to be made within a given week were 
 to be made out and timed to reach this office on Tuesdays. 
 This was not to prohibit a requisition, overlooked when such 
 list was made out, from coming at other times. It was then 
 hoped to gradually extend the time between requisition days 
 as the business became better organized, but no further steps 
 in that direction have been taken. Some of the institutions 
 have been able to comform to the plan most fully; others 
 have gone farther and made their general requisitions cover 
 practically a three-months period. 
 
 It was readily to be seen that from simultaneous requisi- 
 tions, articles of the same class could be assembled and the 
 agent could go to market wdth a larger order in each than 
 from individual requisitions, get the price advantage of the 
 larger quantity besides saving the time for other work that 
 the placing of several orders in succession would require. 
 It will be noted from the summary which follows that 2,207 
 requisitions are on file in this office covering the first year 
 period. They contain 14,286 different items. These totals 
 do not take into account requests for supplies that have been 
 given orally, in jierson or by telephone, by letter, or the 
 standing orders under annual contract, or supplies furnished 
 in anticipation of needs. The number of invoices paid is 
 8,334. By request of the managers of the Soldiers' Home 
 and of the State Library, requisitions for supplies for them 
 have been treated as if they had been enumerated in the Act. 
 
 Requisition forms regularly contain articles of the widest 
 variety. One taken at random for one of the smaller insti- 
 tutions has: meats, groceries, dry goods, hardware, shoes. 
 clothing and steam fittings, with a total of eleven item.i. 
 That is not an extreme sample. 
 
36 JrEPOltT OV THE PUKCHASIXG AGENT. 
 
 From the outset, a distinction has been made between 
 actual buying and ordering. Before a purchase has been 
 made, as a rule (to which the exceptions have been few), 
 prices have been obtained from at least two reputable dealers, 
 and the order invariably given to him whose olfer was lowest, 
 quality considered. Where requisitions could be combined 
 to amount to a considerable quantity of a class of goods, or 
 aggregating a considerable total, requests for written pro- 
 posals have been made to as large a list of prospective sellers 
 as was at hand. iVs to such regular supplies ai? groceries 
 and dry goods, the practice has been to place subsequent or- 
 ders to fill small requisitions at the same figure with those 
 sellers who were given the order on their proposals, provided 
 there had been meantime no change in the general market, 
 until a new order could be assembled large enough to war- 
 rant a new inquiry. If a better offer had come in the in- 
 terim, the successful previous bidder was still given a chance 
 in competition. 
 
 Examination of the invoices on file will show that all pur- 
 chases have been made on a surprisingly small margin for 
 handling. 
 
 Contract purchases have been made for supplying the needs 
 for a year, as ordered : For institutions, of coal, both anthra- 
 cite and steam; butter, butterine, tobacco, eggs, tea, coffee, 
 (except for officers), baking powder, cream of tartar, evap- 
 orated milk, lemon and vanilla extracts; for institutions and 
 departments, electric lamps, drinking cups, carbon paper, 
 typewriter ribbons, pens; for secretary of state, automobile 
 plates and chauffeurs' badges ; for highway department 
 metal culverts, road oil, road drags, and paints; for forestry 
 department, fire fighting implements. 
 
 Supplies in car lots have been bought: of sugar, potatoes, 
 flour, glucose, soap, boards, brick, Portland cement, pea beans 
 and land tile. 
 
 Purchases of estimated annual consumption quantity have 
 been bought : of molasses, syrup, blankets, seeds, fertilizers, 
 cheese, school supplies, periodicals, paper for official reports, 
 steamboat license plates, self-sealiug preserve jars. 
 
KEPOKT OF THE PURCHASING AGENT. 3? 
 
 Proposals on the above were called for with specifications 
 and the awards were made from samples submitted with the 
 bids. In practically every case, in determining the award, 
 the agent was given the helpful assistance of the stewards of 
 the Concord institutions, or the heads of the department 
 from which the requisition came. 
 
 Scores of other written proposals have been asked for and 
 received for definite requisitions, such as groceries of all 
 kinds, including canned goods, shoes, rubbers and leggings, 
 clothing of all kinds, furnishings, dry goods of extensive 
 variety, leather and shoe findings, beds and bedding, carpets, 
 rugs, crockery, furniture, kitchen furnishings, windows, elec- 
 trical supplies, cow stable equipment, hardware, laundry and 
 shop machinery, motors, auto trucks, paints, glass, disinfect- 
 ants, plumbing supplies, pipe and steam fittings, lumber, 
 roofing, wagons, grain, harnesses, books, medicines and hos- 
 pital supplies, stationery, bookcases, filing cases, ballot boxes, 
 badges, engineer's apparatus, poultry, developing negatives, 
 elevators, farm machinery, fire works, etc. 
 
 Next to fuel, "the item of meats is the largest in the list 
 of supplies as to cost. The average cost has been about 
 $500 a week. In frequency of delivery it is the largest. Its 
 purchase has required more attention than any other class, 
 and I am satisfied that in no other class have purchases been 
 made at a better advantage. There has been no opportunity 
 to organize a plan for annual contract and specifications to 
 deliver as ordered at a fixed price, and I am by no means 
 certain that there would be a net advantage from such 
 method. The cold storage plant at the State Hospital has 
 made it possible to meet the needs there more easily than 
 elsewhere. A similar equipment is being put in at Glen- 
 cliff and there should be a similar equipment at the prison 
 and School for Feeble Minded under its increased popula- 
 tion. During the early part of the year, some use was made 
 of the hospital facilities for cold storage in advance purchases 
 for other institutions. A considerable quantity of meat 
 would be liouofht from commission markets at less than 
 
38 KEPORT OF THE PURCHASING AGEXT. 
 
 market price in advance of requisition, and be eared for at 
 the hospital storage plant, and drawn from as wanted by the 
 hospital steward. Small requisitions from other institutions 
 would be filled therefrom in the form of purchase, being 
 billed at the quantity cost. In this way, meats to the amount 
 of about $800 were resold to other institutions from the hos- 
 pital at a large percentage of saving to the state. Criticism 
 and objection was made to this by the auditor as complicat- 
 ing the bookkeeping if a correct exhibit was to be made, since 
 which, there has been less of it. When market conditions 
 have forced a large percentage of saving in so doing, there has 
 been no hesitancy however, in purchasing from the stock of 
 one institution to meet the needs of another. For instance, 
 in such way ilour at car price has been bought for smaller 
 institutions from the Hospital, School for Feeble Minded, and 
 the Industrial School. Practically all the brooms and 
 brushes purchased by this department to fill requisitions 
 have been bought from the hospital. 
 
 To secure the quantity price on office supplies as well as 
 afford convenience to this department, a stock of such ar- 
 ticles as ink, pens, penholders, pencils, erasers, paper clips, 
 and fasteners, paste, blotters, carbon paper, writing papers 
 for several uses, etc., has been carried in this office. The 
 invoices have been made to the purchasing agent and paid to 
 obtain the cash discount. They have been billed out as called 
 for and reimbursement obtained as with other charges. This 
 practice has made the item of "office supplies" in the audi- 
 tor's report for this department improperly large, but the 
 cost saving alone has been in many cases 50 per cent. The 
 charges for telephone and to a considerable extent for express 
 and freight might properly be charged to the department in 
 whose direct behalf the service was rendered, but the trouble 
 of making such adjustment was regarded excessive. 
 
 If it should be deemed wise to make a special appropria- 
 tion for office supplies as a single item, the articles to be 
 furnished as needed and accounted for by departments in a 
 detail by itself, much clerical work throughout would be 
 saved. 
 
REPORT OF THE PURCHASING AGENT. 39 
 
 It is my conviction that the accounting system of the state 
 should be revised. Certain it is that for the business it 
 does, if the state were to establish accounting without refer- 
 ence to the past, it would not be done as at present. For 
 comparative purposes, there should be some consideration to 
 the past, but 1 believe an expert accountant could readily 
 work out a new system that would effect not only a great 
 saving in cost, but prove more satisfactory in results. 
 
 Because of the detailed analysis of expenses given in the 
 annual report of the state auditor, little of that nature has 
 been deemed desirable in this report. Such tabulated state- 
 ments have been prepared by the advice of the auditor as 
 would seem to make a complete showing in connection with 
 other reports and without duplication. 
 
 In furnishing supplies, the line has not been drawn with 
 reference to the fiscal year, when it seemed to the advantage 
 of the state to act otherwise. At the School for Feeble 
 Minded, coal enough was put in in the spring of 1914 to 
 meet the needs for at least four months of the next fiscal 
 year, to take advantage of the better teaming conditions, 
 with the consequence that the annual maintenance appropria- 
 tion fell a little short of present needs. At the State Hos- 
 pital, about 2,000 tons of steam coal more than usual was 
 put in during the summer months to enable the freight 
 truck purchased for its transfer to be utilized to the best ad- 
 vantage. The constant effort has been to purchase those 
 things which the state must needs buy in such quantities and 
 at such times as would require the least outlay of money. 
 
 The variety of supplies required through this department 
 has been extensive. It has comprised all those things needed 
 for the sustenance, care and comfort of a combined inmate 
 population of nearly 2,000; a portion at least of the living 
 expenses of more than 350 officials and employees ; the things 
 necessary for the upkeep of the state buildings; the pur- 
 chases required for the operation of four institution farms; 
 the school supplies for two normal institutions, besides the 
 articles used in 25 main state departments. In view of the 
 radical departure in state policy comprised in establishing 
 
40 
 
 HEPOKT OF THE PUECHASING AGENT. 
 
 tliis new department, the separated locations of those depend- 
 ent upon it and such a variety of needs, remarkable pa- 
 tience and consideration has been given it, for which grate- 
 ful appreciation is hereby acknowledged. 
 
 INVENTORIES. 
 
 The following gives the totals of the inventories furnished 
 by the institutions and departments, "of all supplies and 
 materials on hand as of August 31.^' They do not include 
 lands and buildings. A study of the detailed inventories 
 warrants the inference that different interpretations have 
 been put upon the law in that some have allowed for de- 
 preciation from one year to the next, while others have con- 
 tinued the same value upon the same articles on both dates. 
 They are given as filed. 
 
 Departments. 1914. 1913. 
 
 Hospital $165,260.21 $146,300.39 
 
 Industrial School 26,440.16 27,074.53 
 
 State Prison 14,991.40 14,830.37 
 
 School for Feeble Minded 26,440.71 25,734.71 
 
 Sanatorium 9,234.97 8,556.57 
 
 Keene Normal School 6,844.89 4,205.44 
 
 Plymouth Normal School 16,497.82 16,731.72 
 
 Adjutant-General 1,001.97 1,139.48 
 
 De];artment of Agriculture.... 726.81 737.00 
 
 Attorney -General 1,700.41 686.00 
 
 Auditor 1.424.98 
 
 Bank Commission ' 2,035.09 2,071.88 
 
 Charities and Corrections 512.50 346.83 
 
 Board of Control 734.37 
 
 Fish and Game Department 343.45 221.20 
 
 Forestry Department 9,249.74 8,081.04 
 
 Board of Health 6,343.23 6,053.05 
 
 Hig-hway Department 2,804.16 2,002.00 
 
 State Historian 369.70 239.25 
 
 Department of Pub. Instruction 1,684.02 1,512.95 
 
 Insurance Department 1,406.28 1,309.85 
 
 Bureau of Labor 404.84 346.50 
 
 Leoracy Tax Department 554.30 602.00 
 
 License Commission ' 1,456,90 1,505.67 
 
 Pharmacy Commission 236.05 
 
 Public Service Commission 3,122.16 3,482.64 
 
 Printing" Commission 30.00 1,255.93 
 
 Secretary of State 2,322.15 1,433.45 
 
 State House 31.00 
 
 Tax Commission 762.08 939.98 
 
 Treasury Department 1,225.75 1.204.13 
 
IlEPOKT OF THE PURCHASING AGENT. 
 
 41 
 
 REQUISITIONS. 
 
 The following is the total number of requisitions filed from 
 the institutions and departments named from September 1, 1913, 
 to August 31, 1914, inclusive. 
 
 DEPARTMENTS. 
 
 State Hospital ■ 
 
 State Prison j 
 
 Industrial School i 
 
 Sanatorium ! 
 
 Pljniouth Normal School j 
 
 Keene Normal School 
 
 School for Feeble Minded 
 
 Soldiers' Home 
 
 Highway Department I 
 
 Forestry Department 
 
 Public Service 
 
 Secretary of State 
 
 Board of Agriculture 
 
 Board of Health 
 
 Public Instruction 
 
 License Commission 
 
 Labor Commission > 
 
 Fish and Game Commission ! 
 
 Legacy Tax Commission i 
 
 Pharmacy Commission ' 
 
 Insurance Commission 
 
 Printing Commission 
 
 Tax Commission 
 
 Charities and Corrections 
 
 State Historian 
 
 Auditor 
 
 Bank Commission 
 
 Adjutant-General 
 
 Attorney-General : 
 
 Children's Commission i 
 
 State House i 
 
 Treasurer ^ . . . { 
 
 Total I 
 
 No. of 
 
 No. of 
 
 Requisitions. 
 
 Items. 
 
 474 
 
 6,208 
 
 254 
 
 1,425 
 
 94 
 
 1,153 
 
 146 
 
 970 
 
 53 
 
 477 
 
 62 
 
 394 
 
 91 
 
 896 
 
 34 
 
 183 
 
 300 
 
 682 
 
 148 
 
 356 
 
 84 
 
 290 
 
 80 
 
 171 
 
 45 
 
 9T 
 
 71 
 
 194 
 
 42 
 
 100 
 
 18 
 
 57 
 
 10 
 
 21 
 
 20 
 
 43 
 
 11 
 
 17 
 
 10 
 
 204 
 
 32 
 
 65 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 7 
 
 10 
 
 16 
 
 84 
 
 26 
 
 37 
 
 15 
 
 23 
 
 13 
 
 30 
 
 18 
 
 27 
 
 5 
 
 19 
 
 8 
 
 24 
 
 3 
 
 12 
 
 15 
 
 15 
 
 2,207 
 
 14,286 
 
42 KEPORT OF THE PURCHASING AGENT. 
 
 SUPPLIES. 
 
 The following gives the total amount paid for supplies for 
 the institutions and departments named from September 1, 
 1913, to August 31, 1914: 
 
 State Hospital $160,026.68 
 
 Industrial School 26,354.44 
 
 State Sanatorium 23,016.10 
 
 School for Feeble Minded 22,169.97 
 
 State Prison 19,997.78 
 
 Plymouth Normal School 7,242.80 
 
 Keene Normal School 4,858.27 
 
 Soldiers' Home 3,116.44 
 
 Adjutant General 2.10 
 
 Department of Agriculture 691.79 
 
 Attorney General 28.72 
 
 Auditor's Department 65.69 
 
 Bank Commission 181.75 
 
 Board of Charities and Corrections 499.02 
 
 Children's Commission 105.94 
 
 Fish and Game Department 3,261.30 
 
 Forestry Department 3,938.27 
 
 State Board of Health 1,476.76 
 
 Highway Department 7,037.14 
 
 State Historian 276.52 
 
 Department of Public Instruction 1,923.31 
 
 Insurance Department 845.23 
 
 Bureau of Labor 124.85 
 
 Legacy Tax Commission '24.47 
 
 State Library 374.81 
 
 License Commission 259.24 
 
 Pharmacy Commission 113.33 
 
 Public Service Commission 1,540.26 
 
 Public Printing Commission 129.26 
 
 Board of Control 1,120.49 
 
 Purchasing Agent 334.86 
 
 Secretary of State 7,297.75 
 
REPORT OF THE PURCHASING AGENT. 43 
 
 State House $3,543.09 
 
 Tax Commission 167.30 
 
 Treasury Department 340.68 
 
 Total $302,486.40 
 
 CASH STATEMENT. 
 Casli Receipts. 
 
 Working capital $45,000.00 
 
 Reimbursements from State Treasurer : 
 
 October, 1913 20.573.27 
 
 November, 1913 28,310.40 
 
 December, 1913 44,041.02 
 
 January, 1914 40,303.19 
 
 Febrnary, 1914 28,499.57 
 
 March, 1914 51,974.23 
 
 April, 1914 39.711.38 
 
 May, 1914 17,575.01 
 
 June, 1914 41,735.64 
 
 July, 1914 29,231.49 
 
 August, 1914 97,070.83 
 
 Interest 231.57 
 
 Received from other sources 435.31 
 
 $484,692.91 
 
 Gash Disbursements. 
 
 Paid for advances $144,873.14 
 
 Paid for supplies 302,486.40 
 
 Interest paid to State Treasurer 231.57 
 
 Cash in bank August 31, 1914 37,101.80 
 
 $484,692.91 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 GEORGE W. FOWLER, 
 
 Purchasing Agent. 
 
BIENNIAL REPORT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT, TREASURER 
 
 AND 
 
 FINANCIAL AGENT 
 
 or THE 
 
 N. H. STATE HOSPITAL 
 
 For the Period Ending August 31, 19 14 
 
 MANCHESTER, N. H. 
 
 Printed by John B, Clarke Co. 
 
 1915 
 
OFFICERS. 
 
 C. P. Bancroft, M. D Superintendent and Treasurer 
 
 C. H. DoLOFF, M. D Assistant Superintendent 
 
 A. B. HowAKD, M. D Assistant Physician 
 
 H. E. Herein, M. D Assistant Physician 
 
 E. H. EoBBiNS, M. D Assistant Physician 
 
 A. J. Nugent, M. D Assistant Physician 
 
 A. F. Tandy Steward 
 
 Mrs. Marcia A. Dresser , Housekeeper 
 
 Bertha M. Cornwall Superintendent Dining Hall 
 
 M. P. Ryan Supervisor 
 
 William M. Moore Engineer 
 
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
 
 To the Board of Control: 
 
 The superintendent presents to the Board of Control the 
 seventy-first and seventy-second annual reports of the State 
 Hospital for the years ending August 31, 1913, and Au- 
 gust 31, 1914. 
 
 The year beginning September 1, 1912 commenced with 
 957 patients — 500 men and 457 women. The number of 
 patients remaining September 1, 1913, was 1,058 — 525 men 
 and 533 women. The daily average for this year was 986.25 
 — 505.36 men and 480.89 w^omen. The death rate for this 
 period was 10 per cent. The recovery rate for the year 
 based on the number of different persons admitted was 20.94 
 per cent. 
 
 The year beginning September 1, 1913, commenced with 
 1,058 patients — 525 men and 533 w^omen. The number 
 of patients remaining Sept. 1, 1914, was 1,110 — 555 men 
 and 555 women. The daily average for this year was 1,085.7 
 — 543.1 men and 542.6 women — an increase of practically 
 130 patients over those in the hospital at the close of the 
 previous biennial period ending August 31, 1912. The 
 death rate for this year was 8.8 per cent. The recovery 
 rate for the year based on the number of different persons 
 admitted was 21.82 per cent. 
 
 The Walker Building was opened for patients May 24, 
 1913. This building was intended for patients of the in- 
 diistrial class, those cases that are quiet and can be em- 
 ployed in various capacities both in and outside the wards. 
 The capacity is at present 212, but when completed the 
 Walker Building will care for 424 patients. Men are at 
 present located on the first floor, and women on the second 
 
 3 
 
4 NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 floor. This arrangement, while disadvantageous in some 
 respects, by careful management of entrances and exits, has 
 caused little inconvenience. In the third floor of the wing 
 all the male night watches of the hospital are domiciled, as 
 well as the married employees of the Walker Building. In 
 the third floor of the administration portion are placed all 
 the women night nurses. Altogether this new building has 
 housed 270 persons. 
 
 The Walker Building is a complete unit in itself and has 
 proved easy of administration and economical in its opera- 
 tion. All the patients have some practical and useful oc- 
 cupation. Some work in the kitchen and congregate din- 
 ing rooms, others perform some sort of housework; the 
 women do all the sewing and mending of the hospital, be- 
 sides engaging in rug making, knitting stockings, basketry 
 and other useful and diversional employment. Several pa- 
 tients have been encouraged to cultivate small plots of 
 ground raising flowers and garden vegetables. Dr. and Mrs. 
 Herrin were placed in charge of this new unit, and have 
 administered their trust most faithfully. 
 
 The biennial period has been free from any serious epi- 
 demic or other illness. There was a death from typhoid 
 fever in October, 1912. This was one of the cases that ap- 
 peared during the summer of 1912, since which time there 
 has been no typhoid in the hospital. In 1913 there were 
 two cases of diphtheria, both of which recovered. During 
 the" last year there has been an epidemic of scarlet fever, in 
 which three employees and two patients were affected. 
 There were no fatalities. In the case of all these infectious 
 diseases one of the annex wards in the hospital building was 
 vacated and permanently shut off from the other wards, 
 making a most efficient isolation hospital for the care of 
 these infectious cases. 
 
 Pellagra has appeared in the hospital. Between 1908 and 
 the present time there have occurred eight cases, two of 
 which are living, although in critical condition. This dis- 
 ease, which apparently made its first appearance in Italy and 
 later became prevalent in the southern states in this coun- 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE ifOSPITAL. 5 
 
 try, has been slowly making its advance into the northern 
 states. Definite scientific information concerning its causa- 
 tion and exact pathology is lacking. Various theories have 
 been advanced — diseased maize and cereals, poor sanitary 
 and hygienic conditions, hook worm — but none have satis- 
 factorily accounted for its increasing prevalence and ap- 
 parently steady advancement in northern latitudes. The 
 cases in this hospital, with the exception of two living at 
 the present time, have all proved fatal, and have occurred 
 in widely separated portions of the institution. The dis- 
 ease has apparently occurred as a terminal feature in pro- 
 found nervous and physical exhaustion among dementing 
 psychoses. The progress after the appearance of positive 
 diagnostic symptoms has been rapid. Treatment has been 
 of no avail. The following table shows sex, date of admis- 
 sion and death of all the cases that have occurred at this 
 hospital. 
 
 Woman admitted February 14, 1908. Died September 4, 1911. 
 Woman admitted June 29, 1910. Died July 24, 1913. 
 Man admitted November 8, 1913. Died July 1, 1914. 
 Woman admitted April 27, 1914. Died July 23, 1914. 
 Man admitted May 20, 1914. Died August 19, 1914. 
 Man admitted May 15, 1913. Died August 29, 1914. 
 Woman admitted June 17, 1910. Still at State Hospital. 
 Woman admitted May 31, 1913. Still at State Hospital. 
 
 Much has been accomplished the last two years in diver- 
 sional occupation. In the men's work shop nearly all the 
 hospital printing has been done, besides the manufacture of 
 brooms, brushes, slippers and men's hose. With enlarged 
 facilities and suitable equipment there is no reason why the 
 hospital should not manufacture all its hose, men's shoes, 
 slippers and outing shirts. At the present time the men's 
 work shop has supplied its own brooms and brushes and 
 in addition has provided these articles for many other in- 
 stitutions. It is extremely important that a new carpenter 
 shop should be erected near the boiler house, and the pres- 
 ent shop fire-proofed and converted into an industrial shop 
 for various diversional occupations. Not only would such 
 additional construction and equipment be of benefit to men 
 patients, but would prove of distinct economic value to the 
 
6 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIIiE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 state. Moreover, the present carpenter shop and adjacent 
 wooden building is a fire menace. 
 
 During the last two years the exteriors of the Bancroft 
 Building, Twitchell House and Nurses' Home have been 
 painted and repaired throughout. The lower ward in the 
 Bancroft Building has been repainted and an entire new 
 birch floor laid. New plumbing has been installed in wards 
 5 and 8. Extensive repairs have been made in the head 
 farmer's house and the lodge at the main entrance. All the 
 old and unsafe wiring has been renewed with the exception 
 of Peaslee I, which will soon be completed. The new cow 
 barn, for which the last legislature made an appropriation, 
 will be completed by December 1. The verandas of the hos- 
 pital and Walker buildings have been fly screened, as well 
 as the entire Walker Building. As p Tesult the fly nuisance 
 has been perceptibly improved and the prevention of infec- 
 tion greatly enhanced. 
 
 Additional accommodations are imperatively needed at the 
 present time for the disturbed women patients. Further 
 crowding of the wards of the Kent Building is not only un- 
 sanitary, but throws out of balance proper classification of 
 all the patients. The following statement discloses the situa- 
 tion as it exists at about the close of the present year : 
 
 STATEMENT OF NUMBER OF PATIENTS AT STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 Wards. 
 
 Total No. 
 
 of 
 Patients. 
 
 Capacity. 
 
 Excess 
 
 of 
 Capacity. 
 
 Beds 
 Available. 
 
 Kent Building 
 
 Kent Annex 
 
 Piske & Rumford 
 
 South Pavilion 
 
 Bancroft Building 
 
 75 
 81 
 
 136 
 55 
 37 
 
 198 
 70 
 
 146 
 28 
 89 
 40 
 
 147 
 
 63 
 81 
 
 111 
 40 
 44 
 
 212 
 87 
 
 100 
 30 
 24 
 45 
 
 156 
 
 12 
 
 "2^ 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 "46 
 "65 
 
 7 
 
 Walker Building 
 
 Kimball & Chandler 
 
 North Pavilion.... 
 
 14 
 
 17 
 
 Twitchell Hoiise 
 
 Peaslee Building 
 
 2 
 
 Peaslee Annex 
 
 5 
 
 Hospital Building 
 
 § 
 
 
 1,102 
 
 993 
 
 163 
 
 54 
 
KEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 7 
 
 Excess of patients over capacity 163 
 
 Available beds at present time occur in quiet wards only 64 
 
 On Women's side at present time only vacant beds are as follows : 
 
 Hospital Building 
 
 Walker Building 9 
 
 Bancroft Building ^ 7 
 
 Kent Building 
 
 - 16 
 
 Net shortage of beds in entire Hospital at present time 109 
 
 Kent Building (disturbed female) has normal capacity of 156 
 
 This capacity is exceeded by 12 patients in Kent Building and by 25 
 now in Fiske and Rumford, and 15 in South Pavilion that ought 
 to be classified in Kent Building, making a total excess of Kent 
 
 Building patients of 52 
 
 Entire Peaslee Building (disturbed male) has a normal capacity of 69 
 
 This capacity is exceeded by an excess of Peaslee Building patients of 60 
 
 While this statement shows that both the Kent and Peas- 
 lee Buildings for disturbed patients are crowed far beyond 
 their capacity, I would suggest that the enlargement foi 
 women patients be undertaken at once and that an appro- 
 priation for^this purpose be asked. 
 
 The work of the training school for nurses has progressed 
 most satisfactorily under Miss Bertha CornwalFs able man- 
 agement. Through her efforts many desirable affiliations 
 with New York General hospitals have been made, thereby 
 greatly enriching the efficiency of the school. 
 
 The following changes have occurred in the medical staff. 
 Dr. P. T. Haskell resigned to accept the position of assist- 
 ant superintendent at the Eastern Maine Insane Hospital, 
 and Dr. S. G. Davis resigned to enter upon the practice of 
 general medicine in Nashua. These vacancies have been 
 filled by Drs. Edmund H. Robbins and Dr. Arthur J. Nu- 
 g;ent. During the summer months the position of interne 
 has been filled most acceptably by Dr. Rolf C. Norris, who 
 shortly returns to Hanover to assume the position of house 
 officer at the Mary. Hitchcock Hospital. The staff have been 
 most faithful to their trust, for which the superintendent 
 wishes to express his appreciation. 
 
 Charles P. Bancroft, 
 
 Superintendent. 
 
 Concord, N. H., Nov. 6, 1914. 
 
STATISTICAL TABLES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 
 AUGUST 31. 1913. 
 
 TABLE NO. 1. 
 
 Patients in hospital Sept. 1, 1912.. 
 
 Cases admitted during the year. . . 
 
 Discharged within the year, includ- 
 ing deaths 
 
 Discharged recovered from first at 
 tack 
 
 Discharged recovered from other 
 than first attack 
 
 Discharged much improved 
 
 Discharged improved 
 
 Discharged not improved 
 
 Discharged not insane . , 
 
 Eloped, not returned 
 
 Deaths 
 
 Patients remaining Sept. 1, 1913. . . 
 
 Number of different persons under 
 treatment during year 
 
 Number of different persons admit- 
 ted during year 
 
 Number of different persons recov- 
 ered during year 
 
 Daily average number of patients . . 
 
 Men. 
 
 500 
 203 
 
 178 
 
 37 
 
 8 
 13 
 15 
 10 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 85 
 
 525 
 
 698 
 
 199 
 
 45 
 505.36 
 
 Women. 
 
 457 
 209 
 
 133 
 
 23 
 
 17 
 10 
 11 
 13 
 
 
 
 
 
 59 
 
 533 
 
 664 
 
 206 
 
 40 
 480.89 
 
 Total. 
 
 957 
 412 
 
 311 
 
 60 
 
 25 
 
 23 
 
 26 
 
 23 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 144 
 
 ,058 
 
 ,362 
 
 405 
 
 85 
 986.25 
 
 TABLE II. 
 Showing Eesults in all Under Treatment During the Year. 
 
 
 Of those in the 
 
 hospital at the 
 
 beginning of 
 
 the year. 
 
 Of those 
 
 admitted 
 
 during year. 
 
 Total of 
 both classes. 
 
 
 i 
 
 i 
 
 5 
 
 o 
 Eh 
 
 
 
 
 •a 
 
 t 
 
 EH 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 Discharged recovered 
 
 Discharged much improved 
 
 Discharged improved 
 
 Discharged not improved.. 
 
 Discharged not insane 
 
 Discharged absconded 
 
 Deaths 
 
 8 
 9 
 
 7 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 44 
 
 19 
 4 
 2 
 5 
 
 
 
 35 
 
 27 
 13 
 9 
 9 
 1 
 6 
 79 
 
 37 
 4 
 8 
 6 
 2 
 1 
 
 41 
 
 21 
 6 
 9 
 8 
 
 
 
 94 
 
 58 
 10 
 17 
 14 
 2 
 1 
 65 
 
 45 
 13 
 15 
 10 
 3 
 7 
 85 
 
 40 
 10 
 11 
 13 
 
 
 59 
 
 85 
 23 
 26 
 23 
 3 
 7 
 144 
 
 Remaining improved 
 
 Remaining not improved. . 
 
 106 
 321 
 
 53 
 
 348 
 
 159 
 669 
 
 40 
 57 
 
 36 
 
 97 
 
 76 
 154 
 
 146 
 378 
 
 89 
 445 
 
 235 
 823 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 TABLE III. 
 
 Showing Number of Admissions to This Hospital in Those 
 Admitted During the Year. 
 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women, 
 
 Total. 
 
 Admitted the first time 
 
 Admitted the second time 
 
 Admitted the third time 
 
 Admitted the fourth time 
 
 Admitted the fifth time 
 
 Admitted the sixth time 
 
 Admitted the seventh time 
 
 Admitted the thirteenth time . . . 
 
 176 
 
 19 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 
 
 164 
 36 
 6 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 340 
 •55 
 10 
 3 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 
 Total 
 
 203 
 
 209 
 
 412 
 
 
 
 TABLE IV. 
 Showing Ages Of Those Admitted Duping the Year. 
 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Under fifteen 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 18 
 
 28 
 
 19 
 
 24 
 
 20 
 
 11 
 
 29 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 12 
 
 23 
 
 14 
 
 25 
 
 28 
 
 38 
 
 30 
 
 17 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 Fifteen to twenty 
 
 15 
 
 Twenty to twenty-five 
 
 Twenty-five to thirty 
 
 Thirty to thirty-five 
 
 28 
 40 
 42 
 
 Thirty-five to forty 
 
 Forty to forty-five 
 
 38 
 45 
 
 Forty-five to fifty 
 
 39 
 
 Fifty to sixty 
 
 Sixty to seventy 
 
 Seventy to eighty 
 
 67 
 49 
 37 
 
 Over eighty 
 
 10 
 
 Unknown 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 Total 
 
 203 
 
 209 
 
 412 
 
 
 
10 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 TABLE V. 
 Showing Form of Disease in Those Admitted During the Year. 
 
 Manic depressive 
 
 Dementia prsecox 
 
 Acute alcoholism 
 
 Chronic alcoholism 
 
 Organic dementia 
 
 Secondary dementia (transfer 
 
 from County Farms) 
 
 Senile dementia 
 
 Epileptic dementia 
 
 Alcoholic hallucinosis 
 
 Congenital imbecility 
 
 Epileptic imbecility 
 
 Epileptic insanity 
 
 Choreic insanity 
 
 Traumatic insanity 
 
 Presenile insanity 
 
 Paresis 
 
 Paranoia and allied states .... 
 
 Acute confusional insanity 
 
 Involutional melancholia 
 
 Epilepsy 
 
 Uremic delirium 
 
 Narcomania 
 
 Amentia 
 
 Hysteria 
 
 Psychasthenia 
 
 Idiocy 
 
 Not insane 
 
 Total 
 
 Men. 
 
 15 
 31 
 38 
 12 
 11 
 
 6 
 25 
 5 
 3 
 16 
 4 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 14 
 3 
 3 
 3 
 3 
 1 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 1 
 3 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 203 
 
 48 
 
 20 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 52 
 
 23 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 8 
 
 10 
 3 
 
 15 
 
 2 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 209 
 
 63 
 51 
 43 
 15 
 15 
 
 58 
 
 48 
 
 11 
 
 3 
 
 20 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 22 
 
 13 
 
 6 
 
 18 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 412 
 
NEW HAMPSHIKE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 11 
 
 SHOWIN' 
 
 TABLE VI. 
 
 Possible Causes or Predisposing 
 Cases Admitted During Year. 
 
 Factors in 
 
 Alcohol 
 
 Heredity 
 
 Alcohol and heredity 
 
 Old age 
 
 Ill health 
 
 Overwork and worry 
 
 Grief and worry 
 
 Epilepsy 
 
 Apoplexy 
 
 Syphilis 
 
 Trauma 
 
 Psychic trauma 
 
 Sunstroke 
 
 Morphine 
 
 Menopause 
 
 Puerperal 
 
 Surgical operation 
 
 Overstudy 
 
 Loss of property 
 
 Previous attack 
 
 No possible cause shown 
 
 Total 
 
 Men. 
 
 50 
 
 20 
 
 2 
 
 Women. 
 
 4 
 38 
 
 12 
 
 8 
 6 
 3 
 
 1 
 1 
 3 
 
 1 
 5 
 
 Total. 
 
 54 
 58 
 2 
 19 
 16 
 11 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 88 
 
 112 
 
 200 
 
 203 
 
 209 
 
 1 
 
 412 
 
 TABLE VII. 
 Showing Civil Condition of Those Admitted During the Year. 
 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Married ,, 
 
 84 
 
 96 
 
 21 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 83 
 
 74 
 
 41 
 
 7 
 
 4 
 
 167 
 
 Single 
 
 170 
 
 Widowed 
 
 62 
 
 Divorced 
 
 9 
 
 Unknown 
 
 4 
 
 Total 
 
 203 
 
 209 
 
 412 
 
12 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 TABLE VIII. 
 Showing Occupation of Those Admitted Dubing the Yeab. 
 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Housework 
 
 
 
 17 
 12 
 1 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27 
 
 1 
 
 109 
 54 
 23 
 
 2 
 2 
 2 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 109 
 
 Xo occupation 
 
 54 
 
 Mill operative 
 
 40 
 
 Shoemaker .' 
 
 13 
 
 Paper maker 
 
 2 
 
 Peddler 
 
 
 Canvasser 
 
 
 Cook 
 
 
 Matron 
 
 
 Bank clerk 
 
 
 Bookkeeper 
 
 
 Office clerk 
 
 Nurse 
 
 
 Nurse maid 
 
 2 
 
 Tailoress 
 
 Seamstress 
 
 2 
 2 
 1 
 2 
 2 
 
 Dressmaker 
 
 Pianist 
 
 Teacher 
 
 Laundress 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Currier 
 
 Carriage trimmer 
 
 
 Coal bearer 
 
 
 Baker 
 
 
 'Electrician 
 
 
 Bartender 
 
 
 Elevator man 
 
 
 Stenographer 
 
 
 Hostler 
 
 
 Conductor 
 
 
 Signal man on a derrick 
 
 Watchman 
 
 
 Cooper 
 
 
 Shoe dealer 
 
 
 Printer 
 
 
 Barber 
 
 
 Gardener 
 
 
 Proprietor of garage 
 
 
 Newspaper reporter 
 
 
 Clothing dealer 
 
 
 Minister 
 
 
 Confectioner 
 
 
 Wood chopper • 
 
 
 Farmer [[ 
 
 27 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 TABLE Yin.— Concluded. 
 
 13 
 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Blacksmith 
 
 4 
 2 
 2 
 2 
 3 
 2 
 
 4 ~ 
 4 
 5 
 2 
 3 
 4 
 2 
 6 
 1 
 17 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 Wood dealer 
 
 2 
 
 Merchant 
 
 Railroad man 
 
 2 
 2 
 3 
 2 
 4 
 4 
 5 
 2 
 3 
 4 
 2 
 6 
 1 
 17 
 
 Teamster 
 
 Druggist 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Machinist • 
 
 Clerk 
 
 Pattern maker 
 
 Painter 
 
 Stone cutter 
 
 Undertaker 
 
 Mason 
 
 Brick maker 
 
 Not known 
 
 
 Total 
 
 203 
 
 209 
 
 412 
 
 
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 NEW HAMPSHIKE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 TABLE IX. 
 Showing Nativity of Those Admitted During the Year. 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Canada 
 
 New Hampshire 
 
 United States (state unknown) 
 
 Vermont 
 
 Maine 
 
 New York 
 
 Nova Scotia 
 
 Massachusetts 
 
 Scotland 
 
 Greece 
 
 Venezuela 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Germany 
 
 Italy 
 
 Syria 
 
 Nebraska 
 
 Finland 
 
 Russia 
 
 Sweden 
 
 New Brunswick 
 
 Not known 
 
 England 
 
 China 
 
 Rhode Island 
 
 Poland 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Mississippi 
 
 Prince Edward Island 
 
 British Columbia 
 
 Portugal 
 
 Total 
 
 Men. 
 
 7 
 
 41 
 
 85 
 
 16 
 
 9 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 3 
 1 
 2 
 
 a 
 
 7 
 6 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 
 Women. 
 
 203 
 
 26 
 
 25 
 
 91 
 
 17 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 Total. 
 
 33 
 66 
 176 
 33 
 15 
 9 
 6 
 6 
 13 
 3 
 2 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 4 
 1 
 1 
 4 
 2 
 3 
 2 
 12 
 9 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 
 209 
 
 412 
 
NEW HAMPSHIKE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 15 
 
 TABLE X. 
 Showikg Kesidence of Those Admitted During the Year. 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Belknap County 
 
 Carroll County 
 
 Cheshire CouuJ:y 
 
 Coos County 
 
 Grafton County 
 
 Hillsborough County 
 
 Merrimack County 
 
 Eocking-ham County 
 
 Strafford County 
 
 Sullivan County 
 
 Not known (prison transfer) . 
 
 Total 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 71 
 
 42 
 
 21 
 
 13 
 
 7 
 
 1 
 
 203 
 
 1 
 7 
 15 
 8 
 14 
 78 
 25 
 37 
 18 
 
 209 
 
 7 
 12 
 23 
 22 
 29 
 149 
 67 
 58 
 31 
 13 
 1 
 
 412 
 
 TABLE XI. 
 Showing by Whom Supported. 
 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Private 
 
 Private with aid 
 
 37 
 
 26 
 
 139 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 36 
 
 42 
 
 129 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 73 
 
 68 
 
 State 
 
 County 
 
 Town or city 
 
 268 
 2 
 1 
 
 
 
 Total 
 
 203 
 
 209 
 
 412 
 
16 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 TABLE XII. 
 Showing Deaths During Yeae, and Their Causes. 
 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Arterio sclerosis 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 I 
 
 
 
 
 
 8 
 12 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 6 
 1 
 1 
 3 
 1 
 2 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 2 
 1 
 5 
 1 
 1 
 8 
 3 
 5 
 2 
 6 
 
 1 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 Entercolitis 
 
 \2 
 
 Gastritis and enteritis 
 
 2 
 
 Amentia 
 
 2 
 
 Exhaustion in melancholia 
 
 Cardiac embolism 
 
 6 
 1 
 
 Infective diarrhoea 
 
 1 
 
 Exhaustion in senile dementia.. 
 Fracture of femur 
 
 18 
 3 
 
 Valvular disease of the heart . . . 
 Exhaustion in 'dementia praecox 
 Epilepsy 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 10 
 
 Pellagra 
 
 -1 
 
 Oedema of the lungs 
 
 1 
 
 Hemorrhage of the bowels 
 
 Chronic interstitial nephritis 
 
 Cerebral hemorrhage 
 
 1 
 11 
 
 13 
 4 
 
 1 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 6 
 1 
 1 
 3 
 1 
 
 Tuberculosis 
 
 Anaemia 
 
 Broncho pneumonia 
 
 Exhaustion in secondary de- 
 mentia 
 
 Acute mania 
 
 Exhaustion in choreic insanity. . 
 Uraemic convulsion 
 
 Exhaustion in organic dementia 
 Cystitis 
 
 Peritonitis 
 
 Typhoid fever 
 
 Huntington's chorea 
 
 Suicide 
 
 Oedema of brain 
 
 Paresis 
 
 Lobar pneumonia 
 
 Surgical operation 
 
 Erysipelas 
 
 Septicemia 
 
 Acute alcoholism , 
 
 Chronic diffuse nephritis 
 
 5 
 
 Total 
 
 85 
 
 59 
 
 144 
 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 17 
 
 TABLE XIII. 
 Showing Ages at Time of Death. 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Under tweiitv vears 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 10 
 
 8 
 
 7 
 
 12 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 Twenty to thirty years 4 
 
 Thirtv to f ortv vears . . 15 
 
 8 
 27 
 
 Forty to fifty years 10 
 
 Fifty to sixty years 17 
 
 20 
 25 
 
 Sixty to seventy years 17 
 
 24 
 
 Seventy to eighty years 17 
 
 Eighty to ninety years 3 
 
 Ninety to one hundred years 1 
 
 Not known i 1 
 
 29 
 7 
 2 
 1 
 
 
 
 Total ! 85 
 
 59 144 
 
STATISTICAL TABLES FOR YEAR ENDING AUGUST 
 
 31, 1914. 
 
 TABLE I. 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Patients in hospital September 
 1, 1913 
 
 Cases admitted during the year 
 
 Discharged within the year, in- 
 cluding deaths 
 
 Discharged recovered from first 
 attack 
 
 Discharged recovered from other 
 than first attack 
 
 Discharged much improved 
 
 Discharged improved 
 
 Discharged not improved 
 
 Discharged not insane 
 
 Discharged eloped 
 
 Deaths 
 
 Patients remaining 'September 
 1, 1914 
 
 Number of different persons un- 
 der treatment during the year 
 
 Number of different persons ad- 
 mitted during the year 
 
 Number of different persons re- 
 covered during the year 
 
 Daily average number of patients 
 
 525 
 
 533 
 
 i 1,058 
 
 207 
 
 159 
 
 366 
 
 177 
 
 137 
 
 314 
 
 30 
 
 24 
 
 54 
 
 14 
 
 11 
 
 25 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 • 29 
 
 22 
 
 22 
 
 44 
 
 9 
 
 13 
 
 22 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 79 
 
 51 
 
 130 
 
 555 
 
 555 
 
 1,110 
 
 727 
 
 682 
 
 1,409 
 
 203 
 
 154 
 
 357 
 
 44 
 
 34 
 
 78 
 
 543.1 
 
 542.6 
 
 1,085.7 
 
 TABLE II. 
 Showing Results in All Under Treatment During the Year. 
 
 
 1 
 Of those in 1 Of those 
 hospital at admitted 
 beginning during year, 
 of year. 
 
 Total 
 of both 
 classes. 
 
 
 Men. 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 Men. 
 
 i 
 i 
 
 73 
 
 1 
 
 i 
 
 i 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 Discharged recovered 
 
 Discharged much improved 
 
 Discharged improved 
 
 Discharged not improved... 
 
 Discharged not insane 
 
 Discharged eloped 
 
 16 19 35 
 5 10 15 
 7 13 ! 20 
 5 5 10 
 
 10 1 
 
 28 
 9 
 
 15 
 4 
 5 
 3 
 
 16 44 
 6 14 
 9 24 
 8 12 
 1 6 
 3 
 
 44 35 
 
 14 1 15 
 
 22 22 
 
 9 13 
 
 5 1 
 
 4 
 
 79 
 29 
 44 
 22 
 6 
 4 
 
 Died 
 
 Remaining improved 
 
 Remaining not improved... 
 
 43 35 
 
 33 47 
 
 415 404 
 
 78 
 
 80 
 
 819 
 
 36 
 34 
 
 73 
 
 16 
 35 
 69 
 
 52 
 
 69 
 
 142 
 
 79 
 67 
 
 488 
 
 51 
 
 82 
 473 
 
 130 
 149 
 961 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 19 
 
 TABLE III. 
 
 Admissions and Dischabges from the Beginning of the 
 
 Hospital. 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Admitted 
 
 Discharged 
 
 Discharged recovered . . . 
 
 Discharged improved 
 
 Discharged not improved 
 Discharged not insane . , 
 Discharged unknown . . . . 
 
 Discharged eloped 
 
 Died 
 
 5,958 
 
 5,403 
 
 1,632 
 
 1,162 
 
 920 
 
 57 
 
 49 
 
 94 
 
 1,489 
 
 5,401 
 
 4,846 
 
 1,537 
 
 1,145 
 
 922 
 
 31 
 
 39 
 
 4 
 
 1,168 
 
 11,359 
 
 10,249 
 
 3.169 
 
 2,307 
 
 1,842 
 
 88 
 
 88 
 
 98 
 
 2,657 
 
 TABLE IV. 
 
 Showing Number of Admissions in Those Admitted During 
 
 the Year. 
 
 Men. 
 
 First admission 
 
 Second admission 
 
 Third admission 
 
 Fourth admission . . . 
 
 Fifth admission 
 
 Eighth admission . . . . 
 
 Ninth admission 
 
 Fourteenth admission 
 
 Totals 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 178 
 
 125 
 
 303 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 
 47 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 207 
 
 159 
 
 366 
 
20 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 TABLE V. 
 Showing Ages of Those Admitted During the Yeab. 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 From ten to fifteen years 
 
 fifteen to twenty years . . . . 
 twenty to twenty-five years 
 twenty-five to thirty years 
 thirty to thirty-five years 
 thirty-five to forty years 
 forty to forty-five years . . 
 forty-five to fifty years . . . 
 
 fifty to sixty years 
 
 sixty to seventy years 
 
 seventy to eighty years 
 
 Over eighty years 
 
 Total I 
 
 2 
 11 
 15 
 23 
 20 
 25 
 19 
 13 
 30 
 29 
 15 
 5 
 
 207 
 
 1 
 ft 
 
 12 
 14 
 24 
 18 
 16 
 14 
 24 
 18 
 10 
 2 
 
 159 
 
 3 
 17 
 27 
 37 
 44 
 43 
 35 
 27 
 54 
 47 
 25 
 
 7 
 
 366 
 
NEW HAMPSHIEB STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 21 
 
 TABLE VI. 
 Showing Form of Disease in Those Admitted Dubing the Year. 
 
 Manic depressive 
 
 Dementia praecox 
 
 Senile dementia 
 
 Paresis 
 
 Invohitional melancholia 
 Congenital imbecility . . . . 
 
 Acute alcoholism 
 
 Paranoia and allied states 
 Alcoholic hallucinosis .... 
 
 Organic dementia 
 
 Presenile insanity 
 
 Alcoholic dementia 
 
 Acute confusional 
 
 Chronic alcoholism 
 
 Epileptic insanity 
 
 Epileptic dementia 
 
 Morphinomania 
 
 Constitutional psychopath 
 
 Pellagrous insanity 
 
 Cerebral arterio sclerosis 
 
 Epileptic imbecility , 
 
 Hysterical insanity , 
 
 Alzhiemers disease 
 
 Traumatic insanity 
 
 Cerebral syphilis 
 
 Idiocy 
 
 Psychic epilepsy , 
 
 Prison psychosis 
 
 Hypochondriasis 
 
 Thyroid psychosis 
 
 Not insane 
 
 Total 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 26 
 
 37 
 
 63 
 
 30 
 
 20 
 
 50 
 
 26 
 
 17 
 
 43 
 
 23 
 
 9 
 
 32 
 
 11 
 
 13 
 
 24 
 
 9 
 
 13 
 
 22 
 
 12 
 
 4 
 
 16 
 
 3 
 
 11 
 
 14 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 8 
 
 3 
 
 11 
 
 2 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 
 7 
 
 2 
 
 9 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 8 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 7 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 1 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 I 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 ! 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 1- 1 
 
 
 
 
 1 1 
 
 
 
 
 1 j 
 
 
 
 
 1 1 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 4 ; 
 
 i 
 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 207 
 
 159 
 
 366 
 
22 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 TABLE VII. 
 
 Showing Probaule Causes or Predisposing Factors in Those 
 Admitted During Year. 
 
 Men. 
 
 Heretlitv 36 
 
 Alcohol' 42 
 
 Age 23 
 
 Syphilis j 24 
 
 Overwork and worry | 10 
 
 Epilepsy ; 9 
 
 Previous attacks | 2 
 
 Injury i 6 
 
 Morphine I 4 
 
 Childbirth 
 
 Prison life 5 
 
 111 health 3 
 
 Menopause i 
 
 Fright j 
 
 Arterio sclerosis r • • ! 2 
 
 No possible cause shown ''. 41 
 
 Total 207 
 
 Women. I Total. 
 
 44 
 
 80 
 
 12 
 
 54 
 
 14 
 
 37 
 
 5 
 
 29 
 
 17 
 
 27 
 
 7 
 
 16 
 
 5 
 
 7 
 
 1 
 
 7 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 38 
 
 79 
 
 159 
 
 366 
 
 TABLE VIII. 
 Showing Civil Condition of Those Admitted During the Year. 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Married . 
 Single 
 Widowed 
 Divorced 
 
 Total 
 
 86 
 
 76 
 
 162 
 
 93 
 
 51 
 
 144 
 
 25 
 
 25 
 
 50 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 10 
 
 ! 
 
 207 
 
 i 159 
 
 1 
 
 366 
 
NEW HAMPSHIKE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 23 
 
 TABLE IX. 
 Showing Occupations of Those Admitted During the Year. 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Actor 
 
 Awning maker .... 
 
 Business man 
 
 Baker 
 
 Barber 
 
 Blacksmith 
 
 Bookkeeper 
 
 Brickmason 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Catholic Sister 
 
 Chauffeur 
 
 Call boy 
 
 Cooper 
 
 Chairseater 
 
 Clerk 
 
 Cook 
 
 Dressmaker 
 
 Drugg-ist 
 
 Electric engineer . . 
 Fireman, stationary 
 Freight handler . . . , 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Grocer 
 
 Housework 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Lumberman 
 
 Loom fixer 
 
 Mill operative 
 
 Mate, U. S Navy 
 
 Musician 
 
 Machinist 
 
 Nurse 
 
 No occupation 
 
 Night watchman . . . 
 
 Overseer in shop 
 
 Painter 
 
 Peddler 
 
 Plasterer 
 
 Physician 
 
 Kailroad man 
 
 Shoe worker 
 
 Soldier 
 
 Stone cutter 
 
 Salesman 
 
 School teacher 
 
 School ofirl 
 
 1 
 1 
 7 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 
 12 
 
 2 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 4 
 2 
 
 2 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 
 26 
 1 
 
 
 39 
 2 
 1 
 
 29 
 1 
 2 
 3 
 
 
 18 
 1 
 1 
 6 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 14 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 101 
 
 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 27 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 7 
 1 
 3 
 
 1 
 3 
 1 
 
 12 
 1 
 3 
 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 4 
 2 
 
 3 
 2 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 
 26 
 
 1 
 
 101 
 
 39 
 2 
 1 
 
 47 
 1 
 2 
 
 3 
 2 
 45 
 1 
 1 
 6 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 2 
 
 15 
 1 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 1 
 
24 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIKE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Seamstress 
 
 Trance medium I 1 
 
 Tailor 1 
 
 Teamster 2 
 
 Telegraph operative 1 
 
 Waiter 1 
 
 Wood turner 1 
 
 Not known 2 
 
 Total 207 
 
 159 
 
 366 
 
 TABLE X. 
 Showing Nativity of Those Admitted During the Year. 
 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 New Hampshire 
 
 92 
 34 
 16 
 19 
 9 
 9 
 4 
 3 
 4 
 2 
 3 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 2 
 2 
 • 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 80 
 
 21 
 
 12 
 
 5 
 
 13 
 
 10 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 X) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 172 
 
 Canada 
 
 jNfassachu setts 
 
 :M&ine 
 
 55 
 28 
 24 
 
 Ireland 
 
 22 
 
 Vermont 
 
 19 
 
 England 
 
 Russia 
 
 7 
 5 
 
 Poland 
 
 Pennsylvania 
 
 4 
 4 
 
 Germany 
 
 Scotland 
 
 t 
 
 Finland 
 
 New York 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 Italy 
 
 2 
 2 
 
 Syria 
 
 Rhode Island 
 
 2 
 2 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Austria 
 
 Sweden 
 
 
 Switzerland 
 
 
 Egypt 
 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 
 
 
 Total 
 
 207 
 
 159 
 
 366 
 
NEW HAMPSHIKE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 25 
 
 TABLE XI. 
 Showing IIesidence of Those Admitted Dubing the Yeab. 
 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 
 9 
 8 
 13 
 10 
 17 
 73 
 27 
 22 
 13 
 10 
 5 
 
 9 
 5 
 
 7 
 
 2 
 
 12 
 
 59 
 
 28 
 
 20 
 
 9 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 18 
 
 Carroll County 
 
 13 
 
 
 20 
 
 Coos County 
 
 12 
 
 Grafton County 
 
 Hillsboroufi'li Countv 
 
 29 
 132 
 
 Merrimack County 
 
 55 
 
 Kocking'liani County 
 
 42 
 
 Strafford County 
 
 22 
 
 Sullivan County * 
 
 18 
 
 Prison transfers 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 Total 
 
 207 
 
 159 
 
 366 
 
 
 
 TABLE XII. 
 Showing by Whom Suppobted. 
 
 State 
 
 Private 
 
 Private with aid 
 Town or city. . . 
 County 
 
 Total 
 
 207 
 
 159 
 
 366 
 
26 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 TABLE XIII. 
 Showing Deaths and Theib Causes. 
 
 Cerebral hemorrhag-e 
 
 Arterio sclerosis 
 
 Paresis 
 
 Chronic interstitial nephritis... 
 
 Chronic diifuse nephritis 
 
 Valvular disease of heart 
 
 Myocarditis 
 
 Endocarditis 
 
 Pericarditis 
 
 Cardiac embolism 
 
 Acute dilatation of heart 
 
 Lobar pneumonia 
 
 Broncho pneumonia 
 
 Hypostatic pneumonia 
 
 Gastro-enteritis 
 
 Acute indigestion 
 
 Intestinal obstruction 
 
 Exhaustion in senile dementia. . 
 
 Exhaustion in acute mania 
 
 Exhaustion in melancholia .... 
 
 Exhaustive x^sychosis 
 
 Pellagra 
 
 Tuberculosis of lungs 
 
 Tuberculous pleurisy 
 
 General tuberculosis 
 
 Organic brain disease 
 
 Cancer of colon 
 
 Gastric ulcer 
 
 Septic meningitis 
 
 Epilepsy 
 
 Uraemic convulsions 
 
 Diabetes 
 
 Suicide 
 
 Erysipelas 
 
 Pyonephrosis 
 
 Tonsilitis 
 
 Heat exhaustion j 
 
 Total ! 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 ToUL 
 
 16 
 8 
 10 
 9 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 
 3 
 1 
 
 3 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 
 3 
 3 
 2 
 
 1 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 79 
 
 21 
 
 51 
 
 130 
 
XEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 37 
 
 TABLE XIV. 
 Showing Ages at Time of Death. 
 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Between twenty and thirty years 
 thirty and forty years . . 
 forty and fifty years . . . 
 fifty and sixty years. . . 
 sixty and seventy years 
 seventy and eighty years 
 eighty and ninety years 
 
 Over ninety years 
 
 1 
 13 
 
 8 
 16 
 23 
 13 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 3 
 6 
 7 
 7 
 
 11 
 9 
 7 
 1 
 
 4 
 19 
 15 
 23 
 34 
 22 
 
 1 
 
 Total 
 
 79 
 
 51 
 
 130 
 
 
 
28 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPIfAL. 
 
 TABLE XV. 
 
 Statistics of Admissions, Discharges, and Deaths fbom the 
 Opening of the Hospital. 
 
 
 
 -tf 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 1 fe*^" 
 
 "* u 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 s 
 
 [ 
 
 
 
 
 l» 
 
 ss 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 is 
 
 ^^ 
 
 Daily Averages of 
 
 
 i 
 
 1 
 
 il 
 
 '6 
 
 1 
 
 
 :i 
 
 ll 
 
 the 
 
 Hospital. 
 
 
 1 
 
 ll 
 
 
 1 
 
 P. 
 
 1 
 
 -6 
 
 Si 
 
 
 Men. 
 
 Worn. : Total. 
 
 i^ 
 
 < 
 
 fl 
 
 « 
 
 to 
 
 S 
 
 ^^ 
 
 fv* o 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1843 
 
 76 
 
 29 
 
 12 
 
 10 
 
 6 
 
 - 1 
 
 76 
 
 47 
 
 - 
 
 
 
 
 1844 
 
 104 
 
 81 
 
 37 
 
 20 
 
 19 
 
 5 
 
 151 
 
 70 
 
 .... 
 
 
 
 ! 
 
 1845 
 
 88 
 
 82 
 
 37 
 
 17 
 
 22 
 
 6 
 
 158 
 
 76 
 
 .... 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1846 
 
 98 
 
 76 
 
 26 
 
 23 
 
 16 
 
 11 
 
 174 
 
 98 
 
 .... 
 
 
 
 
 1847 
 
 89 
 
 87 
 
 38 
 
 17 
 
 23 
 
 9 
 
 187 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 
 i '. 
 
 1848 
 
 92 
 
 83 
 
 29 
 
 20 
 
 26 
 
 8 
 
 192 
 
 109 
 
 
 
 
 j 
 
 1849 
 
 81 
 
 76 
 
 36 
 
 15 
 
 11 
 
 14 
 
 190 
 
 114 
 
 .... 
 
 
 
 \ 
 
 1850 
 
 103 
 
 90 
 
 45 
 
 18 
 
 20 
 
 7 
 
 217 
 
 127 
 
 
 
 
 
 i 
 
 1851 
 
 88 
 
 98 
 
 45 
 
 25 
 
 16 
 
 12 
 
 215 
 
 117 
 
 
 
 
 ; 
 
 1852 
 
 107 
 
 106 
 
 66 
 
 13 
 
 16 
 
 11 
 
 224 
 
 118 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1853 
 
 132 
 
 107 
 
 65 
 
 25 
 
 11 
 
 8 
 
 250 
 
 143 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1854 
 
 141 
 
 123 
 
 63 
 
 24 
 
 22 
 
 14 
 
 284 
 
 161 
 
 .... 
 
 
 
 
 1855 
 
 95 
 
 91 
 
 50 
 
 20 
 
 9 
 
 12 
 
 246 
 
 155 
 
 
 
 
 .',.'.. 
 
 1856 
 
 85 
 
 96 
 
 66 
 
 13 
 
 7 
 
 10 
 
 250 
 
 154 
 
 
 
 
 i 
 
 1857 
 
 97 
 
 81 
 
 47 
 
 15 
 
 7 
 
 12 
 
 251 
 
 170 
 
 .... 
 
 
 
 
 
 1858 
 
 76 
 
 77 
 
 34 
 
 20 
 
 5 
 
 18 
 
 246 
 
 169 
 
 
 
 
 1 * ". * .' ] 
 
 1859 
 
 98 
 
 85 
 
 31 
 
 22 
 
 18 
 
 14 
 
 26^ 
 
 182 
 
 
 
 
 
 1860 
 
 85 
 
 83 
 
 38 
 
 16 
 
 12 
 
 17 
 
 26'i 
 
 184 
 
 94;6' 
 
 8J8.0 
 
 m.o 
 
 1861 
 
 106 
 
 94 
 
 34 
 
 34 
 
 10 
 
 16 
 
 290 
 
 196 
 
 90.0 
 
 100.0 
 
 190.0 
 
 1862 
 
 86 
 
 94 
 
 42 
 
 32 
 
 7 
 
 13 
 
 282 
 
 188 
 
 88.7 
 
 105.7 
 
 101.4 
 
 1863 
 
 101 
 
 85 
 
 30 
 
 32 
 
 17 
 
 16 
 
 289 
 
 204 
 
 87.4 
 
 105.9 
 
 103.3 
 
 1864 
 
 105 
 
 92 
 
 36 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 23 
 
 309 
 
 217 
 
 99.4 
 
 107.4 
 
 206.8 
 
 1865 
 
 107 
 
 102 
 
 42 
 
 23 
 
 14 
 
 22 
 
 324 
 
 223 
 
 102.5 
 
 125.9 
 
 218.4 
 
 1866 
 
 104 
 
 91 
 
 26 
 
 28 
 
 16 
 
 21 
 
 327 
 
 236 
 
 106.3 
 
 122.6 
 
 228.9 
 
 1867 
 
 117 
 
 107 
 
 39 
 
 24 
 
 27 
 
 17 
 
 353 
 
 246 
 
 119.3 
 
 122.6 
 
 241.9 
 
 1868 
 
 118 
 
 129 
 
 51 
 
 39 
 
 18 
 
 21 
 
 364 
 
 235 
 
 118.5 
 
 121.2^ 
 
 f 239.77 
 
 1869 
 
 95 
 
 93 
 
 42 
 
 20 
 
 9 
 
 22 
 
 330 
 
 237 
 
 113.7 
 
 129.9 
 
 243.6 
 
 1870 
 
 130 
 
 114 
 
 37 
 
 34 
 
 20 
 
 23 
 
 367 
 
 253 
 
 123.1 
 
 125.9 
 
 249.0 
 
 1871 
 
 135 
 
 163 
 
 65 
 
 37 
 
 29 
 
 32 
 
 388 
 
 225 
 
 119.8 
 
 123.44 
 
 242.S2 
 
 1872 
 
 152 
 
 123 
 
 55 
 
 31 
 
 16 
 
 21 
 
 377 
 
 254 
 
 109.36 
 
 125.19 
 
 234.55 
 
 1873 
 
 194 
 
 172 
 
 61 
 
 51 
 
 27 
 
 33 
 
 448 
 
 273 
 
 127.8 
 
 139.5 
 
 267.3 
 
 1874 
 
 140 
 
 137 
 
 42 
 
 44 
 
 27 
 
 22 
 
 416 
 
 281 
 
 140.4 
 
 127.5 
 
 267.9 
 
 1875 
 
 120 
 
 140 
 
 53 
 
 37 
 
 30 
 
 20 
 
 401 
 
 261 
 
 136.6 
 
 138.1 
 
 274.7 
 
 1876 
 
 140 
 
 122 
 
 35 
 
 34 
 
 27 
 
 26 
 
 401 
 
 279 
 
 121.4 
 
 139.1 
 
 260.5 
 
 1877 
 
 119 
 
 118 
 
 36 
 
 38 
 
 27 
 
 17 
 
 398 
 
 280 
 
 124.2 
 
 150.3 
 
 274.5 
 
 1878 
 
 114 
 
 128 
 
 35 
 
 36 
 
 30 
 
 17 
 
 394 
 
 276 
 
 128.9 
 
 143.8 
 
 272.7 
 
 1879 
 
 73 
 
 81 
 
 27 
 
 23 
 
 8 
 
 23 
 
 349 
 
 268 
 
 126.3 
 
 143.8 
 
 290.1 
 
 1880 
 
 111 
 
 94 
 
 28 
 
 27 
 
 22 
 
 17 
 
 379 
 
 285 
 
 127.4 
 
 147.6 
 
 275.0 
 
 1881 
 
 134 
 
 117 
 
 33 
 
 39 
 
 23 
 
 22 
 
 419 
 
 302 
 
 133.3 
 
 158.6 
 
 291.9 
 
 1882 
 
 104 
 
 121 
 
 38 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 
 30 
 
 406 
 
 285 
 
 131.0 
 
 159.1 
 
 290.1 
 
 1883 
 
 133 
 
 123 
 
 41 
 
 23 
 
 34 
 
 25 
 
 418 
 
 295 
 
 120.3 
 
 164.1 
 
 284.4 
 
 1884 
 
 141 
 
 127 
 
 18 
 
 41 
 
 44 
 
 24 
 
 436 
 
 309 
 
 124.3 
 
 169.5 
 
 293.8 
 
 1885 
 
 138 
 
 122 
 
 30 
 
 20 
 
 36 
 
 36 
 
 447 
 
 322 
 
 128.3 
 
 181.9 
 
 310.2 
 
 1886 
 
 138 
 
 143 
 
 43 
 
 30 
 
 34 
 
 34 
 
 460 
 
 317 
 
 139.82 
 
 182.37 
 
 322.19 
 
 1887 
 
 143 
 
 128 
 
 32 
 
 28 
 
 28 
 
 33 
 
 460 
 
 328 
 
 137.22 
 
 184.12 
 
 321.34 
 
 1888 
 
 137 
 
 125 
 
 33 
 
 26 
 
 35 
 
 28 
 
 465 
 
 339 
 
 150.49 
 
 183.59 
 
 334.08 
 
 1889 
 
 155 
 
 158 
 
 41 
 
 38 
 
 34 
 
 36 
 
 494 
 
 337 
 
 161.06 
 
 175.80 
 
 336.86 
 
 1890 
 
 276 
 
 223 
 
 79 
 
 28 
 
 63 
 
 53 
 
 602 
 
 364 
 
 166.52 
 
 184.57 
 
 351.09 
 
 1891 
 
 173 
 
 165 
 
 42 
 
 40 
 
 37 
 
 38 
 
 527 
 
 372 
 
 175.62 
 
 184.99 
 
 360.61 
 
 1892 
 
 169 
 
 181 
 
 51 
 
 39 
 
 40 
 
 42 
 
 531 
 
 359 
 
 181.40 
 
 182.38 
 
 363.78 
 
 1893 
 
 166 
 
 154 
 
 47 
 
 35 
 
 34 
 
 37 
 
 508 
 
 368 
 
 183.72 
 
 193.63 
 
 369.02 
 
 1894 
 
 187 
 
 152 
 
 52 
 
 33 
 
 27 
 
 35 
 
 542 
 
 402 
 
 190.14 
 
 193.35 
 
 383.49 
 
 1895 
 
 175 
 
 165 
 
 55 
 
 45 
 
 27 
 
 36 
 
 566 
 
 414 
 
 m.fil 
 
 204 
 
 L79 
 
 404.36 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 29 
 
 TABLE XV.— Concluded. 
 
 
 
 
 -« 
 
 
 
 
 
 fn"^ 
 
 ■« u 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 S 
 
 
 
 
 
 |§ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Daily Averages of 
 
 
 i 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 i 
 
 1 
 
 
 the 
 
 Hospital 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 r 
 
 1 
 
 > 
 
 1 
 
 P. 
 c! 
 
 '6 
 
 s 
 
 ii 
 
 1; 
 
 
 
 
 i 
 
 Men. 
 
 Worn. 
 
 Total. 
 
 1896 
 
 181 
 
 171 
 
 42 
 
 44 
 
 34 
 
 40 
 
 586 
 
 422 
 
 201.31 
 
 210.65 
 
 411.96 
 
 1897 
 
 147 
 
 147 
 
 38 
 
 30 
 
 30 
 
 36 
 
 561 
 
 422 
 
 210.26 
 
 214.60 
 
 424.86 
 
 1898 
 
 150 
 
 163 
 
 46 
 
 40 
 
 34 
 
 33 
 
 567 
 
 409 
 
 201.93 
 
 210.71 
 
 412.64 
 
 1899 
 
 179 
 
 161 
 
 48 
 
 26 
 
 34 
 
 39 
 
 577 
 
 427 
 
 202.38 
 
 220.88 
 
 423.26 
 
 1900 
 
 149 
 
 151 
 
 37 
 
 37 
 
 26 
 
 49 
 
 668 
 
 425 
 
 198.42 
 
 221.71 
 
 420.13 
 
 1901 
 
 202 
 
 193 
 
 52 
 
 56 
 
 31 
 
 49 
 
 617 
 
 434 
 
 203.12 
 
 222.53 
 
 425.65 
 
 1902 
 
 247 
 
 217 
 
 76 
 
 53 
 
 25 
 
 56 
 
 670 
 
 464 
 
 223.86 
 
 242.49 
 
 466.35 
 
 1903 
 
 240 
 
 215 
 
 52 
 
 41 
 
 66 
 
 50 
 
 702 
 
 490 
 
 232.21 
 
 242.75 
 
 475.16 
 
 1904 
 
 303 
 
 213 
 
 57 
 
 46 
 
 32 
 
 69 
 
 782 
 
 580 
 
 260.26 
 
 257.63 
 
 517.89 
 
 1905 
 
 290 
 
 227 
 
 61 
 
 46 
 
 26 
 
 77 
 
 852 
 
 643 
 
 321.60 
 
 294.09 
 
 615.69 
 
 1906 
 
 234 
 
 209 
 
 58 
 
 29 
 
 34 
 
 73 
 
 864 
 
 668 
 
 343.75 
 
 308.27 
 
 652.02 
 
 1907 
 
 278 
 
 238 
 
 63 
 
 52 
 
 18 
 
 91 
 
 970 
 
 708 
 
 361.68 
 
 327.49 
 
 689.17 
 
 1908 
 
 299 
 
 176 
 
 56 
 
 28 
 
 12 
 
 68 
 
 1,010 
 
 831 
 
 390.17 
 
 326.74 
 
 716.91 
 
 1909 
 
 292 
 
 248 
 
 65 
 
 43 
 
 19 
 
 112 
 
 1,114 
 
 875 
 
 465.17 
 
 399.16 
 
 864.33 
 
 1910 
 
 293 
 
 259 
 
 66 
 
 33 
 
 23 
 
 131 
 
 1,168 
 
 909 
 
 467.08 
 
 421.15 
 
 888.23 
 
 1911 
 
 301 
 
 272 
 
 69 
 
 45 
 
 18 
 
 133 
 
 1,203 
 
 938 
 
 482.94 
 
 438.57 
 
 921.51 
 
 1912 
 
 327 
 
 308 
 
 97 
 
 35 
 
 20 
 
 139 
 
 1.517 
 
 957 
 
 496.4 
 
 459.5 
 
 955.9 
 
 1913 
 
 412 
 
 311 
 
 85 
 
 49 
 
 23 
 
 144 
 
 1,362 
 
 1,058 
 
 505.36 
 
 480.89 
 
 986.25 
 
 1914 
 
 366 
 
 314 
 
 79 
 
 73 
 
 22 
 
 130 
 
 1.409 
 
 1,110 
 
 543.1 
 
 542.6 
 
 1085.7 
 
 PKODUCTS OF THE FARM, 1913. 
 
 623 bunches 
 
 aspai'ag-us, 
 
 $0.22 
 
 $137.06 
 
 7.325 pounds 
 
 rhubarb, 
 
 .01 
 
 73.25 
 
 1,425 heads 
 
 lettuce, 
 
 .04 
 
 457.00 
 
 1,500 dozen 
 
 cucumbers, 
 
 .24 
 
 360.00 
 
 173 bushels 
 
 cucumbers (pickling-). 
 
 1.30 
 
 224.90 
 
 628 bushels 
 
 turnips, 
 
 1.00 
 
 628.00 
 
 31 tons 
 
 winter squash. 
 
 23.00 
 
 713.00 
 
 425 bushels 
 
 summer squash. 
 
 .30 
 
 127.50 
 
 93 bushels 
 
 peas. 
 
 1.25 
 
 116.25 
 
 437 bushels 
 
 spinach. 
 
 .50 
 
 218.50 
 
 625 bushels 
 
 strintr beans. 
 
 2.00 
 
 1,250.00 
 
 323 bushels 
 
 shell beans. 
 
 2.25 
 
 726.75 
 
 237 bushels 
 
 ripe tomatoes, 
 
 .60 
 
 142.20 
 
 200 bu.shels 
 
 ^reen tomatoes. 
 
 1.35 
 
 270.00 
 
 4.725 dozen 
 
 sweet corn. 
 
 .15 
 
 708.75 
 
 22 tons 
 
 sweet corn fodder. 
 
 8.00 
 
 176.00 
 
 l.SOO heads 
 
 early cabbage. 
 
 .08 
 
 144.00 
 
 400 heads 
 
 red cabbage. 
 
 .12 
 
 48.00 
 
 435 heads 
 
 cauliflower, 
 
 .16 
 
 69.60 
 
 327 bushels 
 
 beets. 
 
 .85 
 
 277.95 
 
 248 bushels 
 
 beet greens. 
 
 .15 
 
 37.20 
 
 1,250 heads 
 
 celery (early). 
 
 .15 
 
 187.50 
 
 5.000 heads 
 
 celery (late), 
 
 .21 
 
 i.aso.oo 
 
 467 bu.shels 
 
 onions, 
 
 1.00 
 
 467.00 
 
30 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPItIl. 
 
 390 bushels 
 
 imrsnips. 
 
 1.25 
 
 487.50 
 
 6 bushels 
 
 peppers, 
 
 1.25 
 
 7.50 
 
 420 bushels 
 
 carrots. 
 
 .75 
 
 315.00 
 
 10 bushels 
 
 parsley, 
 
 .40 
 
 4.00 
 
 4,500 cakes 
 
 ice, 
 
 .15 
 
 675.00 
 
 40 tons 
 
 hay, 
 
 18.00 
 
 720.00 
 
 10 tons 
 
 bedding. 
 
 10.00 
 
 100.00 
 
 
 cows sold. 
 
 .... 
 
 175.00 
 
 
 empty barrels sold, 
 
 .... 
 
 82.25 
 
 
 hides sold, 
 
 
 
 18.00 
 
 
 harness sold. 
 
 ► . . . 
 
 13.00 
 
 
 pigs sold. 
 
 .... 
 
 50.00 
 
 1,201 pounds 
 
 beef consumed, 
 
 .09 
 
 108.09 
 
 22,565 pounds 
 
 pork consumed. 
 
 .141/2 
 
 3,271.93 
 
 48.980 quarts 
 
 milk. 
 
 .06 
 
 2,938.80 
 
 2.100 bushels 
 
 potatoes. 
 
 .70 
 
 1,470.00 
 
 
 
 
 
 $19,046.48 
 
 T0I 
 
 tal products 
 tal products 
 
 of Sunnyside Farm, 
 of Sunnyside and Main 
 
 Farms, 
 
 8,918.19 
 
 T0I 
 
 $27,964.67 
 
 . PRODUCTS OP THE FARM AT SUNNYSIDE, 
 
 1913. 
 
 4 
 
 
 Pi&s. 
 
 $0.08 
 
 $82.40 
 
 2,696 
 
 pounds 
 
 chickens (271), 
 
 .16 
 
 431.36 
 
 150 
 
 gallons 
 
 maple syrup, 
 
 1.00 
 
 150.00 
 
 912 
 
 quarts 
 
 strawberries, 
 
 .10 
 
 91.20 
 
 2,720 
 
 quarts 
 
 raspberries. 
 
 .18 
 
 489.60 
 
 240 
 
 quarts 
 
 blackberries, 
 
 .10 
 
 24.00 
 
 176 
 
 quarts 
 
 currants. 
 
 .10 
 
 17.00 
 
 60 
 
 barrels 
 
 apples. 
 
 2.50 
 
 150.00 
 
 40 
 
 bushels 
 
 cider apples. 
 
 .20 
 
 8.00 
 
 3.146 
 
 bushels 
 
 |x>tatoes. 
 
 .60 
 
 1,887.60 
 
 20 
 
 bushels 
 
 beets. 
 
 .85 
 
 17.00 
 
 18 
 
 bushels 
 
 carrots. 
 
 .75 
 
 13.50 
 
 14 
 
 bushels 
 
 ])arsnips. 
 
 1.25 
 
 17.50 
 
 12 
 
 bushels 
 
 cucumbers. 
 
 4.50 
 
 54.00 
 
 10 
 
 bushels 
 
 peas, 
 
 1.25 
 
 12.50 
 
 8 
 
 bushels 
 
 tomatoes. 
 
 .60 
 
 4.80 
 
 8 
 
 bushels 
 
 string beans, 
 
 2.00 
 
 16.00 
 
 12 
 
 bushels 
 
 sliell beans, 
 
 2.25 
 
 27.00 
 
 30 
 
 bushels 
 
 t urnips, 
 
 1.00 
 
 30.00 
 
 50 
 
 bushels 
 
 lettuce. 
 
 .65 
 
 32.50 
 
 600 dozen 
 
 sweet corn. 
 
 .15 
 
 90.00 
 
 1,000 
 
 pounds 
 
 rhubarb. 
 
 .01 
 
 10.00 
 
 50 
 
 bunches 
 
 i-adishes. 
 
 .05 
 
 2.50 
 
 14,000 heads 
 
 cabbage, 
 
 .08 
 
 1,120.00 
 
 45 
 
 tons 
 
 hay, 
 
 18.00 
 
 810.00 
 
 2 
 
 tons 
 
 corn fodder. 
 
 8.00 
 
 16.00 
 
 6,000 
 
 quarts 
 
 milk, 
 
 .06 
 
 360.00 
 
 358 
 
 cakes 
 
 ice. 
 
 .15 
 
 53.70 
 
 7.275% 
 
 dozen 
 
 f^^. 
 
 .35 
 
 2,546.43 
 
 ly^ 
 
 bushels 
 
 Japanese plums. 
 
 2.00 
 
 3.00 
 
 10 
 
 tons 
 
 bedding meadow hay. 
 
 10.00 
 
 100.00 
 
 50 
 
 cords 
 
 wood (cut). 
 
 5.00 
 
 250.00 
 
 $8,918.19 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 31 
 
 PRODUCTS OF THE FARM, 1914. 
 
 670 bvmches 
 
 asparagus. 
 
 0.20 
 
 $134.00 
 
 8,000 pounds 
 
 rhubarb, 
 
 .02% 
 
 200.00 
 
 13,000 heads 
 
 lettuce, 
 
 .04 
 
 520.00 
 
 1,625 dozen 
 
 cucumbers. 
 
 .22 
 
 357.50 
 
 180 bushels 
 
 pickling cucumbers. 
 
 1.25 
 
 225.00 
 
 560 bushels 
 
 white turnips, 
 
 1.35 
 
 756.00 
 
 137 bushels 
 
 rutabagas, 
 
 1.40 
 
 191.80 
 
 32 tons 
 
 winter squash. 
 
 25.00 
 
 800.00 
 
 390 bushels 
 
 summer squash, 
 
 ^0 
 
 117.00 
 
 85 bushels 
 
 peas, 
 
 1.00 
 
 85.00 
 
 370 bushels 
 
 spinach. 
 
 .50 
 
 185.00 
 
 365 bushels 
 
 string beans. 
 
 .85 
 
 310.25 
 
 230 bushels 
 
 shell beans. 
 
 1.60 
 
 368.00 
 
 150 bushels 
 
 ripe tomatoes. 
 
 1.50 
 
 225.00 
 
 315 bushels 
 
 green tomatoes. 
 
 1.35 
 
 425.25 
 
 5,000 dozen 
 
 ears corn, 
 
 .15 
 
 750.00 
 
 2,000 heads 
 
 early cabbage. 
 
 .08 
 
 160.00 
 
 8,000 heads 
 
 late cabbage. 
 
 .09 
 
 720.00 
 
 400 heads 
 
 red cabbage, 
 
 .12 
 
 48.00 
 
 375 heads 
 
 cauliflower. 
 
 .16 
 
 60.00 
 
 632 bushels 
 
 beets. 
 
 .50 
 
 316.00 
 
 340 bushels 
 
 beet greens. 
 
 .15 
 
 51.00 
 
 1,500 heads 
 
 early celery. 
 
 .14 
 
 210.00 
 
 5,250 heads 
 
 late celery. 
 
 .22 
 
 1,155.00 
 
 730 bushels 
 
 onions. 
 
 1.00 
 
 730.00 
 
 380 bushels 
 
 parsnips. 
 
 1.00 
 
 380.00 
 
 22 bushels 
 
 peppers. 
 
 1.25 
 
 27.50 
 
 347 bushels 
 
 carrots. 
 
 .70 
 
 242.90 
 
 10 bushels 
 
 parsley, 
 
 .50 
 
 5.00 
 
 4.550 cakes 
 
 ice. 
 
 .15 
 
 682.50 
 
 75 tons 
 
 hay. 
 
 18.00 
 
 1,350.00 
 
 8 tons 
 
 bedding. 
 
 9.00 
 
 72.00 
 
 260 tons 
 
 ensilage, 
 
 8.00 
 
 2,080.00 
 
 50,472 quarts 
 
 milk. 
 
 .05 
 
 2,523.60 
 
 
 cows sold. 
 
 .... 
 
 280.00 
 
 
 barrels sold, 
 
 .... 
 
 45.00 
 
 
 pigs sold. 
 
 .... 
 
 18.40 
 
 1.453 pounds 
 
 beef consumed. 
 
 .09 
 
 130.77 
 
 26.437 pounds 
 
 pork consumed. 
 
 .1514 
 
 4,097.74 
 
 1 pair 
 
 oxen sold. 
 
 
 175.00 
 
 1 
 
 wagon sold. 
 
 .... 
 
 20.00 
 
 
 part of old harness sold. 
 
 .... 
 
 1.00 
 
 
 evaporator sold, 
 
 
 
 35.00 
 
 Products of the farm at Sunnyside, 
 Products of Sunnyside and Main Farms, 
 
 $21,266.21 
 10,032.74 
 
 $31,298.95 
 
32 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIEE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 PRODUCTS OF THE FARM AT SUNNYSIDE, 1914. 
 
 448 pounds 
 
 chickens, 
 
 211 gallons 
 
 maple syrup. 
 
 6,976 quarts 
 
 strawberries, 
 
 2,240 quarts 
 
 raspberries. 
 
 224 quarts 
 
 currants. 
 
 91 barrels 
 
 apples. 
 
 lIO bushels 
 
 cider apples. 
 
 4,513 bushels 
 
 potatoes. 
 
 341/2 bushels 
 
 beets, 
 
 171/2 bushels 
 
 carrots. 
 
 16 bushels 
 
 parsnips, 
 
 15 bushels 
 
 cucumbers. 
 
 21 bushels 
 
 peas. 
 
 6 bushels 
 
 tomatoes. 
 
 23 bushels 
 
 string beans. 
 
 18 bushels 
 
 shell beans, 
 
 41 bushels 
 
 turnips. 
 
 300 heads 
 
 lettuce, 
 
 720 dozen 
 
 sweet corn, 
 
 800 pounds 
 
 rhubarb, 
 
 100 bunches 
 
 radishes, 
 
 5,000 heads 
 
 cabbage. 
 
 38 tons 
 
 hay, 
 
 15 tons 
 
 oat fodder, 
 
 2 tens 
 
 corn fodder, 
 
 8,500 quarts 
 
 milk. 
 
 370 cakes 
 
 ice. 
 
 7,028 dozen 
 
 eggs, 
 
 42 bushels 
 
 plums, 
 
 18 cords 
 
 wood (cut). 
 
 $0.20 
 
 $89.60 
 
 1.10 
 
 232.10 
 
 .19 
 
 1,325.44 
 
 .18 
 
 403.20 
 
 .10 
 
 22.40 
 
 1.00 
 
 91.00 
 
 .10 
 
 11.00 
 
 .70 
 
 3,159.10 
 
 .50 
 
 17.25 
 
 .70 
 
 12.25 
 
 1.00 
 
 16.00 
 
 1.80 
 
 27.00 
 
 1.00 
 
 21.00 
 
 1.50 
 
 9.00 
 
 .85 
 
 19.55 
 
 1.60 
 
 28.80 
 
 1.25 
 
 51.25 
 
 .04 
 
 12.00 
 
 .15 
 
 108.00 
 
 .021/2 
 
 20.00 
 
 .04 
 
 4.00 
 
 .09 
 
 450.00 
 
 18.00 
 
 684.00 
 
 8.00 
 
 120.00 
 
 8.00 
 
 16.00 
 
 .05 
 
 425.00 
 
 .15 
 
 55.50 
 
 .35 
 
 2.459.80 
 
 1.25 
 
 52.50 
 
 5.00 
 
 90.00 
 
 
 $10,032.74 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 88 
 
 FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOE THE BIENNIAL PERIOD END- 
 ING AUGUST 31, 1914. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 1913. 
 
 1914. 
 
 Board of private patients $50, 
 
 Board of town patients 
 
 Board of county patients 
 
 Income from John Conant Fund 
 
 Income from Isaac Adams Fund 
 
 Prom Fund for Aid of Indigent Insane 
 
 Prom Fund for Improvement of Grounds 
 
 For articles sold 
 
 For articles from Industrial Department 
 
 For articles sold other institutions: 
 
 Cheese 36.98 
 
 Flour 47.00 
 
 Sugar 28.29 
 
 Meat 
 
 Sundries .... 
 
 Horses 
 
 From Industrial Department 
 
 From Corey Hill Hospital, services of nurses 
 
 From other sources 
 
 From refund board of Henry Rich 
 
 From maintenance appropriation 
 
 Total receipts for year $239,429,91 
 
 Total expenditures i $239,429.91 
 
 520.08 
 
 $50,758.51 
 
 634.84 
 
 905.01 
 
 16.99 
 
 36.57 
 
 256.00 
 
 256.00 
 
 162.00 
 
 162.00 
 
 ,000.00 
 
 8,000.00 
 
 500.00 
 
 500.00 
 
 962.62 
 
 3,373.92 
 
 449.42 
 
 1,153.83 
 
 607.18 
 287.07 
 
 172,922.14 
 
 27.88 
 137.40 
 
 39.86 
 809.66 
 
 54.22 
 425.00 
 222.30 
 
 *342".i3 
 
 643.66 
 
 197,635.63 
 
 $265,483.38 
 
 GENERAL STATEMENT. 
 
 1913. 
 
 1914. 
 
 Average number of patients 
 
 Gross expenditures 
 
 Weekly per capita cost 
 
 Receipts from sales 
 
 A weekly per capita of 
 
 All other institution receipts 
 
 A weekly per capita of 
 
 Average weekly per capita cost to state for 
 support of patients and maintenance of 
 property after crediting all income for year 
 
 986.25 
 
 $239,429.91 
 
 4.66 
 
 5,524.31 
 
 .107 
 
 60,983.16 
 
 1.189 
 
 1,086.00 
 
 $265,483.38 
 
 4.70 
 
 6,244.07 
 
 .11 
 
 61,603.68 
 
 1.091 
 
 3.50 
 
34 NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 ANALYSIS OF EXPENSES. 
 
 Salaries, Wages and Labor: 1913 . 1914 
 
 Medical Services $9,422.90 $9,679.02 
 
 Ward Services (Male) 15,872.27 18,398.93 
 
 (Female) ... 20,611.74 21,445.06 
 
 General Administration 34,907.94 37,209.07 
 
 Repairs and Improvements 7,181.56 10,114.48 
 
 Farm, Stable and Grounds 6,388.04 6,857.21 
 
 Food: 
 
 Butter , 
 
 Butterine 
 
 Beans 
 
 Bread and Crackers. . . 
 
 Broma and Cocoa 
 
 Coffee 
 
 Cereals, Rice and .Meal 
 
 Cheese 
 
 Eggs 
 
 Flour 
 
 Fish 
 
 Fruit (dried and fresh) 
 
 Lard 
 
 Meat 
 
 Milk 
 
 Molasses and Syrup. . . . 
 
 Potatoes *. 
 
 Sugar 
 
 Tea 
 
 Vegetables 
 
 Groceries (sundries) . . 
 
 $94,384.45 
 
 $103,703.77 
 
 $7,256.14 
 
 $9,081.56 
 
 3,179.10 
 
 2,402.50 
 
 1,868.40 
 
 714.73 
 
 1,017.58 
 
 631.31 
 
 160.29 
 
 65.47 
 
 1,206.64 
 
 1,495.48 
 
 1,482.58 
 
 1,007.12 
 
 943.74 
 
 1,399.13 
 
 1,678.94 
 
 1,558.56 
 
 5,584.15 
 
 4,416.79 
 
 3,115.62 
 
 2,235.52 
 
 2,038.98 
 
 426.27 
 
 1,317.87 
 
 1,506.25 
 
 12,730.01 
 
 16,045.81 
 
 3,807.13 
 
 5,891.05 
 
 604.22 
 
 300.93 
 
 1,716.33 
 
 758.35 
 
 3,341.45 
 
 5,199.05 
 
 987.29 
 
 1,068.18 
 
 51.57 
 
 16.00 
 
 6,960.17 
 
 8,161.21 
 
 $61,048.20 $64,381.27 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 35 
 
 Clothing and Clothing Material: 
 
 Boots, Shoes and Kubbers $1,431.15 $1,509.28 
 
 Clothing 2,291.09 5,-139.42 
 
 Dry Goods for Clothing and 
 
 Small Wares.. 1,712.44 4,399.79 
 
 Hats and Caps . 18.25 
 
 Sundries . . .• 31.43 
 
 $5,490.36 $11,348.49 
 
 Furnishings : 
 
 Beds, Bedding, Table Linen.. $2,399.66 $4,135.95 
 
 Brushes, Brooms, etc 178.25 
 
 Carpets, Rugs, etc 271.92 97.30 
 
 Crockery, Glassware, Cutlery. . 936.81 739.84 
 
 Furniture and Upholstery 363.81 165.20 
 
 Kitchen Furnishings 3,176.52 810.48 
 
 Sundries 1,887.44 2,082.36 
 
 $9,214.41 $8,031.13 
 
 Heat, Light and Power: 
 
 Coal $15,268.25 $22,978.86 
 
 Freight on Coal 3,414.71 12,256.10 
 
 Gas : 547.44 266.40 
 
 Lamps (electric) 581.99 554.25 
 
 Oil (illuminating) 93.42 173.01 
 
 Oil (lubricating) 235.67 255.89 
 
 Refrigeration 27.55 
 
 Sundries 8.00 86.59 
 
 $20,177.03 $36,571.10 
 Repairs and Improvements : 
 
 Brick $30.25 $10.25 
 
 Cement, Lime and Plaster .... 264.22 121 .0 4 
 
 Doors, Sashes, etc 79.84 
 
 Electrical Work and supplies . . 1.629.43 898.03 
 
36 NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 Hardware, Iron, Steel, etc $964.10 $569.95 
 
 Lumber 2,293.57 608.25 
 
 Machinery, etc 288.93 
 
 Mechanics and Laborers not on 
 
 Payroll 5,164.68 1,749.18 
 
 Paints, Oils, Glass, etc 2,014.22 1,914.88 
 
 Plumbing, Steam Fitting and 
 
 Supplies 2,272.96 1,789.85 
 
 Roofing and Materials 172.29 654.54 
 
 Sundries 555.42 1,001.88 
 
 / . 
 
 $15,729.91 $9,317.85 
 
 Farm, Stable and Grounds: 
 
 Blacksmith and Supplies 493.79 290.05 
 
 Carriages, Wagons, etc., and 
 
 Repairs 127.45 975.00 
 
 Cows 468.00 125.00 
 
 Hens 483.65 
 
 Fertilizers, Vines, Seeds, etc. . 2,465.19 1,171.61 
 
 Gasoline 149.71 487.87 
 
 Hay, Grain, etc 6,425.49 3,731.45 
 
 Harnesses and Repairs 111.73 27.61 
 
 Mechanics and Laborers not on 
 
 Payroll ' 242.33 103.50 
 
 Other Live Stock 117.00 35.00 
 
 Motor Truck and Supplies .... 337.13 4,266.47 
 Tools, Farm Machines, etc. . . . 444.76 139.25 
 Veterinary Services and Medi- 
 cines 261.99 106.04 
 
 Sundries 1,589.98 580.33 
 
 $13,234.55 $12,522.83 
 
 Miscellaneous: 
 
 Articles Furnished and 
 
 Charged $1,662.93 $1,596.38 
 
 Books, Periodicals, etc 211.95 176.55 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 3? 
 
 Chapel Services and entertain- 
 ments $1,356.68 $1,168.49 
 
 Deportation of Patients 24.21 5.36 
 
 Freight, Expressage and 
 
 Transportation 988.39 1,048.39 
 
 Funeral Expenses 449.00 276.00 
 
 Laundry Supplies 957.93 979.96 
 
 Laundry Soap 469.31 173.20 
 
 Medical Attendance (extra) . . 102.56 155.00 
 Medicines and Hospital Sup- 
 plies 2,281.71 2,515.38 
 
 Postage 717.07 335.90 
 
 Printing and Binding Annual 
 
 Report 251.96 
 
 Patients' Work Shop. ... 2,073.43 3,967.85 
 
 Return of Runaways 50.44 14.20 
 
 Rental of Coal Shed 600.01 500.00 
 
 Soap 236.31 913.47 
 
 Stationery and Office supplies 1,643.52 372.34 
 Training School Instructions, 
 
 extra 65.10 269.77 
 
 Travel and Expense (officials) 234.03 10.30 
 
 Telephone and Telegraph 355.48 310.14 
 
 Tobacco 872.35 787.75 
 
 Water 3,482.70 3,873.05 
 
 Sundries 455.12 157.46 
 
 Special Legislative Appropria- 
 tion Account of Joseph 
 
 Burke 473.35 
 
 Medical Research Work 135.46 
 
 $20,151.00 $19,606.94 
 
 Gross Expenditures $239,429.91 $265,483.38 
 
38 XEW HAMPSHIKE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL AGENT OF THE 
 STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 From September 1, 1912, to August 31, 1913. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Balance on hand Aug. 31, 1912 $10,607.63 
 
 Received from Matured Bonds: 
 
 Boston & Maine $5,000.00 
 
 Iowa Loan & Trust Co 1,000.00 
 
 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 
 
 Railroad 5,000.00 
 
 Received from sale 75 shares 
 State National Bank, Bos- 
 ton, $200 15,000.00 
 
 Received from Interest and Divi- 
 dends • 13,634.03 
 
 Withdra^vn Union Trust Co., 
 
 French legacy 181.84 
 
 Received Interest from Union 
 
 Trust Co., French legacy.. 31.97 
 
 EXPENPITURES. 
 
 Cash paid Treasurer toward 
 
 Support Indigent Patients $8,000.00 
 Paid Treasurer for Improvement 
 
 of Grounds 500.00 
 
 Treasurer for Income Con- 
 ant fund 256.00 
 
 Treasurer for Incoiue 
 
 Adams fund 162.00 
 
 $39,847.84 
 
 $50,455.47 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 39 
 
 Treasurer for Income War- 
 ren K. French $181.84 
 
 Premium on surety bond. . 62.50 
 
 Appropriations by vote 
 
 trustees . . . ^ 306.05 
 
 For 35 Shares Merchants 
 
 National Bank, Boston. . 7,506.25 
 
 For 60 Shares Chicago & 
 
 Northwestern Eailroad. . 8,272.50 
 
 For 10,000 City of Nashua, 
 
 N. H. bonds 10,000.00 
 
 For Insurance 130.00 
 
 William F. Thayer, Finan- 
 cial Agent 200.00 
 
 Deposited Union Trust Co. Inter- 
 est J. P. French legacy 31.97 
 
 $35,609.11 
 
 Balance Aug. 31, 1913 14,846.36 
 
 $50,455.47 
 
40 NEW HAMPSHIEE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 EEPORT OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE FUNDS OF 
 THE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 From September 1, 1913, to August 31, 1914. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Balance on hand Aug. 31, 1913. . $14,846.36 
 
 Received from matured bonds : 
 Minneapolis Bonds $3,000.00 
 
 First dividends in liquidation 50 
 shares Fitchburg National 
 Bank Stock at 160, exchanged 
 for equal number shares 
 Fitchburg Bank & Trust Co. . 8,000.00 
 
 Rawson Trust Fund 1,000.00 
 
 Interest and dividends 15,813.39 
 
 Withdrawn Union Trust Co., 
 
 French legacy ' 162.02 
 
 Interest received on French leg- 
 acy 27.84 
 
 $28,003.25 
 
 Expenditures. 
 
 Cash paid Treasurer toward 
 
 support of indigent patients.. $8,000.00 
 
 Cash paid Treasurer for im- 
 provement of grounds 500.00 
 
 Cash paid Treasurer income 
 
 Conant fund * 256.00 
 
 Cash paid Treasurer income 
 
 Adams fund 162.00 
 
 $42,849.61 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 41 
 
 Cash paid Treasurer account 
 
 Warren K. French $162.02 
 
 Fifty shares Fitchburg Bank & 
 Trust Co., first dividend in 
 liquidation 8,000.00 
 
 Deposited Union Trust Co. inter- 
 est French legacy 27.84 
 
 Three Port of Seattle Bonds and 
 
 accrued interest 2,906.55 
 
 H. Kern, mortgage loan 992.^3 
 
 $21,007.24 
 
 Balance Aug. 31, 1914 21,842.37 
 
 $42,849.61 
 
 Permanent Funds. 
 
 The following were the several permanent funds of the 
 hospital on the first day of September, 1914, accompanied 
 by a list of the securities in which they are^ invested. 
 
 ADAMS FUND. 
 
 (Gift of Isaac Adams, of Sandwich.) 
 
 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 
 
 Harlem River & Port Chester Div. bond $400.00 
 
 City of Concord (N. H.) bonds 600.00 
 
 Ten shares Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago 
 
 Railroad 1,000.00 
 
 Ten shares Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. . . 1,000.00 
 
 $3,000.00 
 
 BURROUGHS FUND. 
 
 (Legacy of Rev. Charles Burroughs, D. D., of Portsmouth.) 
 
 Northern Pacific-Great Northern Railroad bond 
 (Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, 
 Joint 4s) ■ $1,000.00 
 
42 NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 CHANDLER FUND. 
 
 (Legacy of Abiel Chandler, of Walpole.) 
 
 Chicago & Northwestern Railroad bond 
 
 (Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western) $1,000.00 
 
 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad 
 
 bonds 2,000.00 
 
 Old Colony Railroad bond 1,000.00 
 
 Boston & Lowell Railroad bond 5,000.00 
 
 Concord & Montreal Railroad bonds 2,000.00 
 
 Boston & Maine Railroad bonds 8,000.00 
 
 Sixty-two shares Concord & Montreal Railroad 6,200.00 
 
 Ten shares Michigan Central Railroad 1,000.00 
 
 Ten shares Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago 
 
 Railroad 1,000.00 
 
 One share Merchants National Bank, Boston, 
 
 Mass 100.00 
 
 Twenty-five shares Northern (N. H.) Railroad 2,500.00 
 
 Two shares Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. . 200.00 
 
 $30,000.00 
 
 CONANT FUND. 
 
 (Legacy of John Conant, of Jaffrey.) 
 
 State of New Hampshire bonds ■ $4,000.00 
 
 Concord & Montreal Railroad bonds 2,000.00 
 
 Two shares Boston & Providence Railroad .... 200.00 
 
 Three shares Concord & Montreal Railroad .... 300.00 
 
 $6,500.00 
 
 CREIGHTON FUND. 
 
 (Legacy of Mrs. S. E. W. Creighton, of Newmarket.) 
 
 Boston & Providence Railroad bonds $1,000.00 
 
 Boston & Maine Railroad bonds 2.000.00 
 
 $3,000.00 
 
NEW HAMPSHIEE STATE HOSPITAL. 43 
 
 DAN FORTH FUND. 
 
 (Legacy of Mary Daiiforth, of Boscawen.) 
 City of Concord (N. H.) bonds $400.00 
 
 FISK FUND. 
 
 (Legacy of Miss Catherine Fisk, of Keene.) 
 Fisk fund held in trust by the state. $26,378.43 
 
 t'ULLEE FUND. 
 
 (Legacy of Mrs. Peggy Fuller, of Francestown.) 
 Twenty shares Concord & Montreal Railroad.. $2,000.00 
 
 KENT FUND. 
 
 (Legacy of Moody Kent, of Pittsfield.) 
 
 Boston & Maine Eailroad bonds $12,000.00 
 
 City of Concord (N. H.) bonds 200.00 
 
 Oregon Short Line Railroad bonds 5,000.00 
 
 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad 
 
 bonds 6,000.00 
 
 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad bonds 5,000.00 
 
 Chicago & Northwestern Railroad bonds 9,000.00 
 
 Boston & Lowell Railroad bonds 10,000.00 
 
 Concord & Montreal Railroad bonds 8,000.00 
 
 City of Duluth (Minn.) bonds 7,000.00 
 
 Northern Pacific Railway bonds 5,000.00 
 
 St. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad bonds .... 5,000.00 
 
 Old Colony Railroad bonds 12,000.00 
 
 Northern Pacific-Great Northern Railroad 
 bonds (Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail- 
 road, joint 4s) 13,000.00 
 
 Union Pacific Railroad bonds 1,000.00 
 
 Port of Seattle, Washington, Water Front Im- 
 provement bonds 3,000.00 
 
 City of Nashua (N. H.) bonds 10,000.00 
 
14 NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 Fifty shares Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago 
 Railroad $5,000.00 
 
 Seven shares Union National Bank, Lowell, 
 Mass 700.00 
 
 Sixteen shares Merchants National Bank, Bos- 
 ton, Mass 1,600.00 
 
 One hundred shares Michigan Central Railroad 10,000.00 
 
 Seventy shares St. Joseph & Grand Island Rail- 
 road, first preferred 7,000.00 
 
 Twenty-five shares St. Joseph <fe Grand Island 
 
 Railroad, second preferred 2,500.00 
 
 Forty-two shares Northern (N. H.) Railroad.. 4,200.00 
 
 Two shares Boston & Providence Railroad 200.00 
 
 Fifty shares Fitchburg (Mass.) Bank and Trust 
 
 Co 5,000.00 
 
 Thirty-one shares Chicago & Northwestern Rail- 
 road 3,100.00 
 
 $50,500.00 
 
 KIMBALL FUND. 
 
 (Legacy of Jacob Kimball, of Hampstead.) 
 
 Kimball fund held in trust by the state treas- 
 urer * $6,753.49 
 
 LOW FUND. 
 
 (Legacy of Abiel A. Low, of Brooklyn, N. Y.) 
 
 City of Columbus (Ohio) bonds '. $3,000.00 
 
 City of Chicago (111.) bonds 2,000.00 
 
 $5,000.00 
 
 PENHALLOW FUND. 
 
 ' (Legacy of H. Louise Penhallow, of Portsmouth.) 
 Concord & Montreal Railroad bond $1,000.00 
 
NEW HAMPSHIKE STATE HOSPITAL. 46 
 
 PIPEK FUND. 
 
 (Legacy of Khoda C. Piper, of Hanover.) 
 One share Union National Bank, Lowell, Mass. . $100.00 
 
 PLUMMER FUND. 
 
 (Legacy of William Plummer, of Londonderry.) 
 
 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 
 
 Harlem River & Port Chester Div. bond $500.00 
 
 RICE FUND. 
 
 (Legacy of Arabella Rice, of Portsmouth.) 
 
 Oregon Short Line Railroad bonds $5,000.00 
 
 Old Colony Railroad bonds. 3,000.00 
 
 Chicago & Northwestern Railroad bond 1,000.00 
 
 Old Colony Railroad registered bond 3,000.00 
 
 Concord & Montreal Railroad bond 1,000.00 
 
 Boston & Providence Railroad bond 1,000.00 
 
 City of Cleveland (Ohio) bonds 2,000.00 
 
 Union Pacific Railroad bonds 5,000.00 
 
 $21,000.00 
 
 RUMFORD FUND. 
 
 (Legacy of the Countess of Rumford, of Concord.) 
 
 Boston & Maine Railroad bonds $5,000.00 
 
 Concord & Montreal Railroad bonds 5,000.00 
 
 Thirty shares Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chi- 
 cago Railroad 3,000.00 
 
 Twenty shares Boston & Providence Railroad.. 2.000.00 
 
 $15,000.00 
 
46 NEW HAMPSHIKE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 SHERMAN FUND. 
 
 (Legacy of Mrs. Fanny Sherman, of Exeter.) 
 
 Old Colony Railroad bond $1,000.00 
 
 City of Cleveland (Ohio) bonds 3,000.00 
 
 Northern Pacific-Great Northern Railroad 
 bond (Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail- 
 road, joint 4s) 1,000.00 
 
 $5,000.00 
 
 SMITH FUND. 
 
 (Legacy of Betsey Smith, of Hanover.) 
 
 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 
 
 Harlem River & Port Chester Div. bond $500.00 
 
 SPALDING FUND. 
 
 (Legacy of Isaac Spalding, of Nashua.) 
 
 Concord & Montreal Railroad bonds. $6,000.00 
 
 Boston & Providence Railroad bonds 2,000.00 
 
 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad 
 
 bond 1,000.00 
 
 Old Colony Railroad bond 1,000.00 
 
 $10,000.00 
 
 SPRING FUND. 
 
 (Received from sale of spring.) 
 
 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 
 
 Harlem River & Port Chester Div. bond $100.00 
 
 One share Northern (N. H.) Railroad 100.00 
 
 $200.00 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 47 
 
 WALKER FUND. 
 
 (Legacy of Abigail B. Walker, of Concord.) 
 
 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 
 
 Harlem River & Port Chester Div. bond $1,500.00 
 
 Boston & Maine Railroad bonds 5,000.00 
 
 City of Concord (N. H.) bond 1,000.00 
 
 Old Colony Railroad bonds 4,000.00 
 
 Eight shares Merchants National Bank, Boston, 
 
 Mass 800.00 
 
 Ten shares Northern (N. H.) Railroad 1,000.00 
 
 Seventeen shares Chicago & Northwestern Rail- 
 road 1,700.00 
 
 $15,000.00 
 
 WILLIAMS FUND. 
 
 (Gift of John Williams, of Hanover.) 
 
 Two shares Union National Bank of Lowell, 
 
 Mass $200.00 
 
 EAWSON FUND. 
 
 (Legacy of Charles W. Rawson, of Gilsum.) 
 
 Mortgage Loan H. Kern, Graham County, Kan- 
 sas $1,000.00 
 
 Total amount permanent funds $304,031.92 
 
48 NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL. 
 
 JOHN P. FRENCH LEGACY. 
 
 (Benefit Warren K. French.) 
 
 Union Guaranty Savings Bank, as er last reort $669.40 
 Eeceived interest 27.84 
 
 $697.24 
 Paid treasurer for board of Warren K. French 162.02 
 
 Balance $535.22 
 
 George E. Farrand, 
 
 Custodian, 
 
TENTH BIENNIAL REPORT 
 
 OF THt: 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT AND 
 TREASURER 
 
 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL 
 
 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 
 
 For the Period Ending August 31, 1914 
 
 MANCHESTER, N. H. 
 
 Printed bt John b. Clarkb Co. 
 
 191S 
 
OFFICERS. 
 
 W. C. Morton Superintendent 
 
 Thomas Fox Assistant Superintendent 
 
 Mrs. W. C. Morton Matron 
 
 Noel E. Guillet, M. D Physician 
 
 John Sargent ; Farmer 
 
 Eva B. Stevens Bookkeeper and Stenographer 
 
 Mary E. Twombly Cleric 
 
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 
 
 I'o the Board of Control : 
 
 The tenth biennial report of the Industrial School for 
 the two years ending August 31, 1914, is respectfully 
 submitted. 
 
 The period covered by this report has been, an eventful 
 one in many ways and it would he a neglect of duty on my 
 part if some of the more important changes which have 
 taken place' were not recorded here, that they may go down 
 in the history of the school. Among the most important 
 of these may be mentioned: Removing the girls from the 
 main building, favorable changes in the laws concerning the 
 school, the closing of the Riverside Hosiery Mills, a wood- 
 working shop opened, a poultry plant established and a boy's 
 band organized. A few words concerning each of these will 
 follow. 
 
 The new building for girls (provided by an act of the 
 1911 legislature), which was well under way at the time 
 of my last report, was opened and occupied May 16, 1913, 
 and named by the trustees, Wilkins Honie for Girls (erected 
 on land purchased by the James McKean Wilkins Fund). 
 This certainly marks a new era in the Industrial School. 
 
 When we stop to consider that ever since the school was 
 established (1857) both boys and girls have been cared for 
 under one roof, making conditions such that the work of 
 giving children proper training was extremely complex and 
 the results very unsatisfactory, our state may well be proud 
 of the beautiful, substantial, well arranged and equipped 
 building it now has for her unfortunate girls in the AYilkins 
 Home. 
 
 This building is located one-third of a mile north of the 
 main building and is situated on a high elevation facing 
 
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4 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. 
 
 the Merrimack river, entirely surrounded by beautiful rural 
 scenery. It is really an institution by itself, having but 
 little to do with the boys' school except under the same su- 
 pervision. Different departments are arranged, giving the 
 girls an opportunity for special training of such duties as 
 will naturally come into their lives in after years. 
 
 It is hardly necessary to mention that under the condi- 
 tion the girls now live they, as a whole, are very contented 
 and happy, and it is interesting to note the astonishment 
 a **'new girl" shows on entering the home and her happy 
 disappointment in not finding bars and grills. 
 
 The attics which were finished in the early part of the 
 present year under your direction, provide additional room 
 should the population of the girls require it. 
 
 Soon after the law was passed by the legislature of 1913 
 providing for a parole officer, it was the desire of the trus- 
 tees that I should accept that position together with the 
 duties of superintendent. 
 
 What degree of success this department has attained can 
 best be judged by those who have so kindly taken these 
 children into their homes as well as those who live in the 
 immediate vicinity where these probationers have been 
 placed. Our records show that over eighty out of the total 
 of ninety-two on probation September 1, 1914, are doing 
 well. 
 
 For the most part, children sixteen years of age and over 
 have been paroled, most of whom are earning wages. No 
 child has been released unless provided with work or given 
 an opportunity to attend school. The age and school grade 
 of each individual usually determines which it shall be. 
 
 Since all children are committed here until they are 
 twenty-one years of age, the question is often asked, "How 
 long are they to stay in the school and what determines the 
 time that they may be released on probation?" This is an- 
 swered in no better way than l)y the following extract taken 
 from the letter which is sent to the parents or guardian of 
 each child soon after their commitment: 
 
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 ' ^*^We have received your son who was committed to the 
 
 Industrial School at Manchester, N. H., on the day of 
 
 191 — in accordance with the law of the state. By 
 
 order of the court he will remain in the care and subject to 
 the control of the school until he is twenty-one years of 
 age. The length of detention in the school depends upon 
 conduct. When such time shall have elapsed that the teach- 
 ers and officers of the school have had opportunity to study 
 the child and good reports as to conduct and character are 
 forthcoming, his name will be submitted to the Board of 
 Control for their consideration for release on probation. If 
 the home is a proper one and it seems probable that the par- 
 ents can control him, he will be allowed to go home. On 
 the other hand if on investigation it is found that the home 
 is not a proper one, he will be placed in some home which 
 the school will select. In either case, he will under the law 
 remain in the control of the school until 21 years of age 
 and until then can at any time be recalled to the school." 
 
 A very careful daily record of the deportment of each 
 child is kept from the day of commitment and they are 
 fully informed and given to understand that a record of 
 good conduct is much to be desired and in their favor. The 
 average time spent in the school of those placed on proba- 
 tion during the past two years was 2 years and 7 months. 
 
 The homes of parents and families in which children have 
 been placed have in all cases been carefully investigated. 
 This has been done by myself personally except in a few 
 cases, where I have had the assistance of some volunteer co- 
 worker whose judgment in such cases, is dependable. 
 
 It has been my purpose to visit paroled children as often 
 as I felt it necessary. No stated number of visits have been 
 arranged for, some requiring very little supervision, while 
 others may be visited frequently with excellent results. In 
 several cases visiting the child just at the proper time has 
 saved him from leaving his place or having him returned to 
 the school. 
 
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 INDUSTHIAL SCHOOL. 
 
 The following-up system is very important and should 
 not be neglected or overlooked. In general, all children are 
 expected to report by letter or in person once a month for 
 a continued time until excused. This necessitates additional 
 office work as a reply is made to each letter received. 
 
 TABLE SHOWING WHEREJABQUTS OF CHILDREN ON PROBATION 
 9ESPTBMBER 1, 1913. 
 
 Boys. 
 
 Girls. 
 
 Total. 
 
 On probation with rela,tives or friends attending: 
 
 1 
 5 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 15 
 
 On probation with families, earning wages ' 6 
 
 On probation with relatives, earning wages 17 
 
 On probation with relatives, to live in other statesi 
 
 not visited ■ 2 
 
 On probation elsewhere earning wages and finding, 
 
 own board ! 2 
 
 Left home or place and whereabouts unknown 
 
 In other correctional institutions. . . . i 2 
 
 11 
 21 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 3 
 2 
 
 In United States Army : 1 
 
 1 44 
 
 1 
 57 
 
 TABLE SHOWING WHERBABOUTtS OF CHILDREN ON" PROBATION 
 SEPTEMBER 1, 1914. 
 
 Boys. 
 
 Girls. Total. 
 
 On probation with relatives or friends attendinigi 
 
 school j 14 
 
 On probation with families, earning wages ; 9 
 
 On probation with relatives, earning wages 31 
 
 On probation with relatives, to live in other states 
 
 not visited ! 2 
 
 On probation elsewhere earning wages and flndingj 
 
 own board ' 2 
 
 Left home or place and whereabouts unknown j 3 
 
 In other correctional institutions 1 
 
 In United States Army j 1 
 
 On probation in hospital for treatment j 2 
 
 65 
 
 27 
 
 92 
 
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. 7 
 
 The equipment here does not provide for a semi-prison 
 where these incorrigibles could be segregated, and 1 would 
 in no way recommend the construction of any such arrange- 
 ment, for the most good can result in keeping this a school for 
 juvenile offenders and treating them as such and not as 
 prisoners. 
 
 I believe that the law passed at the last legislature con-, 
 eerning incorrigibles in the Industrial School will in time 
 prove very effective and raise the standard of the school, so 
 that it will be looked upon as an institution for juveniles 
 without the sting of the old time Reform School of half a 
 century ago, where all inmates were classed as BAD. 
 
 The Riverside Hosiery Mill, which for many years was a 
 special feature along industrial lines here, has been abolished 
 and the ten-horse power motor which furnished power to run 
 the knitting machines, etc., now runs the three wood-work- 
 ing machines which occupy the eastern end of the shop. 
 
 In a meagre way a carpenter shop has been started in 
 which several boys may be instructed and taught to do things 
 that will be very much to their advantage in future life. 
 The equipment at present consists of one 36-inch band saw, 
 one tipping table saw, one 24-inch pony planer and a few 
 bench tools. More tools and benches are needed to make 
 the outfit complete. When this room is properly equipped, 
 valuable training for the boys will result. 
 
 In the spring of 1913, poultry raising was started. This 
 year three hundred and fifty chickens were hatched. A 
 house 16 ft. wide by 100 ft. long, to be built on plans ap- 
 proved by the poultry department of the state college, is 
 under construction by the carpentry class. 
 
 A boys^ band was organized February, 1913, under the 
 leadership of William F. Hart of Manchester, with the fol- 
 lowing instruments: 1 Eb cornet, 6 Bb cornets, 4 altos, 
 2 Bb baritones, 2 Bb basses, 2 tubas, 3 trombones, 1 bass 
 drum, 2 snare drums, and 1 pair of cymbals. Such boys 
 were selected who gave evidence of some musical ability or 
 idea of music, i. e., they could beat time, whistle some fa- 
 
8 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. 
 
 miliar tunes and some could sing. The average age of the 
 lads was 14 years and 5 months. 
 
 The}' have learned to play well, and have appeared in 
 public several times with a great deal of credit to themselves 
 and to the institution. 
 
 The good influence which the band has had has been of 
 inestimable value not only to its members but to the entire 
 school. 
 
 SCHOOL OF LETTERS. 
 
 Work along these lines has been continued as during the 
 previous two years. With about one hundred boys, rang- 
 ing in age from 8 to 20 years, registered under three teach- 
 ers and with 30 to 35 girls in the care of one teacher, con- 
 ditions are not unlike those found in an ungraded school. 
 It seldom happens that a child committed to the Industrial 
 School is up to his grade, but is found backward to an alarm- 
 ing extent, and not a few cases are feeble-minded. 
 
 With these conditions rapid progress cannot be made, but 
 with tried and true teachers, experienced in handling just 
 this type of child, good results are obtained and many chil- 
 dren who have left the school testify that it was at the In- 
 dustrial School they received such instructions as inspired 
 them to get a better education than they otherwise would 
 have obtained had they never been sent here. 
 
 At the closing-day exercises actual work done in the dif- 
 ferent rooms throughout the year was shown, giving the pub- 
 lic and the parents, and especially the parents, an opportunity 
 to judge what progress their children were making. 
 
 Should the number of pupils materially increase, it would 
 seem advisable to employ more teachers. 
 
 SLOYD. 
 
 The work done in this room has been carried on some- 
 what differently than heretofore. A special class for the 
 backward children has been organized giving them such 
 work as seems best suited to their ability. This gives the 
 
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. 9 
 
 child an opportunity to get a start and awakens his ideas, 
 at the same time building a foundation for the advanced 
 work which he will take later, while a regular class has been 
 held each day for boys who are up to their grade. The in- 
 terest and advancement shown in both classes has been very 
 pronounced, and to note the effort each individual puts into 
 his work to make the most of his opportunity, is most grat- 
 ifying. 
 
 While no attempt is made here to teach a trade, yet to ob- 
 serve the ability of a boy who has taken a course in sloyd 
 in comparison with one who has not is very marked. He 
 has been taught the different kinds of wood, different kinds 
 of tools and their uses and to make various models from his 
 own drawings. 
 
 MASONRY. ' 
 
 The class in masonry has manifested the same interest 
 as usual and the subway into the boiler room and the well- 
 layed cement service yard in the rear, and the broad walk at 
 the north of the Wilkins Home for Girls, together with many 
 other workmanlike jobs, about the school, are all excellent 
 specimens of their thoroughness of work, making permanent 
 improvements to the property here and at the same time giv- 
 ing the boys excellent training. 
 
 THE FARM. 
 
 The training the boys receive on the farm is by far the 
 most important of all. No other industry can be made of 
 so much value to so great a number of our boys as that of 
 farming. Everything pertaining to this line of work ap- 
 peals to the heart of every boy and it is very interesting to 
 note with what zeal and enthusiasm they enter into it. Our 
 herd of cows is not satisfactory and should be improved. I 
 recommend the purchase of ^ some thoroughbred animals that 
 we may begin at once to build up a herd which will be profit- 
 able to own. 
 
10 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. 
 
 The field and garden crops for the past two seasons have 
 been abundant. The fruit trees have been pruned and 
 sprayed by a class of boys under the direction of an experi- 
 enced man, using such methods as recommended by the New 
 Hampshire State College. They are now in a good growing 
 condition and the harvest will be satisfactorily large and of 
 good quality. 
 
 East of the AVilkins Home for Girls an orchard was set 
 this spring consisting of 170 apple, 20 plum, TOO peach, 20 
 cherry and 30 pear trees. West of Kiverview cottage in a 
 well-arranged plot has been planted strawberries, currants, 
 gooseberries, blackberries, raspberries and grapes. The cul- 
 tivation and picking of berries and early vegetables has fur- 
 nished excellent employment for the smaller boys. The work 
 of clearing and stumping the new land on the Wilkins lot 
 is being carried on as time will allow. 
 
 COTTAGE SYSTEM VS. CONOrtEGATE PLAN. 
 
 The picture on the opposite page shows a group of twenty- 
 eight small boys assembled in front of Kiverview cottage 
 (originally built for a hospital) which is now their home. 
 The boys are by themselves and share one another's sports 
 and pleasures to a marked degree. The parental advice, 
 kind words and precepts of home discipline given them by 
 their master and matron, who are really their foster parents 
 while here, sink deeply into the hearts of these lads, for the 
 true family spirit exists and they, being segregated from the 
 older and larger boys, the bad influence of whom in a ma- 
 jority of cases are sure to be exerted, is eliminated. 
 
 There is another equally large group of little fellows who 
 are fully as worthy of being placed under as good conditions 
 and demand the same consideration, but under the present 
 arrangement they are obliged to mingle and associate with 
 boys who are nearly twice their age and remain in the main 
 building on the congregate plan. 
 
 Repeating what I recommended in my report two years 
 ago that the cottage or family plan sliould be extended, and 
 
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. 11 
 
 trusting the work already demonstrated by this method has 
 met with your approval, I urge you to ask the legislature 
 of 1915 for an appropriation for at least one cottage for 
 boys. 
 
 IMPROVEMENTS. 
 
 Sueli improvements and repairs have been made from 
 time to time as seenxed most necessary. 
 
 Both barns, all the outside woodwork of the main building, 
 annex and hosiery mill have been painted. All the upper 
 rooms except the sleeping hall formerly occupied by the 
 girls have been thoroughly renovated for the occupany of 
 teachers and officers. These rooms were much needed, but 
 were not available for these purposes until the new building 
 for girls was opened. 
 
 Scrub floors in the front part of the main building have 
 been dressed and filled, adding very much to the appearance 
 of the offices, rooms and halls. 
 
 The two rooms formerly used for laundry purposes by the 
 girls have been remodeled; one made into a store room and 
 the other into a milk room. 
 
 Convenient sorting boxes have been placed in the girls' 
 dining hall, which is now used for mending, sorting and 
 marking boys' clothing. 
 
 A six-inch drain pipe has been laid to the refrigerator 
 room, so that the drip, from the ice box is properly taken 
 care of instead of settling into the ground as heretofore. 
 
 Steam from the main line has been put into the harness 
 room. 
 
 Modern self-flushing stools have been installed in the 
 place of the old style flush troughs in the toilets off the boys' 
 yard. 
 
 The old line of electric light poles has been removed from 
 the front driveway and a new line has been set down the 
 back road. 
 
 The Prince house, so called, has been wired for electric 
 lights. 
 
12 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. 
 
 HEALTH. 
 
 The general health of the children has been excellent. 
 There were several cases of measles during the summer of 
 1913, but by having plenty of room in the hospital ward 
 an epidemic was avoided. Such minor operations as were 
 recommended by the school physician were performed, most 
 numerous of which have been the removal of adenoids and 
 tonsils. One case of tuberculosis was diagnosed and the 
 patient was » transferred to Notre Dame Hospital. 
 
 Dr. C. H. MacRury of Manchester still continues to look 
 after the dental work, which is very essential. 
 
 There are many children who come to us having defective 
 eyesight; they are taken to an optician for examination 
 and treatment. It would be an excellent idea if arrange- 
 ments were made to have a regular oculist employed that all 
 children may receive such direct attention as may be neces- 
 sary. 
 
 AMUSEMENTS. 
 
 Entertainments of various kinds have been arranged, and 
 the interest shown by those taking part in amateur per- 
 formances has been very commendable. All our "home 
 shows" have met with much favor by the audience. 
 
 Rides, walks and picnics have been a source of enjoyment 
 for the girls, while games of baseball and football with teams 
 from the city on Saturday afternoons have been a favorite 
 pastime for the boys. 
 
 Holidays have been celebrated in much the same manner 
 as by children living in any community. 
 
 NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL. 
 
 A cottage for boys. 
 
 Boys' and officers' kitchens remodeled. 
 
 New ceiling in large schoolroom. 
 
 A printing plant for boys. 
 
 A buzz planer and more bench tools for the carpenter shop. 
 
 A thoroughbred herd of cows. 
 
 A coal pocket for steam coal. 
 
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, 
 
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 STATISTICS CONCERNING INMATES. 
 
 TABLE I. 
 
 Boys. 
 
 Number committed to institution since 
 its commencement 
 
 Number of inmates in school August 
 
 31, 1912 \ 108 
 
 Received. 
 
 Number committed during year end- 
 ing August 31, 1913 '. 71 
 
 Number returned from probation... 8 
 
 Number runaways recaptured 53 
 
 Releaffcd. 
 
 On probation 35 
 
 Transferred to Hillsborough County 
 
 jail 1 
 
 Runaways 61 
 
 Discharged at expiration of sentence 5 
 
 Discharged honorably 1 
 
 Discharged by order of Court (held 
 
 for trial) 14 
 
 Average number in school for past 
 
 year 109.2 
 
 Number of inmates in school August 
 
 31, 1913 123 
 
 Received. 
 
 Number committed during year end- 
 ing August 31, 1914 62 
 
 Number returned from probation... 10 
 
 Number runaways recaptured 13 
 
 Number returned from Sacred Heart 
 
 Hospital 
 
 Number returned from Hillsborough 
 
 County jail 1 
 
 Released. 
 
 On probation 43 
 
 Transferred to Hillsborough County 
 
 Farm 
 
 Transferred to Sacred Heart Hospital 
 
 Transferred to Notre Dame Hospital 2 
 
 Runaways 13 
 
 Discharged at expiration of sentence 6 
 
 Discharged by order of court (held 
 
 for trial) 28 
 
 Average number in school for past 
 
 ^.year 113 5 
 
 Number of inmates in school Aug-ust I 
 
 31, 1914 ..J 117 
 
 Girls. 
 
 30 
 
 16 
 1 
 
 
 11 
 
 27 
 
 Total. 
 
 2,845. 
 138 
 
 87 
 
 9 
 
 53 
 
 46 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 61 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 16 
 
 30.3 
 
 139.5 
 
 33 
 
 156 
 
 27 
 9 
 2 
 
 89 
 19 
 15 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 70 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 15 
 
 1 
 
 7 
 
 7 
 
 35 
 
 33 
 
 146.5 
 
 32 
 
 149 
 
14 
 
 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. 
 
 TABLE II. 
 Showing Ages When Committed During Past Two Years. 
 
 Boys. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Seven years . . 
 Eight years . . 
 Nine years ... 
 Ten years .... 
 Eleven years . . 
 Twelve years . 
 Thirteen years 
 Fourteen years 
 Fifteen years . . 
 Sixteen vears . 
 
 2 
 3 
 3 
 10 
 11 
 12 
 19 
 26 
 19 
 28 
 
 133 
 
 TABLE III. 
 Showing Term ok ( ommitment for Past Two Years.* 
 
 Girls. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Six years 
 
 Five years 
 
 Fonr 3'^ears, six months. 
 
 Fonr years 
 
 Three years 
 
 Two years 
 
 One year 
 
 Six months 
 
 Trial 
 
 Until seventeen , 
 
 lentil eighteen , 
 
 T'ntil nineteen 
 
 Fntil twentv-one , 
 
 133 
 
 43 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 .5 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 7 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 47 
 
 10 
 
 57 
 
 1 
 
 t 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 .56 
 
 : -27 
 
 83 
 
 176 
 
 * Sin CO April 24, 1913, all sentences are for minority (Public Acts And 
 Joint Resolutions 1913). 
 
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. 
 
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 TABLE IV. 
 
 Showing Technical Causes of Commitments During Past Two 
 
 Years. 
 
 Stub'borness 
 
 Larceny 
 
 Truancy 
 
 Breaking- and entering- 
 
 Street walker 
 
 Fornication 
 
 Obstructing railroad 
 
 Breaking-, entering- and larceny . . 
 Taking and using horse without 
 
 consent of owner 
 
 Assault 
 
 Incorrigible 
 
 Delinquent 
 
 Wilfully and maliciously shooting 
 
 heifer 
 
 Interfering with railroad switch 
 
 Growing up in crime 
 
 Forging check 
 
 Boys. 
 
 24 
 
 58 
 9 
 
 14 
 
 
 2 
 
 18 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 
 133 
 
 Girls. 
 
 25 
 7 
 1 
 
 3 
 6 
 6 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 43 
 
 Total. 
 
 49 
 
 65 
 
 10 
 
 14 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 18 
 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 
 176 
 
 TABLE V. 
 
 Showing Counties from Which Commitments Were ;Made Past 
 Two Years. 
 
 Rockingham 
 Strafford . . . 
 Belknap . . . . 
 Carroll . . , , , 
 ^[errimack . 
 Hillsborough 
 Cheshire . . . 
 Sullivan . , . 
 
 Grafton 
 
 Coos 
 
16 
 
 INDUSTKIAL SCHOOL. 
 
 TABLE VI. 
 
 Showing Nativity of Pakents of Children Admitted to In- 
 dustrial School During Past Two Years. 
 
 
 Boys. 
 
 Girls. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Both parents born in United 
 States 
 
 43 
 40 
 
 16 
 
 7 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 12 
 
 14 
 14 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 'l 
 6 
 
 57 
 
 Both parents foreign born 
 
 Father foreign born and mother 
 
 native born 
 
 Mother foreign born and father 
 
 native born . . ; 
 
 Father native born and mother 
 
 unknown 
 
 54 
 
 20 
 
 9 
 
 2 
 
 Mother native born and father 
 unknown 
 
 7 
 
 Mother foreign born and father 
 unknown 
 
 7 
 
 Father foreign born and mother 
 
 unknown 
 
 Both parents unknown 
 
 2 
 
 18 
 
 
 133 
 
 43 
 
 176 
 
 TABLE VII. 
 
 Showing Xativity of Children Committed During Past Two 
 
 Years. 
 
 Born in United States. 
 
 Foreign born 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Boys. 
 
 Girls. 
 
 Total. 
 
 119 
 
 38 
 
 157 
 
 12 
 
 5 
 
 17 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 133 
 
 43 
 
 176 
 
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. 
 
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 TABLE VIII. 
 
 Showing Domestic Conditions of the 176 Children Committed 
 
 TO THE Industrial School During the Two Years 
 
 Ending August 31, 1914. 
 
 Boys. 
 
 Girls. 
 
 Had parents 
 
 Had no parents 
 
 Had father 
 
 Had mother 
 
 Had stepfather 
 
 Had stepmother 
 
 Had an intemperate father 
 
 Had an intemperate mother 
 
 Had both parents intemperate 
 
 Had parents separated 
 
 Had attended church 
 
 Had never attended church 
 
 Had not attended school within 1 year 
 Had not attended school within 2 years 
 
 Had been arrested before 
 
 Had been inmates of other institutions. 
 
 Had used liquor 
 
 Had used tobacco 
 
 Was employed when arrested 
 
 Was idle when arrested 
 
 Was attending school when arrested 
 
 One or both parents had been arrested . . 
 
 92 
 
 27 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 104 
 
 32 
 
 118 
 
 36 
 
 17 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 64 
 
 19 
 
 22 
 
 2 
 
 16 
 
 1 
 
 25 
 
 9 
 
 123 
 
 42 
 
 10 
 
 1 
 
 33 
 
 11 
 
 21 
 
 8 
 
 82 
 
 22 
 
 28 
 
 10 
 
 21 
 
 6 
 
 82 
 
 4 
 
 17 
 
 13 
 
 103 
 
 28 
 
 13 
 
 2 
 
 30 
 
 12 
 
 The school has been very fortunate in having Miss Ethel 
 L. Kingsley of the W. C. T. U., Sisters Angela and Mercedes 
 of the Convent of the Sisters of Mercy, Eev. Bros. Henry 
 and Paulin of the Cathedral Parish and Mr. J. E. Suther- 
 land of the y. M. C. A., regularly Sunday mornings to give 
 the girls and boys instructions in their religious creeds. 
 
 Daughters of Veterans, Mary J. Buncher Tent, No. 2, of 
 Manchester, on May 30, 1913, presented Wilkins Home for 
 Girls a beautiful silk flag, and again on May 30, 1914, a 
 like gift was given by the same organization to Riverview 
 Cottage. These emblems were presented on days most fitting, 
 giving such lessons of patriotism to our children that will 
 long be remembered. 
 
18 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. 
 
 The Y. M. C. A. of Manchester has kindly remembered 
 the school at each week-end by furnishing an abundance of 
 current literature. This feature alone is looked forward to 
 by all t^8 boys and is a big asset to the reading room. 
 
 Mrs. Armenia White of Concord has continued her usual 
 Christmas remembrance to the children by sending a generous 
 amount of candy and oranges. 
 
 Father Brophy of Penacook donated framed pictures for 
 the girls' room, and G. H. Warren of Manchester a portrait 
 of himself for the office at Wilkins Home for Girls. 
 
 W. C. Landis, State Missionary, of Lakeport, has fur- 
 nished several boxes of magazines, etc., as well as music 
 sheets for eventful days of the year. 
 
 Generous boxes of Christmas candy have been contributed 
 by Dr. C. H. MacEury of Manchester. 
 
 The girls have the pleasure of enjoying reading "Modern 
 Priscilla" as a gift from Mary E. Twombly, while Dr. G. M. 
 Davis has given them a two years' subscription to the 
 "Magnificat." 
 
 A large picture of Sir Galahad was presented to the boys 
 of Riverview Cottage by Miss Anna Wilcox and Miss Emma 
 F. Newton of Westboro, Mass. 
 
 Free tickets furnished by Col. Arthur E. Clarke, President 
 of the Young Men's Club of the Franklin-street Church, and 
 Mrs. George H. Warren, President of the Federation of 
 Women's Clubs, to several lectures and concerts in the city 
 were much enjoyed by the boys. 
 
 The musical concert given the boys by Alcide St. Pierre's 
 orchestra was greatly enjoyed as well as the evening's enter- 
 tainment for the girls given by Mrs. Hazel Chandler Parks. 
 
 Mrs. Mabel Daley, assisted by several friends from Man- 
 chester, furnished entertainment for both boys and girls, 
 which was very pleasing. 
 
 By the generosity of the publishers the following periodi- 
 cals have been received: 
 
 The Christian Science Monitor. 
 New Hampshire Gazette. 
 
INDUSTEIAL SCHOOL. 19 
 
 Our Dumb Animals. 
 
 Cheshire Patriot and Keene Free Press. 
 The New Hampshire Patriot. 
 Benziger's Catholic Sentinel. 
 For all these acts of kindness from our friends, sincere 
 thanks are extended. 
 
 To the Board of Control, I desire to express my apprecia- 
 tion and thanks for your words of counsel, and record the 
 many kind considerations tendered me. 
 
 W. C. MORTON, 
 
 Superintendent 
 
TREASURER'S REPORT. 
 
 FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 
 
 (For the biennial period ending August 31, 1914.) 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 1913. 1914. 
 
 Balance in superintendent's hands .... $1,739.38 $1,755.19 
 
 For maintenance 27,635.49 28,031.17 
 
 salaries 14,185.94 16,180.84 
 
 clerical 281.18 777.00 
 
 new building for girls 52,202.17 5,971.87 
 
 farm sales, etc 1,685.66 811.61 
 
 From Manchester Stocking Co 220.60 
 
 Amoskeag Savings Bank (Pen- 
 hallow Fund) 110.80 
 
 Mechanics Savings Bank (Moody 
 
 Kent Fund) 45.00 
 
 Total $98,061.22 $53,572.18 
 
 Dishursements. 
 
 Salarlfes -. $14,185.94 $16,180.34 
 
 Maintenance 29,321.15 28,031.17 
 
 Clerical 281.18 777.00 
 
 New building for girls 52,202.17 5,971.87 
 
 Repairs, needles, etc., in hosiery 204.79 
 
 Books 110.80 
 
 State Treasurer 2,566.80 
 
 Bryant & Stratton Business College 45.00 
 
 Total $96,806.08 $58,572.18 
 
 Balance $1,755.19 
 
 20 
 
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. 
 
 21 
 
 ANALYSIS OF EXPENSES FOR THE BIBNNIAiL PERIOD ENDING 
 AUGUST 31. 1914. 
 
 1913. 
 Pood: 
 
 Bread and crackers ^85.31 
 
 Butter 18.60 
 
 Butterine 
 
 Beans 422.08 
 
 Cereals, meal 184.26 
 
 Cheese 40.76 
 
 Eggs 574.65 
 
 Flour 1,324.15 
 
 Fish 394.40 
 
 Fruit, fresh and dried 191.63 
 
 Lard 96.67 
 
 Meats 2,393.58 
 
 Molasses and isyrup 108.78 
 
 Sugar 399.53 
 
 Soda 22.29 
 
 Tea 323.58 
 
 Vegetables 438.49 
 
 Spices 72.59 
 
 Yeast 40.95 
 
 Sundries 589.35 
 
 Clothing and material: 
 
 Shoeis and rubbers $863.91 
 
 Clothing 838.69 
 
 Dry Goods and small wares. . 974.76 
 
 Furnishings 115.48 
 
 Hats and caps 79.67 
 
 Leather and shoe findings.... 60.44 
 
 Sundries 72.68 
 
 Furnishings: 
 
 Bedding, linen, etc 1159.96 
 
 Brushes, brooms 109.21 
 
 Carpets, rugs 46.21 
 
 Furniture and upholstery 124.18 
 
 Crockery, cutlery 34.79 
 
 Furnishings 76.24 
 
 Wooden ware 5.31 
 
 Sundries 66.80 
 
 H«at, light and power: 
 
 Coal $3,758.14 
 
 Electricity 1,141.39 
 
 Oil 8.10 
 
 Sundries 
 
 $7,816.65 
 
 3,005.63 
 
 622.70 
 
 $4,907.63 
 
 1914. 
 
 $244.14 
 
 295.20 
 294.27 
 140.27 
 
 68.38 
 567.11 
 945.00 
 204.04 
 137.37 
 206.85 
 1,731.27 
 
 98.47 
 922.87 
 
 237.16 
 
 369.56 
 
 46.44 
 
 75.60 
 
 $844.72 
 2,020.26 
 
 36.48 
 87.45 
 33.30 
 111.18 
 
 $18.00 
 84.13 
 
 23.10 
 
 98.86 
 
 194.38 
 
 5.71 
 
 12.80 
 
 $4,146.55 
 
 $1,127.78 
 
 13.60 
 
 120.70 
 
 $6,951.88 
 
 4,523.01 
 
 436.98 
 
 $5,408.68 
 
22 INDUSTEIAL SCHOOL. 
 
 Repairs and improvements: 
 
 Cement, lime $505.68 $240.76 
 
 Doors, S'ai^es 6.87 5.20 
 
 Electrical work and supplies 277.52 68.89 » 
 
 Hardware 942.51 951.82 
 
 Lumber 353.50 293.27 
 
 Machinery 375.00 27.26 
 
 Paints, oils, glass 440.19 212.13 
 
 Plumbing, steam fitting and 
 
 supplies 869.63 444.76 
 
 Roofing and material 14.41 
 
 Sundries 370.66 253.79 
 
 $4,141.56 $2,512.29 
 
 B^rm, srtable and grounds: 
 
 Blacksmith and supplies $173.45 $117.10 
 
 Carriages and repairs 262.62 309.95 
 
 Fertilizers, seeds 882.51 688.21 
 
 Hay and grain 1,263.85 1,804.00 
 
 Harnesses and repairs 107.90 52.58 
 
 Horses 675.00 225.00 
 
 Other livestock 420.90 267.90 
 
 Tools 58.43 134.22 
 
 Sundries 136.84 53.24 
 
 3,981.50 — 3,652.20 
 
 Miscellaneous: 
 
 Books, etc $28.15 $23.81 
 
 Chapel entertainment 121.00 iS.OO 
 
 Freight and transportation... 240.66 347.47 
 
 Medicines and supplies 229.63 335.98 
 
 Medical attendance 323.27 113.50 
 
 Manual training 45.11 49.74 
 
 Postage 120.48 160.20 
 
 Printing and supplies 135.48 21.17 
 
 Return of runaways 148.62 66.50 
 
 'Soap and laundry supplies.. 372.37 328.81 
 
 Stationery and office supplies 74.98 45.84 
 
 School books and supplies 192.64 151.68 
 
 Travel and expenses 254.51 238.27 
 
 Telephone and telegraph 144.72 155.88 
 
 Secretarial work 64.00 
 
 Water 657.65 819.40 
 
 Dental work 26.00 
 
 Ice 166.33 96.22 
 
 Sundries 1,506.24 606.66 
 
 4,85L84 3,576.13 
 
 Girls' Dormitory, plumbing, etc.... $530.00 
 
 Boys* Dormitory, plumbing, etc 440.00 
 
 $970.00 
 
 $29,327.51 . $28,031.17 
 
 Paid from income at institutions 1,686.66 1,031.17 
 
 ■■: Paid from appropriation $27,641.85 $27,000.00 
 
 Average daily number of inmates 139.58 146.06 
 
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. »3 
 
 BILLS PAID FROM APPROPRIATION FOR NEW BUILDING 
 FOR GIRLS. 
 
 Appropriation (Legislature 1911) $80,000.00 
 
 Bills paid as previously reported 21,680.92 
 
 Unexpended September 1, 1912 
 
 Expended as follows: 
 
 Jones, Warren, Manning & Wilson, 
 
 legal services $10.00 
 
 Kennedy & Peterson Coiis. Co., con- , 
 
 tract work 41,482.00 
 
 John Stevens, plumbing 1,457.56 
 
 Wm. C. Woolner, architect. . 200.00 
 
 E. E. Hoyt, grading 900.00 
 
 Manchester Water Works, hydrant. 37.50 
 
 Wm. Butterfield Co., architects. . . . 1,215.45 
 Watson Manfg. Co., screens and 
 
 grills 2,364.00 
 
 C. A. Hoitt Co., furnishings 2,142.87 
 
 Rhoades & Fillman, linen 54.60 
 
 The Barton Company, dry goods. . . 283.69 
 
 Walter Roper, masonry 3.25 
 
 A. L. Franks, electrical work 624.29 
 
 Jas. A. Scully, furnishings 527.00 
 
 L. M. Folsom, dry goods 106.54 
 
 West Side Lumber Co., lumber. ... 80.94 
 
 John B. Varick Co., sundries 321.59 
 
 Kenny Bros. & Walkins, school 
 
 desks 156.50 
 
 Bunton & Bernard, contract work. . 4,476.10 
 
 Hadley & Burgess, turf 97.44 
 
 Singer Sewing Mch. Co., sewing ma- 
 chines 66.24 
 
 Wm. L. Nutting, piano 225.00 
 
 Hale & Whittemore, pictures 59.87 
 
 A. P. Home, trees 47.25 
 
 George H. Brown, labor 293.92 
 
 Farrell Brothers, electrical work. . . 95.00 
 
 Man. T. L. & P. Co., motor 13.85 
 
 Boston & Maine R. R., freight .... 72.35 
 
 Gift Shop, picture 7.50 
 
 Manchester Supply Co., cement. ... 146.61 
 
24 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. 
 
 N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., bolts, etc $0.55 
 
 C. R. Whitcher, architect 3S7.95 
 
 C. H. Buck & Co., tablet 190.00 
 
 Pike & Heald, plumbing 76.63 
 
 Total $58,174.04 
 
 Unexpended September 1, 1914 $145.04 
 
 APPROPRIATIONS BY THE LEGISLATURE OF 1913. 
 
 For the fiscal year ending August 31, 1914 $45,000.00 
 
 as follows: 
 
 Salaries $17,000.00 
 
 Maintenance 27,000.00 
 
 Clerical 1,000.00 
 
 For the fiscal year ending August 81, 1915 $45,000.00 
 
 as follows: 
 
 Salaries $17,000.00 
 
 Maintenance 27,000.00 
 
 Clerical 1,000.00 
 
INDUSTEIAL SCHOOL. 
 
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SEVENTH BIENNIAL REPORT 
 
 07 
 
 THE SUPERINTENDENT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL 
 FOR FEEBLE MINDED 
 
 AT LACONIA 
 
 FOR THE BIENNIAL PERIOD ENDING 
 AUGUST 31, 1914 
 
 MANCHESTER. N. H. 
 
 Printed by John b, Clarke Co. 
 
 1&15 
 
OFFICEES. 
 
 Benjamin Waed Baker, M. D Superintendent 
 
 Haeeiette M. Bingham Office Assistant 
 
 Mattie O. Thompson Matron 
 
 Alice B. Eichaeds Teacher 
 
 Haeeiette W. Patteeson Teacher 
 
 Will O. Lane Teacher of Manual Training 
 
 James A. Youngman : . Farm Foreman 
 
EEPOKT OF THE SUPERmTENDE:N^T. 
 
 Laconia, ]^. H., September 17, 1914. 
 To the Board of Control: 
 
 I hereby submit the biennial report of the !N'ew Hamp- 
 shire School for Feeble Minded for the two years preceding 
 August 31, 1914: 
 
 Male. Female. Total. 
 
 Number present September 1, 1912 92 90 182 
 
 Admitted during two years 19 7 26 
 
 Readmitted during- two years 1 1 
 
 Discharged during two years 19 5 24 
 
 Died during two years 1 1 2 
 
 Number present August 31, 1914 92 91 183 
 
 Largest number on books at any time. . . 96 93 189 
 Average number present during two 
 
 years 93 91 184 
 
 School cases admitted 9 6 15 
 
 Custodial cases admitted 11 1 12 
 
 Part private cases admitted 6 1 7 
 
 Part private cases discharged and died 5 5 
 Private and part private cases now pres- 
 ent 6 4 10 
 
 Epileptics admitted during two years 10 3 13 
 
 Epileptics now present 21 8 29 
 
 Of the twenty-seven cases admitted during the two 
 years, the average age was twelve years, the admissions 
 being as follows : 
 
 By court commitment 2 
 
 From private homes 24 
 
 From Merrimack County Farm 1 
 
 Of those discharged, two boys ran away and were Inot 
 returned to the school; three boys were committed to the 
 State Hospital; one boy was discharged to the Franklin 
 Orphans' Home as not feeble minded ; nine boys and four 
 
 3 
 
4 NEW HAMPSHIKE SCHOOL FOE FEEBLE MINDED. 
 
 girls were discharged to relatives ; three boys and two girls 
 were placed out in homes, making a total of twenty-six for 
 the period covered by this report, and a total of ninety 
 discharges and deaths since the school opened. As the 
 capacity of the school has at no time been above one hun- 
 dred and eighty children, the number of discharges seems 
 larger than' should be expected under the most favorable 
 conditions. Parents seeing their child employed at the 
 school under trained supervision seek his discharge with 
 the expectation that he will be able to do profitable work 
 at home during the busy season. Removal from this 
 school is sometimes requested that the child may accom- 
 pany the family, who claim that they are to move out of 
 the state. Relatives, guided by their affection and emo- 
 tions rather than by good judgment, permit the assistance 
 of those anxious to demonstrate influence and power in 
 removing a child from the school. Too often the insistent, 
 urgent demands for admission of most needy cases, and 
 the desire to make just one more vacancy in a small, over- 
 crowded school have been the most potent reasons for 
 granting these requests. For the same reason a few of our 
 brightest children have been placed in good homes. The 
 results have been as satisfactory as expected. They indi- 
 cate, however, that a feeble minded person is no more 
 competent in a private home than in a public institution ; 
 also that the real good home, in which the strange child 
 receives parental aifection, consideration and guidance 
 without a desire for selfish returns, is hard to find. 
 
 For the first time in five years the school is offering more 
 room for the care of the feeble minded. The dormitory 
 about to be opened should, at extreme capacity, accommo- 
 date one hundred persons. There are on file at the school 
 applications for double that number. The most urgent de- 
 mand is for the admission of the unprotected, feeble 
 minded girl of child-bearing age, the . helpless idiot who 
 must be a burden to someone as long as life lasts, and the 
 epileptic young man who has become unmanageable at 
 
NEW HAMPSHIKE SCHOOL FOE FEEBLE MINDED. 5 
 
 home. These three classes present themselves, not for in- 
 struction, but for custody and maintenance. The dis- 
 charge of those belonging to the two classes last mentioned 
 is seldom sought, and their proportion in the school is 
 steadily growing, thereby increasing our per capita cost. 
 
 I do not wish to convey the idea that the feeble minded 
 are increasing more rapidly in numbers than they have 
 been for the last fifty years. There are frequent inquiries 
 for literature and printed reports from states establishing 
 schools for their feeble minded. Educators are interested 
 and eager for information on this subject. The feeble 
 minded are being recognized in our public schools, singled 
 out in our courts, acknowledged in our county farms, or- 
 phanages and insane hospitals. I feel that a classification 
 of defectives is being slowly brought about. As the many 
 town farms have been merged into the county farm, and as 
 the insane have been taken from the county farms to the 
 State Hospital, so must all the needy feeble minded persons 
 eventually be cared for apart from other classes. 
 
 Permit me at this time to bring to your attention the 
 needs of the school which seem the greatest. We are still 
 buying standing grass and are in need of more land, both 
 field and pasture. 
 
 Should any accident happen to either of our boilers in 
 midwinter, the other would not meet our present demands, 
 to say nothing of heating additional new buildings. A 
 new boiler should be supplied. 
 
 Good, intelligent employees are none too plentiful. 
 They are happier and more efficient if properly housed, 
 yet institutions are built for inmates, with little provision 
 for the employees, on whom their successful mauagement 
 depends. I most earnestly recommend that provision be 
 made for an employees' home. 
 
 We are at present buying approximately 1,100 dozen 
 cold storage eggs per year. If provided with suitable hen- 
 houses, yards and equipment, I see no reason why we can- 
 not raise all the fresh eggs and poultry we might need. 
 
^ NEW HAMPSHIEE SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE MINDED. 
 
 Platform scales would be of frequent use and promote 
 accuracy in farm accounts. I accordingly recommend 
 them for your consideration. 
 
 There are on the place twelve wooden buildings, all in 
 need of painting. As this item of expense could not be 
 easily borne by our allowance for maintenance, it should 
 be otherwise provided for. 
 
 The horse barn is in need of repairs; was originally 
 made from an old barn and will not now accommodate all 
 our horses. I would suggest that it be enlarged and re- 
 paired, or rebuilt. 
 
 There is at present no sanitary room in which to strain 
 and care for the milk of our herd. An evident want might 
 be supplied by a small, one-story sanitary cement building, 
 connected with the barn by a walk-way and properly 
 equipped to care for the milk, according to approved and 
 modern methods. 
 
 Previous to the retirement of the Board of Trustees, 
 June 1, 1913 by legislative act, they voted that the bequests 
 held by them be expended for playground apparatus. 
 These bequests, from James Cleaves of Candia and Mary 
 A. Taply of Parmington, with interest, amounting to 
 $161.27, were expended for the following: 
 
 Giant Stride, Children's Slide, Teeter Ladder, Flying 
 Rings, Trapeze, Horizontal Bar, Steel Swing, complete 
 with fittings, etc. 
 
 This apparatus is set in cement on the grounds in front 
 of the dormitories, where it can be enjoyed by all the chil- 
 dren. It not only furnishes wholesome outdoor exercise 
 but adds to the social enjoyment of the school. 
 
 There is perhaps no more important side of life than the 
 social side, especially in an institution. With an increas- 
 ingly large adult population, it is less easy to preserve 
 social unity, but we seek to stimulate the spirit of play and 
 of good fellowship that there may be the greatest happiness 
 for all. 
 
 As in previous years, the boys and girls have been re- 
 
NEW HAMPSHIEE SCHOOL FOE FEEBLE MINDED. 7 
 
 inembered by many generous gifts, and to these friends of 
 the school we wish to express our gratitude. 
 
 I am also grat-eful for the faithful assistance of those 
 with whom I am associated. 
 
 Kespectfully submitted, 
 
 BElSTJAMIlSr WAED BAKEE, M. D., 
 
 Superintendent. 
 
8 NEW HAMPSHIEE SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE MINDED. 
 
 ANALYSIS OF EXPENSES FOR THE BIENNIAL PERIOD 
 ENDING AUGUST 31, 1915. 
 
 1913. 
 
 1914. 
 
 Payroll 
 
 Food: 
 
 Butter $521.80 
 
 Butterine 156.72 
 
 Beans 113.08 
 
 Bread and crackers 355.62 
 
 Cereals, etc 148.63 
 
 Cheese 26.14 
 
 Eggs 280.20 
 
 Flour 1,442.25 
 
 Fish 352.67 
 
 Fruits 211.28 
 
 Meats 1,503.57 
 
 Molasses, etc 198.41 
 
 Sugar 435.32 
 
 Tea, coifee, etc 244.36 
 
 Vegetables 52.27 
 
 Sundries 425.50 
 
 Clothing and Clothing Material : 
 
 Shoes and rubbers $778.33 
 
 Clothing 326.47 
 
 Dry goods, etc 560.33 
 
 Hats and caps 7.50 
 
 Leather, etc 179.79 
 
 Furnishings : 
 
 Beds and linen $552.79 
 
 Brushes, etc 69.02 
 
 Carpets, etc 17.45 
 
 Crockery 63.73 
 
 Furniture 196.30 
 
 Kitchen furnishings 138.05 
 
 Toilet supplies 17.64 
 
 Woodenware 74.72 
 
 Sundries 13.30 
 
 Heat, light and power : 
 
 Coal $2,335.48 
 
 Freight on coal 538.34 
 
 Oil 4.95 
 
 Gasoline 24.00 
 
 Electricity 1,155.20 
 
 Matches, sundries 1.10 
 
 Repairs and improvements: 
 
 Cement $94.43 
 
 Doors, sashes, etc 30.64 
 
 Electrical work, etc 151.30 
 
 Hardware 212.38 
 
 Lumber . 191.25 
 
 Machinery 42.73 
 
 $16,184.77 
 
 $6,467.82 
 
 1,852.42 
 
 1,143.00 
 
 4.(«9.07 
 
 $522.17 
 159.23 
 252.97 
 379.50 
 244.45 
 68.53 
 259.54 
 
 1,085.73 
 345.79 
 215.06 
 
 1,598.67 
 121.37 
 439.40 
 188.23 
 33.13 
 439.93 
 
 $214.05 
 
 1.50 
 
 492.07 
 
 16.80 
 
 132.11 
 
 $149.20 
 73.82 
 23.75 
 77.11 
 
 251.89 
 
 55.46 
 121.26 
 
 $3,202.95 
 
 684.43 
 
 14.58 
 
 27.75 
 
 1,146.65 
 
 2.50 
 
 $224.38 
 
 33.87 
 
 129.74 
 
 189.47 
 
 133.09 
 
 4.77 
 
 $16,681.19 
 
 $6,353.70 
 
 S56.53 
 
 811.32 
 
 5,078.86 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE MINDED. 
 
 1913. 1914. 
 
 Paints, glass, etc 176.72 195.89 
 
 Plumbing, etc 250.89 376.98 
 
 Stone work 199.04 
 
 Roofing and materials 113,79 17.57 
 
 Pipe 52.84 38.64 
 
 Sundries 6.00 
 
 1,516.01 1,350.40 
 
 Farm, stable and grounds: 
 
 Blacksmith and supplies $333.74 $182.19 
 
 Carriages and repairs 223.91 177.76 
 
 Fertilizers, etc 506.46 421.93 
 
 Hay and grain 2,395.87 2,589.09 
 
 Harness and repairs 46.93 145.48 
 
 Evaporator 116.31 
 
 Live stock 24.75 169.57 
 
 Tools 126.78 208.68 
 
 Livery 27.25 *212.50 
 
 Rent 110.00 
 
 Veterinary services 22.00 
 
 Sundries 5.90 104.67 
 
 3,939.90 4,211.87 
 
 Miscellaneous : 
 
 Books and periodicals $57.20 $28.16 
 
 Chapel service, etc 93.42 69.62 
 
 Medicines, etc 125.77 148,57 
 
 Manual training 84.96 40.81 
 
 Postage 94.30 101.25 
 
 Return of runaways 17.64 20.91 
 
 Soap 358.60 212.34 
 
 Stationery and office supplies 109.04 94.80 
 
 School books 247.36 34.72 ' 
 
 Travel and expense (official).. 238.17 121.09 
 
 Telephone and telegraph 125.24 122.53 
 
 Medical attendance 99.71 36.63 
 
 Sewing room 64.84 31.84 
 
 Toilet supplies 18.00 
 
 Gratuities 7.00 tl64.25 
 
 Freight 124.48 186.24 
 
 Sundries 28.03 63.69 
 
 1,893.76 1,477.45 
 
 Total cash payments $37,056.75 $$36,821.32 
 
 Paid from income at institution 1,960.99 1,717.79 
 
 Paid from appropriation $35,095.76 $35,103.53 
 
 Unexpended balance 4.24 
 
 Refund on freight / 3.53 
 
 $35,100.00 $35,100.00 
 
 ♦Horses. fHose. 
 
 IBills to the amount of $470.68, chargeable to maintenance, for the year 
 ending August 31, 1914, and paid by the Purchasing Agent, were not approved 
 and allowed by the Auditor to prevent overdraft. 
 
10 new hampshiee school foe feeble minded. 
 
 Estimates of Products of the Farm. 
 
 Beets, bushels : 200 
 
 Carrots, bushels 275 
 
 Parsnips, bushels 150 
 
 Potatoes, bushels 2,600 
 
 Onions, bushels 278 
 
 Turnips, bushels 600 
 
 Cucumbers, bushels 125 
 
 Tomatoes, bushels 200 
 
 Sweet corn, bushels 714 
 
 Green peas, bushels Ill 
 
 Dry beans, bushels 17 
 
 Shell beans, bushels 45 
 
 String beans, bushels 290 
 
 Beet greens, bushels 66 
 
 Turnip greens, bushels 120 
 
 Squash, tons 7 
 
 Pumpkins, tons 5 
 
 Cabbage, heads 8,000 
 
 Lettuce, heads 6,000 
 
 Celery plants 2,000 
 
 Spinach, bushels 45 
 
 Cress, bushels 10 
 
 Mangles, bushels 490 
 
 Cauliflower, heads 30 
 
 Radishes, bushels 24 
 
 Dandelion greens, bushels 256 
 
 Hay, tons 150 
 
 Hugarian, tons 2 
 
 Oats for fodder, tons 12 
 
 Ensilage, tons 220 
 
 Egg plant, bushels 10 
 
 Peppers, bushels 2 
 
 Milk, pounds 233,554 
 
 Pigs 120 
 
 Calves 43 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE MINDED. 11 
 
 Musk melons, bushels 6 
 
 Watermelons, bushels 25 
 
 Cultivated blackberries, quarts 75 
 
 Wild raspberries, quarts 36 
 
 Cultivated blackberries 75 
 
 Apples, barrels 38 
 
 Blueberries picked on neighboring land, quarts 2,700 
 
 PRESERVES^ JELLIES^ ETC. 
 
 Peaches, quarts 45 
 
 Blueberries, quarts 223 
 
 Blackberries, quarts 41 
 
 Baspberries, quarts 15 
 
 Plums, quarts 155 
 
 Pears, quarts 127 
 
 Grape jelly, glasses 78 
 
 Peach marmalade, quarts 3% 
 
 Crab apple jelly, glasses 25 
 
 Maple syrup, gallons 185 
 
 Currant jelly, glasses 187 
 
 Strawberries, quarts 38 
 
 Cherries, quarts 37 
 
 Apple jelly, quarts 4 
 
 Plum butter, quarts 4% 
 
 Blueberry jelly, glasses 34 
 
 Blueberry and currant, glasses 18 
 
 PICKLES. 
 
 Tomato soy, gallons 25 
 
 Pear pickle, quarts 12 
 
 Spiced cucumber pickle, gallons '. 9 
 
 Sweet cucumber pickle, gallons 18 
 
 Cucumbers salted, barrels 2 
 
 Cucumber pickles, gallons 40 
 
 Chili sauce, quarts 26 
 
12 NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE MINDED. 
 
 English pickle, quarts 19 
 
 Dutch pickle, quarts 16 
 
 Picalilli, gallons 6 
 
 VEGETABLES CANNED. 
 
 Shell beans, quarts 30 
 
 Dandelions, bushels 60 
 
 Corn, quarts 170 
 
 String beans, quarts 300 
 
 Peas, quarts 158 
 
 Tomatoes, quarts 286 
 
 ARTICLES MADE IN THE SEWING ROOM. 
 
 Aprons, ticking, 5 ; aprons, 428 ; bread cloths, 12 ; boys' 
 sailor suits, 4; boys' blouses, 21 ; bibs, 32 ; brassiere waists, 
 5 ; bureau scarfs, 27 ; collars, 2 ; candy bags, 473 ; corset 
 covers, 24; dish cloths, 145; drawers, pairs, 97; dresses, 
 195 ; dust caps, 11 ; extractor cloths, 8 ; guimpe, 1 ; holders, 
 11; jumpers, 132; laundry bags, 20; mittens, pairs, 76; 
 mail bags, 2; nightshirts, 243; nightgowns, 211; overalls, 
 pairs, 352 ; overshirts, 159 ; pants, pair, 1 ; pillow slips, 
 372 ; petticoats, 68 ; romper suits, 41 ; rugs, woven, 52 ; 
 rugs, hooked, 1 ; restraint waists, 13 ; slippers, pair, 1 ; 
 stand covers, 2 ; suspenders, pairs, 45 ; shirtwaists, 51 ; 
 sash curtains, pair, 25 ; sanitary napkins, 201 ; sanitary 
 belts, 81; sheets, 310; towels, miscellaneous, 1,059; table 
 napkins, 237; tablecloths, 7; underwaists, 166; window 
 curtains, hemstitched, pairs, 28; waitress' cuffs, pairs, 8; 
 white duck coats, 28. 
 
 FANCY WORK, ETC., MADE IN SEWING ROOM. 
 
 Aprons, 5 ; center pieces, 4 ; dolls, 3 ; dolls' mattresses, 
 4 ; dolls' pillows, 4 ; dolls' sheets, 10 ; dolls' pillow slips, 4 ; 
 dolls' spreads, 4 ; dolls dressed, 3 ; doilies, 9 ; handkerchief 
 
NEW HAMPSHIKE SCHOOL FOE FEEBLE MINDED. 18 
 
 case, 1; jabots, embroidered, 28; jabots, crocheted, 5; May 
 pole streamers, 14 ; penwipers, 2 ; pin and needle case, 1 ; 
 Pied Piper's coat, 1 ; rubber cases, 2 ; sofa pillow cover, 
 woven, silk, 6 ; sofa pillow cover, woven, D, 1 ; sofa pil- 
 low, embroidered, 2; shoe bags, 2; Scotch caps, girdles 
 and sashes, 4; sponge bag, 1; spool case, 1; tray cloths, 
 23; towels, 4; ties, hemstitched, 3 ;work bag, 1. 
 
 ARTICLES MEI^DED IN SEWING EOOM. 
 
 Aprons, 528 ; bath robe, 1 ; bibs, 17 ; blouses, 431 ; dress^ 
 1; drawers, pairs, 654; gymnasium suits, 23; horse 
 blanket, 1 ; jumpers, 697 ; laundry bags, 39 ; nightshirts, 
 1,552; overalls, 1,967; pants, 489; overshirts, 958; pillow 
 slips, 20 ; restraint jackets, 59 ; romper suits, 692 ; roller 
 towels, 3; sheets, 11; spread, 1; school bags, 3; under- 
 shirts, 515 ; underwaists, 11 ; union suits, 22 ; white duck 
 coats, 51; waitress aprons, 14. 
 
 ALTERED IN SEWING ROOM. 
 
 Coats, 12 ; dresses, 12 ; petticoats, 3 ; pants, pairs, 3 ; 
 shirtwaist, 1 ; skirts, dress, 2 ; tablecloths, 4. 
 
 PRODUCTS OF SCHOOL ROOMS. 
 
 Baskets, reed, 508; baskets, raffia, 98; broom cases, 25; 
 raffia pillow, 1 ; table mats, 37 ; napkin rings, 11 ; milk- 
 weed coasters, 19; caps, knit, 117; dolls' caps, 4; mittens, 
 pairs, 6 ; helmets, 8 ; purses, 8 ; sachets, 4 ; dolls' blankets, 
 4 ; afghan, 1 ; shawls, 18 ; yarn dolls, 4 ; sweaters, 4 ; scarf, 
 1 ; slippers, pairs, 16 ; baby blanket, 1 ; wash cloths, 21 ; 
 fascinator, 1 ; dolls' jackets, 3 ; set of dolls' bells, 1 ; basket- 
 ball markers, 9 ; bathing tights, pair, 1 ; bath mitts, 2 ; 
 balls, 4; hood, 1; bean bags, 2; pincushions, 7; reins, 29; 
 bed shoes, pair, 1 ; laundry bags, 1 ; dolls' hammocks, 14 ; 
 netted laundry bags, 2; shaving pads, 3; tatting, yards, 
 ll/o. 
 
14 NEW HAMPSHIBE SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE MINDED. 
 
 CROCHETED. 
 
 Shawl, 1 ; lace, yards, 33 ; caps, 9 ; helmet, 1 ; hot water 
 bag cover, 1 ; doilies, 34 ; purses, 3 ; sachets, 8 ; bags, 5 ; 
 pincushion tops, 2 ; collar, 1 ; jabots, 11 ; lingerie cord, 1. 
 
 ARTICLES MADE IN MANUAL TRAINING SHOP. 
 
 Knife boxes, 17; plant stands, 44; coat hangers, 21; 
 broom holders, 14; book racks and cases, 35; candlesticks, 
 21; blotters, 2; dolls' bedsteads, 8; polishers, 10; boxes, 
 29 ; checker boards, 8 ; garden markers, 4; table, 16 ; neck- 
 tie racks, 16 ; inkstands, 3 ; clothing pegs, 1 ; paper knives, 
 10 ; hammock stands, 2 ; sleds, 10 ; bench hooks, 5 ; trous- 
 ers hangers, 21; pencil holders, 2; milking stool, 1; plant 
 tubs, 2 ; guns, 3 ; towel rollers, 2 ; darning balls, 3 ; picture 
 frames, 11 ; taborets, 12 ; ruler, 1 ; footstools, 2 ; wind boys, 
 6 ; box traps, 4 ; bean bag board, 1 ; magazine stands, 6 ; 
 closets, 6 ; work bench, 1 ; bathroom racks, 2 ; towel racks, 
 4 ; double runners, 5 ; toys, 4 ; umbrella racks, 2 ; chair, 1 ; 
 hat rack, 1 ; goad stick, 1 ; ladder, 1 ; sleeve boards, 6 ; 
 peggy sticks, 7 ; kites, 3 ; stilts, pairs, 2 ; pen trays, 3 ; 
 brackets, 4 ; mirror frame, 1 ; puzzles, 3 ; drawing boards, 
 3 ; T square, 3 ; waste basket, 1 ; comb case, 1 ; bird house, 
 1 ; plate shelf, 1 ; turning saw frame, 1 ; forms for train- 
 ing class, 14 ; brush holders, 8 ; inkstands, 2 ; lacing form, 
 1 ; baskets, 5 ; knife scouring board, 1 ; chair bottoms, 6 ; 
 moccasins, pairs, 175 ; basket bottoms, blocks, etc., mis- 
 cellaneous lot ; tool handles, 54. 
 
 REPAIRED IN MANUAL TRAINING SHOP. 
 
 Step ladders, 3; polishers, 13; bookcases, 4; sleds, 10; 
 doH'c bed, 1 ; wheelbarrow, 1. 
 
THIRD BIENNIAL REPORT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT AND 
 TREASURER 
 
 OF THE 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE 
 SANATORIUM 
 
 FOE THE 
 
 BIENNIAL PERIOD ENDING AUGUST 
 31. 1914 
 
 Printed bt John b. Clarke Co. 
 
 MAJNCHESTBR. N. H. 
 
 1915 
 
OFFICEES. 
 
 John M. Wise, M. D Superintendent 
 
 William A. Domey Steward 
 
 Geetrude I. Wise Head Nurse 
 
 James House Farmer 
 
 Caleb S. Bukleigh Engineer 
 
 Railroad Station and Postoffice, Glejtcliff^ I^. H. 
 
 LOCATION 
 
 The 'New Hampshire State Sanatorium is located at 
 Glencliff, seventy-six miles north of Concord, on the White 
 Mountain Division of the Boston and Maine Bailroad, 
 two miles from the station, on the southern slope of Mount 
 Moosilauke, at an elevation of 1,650 feet. It averages 
 about 170 perfectly clear days in the year. Its extremes 
 of temperature are less than those of the surrounding 
 places. It has an unlimited supply of pure water, and all 
 modern conveniences. 
 
SUPERINTEIS^DEXT'S EEPOET. 
 
 To the Board of Control: 
 
 Herewith is submitted the superintendent's third bien- 
 nial report of the J^ew Hampshire State Sanatorium for 
 the period ending August 31, 1914. 
 
 This period has witnessed no increase in the patient 
 capacity of the sanatorium. The demand for admission 
 has at times, especially in the winter months, greatly ex- 
 ceeded the capacity; in the summer months, the demand 
 has been somewhat less. This condition is parallel with 
 that of former years. The daily average for the first year 
 of this report was 55.27 ; for the second year, 53.95. There 
 were three hundred thirty-three applicants examined for 
 admission; of this number, fifty-two were rejected as being 
 hopelessly far advanced, eight were considered non-tuber- 
 culous, two hundred one were admitted, and seventy-two 
 were not admitted for various reasons. 
 
 Types of Cases Admitted. 
 
 Of the two hundred two cases discharged during the two 
 years, forty-one or 20.3% were incipient, eighty-eight or 
 43.56% were moderately advanced, and seventy- three or 
 36.14% were far advanced. This classification again 
 forcibly demonstrates that if we are to treat tuberculosis 
 as a curable disease we are, for some reason, obtaining far 
 too few favorable cases ; that if we are to treat the disease 
 from the standpoint of prophylaxis, we are still working 
 with an inadequate number of infectious cases, the pro- 
 portion of which increases with an increasing ratio as the 
 stage of the disease advances. Favorable cases, even when 
 diagnosed, often hesitate to come to an institution. Pi- 
 tients do not always consider that the staff of an institii- 
 
4 NEW HAMPSHIKE SANATOKIUM. 
 
 tion, or its examiners, are impartially advocating the 
 advantages of sanatorium treatment. They quite often 
 presume such advice to be partial. It rests with the family 
 physician not only to find the tuberculous, but also to 
 prepare them mentally to seek the advantages of the sana- 
 torium before it is too late. 
 
 The Habit of Delay. 
 
 We "receive applications from patients who have been 
 taking treatment at home anywhere from six months to 
 two or three years. During all this time there has been 
 a steady decline. They have then reached a point where 
 •cure is impossible, and arrest of the disease improbable. 
 Many of these patients have had no physician in regular 
 attendance. Where they have had such attendance, to the 
 attending physicians would seem to fall the responsibility 
 of framing the minds of patients to earlier seek an institu- 
 tion. Those who have relied upon themselves, we are still 
 seeking a means of reaching. Up to the present time, our 
 most effective solicitor is the ex-patient. Aside from the 
 discipline he receives for his own benefit, his influence as a 
 teacher and as a disciple of the outdoor life is one of our 
 greatest assets. 
 
 Since we are dependent upon the family physicians both 
 for the kind and quantity of cases for our work, it seems 
 proper that more responsibility should be placed upon their 
 shoulders; that they should be made to feel that in their 
 hands, quite as much as in our own, is the power to make 
 of the anti-tuberculosis cause a success. 
 
 Change of System Advocated. 
 
 By having regular examiners for the sanatorium, the 
 responsibility for diagnosis is unconsciously and improp- 
 erly shifted to their shoulders. I believe we ought to 
 openly place the responsibility where it belongs — upon the 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE SANATORIUM. 5 
 
 physicians in general practice. This would surely pro- 
 duce a fluctuation in the classification of cases, with a 
 decided tendency to an increase of the more advanced. 
 But, like the experience in other states, this fluctuation 
 would he temporary, and would, in the course of about a 
 year, return to its accustomed level. The experience has 
 also shown that this method has stimulated the making of 
 better diagnoses, has prompted better treatment, and has 
 broken down the dangerous barrier of delay between di- 
 agnosis and admission. 
 
 I believe that the less formality necessary for applica- 
 tion and admission to an institution, the better will be the 
 results. It does not matter so much that we have treated 
 so many cases of such a class with such results as that 
 we have recognized the actual need in our state and sup- 
 plied it. I would respectfully recommend that the present 
 plan of having regularly appointed examiners be discon- 
 tinued and that every registered physician be allowed to 
 make out an application for his own patient and forward 
 it directly to the superintendent, who shall, as heretofore, 
 determine the admissibility of applicants. By this I do 
 not intend to recommend the admission of hopelessly far 
 advanced cases, but that the least degree of favorability 
 shall continue to be that the case present a reasonable 
 prospect of improvement. 
 
 Results of Treatment. 
 
 The results of treatment have been consistent with' the 
 types of cases furnished. The classification of results has 
 been made in accordance with the new schema recently 
 adopted by the American Sanatorium Association. For 
 the percentages of results, you are respectfully referred to 
 statistical table 'No. 4^ and for the interpretation of this 
 table to the schema for classification of results which ap- 
 pears on a subsequent page of this report. To those who 
 are unfamiliar with the new classification this will appear 
 
6 NEW HAMPSHIRE SANATOIUUM. 
 
 '/ 
 
 to be a less favorable result, but a comparison of the new 
 terms and definitions with the old ones will show the re- 
 sults to be quite parallel with those of former years. Your 
 attention is also called especially to Table ]^o. 17, which 
 contains a record of the present condition of the ex- 
 patients of this sanatorium, as far as we are able to trace 
 them. 
 
 After History of Patients. 
 
 The fact that so many patients who leave the sanatorium 
 in satisfactory condition fail to keep well after they return 
 to their homes is not a proof of the failure of the sana- 
 torium treatment to produce permanent results, but is 
 rather an evidence that the home life of the patients needs 
 supervision and correction. We find that relapses are 
 due not so much to unsuitable occupation as to the misuse 
 of the hours between the day's regular employment. The 
 ex-patient who fails to avail himself of these hours for rest, 
 open-air life, and open-air sleeping, or in other words, fails 
 to adapt his mode of living to his infirmity, rs the person 
 who is certain to be readmitted to the sanatorium. Occu- 
 pation is not the greater influence in this respect; re- 
 muneration and high cost of living are more determining 
 factors; a lesson imperfectly learned makes up the total 
 which spells failure. The point, however, to be made is 
 that our duty does not cease when we have discharged the 
 patient in good condition. His subsequent history and 
 the, influence of his association with other people are quite 
 as important as his sanatorium treatment. 
 
 This work of subsequent encouragement and supervi- 
 sion could not be done without the employment of a social 
 worker, preferably an experienced nurse, to work in co- 
 operation with and under the direction of the superin- 
 tendent of the sanatorium. The salary and expenses of 
 such a person would need to be especially provided for. 
 We now have no systematic way of keeping in touch with 
 our ex-patients. I submit this question for consideration. 
 
25 
 
NEW HAMPSHIEE SANATORIUM. 7 
 
 as I believe it to be a valuable adjunct to our work and a 
 branch the possibilities of which I should very much like 
 to see realized. 
 
 Method of Admission. 
 
 For general information, the method of admission is as 
 follows : 
 
 1. Every prospective patient must be examined by one 
 of the regularly appointed examiners, and an application 
 made out by the examiner and forwarded to the super- 
 intendent. 
 
 2. The superintendent decides upon the admissibility 
 of applicants. 
 
 3. The regular rate for board and treatment is $10 
 per week. Those who can pay this rate are admitted at 
 once. All others to be eligible must fill out an application 
 for state aid and forward it to the Secretary of the State 
 Board of Charities at Concord, stating the amount they 
 can pay, if anything. The Secretary then determines the 
 amount to be paid, and forwards a card to that effect to 
 the superintendent. Those unable to pay anything are 
 admitted free, the state assuming the expense. When va- 
 cancies occur, the superintendent notifies eligible patients 
 when to come. 
 
 Regular Examinees. 
 
 Dr. S. E. TJpham, Claremont, :N^. H. 
 
 Dr. M. B. Sullivan, Dover, IST. H. 
 
 Dr. J. D. Proctor, Keene, :N^. H. 
 
 Dr. A. H. Harriman, Laconia, ^N". H. 
 
 Dr. A. Lavallee, Berlin, 'N. H., and the 
 
 Superintendent at Glencliff, IST. H., except on the Eirst 
 and Third Tuesdays of each month, when he examines at 
 the office of Dr. A. F. Wheat, 967 Elm Street, Manchester, 
 K H., from 11.00 a. m. to 12.30 p. m. 
 
 Acceptable cases are those which present a reasonable 
 prospect of improvement or cure. Cases less favorable are 
 rejected. 
 
8 new hampshiee sanatorium. 
 
 Improvements. 
 
 A complete refrigerating plant has been added to the 
 equipment of the kitchen, and is about ready for occu- 
 pancy. It will supply a long-felt want, and will enable us 
 to buy in safety perishable provisions in larger quantities 
 and obviate the necessity of living from hand to mouth, 
 with occasionally an empty larder, because of poor trans- 
 portation facilities. It will also save considerable expense 
 by reducing transportation charges. 
 
 The kitchen was further equipped by the purchase of a 
 new range, a steam table, a broiler, and tea and coffee 
 urns. Under the refrigerating plant a vegetable cellar 
 was built, supplying another of our various needs. 
 
 The third floor of the dining-room building has been 
 finished and made into nine pleasant rooms, and two bath- 
 rooms for the use of employees, who had hitherto been 
 improperly accommodated. 
 
 A new boiler of greater capacity, an engine and electric 
 generator complete and a coal pocket have been added to 
 the equipment of this department. This supplies a dual 
 system for use in case one unit fails. 
 
 The enlargement of the dam is under construction. 
 When completed this will furnish sufficient water to main- 
 tain pressure in case of fire. The installing of two hy- 
 drants with outside hose, for which an appropriation was 
 received, has not yet been done. 
 
 The erection of a new barn for horses and cows meets a 
 need that had been steadfastly denied until the present 
 biennial period. Up to this time we have been compelled 
 to hire some very poorly equipped buildings. 
 
 Acknowledgments. 
 
 Grateful appreciation is expressed to the following: 
 'New Hampshire Branch of the Red Cross for financial 
 aid to patients. 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE SANATORIUM. 9 
 
 W. C. T. U. of Littleton for magazines. 
 
 W. C. T. U. of Concord for books. 
 
 Cardp 1^0. 26, S. O. Y., of Claremont for a large Ameri- 
 can flag. 
 
 Federation of Women's Clubs of 'New Hampshire for a 
 phonograph and records, and many books. 
 
 Mrs. Lorin Webster of Holderness for books, magazines 
 and many kind offices. 
 
 Rev. W. A. Loyne of Warren for extensive reading ma- 
 terial, visitations, conducting services and furnishing 
 musical entertainments. Also to the orchestra boys of 
 Tilton Seminary and the other good people of Warren who 
 assisted in furnishing music. 
 
 Eev. Fr. Eedden, Eev. Fr. Griffin, Rev. Fr. Walsh and 
 Rev. Fr. Quirk of Woodsville for their willingness to re- 
 spond to every call. 
 
 Rev. John Knox Tibbits of Concord for visitations, 
 lectures and conducting services. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 JOHIST M. WISE, M. D., 
 
 Superintendent. 
 
STATISTICAL TABLES. 
 
 TABLE I. 
 Admissions and Discharges, 1912-1913. 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. Total. 
 
 Number patients in sanatorium Sept. 1, 1912. 
 
 Number admitted Sept. 1, 1912, to Aug. 31, 1913... 
 Number discharged Sept. 1, 1912, to Aug. 31, 1913. 
 
 Number deaths (included in preceding item) 
 
 Number patients in sanatorium August 31, 1913.. 
 
 Daily average for year 55.27 
 
 Total number hospital days 20,175.97 
 
 Average number weeks residence 24.78 
 
 TABLE II. 
 Admissions and Discharges, 1913-1914. 
 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Number patients in sanatorium Sept. 1, 1913 
 
 Number admitted Sept. 1, 1913, to Aug. 31, 1914... 
 Number discharged Sept. 1, 1913, to Aug. 31, 1914. 
 
 Number deaths (included in preceding item) 
 
 Number in sanatorium August 31 1914 
 
 30 
 59 
 62 
 3 
 27 
 
 26 
 45 
 47 
 2 
 24 
 
 56 
 
 104 
 
 109 
 
 5 
 
 51 
 
 
 
 Daiily average for year 53.95 
 
 Total number hospital days 19,691.06 
 
 Average number weeks residence 25.81 
 
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 NEW HAMPSHIRE SANATORIUM, 
 
 TABLE IV. 
 NuTBinoNAL Changes of Cases Discharged. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Number who gained weight 
 Number who lost weight . . 
 
 No change in 
 
 Average gain, pounds 
 
 Average loss, pounds 
 
 Greatest gain, pounds 
 
 155 
 35 
 12 
 
 TABLE V. 
 Stage on Admission of Dischabged Cases. 
 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Per Cent. 
 
 Incipient 
 
 Moderately advanced . . . 
 Far advanced 
 
 ... 
 
 20 
 
 46 
 40 
 
 21 
 
 42 
 33 
 
 41 
 
 88 
 73 
 
 20.3 
 
 43.56 
 
 36.14 
 
 
 
 106 
 
 96 
 
 202 
 
 100.00 
 
 
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 ABLE VI. 
 
 
 
 
 Number Discharged Paying Full Rate, Partial Rate, and 
 
 Nothing. 
 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Full rate 
 
 10 
 41 
 55 
 
 6 
 38 
 52 
 
 16 
 
 Partial rate 
 
 79 
 
 Nothing 
 
 107 
 
 
 106 
 
 96 
 
 202 
 
NEW HAMPSHIEE SANATORIUM. 
 
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 TABLE VII. 
 Civil Condition of Patients Discharged. 
 
 Married . 
 Single . . 
 Widowed 
 Divorced . 
 Separated 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 44 
 
 34 
 
 78 
 
 58 
 
 51 
 
 109 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 106 
 
 96 
 
 202 
 
 TABLE VIII. 
 Age of Patients Dischaeged. 
 
 Men. Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Under fourteen years 
 
 1 1 
 
 2 
 
 Fourteen to twenty years 
 
 Twenty to thirty years 
 
 Thirty to forty years .... 
 
 Forty to fifty years 
 
 13 
 46 
 33 
 12 
 1 
 
 10 
 46 
 27 
 11 
 1 
 
 23 
 92 
 60 
 23 
 
 Over fifty years •. . . . 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 106 j 96 
 
 202 
 
 TABLE IX. 
 County of Residence of Patients Discharged. 
 
 j Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Belknap 
 
 Carroll 
 
 3 
 1 
 
 6 
 3 
 9 
 2 
 9 
 44 
 7 
 6 
 5 
 2 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 4 
 
 Cheshire 
 
 9 
 
 4 
 
 11 
 
 39 
 
 12 
 
 7 
 
 12 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 18 
 
 Coos 
 
 6 
 
 Grafton 
 
 20 
 
 Hillsborongfh 
 
 83 
 
 Merrimack 
 
 19 
 
 Rockingham 
 
 13 
 
 StrafFord 
 
 17 
 
 Sullivan 
 
 6 
 
 Outside New Hampshire 
 
 7 
 
 
 106 
 
 96 
 
 202 
 
14 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE SANATOEIUM. 
 
 TABLE X. 
 
 Nativity of Patients Dischaeged. 
 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 United States 
 
 79 
 11 
 2 
 5 
 
 2 
 2 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 1 
 
 54 
 
 22 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 I 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 133 
 
 Canada 
 
 England 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Scotland 
 
 33 
 5 
 
 14 
 3 
 
 Sweden 
 
 4 
 
 Russia 
 
 Austria 
 
 Greece 
 
 Syria 
 
 3 
 2 
 2 
 2 
 
 Italy 
 
 1 
 
 
 106 
 
 96 
 
 202 
 
 TABLE XI. 
 Place of Examination of Applicants. 
 
 
 Men. 
 
 Women. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Berlin 
 
 7 
 3 * 
 
 7 
 5 
 
 14 
 
 Clareinont 
 
 8 
 
 Dover 
 
 16 
 
 18 
 
 34 
 
 Glencliff 
 
 47 
 
 39 
 
 86 
 
 Keene 
 
 11 
 
 8 
 
 19 
 
 Laconia 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 Manchester 
 
 100 
 
 69 
 
 169 
 
 . 
 
 185 
 
 U8 
 
 333 
 
 TABLE XII. 
 
 Sputum Record of Patients Discharged. 
 
 
 Positive. 
 
 Negative. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Incipient 
 
 Moderately advanced 
 
 Far advanced 
 
 4 
 63 
 70 
 
 37 
 
 25 
 
 3 
 
 41 
 88 
 73 
 
 
 137 
 
 65 
 
 202 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE SANATORIUM. 
 
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 TABLE XIII. 
 Frequency op Complications Recorded. 
 
 Abscess, ischiorectal 3 
 
 Adenitis (scrofula) 5 
 
 Asthma 3 
 
 Cavity 40 
 
 Cystitis 1 
 
 Enteritis, tubercular 8 
 
 Epididymitis, tubercular .... 1 
 
 Haemoptyses 127 
 
 Heart, displacement 1 
 
 Heart, intermittent 1 
 
 InsuflSciency, mitral 1 
 
 Lupus of mouth 1 
 
 Laryngitis, tubercular 18 
 
 Laryngitis, catarrhal 2 
 
 Otitis media 7 
 
 Orchitis, tubercular 1 
 
 Peritonitis, tubercular.. 1 
 
 Pleurisy with effusion 2 
 
 Erythema vesiculosum 1 
 
 TABLE XIV. 
 Previous Occupations of Those Discharged. 
 
 Agent 
 
 Baker 
 
 2 
 1 
 1 
 
 Factory, Machinist 
 
 Metal worker.. .. 
 
 Paper 
 
 Housework 
 
 Housewife 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Merchant 
 
 4 
 3 
 
 
 2 
 
 Bookkeeper 
 
 Bricklayer 
 
 Bootblack 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 4 
 1 
 1 
 7 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 9 
 3 
 1 
 1 
 •. 3 
 6 
 1 
 1 
 . 28 
 . 26 
 1 
 
 16 
 
 33 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 Cigarmaker 
 
 Clerk postoflBce 
 
 Motorman 
 
 Milliner 
 
 2 
 1 
 
 R. R. mail 
 
 
 1 
 
 Store 
 
 Printer .- 
 
 1 
 
 Conductor, Street R. R 
 
 Nurs« 
 
 4 
 1 
 
 Dressmaker 
 
 Stonecutter 
 
 Student 
 
 3 
 
 Engineer, stationary 
 
 16 
 
 Parmer 
 
 Stenographer . . . . 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 Dye 
 
 Textile 
 
 Telegrapher 
 
 Teacher 
 
 Teamster 
 
 1 
 3 
 
 Shoe 
 
 1 
 
 Foreman 
 
 Total 
 
 
 ,. 202 
 
 TABLE XV. 
 
 Deaths in Sanatorium. 
 
 Duration of Disease on Admission, Length of Residence, and Cause of Death. 
 
 Case 
 
 No. 
 
 194 
 
 274 
 306 
 321 
 364 
 406 
 441 
 446 
 
 Duration 
 
 Residence. 
 
 45 months 
 5 months 
 
 11 months 
 
 12 months 
 12 months 
 12 months 
 18 months 
 14 months 
 10 mouiths 
 12 months 
 10 months 
 14 months 
 
 99 weeks, 1 day. 
 166 weeks, 2 days 
 37 weeks, 2 days 
 48 weeks, 6 days 
 22 weeks, 6 days 
 4 weeks, 1 day. 
 4 weeks, 1 day. 
 3 weeks, 2 days 
 22 weeks, 1 day. 
 22 weeks, 3 days 
 
 2 weeks 
 
 7 weeks 
 
 Cause of Death. 
 
 Pulmonary Tuberculosis. 
 Pulm. Tuberc. and Pulm. Haem. 
 Pulm. and Laryng. Tuberculosis. 
 Pulmonary Tuberculosis. 
 Pulm. Tuberc. and Pulm. Haem. 
 Pulmonary Tuberculosis. 
 Pulmonary Tuberculosis. 
 Pulmonary Tuberculosis. 
 Pulm. Tuberc. and Pulm. Haem. 
 Pulm. Tuberc. and Pulm. Oedema. 
 Pulmonary Tuberculosis. 
 Pulm. ?p6 Laryne. Tuberculosis. 
 
16 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE SANATORIUM. 
 
 TABLE XVI. 
 Present Condition of Patients Discharged. 
 Classified According lo Condition on Admission and Discharge. 
 
 Present Condition. 
 
 Discharged. 
 
 1909. 
 
 Stage. 
 
 Discharged. 
 
 1910. 
 
 Stage. 
 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 Total. 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 Total. 
 
 Alive 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 11 
 1 
 
 
 
 I 
 
 12 
 
 19 
 11 
 
 4 
 14 
 
 5 
 34 
 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 30 
 
 Dead 
 
 '23 
 
 
 4 
 
 "Working 
 
 23 
 
 Not working 
 
 7 
 
 
 57 
 
 Present Condition. 
 
 Discharged. 
 
 1911. 
 
 Stage. 
 
 Discharged. 
 
 1912. 
 
 Stage. 
 
 Alive 
 
 Dead 
 
 Un traced . . . 
 Working ... 
 Not working 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 28 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 19 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 S 
 
 26 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 11 
 
 40 
 
 25 
 
 Total. 
 
 40 
 
 76 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 19 
 
 35 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 20 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 17 
 
 26 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 9 
 
 3 ! 
 
 22 
 
 41 
 
 25 ' 
 
 Present Condition. 
 
 Discharged. 
 
 1913. 
 
 Stage. 
 
 Discharged. 
 Totals. 
 Stage. 
 
 
 1 
 
 2 1 3 
 
 Total. 
 
 1 
 
 2 1 3 Total. 
 
 Alive 
 
 19 
 
 1 
 
 19 
 
 
 20 
 
 37 
 5 
 1 
 20 
 17 
 43 
 
 14 
 
 21 
 
 
 
 70 
 26 
 
 9 
 
 57 
 2 
 6 
 
 53 
 
 120 i 22 199 
 
 Dead 
 
 33 72 1 107 
 
 Untraced 
 
 7 1 3 ' 18 
 
 Working 
 
 4 43 
 
 10 27 
 
 87 i K 1 146 
 
 
 4 ' Sa 17 K4 
 
 
 35 
 
 98 
 
 65 
 
 160 97 322 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE SANATORIUM. 17' 
 
 SCHEMA FOE CLASSIFICATION OF PATIENTS ON 
 EXAMINATION. 
 
 The following definitions indicate the furthest extent of 
 disease and the greatest severity of symptoms that a patient can 
 present and still belong to the stage defined. All patients be- 
 yond the incipient stage fall under the moderately advanced 
 stage unless the physical signs and the symptoms exceed those 
 of the moderately advanced stage, when they should be classi- 
 fied as far advanced. 
 
 Incipient. — Slight or no constitutional symptoms (including par- 
 ticularly gastric or intestinal disturbances, or rapid loss of 
 weight) ; slight or no elevation of temperature or accelera- 
 tion of pulse at any time during the twenty-four hours. 
 
 Expectoration usually small in amount or absent. Tu- 
 bercle bacilli may be present or absent. 
 
 Slight infiltration limited to the apex of one or both lungs, 
 or a small part of one lobe. 
 No tuberculous complications. 
 Moderately Advanced. — No marked impairment of function, 
 either local or constitutional. 
 
 Marked infiltration more extensive than under incipient, 
 with little or no evidence of cavity formation. 
 No serious tuberculous complications. 
 Far Advanced. — Marked impairment of function, local and con- 
 stitutional. 
 
 Extensive localized infiltration or consolidation in one or 
 more lobes. 
 
 Or disseminated areas of cavity formation. 
 Or serious tuberculous complications. 
 Acute Miliary Tuberculosis. 
 
 SCHEMA FOE CLASSIFICATION OF SUBSEQUENT OBSEEVA- 
 
 TIONS. 
 
 Apparently Cured, — All constitutional symptoms and expectora- 
 tion with bacilli absent for a period of two years under 
 ordinary conditions of life. 
 
 Arrested. — All constitutional symptoms and expectoration with 
 bacilli absent for a period of six months ; the physical signs 
 to be those of a healed lesion. 
 
 Apparently Arrested. — All constitutional symptoms and expec- 
 toration with bacilli absent for a period of three months ; 
 the physical signs to be those of a healed lesion. 
 
 Quiescent. — Absence of all constitutional symptoms ; expectora- 
 tion and bacilli may or may not be present ; physical . signs 
 stationary or retrogressive ; the foregoing conditions to have 
 existed for at least two months. 
 
 Improved. — Constitutional symptoms lessened or entirely absent ; 
 physical signs improved or unchanged ; cough or expectora- 
 tion with bacilli usually present. 
 
 Unimproved. — All essential symptoms and signs unabated or in- 
 creased. 
 
 Died. 
 
18 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE SANATORIUM. 
 FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 
 
 Keceipts. * 
 
 1913. 
 
 1914. 
 
 Appropriations for maintenance 
 
 Board of patients 
 
 $26,515.40 
 
 5,660.28 
 
 245.54 
 
 203.82 
 
 505.12 
 
 $30,000.00 
 
 2,938.29 
 
 231.04 
 
 Sale of supplies 
 
 Miscellaneous 
 
 107.22 
 
 Sale of farm products 
 
 533.07 
 
 Total expenditures 
 
 $33,130.16 
 33,128.63 
 
 $33,809.62 
 33,632.75 
 
 
 Balance unexpended 
 
 $1.53 
 
 $176.87 
 
 ANALYSIS OF EXPENSES. 
 
 1913. 
 
 Salaries, wages and labor: 
 Pay-roll $10,846.24 
 
 Pood : 
 
 Butter 11,289.88 
 
 Beans 43.56 
 
 Bread and crackers 82.13 
 
 Cereals, rice, meal, etc 111.73 
 
 Cheese 27.73 
 
 Eggs 2,646.29 
 
 Flour 245.80 
 
 Fish 408.90 
 
 Fruit (dried and fresh) 932.36 
 
 Meats 4,053.86 
 
 Milk 514.58 
 
 Molasses and syrup 12.91 
 
 Sugar 300.42 
 
 Tea, coffee, broma and cocoa 290.44 
 
 Vegetables 541.79 
 
 Sundries 380.45 
 
 11,883.84 
 
 Furnishings : 
 
 Beds, bedding table linen, etc. $206.44 
 
 Brushes, brooms, etc 30.35 
 
 Carpets, rugs, etc 11.75 
 
 Crockery, glassware, etc 194.76 
 
 Furniture and upholstery 73.96 
 
 Kitchen furnishings 115.94 
 
 Wooden ware, buckets, pails, ' 2.23 
 
 Sundries 
 
 635.43 
 
 1914. 
 
 $1,434.27 
 
 59.53 
 
 95.51 
 
 112.30 
 
 68.21 
 
 2,988.83 
 
 273.76 
 
 264.38 
 
 565.05 
 
 4,050.04 
 
 978.75 
 
 351.50 
 327.47 
 653.29 
 284.88 
 
 23.53 
 
 125.49 
 47.89 
 81.85 
 10.38 
 18.17 
 
 $11,705.73 
 
 12,497.77 
 
 597.29 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE SANATORIUM. l9 
 
 Heat, Light and power: 
 
 Coal *.... $1,888.81 |2,867.18 
 
 Wood 256.10 179.40 
 
 on 24.34 65.16 
 
 Sundries 171.25 236.77 
 
 2,340.50 3,348.51 
 
 Repairs and improvements: 
 
 , Cement, lime and plaster $15.25 
 
 Doors, sashes, etc 4.00 
 
 Electrical work and supplies.. 86.98 $11.76 
 
 Hardware 29.24 26.35 
 
 Lumber 124.05 
 
 Machinery 4.36 
 
 Paints, oil, glass, etc 25.59 50,71 
 
 Plumbing, steam fitting and 
 
 supplies • 49.54 44.62 
 
 Sundries 310.93 20.73 
 
 649.94 154.17 
 
 Farm, stable and grounds: 
 
 Blackmith and supplies $143.93 $64.13 
 
 Carriages, wagons, etc., and 
 
 repairs 2.46 235.40 
 
 Fertilizers, vines, seeds, etc. 231.54 167.00 
 
 Hay, grain, etc 1,499.12 1,206.65 
 
 Harnesses and repairs 90.56 37.45 
 
 Horses 450.00 221.00 
 
 Cattle 170.00 ' 
 
 Other live stock 28.50 239.16 
 
 Labor (not on pay-roll) 890.49 37.50 
 
 Rent 300.00 487.19 
 
 Tools, farm machines, etc 62.55 40.02 
 
 Sundries 84.93 37.50* 
 
 3,954.08 2,771.20 
 
 Miscellaneous : 
 
 Labor (not on payroll) $246.84 
 
 Books, periodicals, etc $12.66 
 
 • Freight, expressage and trans- 
 portation 558.90 497.85 
 
 Medicines and hospital sup- 
 plies 694.67 306.67 
 
 Medical attendance, nurses, 
 
 etc. (extra) 118.00 179.00 
 
 Postage 96.44 39.39 
 
 Printing and printing supplies 194.88 64.09 
 
 Soap and laundry supplies 322.57 251.13 
 
 Stationery and office supplies 39.10 41.55 
 
 Travel and expenses (officials) 361.56 182.23 
 
 Telephone and telegraph 93.10 86.55 
 
 Sundries 326.72 662.78 
 
 2,818.60 2,558.08 
 
 Total expense $33,128.63 $33,632.75 
 
20 NEW HAMPSHIRE SANATOEIUM. 
 
 WEEKLY PER CAPITA COST. 
 
 Payroll 
 
 Pood 
 
 Furnishings 
 
 Heat, light and power 
 
 Repairs and improvements 
 
 Farm, stable and grounds 
 
 Miscellaneous 
 
 Total expense 
 
 Supplies sold at cost and bought from maintenance and 
 Road Fund 
 
 Net per capita per week 111.337 |11.80 
 
 3.76 
 
 $4,161 
 
 4.123 
 
 4.443 
 
 .221 
 
 .213 
 
 .813 
 
 1.19 
 
 .226 
 
 .055 
 
 1.372 
 
 .985 
 
 .978 
 
 .909 
 
 $11,493 
 
 $11,956 
 
 .156 
 
 .156 
 
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