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ANNUAL  REPORT 


THE  TRUSTEES 


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YEAR  ENDING  NOVEMBER  30,  1927 


Department  of  Mental  Diseases 


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DEPARTMENT   OF    MENTAL   DISEASES 

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PRINTERS 


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OFFICERS  OF  THE  WORCESTER  STATE  HOSPITAL 


BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES 

Edward  F.  Fletcher,  Worcester,  Chairman. 
William  J.  Delahanty,  M.  D  ,  Worcester. 
Anna  C.  Tatman,  Worcester,  Secretary. 
Howard  W.  Co  wee,  Worcester. 
John  G.  Perman,  D.  M.  D.,  Worcester. 

MEDICAL  STAFF 

William  A.  Bryan,  M.  D.,, Superintendent. 
Lewis  B.  Hill,  M.  D.,  Assistant  Superintendent. 
Francis  H.  Sleeper,  M.  D.,  Acting  Clinical  Director. 
Michael  J.  O'Meara,  M.  D.,  Senior  Assistant  Physician. 
Henry  B.  Moyle,  M.  D.,  Senior  Assistant  Physician. 
Arthur  C.  Brassau,  M.  D.,  Senior  Assistant  Physicijan. 
S.  Spafford  Ackerly,  M.  D.,  Senior  Assistant  Physician. 
AuRAY  Fontaine,  M.  D.,  Assistant  Physician. 
Chester  L.  Glenn,  M.  D.,  Assistant  Physician. 
Jacob  Goldwyn,  M.  D.,  Assistant  Physician. 
Sarah  M.  J.  Ching,  M.  D.,  Assistant  Physician. 
Olive  N.  Ehrenclou,  M.  D.,  Assistant  Physician. 
Reginald  P.  McKinnon,  D.  M.  D.,  Dentist. 

VISITING  STAFF 

Ernest  L.  Hunt,  M.  D.,  Surgeon. 
John  P.  Curran,  M.  D.,  Surgeon. 
William  H.  Rose,  M.  D.,  Surgeon. 
Benjamin  H.  Alton,   M.  D.,  Surgeon. 
M.  M.  Jordan,  M.  D.,  Neurologist 
William  F.  Holzer,  M.  D.,  Ophtalmologist. 
Philip  H.  Cook,  M.  D.,  Roentgeneologist. 
Oliver  H.  Stansfield,  Internal  Medicine. 
Lester  M.  Felton,  Genito-Urinary  Surgery. 

HEADS  OF  DEPARTMENTS 

Herbert  W.  Smith,  Stezoard. 

Jessie  M.  D.  Hamilton,  Treasurer. 

James  Dickison,  Jr.,  Chief  Engineer. 

Anton  Swbnson,  Foreman  Mechanic. 

Wallace  F.  Garrjtt,  Head  Farmer. 

Lillian  G.  Carr,  Matro:i. 

Florence   M.   Woolridge,   R.   N.,   Superintendent  of  Nurses  and  Principal  of 

Training  School. 
Maurice  Scannell,  Supervisor,  Male  Department. 


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TRUSTEES'   REPORT 

I    To  His  Excellency  the  Governor,  and  the  Honorable  Council: 

The  Trustees  of  the  Worcester  State  Hospital  respectfully  submit  the  ninety- 
fifth  annual  report  of  the  hospital,  for  the  year  ended  November  30,  1927,  together 
with  a  record  of  the  various  departments  as  given  by  the  Superintendent,  Dr. 
William  A.  Bryan,  and  a  report  of  the  Treasurer,  Miss  Jessie  M.  D.  Hamilton. 

Two  vacancies  in  the  Board  mentioned  in  the  last  preceding  annual  report 
existed  throughout  the  year. 

The  trustees  wish  again  to  record  their  satisfaction  with  the  conduct  of  the 
complicated  affairs  of  the  hospital  under  the  administration  of  Dr.  William  A. 
Bryan  and  his  loyal  assistants.  Furthermore,  they  are  pleased  to  note  the  forward 
steps  taken  by  the  inauguration  of  wholly  new,  effective  and  economical  methods 
under  Dr.  Bryan's  progressive  lead. 

The  outstanding  development  of  the  year  was  the  completion  of  the  new  dining- 
room  at  the  main  hospital  and  the  inauguration  on  October  24  of  the  cafeteria 
service  of  food  to  patients  of  both  sexes.  Experimental  work  in  this  line  in  this 
hospital  had  shown  the  desirability  of  this  radical  innovation,  and  its  success  was 
immediate,  and  complete.  By  this  method  patients  are  permitted  a  greater  variety 
of  menu  and  the  power  of  choosing  food  for  themselves,  which  not  only  gives  them 
exercise  for  their  minds  and  a  real  interest  in  something  they  are  doing,  but  makes 
them  better  contented  as  a  natural  result.  The  elimination  of  waste  by  thus  letting 
the  individual  choose  what  he  wants  to  eat  instead  of  serving  him  something  that 
he  will  not  consume  is  actual  and  surprisingly  large.  Aside  from  this  saving  of  food, 
the  therapeutic  value  to  the  patients  is  ample  to  justify  the  system.  The  compara- 
tive freedom  of  the  dining-room  and  the  responsibility  of  making  choices  of  food  is 
of  great  and  peculiar  value  in  the  mental  rehabilitation  of  the  patients.  The 
inauguration  of  this  experiment  of  cafeteria  service  was  at  first  subject  to  con- 
siderable skeptical  comment,  but  its  success  has  instantly  been  the  object  of  great 
interest  throughout  the  state  and  country. 

During  the  year  a  Personal  Hygiene  Department  was  established.  This,  again, 
has  proven  to  be  a  therapeutic  measure  of  considerable  importance.  It  helps  the 
morale  of  the  patients;  it  improves  their  appearance;  and  it  was  one  of  the  im- 
portant additions  to  the  hospital. 

The  hospital  has  inaugurated  a  separate  record  system  for  the  medical  and 
surgical  service.  These  records  are  following  the  forms  advocated  by  the  American 
College  of  Surgeons,  and  give  a  complete  record  of  every  patient  and  employee  who 
is  treated  in  the  medical  and  surgical  service. 

The  Child  Guidance  Clinic  operated  in  connection  with  the  hospital  has  been 
an  increasingly  valuable  contribution  to  the  welfare  work  of  Worcester.  The 
work  of  the  clinic  has  increased  during  the  year,  and  is  more  and  more  being  utilized 
in  the  study  of  behavior  problems  among  children  by  parents,  social  agencies,  and 
teachers. 

The  following  changes  are  urged  as  needed  by  the  hospital,  and  as  all  are  con- 
sidered as  necessary,  the  order  of  their  mention  is  not  of  significance  as  to  their 
relative  importance.: 

1.  The  replacement  of  all  remaining  wooden  staircases  by  suitable  structures 
of  metal  construction.  Some  of  these  have  been  replaced,  but  there  are  a  number 
remaining  which  should  be  replaced  at  the  earliest  opportunity.  They  constitute 
a  very  serious  fire  risk.  The  project  of  installing  fire  doors  throughout  the  insti- 
tution was  completed  this  year.  At  an  early  date  an  adequate  sprinkling  system 
should  be  installed  in  the  attics  of  the  main  building  and  the  outlying  buildings. 
Summer  Street  should  also  be  protected  in  this  way. 

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2.  The  erection  of  a  new  cow-barn  is  an  imperative  necessity.  The  herd  is  now 
located  at  Hillside  in  dilapidated  barns.  This  is  bad  from  an  economic  point  of 
view,  dnd  costly.  It  necessitates  the  transportation  of  milk  two  miles  and  a  half, 
and  feed  and  fertilizer  the  same  distance.  It  would  be  wise  to  begin  the  develop- 
ment of  a  new  farm  unit  at  the  main  farm  building,  at  least  two  wings  and  the 
dairy  building,  as  soon  as  possible.  The  completed  structure  should  have  two 
wings  for  milch  cows,  one  wing  for  young  stock  and  calves,  and  one  wing  for  horses, 
with  a  hay  barn  connecting  the  four  wings. 

3.  At  Summer  Street  a  careful  survey  and  study  of  the  needs  of  the  Summer 
Street  Department  to  change  it  into  an  acute  receiving  hospital  should  be  made. 
This  would  necessitate  rather  extensive  alterations,  and  a  careful  study  would  show 
what  these  alterations  should  be.  New  engines  must  be  installed  at  Summer  Street 
within  a  short  time. 

4.  There  should  be  a  continuation  of  the  building  of  cottages  for  the  medical 
staff  of  the  hospital.  There  is  an  increasing  need  for  more  adequate  quarters  for 
married  men  desiring  to  take  up  this  specialty  of  m.edicine.  Good  medical  men 
are  attracted  by  three  things — first,  active  medical  and  surgical  work  and  an 
active  service  in  psychiatry.  Second,  proper  living  quarters  for  themselves  and 
their  families.  Third,  salary.  The  hospital  is  active  from  the  medical  standpoint, 
and  offers  an  excellent  service.  Salaries  have  been  increased  to  the  point  where 
they  are  attractive,  and  it  only  remains  to  comply  v^ith  the  other  requirement, 
namely,  adequate  and  proper  housing.  This  will  enable  us  to  retain  in  the  service 
men  of  high  calibre  who  will  adopt  psychiatry  as  a  career. 

5.  We  wish  to  call  attention  to  the  development  of  teaching  various  groups 
in  the  hospital.  This  very  definitely  improves  the  morale  of  the  nurses,  attendants, 
and  medical  staff,  and  throws  an  entirely  new  light  upon  the  mental  hospital  to 
a  large  group  of  individuals  in  the  community.  It  is  of  value  as  an  expression  of 
the  ideals  of  the  institution  and  the  things  for  which  the  hospital  and  all  connected 
with  its  administration  stand. 

EDWARD  F.  FLETCHER,  Chairman  WILLIAM  J.  DELAHANTY 

ANNA  C.  TATMAN,  Secretary  HOV/ARD  W.  COWEE 

JOHN  G.  PERMAN 


P.D.  23  5 

SUPERINTENDENT'S   REPORT 

To  the  Trustees  of  the  Worcester  State  Hospital: 

I  herewith  respectfully  submit  the  following  report  of  the  hospital  for  the  year 
ending  November  30,  1927,  it  being  the  ninety-fifth  annual  report: 

There  remained  on  the  hospital  books  October  1,  1926,  2,563  patients,  1,280 
men  and  1,283  women.  Five  hundred  and  seventeen  patients,  273  men  and  244 
women,  were  discharged  from  the  hospital.  Of  this  number,  285  patients,  152  men 
and  133  women,  were  discharged;  209  patients,  112  men  and  97  women,  died;  22 
patients,  6  men  and  16  women,  were  transferred,  leaving  at  the  end  of  the  statis- 
tical year  2,630  patients,  1,328  men  and  1,302  women.  Two  thousand  two  hundred 
and  eighty-eight  patients,  1,114  men  and  1,174  women,  were  actually  in  the 
institution.  Of  the  patients  discharged  19  were  reported  as  recovered;  170  reported 
as  improved;  and  57  as  not  improved.  Thirty-nine  patients,  28  men  and  11  women 
were  discharged  as  not  insane. 

Three  men  and  2  women  were  transferred  by  the  Department  of  Mental  Dis- 
eases to  the  Danvers  State  Hospital;  1  man  and  1  woman  to  Westborough;  1  man 
and  2  women  to  Northampton;  1  man  and  2  women  to  Tewksbury;  2  women  to 
Gardner  State  Colony;  1  woman  to  Foxborough;  1  woman  to  Medfield;  2  women  to 
Dr.  Ring's  Sanatarium;  1  woman  to  Dr.  Reeve's  Sanatarium;  1  woman  to  McLean 
Hospital;  and  1  man  to  the  State  Infirmary.  Eight  men  and  one  woman  were 
removed  from  the  State,  and  7  men  and  3  women  were  deported. 

There  remained  at  the  hospital  at  the  end  of  the  statistical  year  59  patients  more 
than  at  the  beginning.  The  smallest  number  under  treatment  on  any  one  day 
was  2,191  and  the  largest  2,298.    The  daily  average  was  2,242.52. 

Principal  Causes  of  Death 
Fifteen  percent  of  all  deaths  were  due  to  pulmonary  tuberculosis;  12  percent 
to  generalized  arteriosclerosis;  9  percent  to  lobar  pneumonia;  8  percent  to  cardio 
vascular  renal  disease;  and  6  percent  to  broncho  pneumonia. 

Ex-Service  Men 

During  the  year  there  were  33  ex-service  men  admitted  to  the  hospital.  Nine- 
teen went  out  on  trial  visit,  7  were  discharged,  and  1  died,  leaving  at  the  end  of 
the  year  64  ex-service  men  in  the  institution. 

To  all  who  have  contributed  gifts  and  entertainments  for  the  ex-service  men, 
I  hereby  extend  my  hearty  thanks. 

Staff  Changes 

Resignations 
Dr.  Chester  L.  Glenn  resigned  May  28,  1927. 

Appointments 
Dr.  Sarah  M.  J.  Ching  appointed  Clinical  Assistant  January  22,  1927. 
Dr.  S.  Spafford  Ackerly  promoted  to  Senior  Assistant  Physician  March  2,  1927. 
Dr.  Sarah  M.  J.  Ching  promoted  to  Assistant  Physician  April  8,  1927. 
Dr.  Chester  L.  Glenn  promoted  to  Assistant  Physician  April  8,  1927. 
Dr.  Jacob  Goldwyn  promoted  to  Senior  Assistant  Physician  April  25,  1927. 
Dr.  Francis  Sleeper  promoted  Acting  Clinical  Director  June  1,  1927. 
Dr.  Olive  Ehrenclou  appointed  Assistant  Physician  June  17,  1927. 


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Internes 
Nathan  Baratt  appointed  interne  May  24,  1927. 
Julius  Tegelberg  appointed  interne  June  15,  1927. 
M.  Yorshis  appointed  interne  June  24,  1927. 
A.  T.  Whitney  appointed  interne  July  1,  1927. 

Medical  Report 

The  medical  work  of  a  hospital  for  mental  diseases  very  naturally  falls  into  five 
divisions.  The  line  between  these  divisions  is  not  in  any  sense  clear-cut,  but  for 
purposes  of  analysis  they  offer  a  convenient  method  of  differentiating  various 
kinds  of  work.  They  are  as  follows:  1.  Psychiatry.  2.  Medicine  and  Surgery. 
3.  Teaching.    4.  Research.     5.  Community  work. 

All  five  of  these  divisions  of  the  work  of  a  mental  hospital  have  received  atten- 
tion during  the  year. 

Psychiatry 

Modern  psychiatry  is  a  study  of  the  individual  case.  Naturally,  the  admission 
service  is  the  point  at  which  this  type  of  psychiatry  begins.  It  is  our  purpose  to 
have  each  staff  physician  take  on  a  small  group  of  patients  for  individual  study 
and  therapy.  In  this  personal  work,  all  aspects  of  the  case  are  taken  into  considera- 
tion, and  all  departments  of  the  hospital  utilized  under  the  direction  of  the  psychi- 
atrist, in  gathering  data  and  assisting  in  the  work  of  treatment.  While  mass- 
treatment  has  not  been  neglected,  we  feel  that  more  and  more  emphasis  should 
be  placed  upon  personal  therapy,  going  as  far  in  this  direction  as  the  size  of  the 
personnel  will  permit. 

The  routine  of  staff  meetings  was  changed  during  the  year  for  the  purpose  of 
securing  more  time  for  the  study  of  early  and  hopeful  cases,  and  the  consideration 
of  their  treatment.  Instead  of  having  a  daily  staff  meeting,  which  was  attended 
by  all  members  of  the  medical  staff,  we  have  inaugurated  daily  ward  walks,  at  which 
the  large  number  of  cases  received  and  being  released  on  visit  are  seen  and  con- 
sidered by  the  clinical  director  and  members  of  the  medical  staff  on  the  service 
from  which  the  patient  comes.  The  ward  walks  are  on  alternate  sides,  and  are 
under  the  direction  of  the  assistant  superintendent,  or  clinical  director.  Bedside 
demonstrations  are  a  part  of  these  ward  walks.  On  two  days  a  week,  Tuesdays 
and  Thursdays,  an  eleven  o'clock  staff  meeting  is  held,  at  which  time  only  one  or 
two  cases  are  thoroughly  and  carefully  discussed. 

During  the  year,  a  reclassification  was  made  on  the  female  service  whereby  the  | 
number  of  parole  patients  has  been  increased  from  sixty,  which  is  the  average 
number  of  several  years  past,  to  over  two  hundred.  The  population  on  the  con- 
tinued treatment  wards  has  shown  a  decrease,  and  the  wards  are  not  as  crowded 
as  they  were  formerly.  It  should  be  the  policy  of  a  hospital  to  give  as  much  free- 
dom to  individual  patients  as  they  are  capable  of  having.  And  while,  as  a  result 
of  this  policy,  accidents  may  occur,  it  would  seem  that  with  a  careful  selection 
of  patients,  and  a  proper  sympathy  with  the  ideals  of  the  hospital  on  the  part  of 
the  nursing  service,  that  the  parole  system  within  the  hospital  could  very  easily 
be  extended. 

Hydrotherapy 

Hydrotherapy,  one  of  the  important  aids  to  the  psychiatric  service,  has  been 
extensively  utilized  and  has  been  of  great  benefit.  The  following  report  will  indicate 
the  scope  of  the  work  aild  the  amount  done.: 

Electric  light  baths,  312;  sahne  baths,  320;  salt  glows,  286;  hot  and  cold  to 
spine,  67;  foot  baths,  267;  sitz  baths,  49;  needle  sprays,  1,294;  f^n  douches,  1,018; 
foot  baths  as  preparatory  treatment,  363;  tub  shampoos,  219;  jet  douches,  785; 


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drip  sheet  rub,  44;  wet  mitten  friction,  19;  Swedish  shampoo,  28;  wet  sheet  rub, 
11;  scotch  douche,  6.;  fomentations  to  abdomen,  8;  hair  shampoo,  53;  rain  douche, 
20. 

Wet  sheet  packs:  number  of  patients,  527;  number  of  packs,  7,726;  number  of 
hours,  30,489. 

Continuous  baths:  number  of  patients,  693;  number  of  baths  10,407;  number  of 
hours,   62,665. 

Instructions  (continuous  baths):  number  of  attendants,  111;  number  of  lessons, 
129;  number  of  hours,  244. 

Wet  sheet  packs:  number  of  attendants,  92;  number  of  lessons,  94;  number  of 
hours,   159. 

Occupational  Therapy 

Occupational  Therapy  is  of  equal  importance  in  psychiatric  therapy.  We  have 
constantly  increased  our  personnel,  and  have  established  affiliations  with  the 
Boston  School  of  Occupational  Therapy.  The  following  are  the  number  of  patients 
receiving  instructions  in  the  different  classes:  number  of  patients  in  all  Occupa- 
tional Therapy  classes  3,230;  number  of  patients  in  the  Physical  Education  classes 
1,449;  total  both  classes,  4,679. 

Perhaps  one  of  the  most  important  changes  during  the  year  from  the  standpoint 
of  therapy  was  the  opening  of  a  new  dining-room,  utilizing  cafeteria  service  for  the 
patients.  The  transition  to  this  service  has  been  made  without  accident  or  dis- 
turbance and  with  a  surprising  general  expression  of  approval  by  the  patients. 
From  the  psychiatric  point  of  view,  the  cafeteria  offers  a  splendid  means  of  psycho- 
therapy. It  has  been  observed  that  women  patients  in  particular  are  more  careful 
in  their  appearance  and  conduct,  and  that  there  is  a  minimum  of  quarreling,  push- 
ing and  disorder  as  a  direct  result  of  the  comparative  freedom  which  maintains 
in  this  dining  room.  The  readiness  with  which  disturbed  wards  have  accepted 
cafeteria  service  has  been  surprising  to  many  observers.  The  exercise  of  a  choice 
of  food  is  sin  excellent  beginning  for  the  patient  in  regaining  self-direction  and  a 
normal  attitude.  It  may  seem  surprising  to  many  that  I  include  a  mention  of  this 
in  a  discussion  of  the  psychiatric  work  of  the  hospital,  but  the  entire  personnel 
has  been  impressed  by  the  pure  therapeutic  results  that  have  come  with  the  open- 
ing of  this  dining  room. 

This  outline  of  the  objective  happenings  of  the  psychiatric  service  seems  to  be 
rather  a  meagre  showing,  but  the  intangible  developments  are  well  worth  while. 
In  terms  of  morale,  of  freedom,  of  disciplinary  problems,  and  of  cooperation  between 
Individuals  and  departments,  the  developments  of  the  year  have  been  gratifying. 
It  has  been  possible  to  build  up  a  staff  of  congenial,  intelligent  and  competent 
individuals,  the  influence  of  which  has  been  felt  throughout  the  hospital.  The 
patients  on  the  wards  have  expressed  themselves  as  having  sensed  the  change 
which  they  show  in  terms  of  more  understanding,  more  desire  to  help,  greater 
tolerance,  and  less  institutionalization.  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  the  psychia- 
tric staff  has  been  through  the  year  without  vaca,tncies. 

Social  Service  Department 
The  year  1927  has  shown  definite  progress  in  the  development  of  social  service 
at  Worcester  State  Hospital.  The  implications  of  the  work  have  been  more  clearly 
recognized,  and  new  lines  of  activity  have  opened  up.  There  has  been  a  growing 
sense  of  the  interdependence  of  medical  staff  and  this  department,  which  has  been 
reflected  in  the  more  thorough  study  and  treatment  of  those  patients  under  the 
care  of  social  service.  At  present  the  staff  consists  of  head  worker  and  two  assis- 
ta:nts,  besides  four  students  from  the  Smith  College  School  of  Social  Work. 


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This  year  the  department  handled  788  cases,  as  against  509  last  year.  These 
figures,  of  course,  include  cases  previously  known  to  social  service,  but  being  re- 
ferred for  a  different  type  of  service.  The  monthly  case  load  averaged  261,  as 
compared  with  233  of  the  previous  year.  Without  doubt,  this  increase  in  cases 
under  care  has  been  made  possible  through  having  the  Smith  students,  who  are 
getting  their  practical  field  training  in  this  department. 

During  the  past  year  a  new  method  of  selecting  cases  has  been  worked  out. 
Every  day  the  head  worker  goes  over  the  cbmmitrrient  records  of  the  new  admis- 
sions and  decides  which  cases  are  to  have  thorough  social  service  histories  and 
investigations.  In  this  way  the  worker  anticipates  the  doctor's  needs  and  there 
is  more  time  to  secure  adequate  information  before  the  case  comes  to  staff  meeting 
for  diagnosis.  The  effort  is  also  made  to  have  at  least  an  office  interview  with 
each  patient  and  his  relatives  at  the  time  the  patient  leaves  the  hospital.  In  this 
way  the  subsequent  supervision  visits  of  the  workers  are  better  understood  and 
apt  to  be  more  welcome. 

This  year  there  has  been  a  notable  increase  in  the  number  of  social  histories 
taken  and  investigations  made  before  cases  are  presented  for  diagnosis.  There 
were  approximately  200  of  these.  Undoubtedly  more  thorough  psychiatric  work 
has  been  possible  because  of  these  more  adequate  pictures  of  the  social  background 
of  patients  which  these  histories  present. 

Even  greater  has  been  the  number  of  investigations  of  employment  and  of 
home  situations.  This  year  there  were  213  of  these.  Such  investigations  are  for 
the  purpose  of  determining  the  conditions  under  which  the  patient  would  have  to 
live,  were  he  released.  Since  a  large  number  of  patients  leaving  the  hospital  are 
though  improved,  still  mentally  ill,  it  is  of  greatest  importance  to  know  just  what 
the  stress  and  strain  in  their  environment  would  be.  155  of  these  cases  have 
been  analyzed  and  it  is  interesting  to  note  that  121  are  at  present  still  in  the  com- 
munity, 18  having  been  returned,  and  the  home  situation  of  the  remaining  16 
was  such  as  to  make  the  hope  of  adjustment  impossible.  Undoubtedly,  the  re- 
maining 58  cases  would  follow  in  the  same  proportion.  Frequently  relatives 
besiege  the  phsyicians  to  allow  patients  to  return,  patients  who  are  in  no  condition 
to  get  along  except  under  ideal  conditions.  It  is  essentially  important  for  the 
physician  to  know  whether  or  not  the  patient  is  to  return  to  a  situation  in  which 
financial  need,  lack  of  employment,  or  incompatible  personalities  will  play  a  part 
before  the  doctor  can  risk  sending  the  patient  out. 

From  home  investigations  revealing  unfavorable  home  situations  comes  that 
phase  of  the  work  termed  intensive  case  work.  Where  possible,  home  conditions 
were  changed;  where  this  could  not  be  done  other  living  arrangements  could 
sometimes  be  made.  Through  the  additional  help  of  the  students,  considerably 
more  intensive  cases  could  be  carried,  with  gratifying  results.  At  present,  one 
young  foreign  girl  of  very  pleasing  personality,  who  would  have  had  to  take  work 
which  would  give  no  scope  for  her  emotional  needs,  is  being  trained  in  a  nearby 
school  for  social  work  with  her  own  people.  Similar  cases  of  readjustment  on  the 
basis  of  careful  study  of  the  psychiatric  and  social  needs  of  the  individual  show 
the  value  of  this  work. 

The  general  supervision  of  cases  not  needing  intensive  case  work  shows  an 
increase  in  visits. 

The  types  of  problems  found  in  the  cases  referred  show  50  in  which  there  were 
employment  problems,  36  with  financial  problems,  48  with  sex  difficulties,  64  in 
which  friction  and  quarreling  with  relatives  played  an  important  part,  45  v/ith 
martial  troubles,  36  who  came  from  an  unsuitable  home  invironment,  and  42  with 
anti-social  habits.    This  last  group  was  chiefly  alcoholic. 

This  year  the  work  of  the  out-patient  department  has  grown  to  such  an  extent 
that  the  Golden  Rule  Fund  (Community  Chest)  has  voted  to  pay  the  salary  of  j 
a  psychiatric  social  worker.     In  previous  years,   the   cases   came  largely  from 


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agencies,  but  last  year,  besides  a  host  of  agency  cases,  there  were  so  many  referred 
by  the  school  and  by  parents  that  for  half  the  year  a  student  gave  her  full  time 
under  supervision  of  the  head  worker,  to  these  cases,  and  since  September,  two 
students  have  been  needed  for  this  work. 

As  before  mentioned,  the  Smith  College  School  of  Soc'^il  Work  has  used  this 
hospital  as  a  training  qenter  for  field  work.  Last  year  we  had  two  students,  and 
in  September,  four  were  sent  to  us.  It  is  difficult  to  estimate  just  how  much  these 
students  mean  to  the  progress  of  the  work.  It  has  been  amply  demonstrated 
above  that  the  output  of  work  has  materially  increased  with  the  advent  of  the 
students,  so  that  the  amount  of  time  spent  in  teaching  and  in  supervision  has 
been  more  than  repaid.  The  preser^-ce  of  students  has  also  served  to  hold  up 
the  standard  of  the  regular  work.  Their  interested  questions  and  valuable  criti- 
cisms have  served  to  spur  us  on  to  greater  effort.  The  theses  prepared  by  the 
students  are  a  worth-while  contribution  to  the  hospital.  Last  year  one  student 
wrote  on  the  cases  committed  to  the  hospital  followijig  criminal  actions.  The 
other  wrote  on  the  Children  of  Psychotic  Parents.  The  latter  had  some  particu- 
larly interesting  conclusions,  especially  of  value  to  the  work  of  the  out-patient 
clinic. 

Under  the  stimulating  leadership  of  Dr.  Hill,  the  assistant  superintendent,  a 
two-hour  seminar  has  been  held  weekly  for  the  workers  and  students  of  the  de- 
partment. These  sessions  have  been  held  in  the  evenings,  and  although  attendance 
is  not  required,  the  group  has  shown  great  interest  in  the  meetings.  Various  types 
of  psychoses  were  studied  week  by  week  and  the  social,  as  well  as  the  psychiatric 
implications  of  the  psychoses  were  discussed  following  Dr.  Hill's  lectures.  Illus- 
trative cases  were  used  as  a  basis  for  discussion  and  occasionally  special  reading 
was  assigned.  The  general  problems  of  the  department  were  discussed  during  the 
first  half-hour  of  the  session. 

Medicine  and  Surgery 
The  total  number  of  admissions  to  the  medical  and  surgical  service  for  the 
year  was  877  patients — 415  female,  and  462  male.  The  turn-over  of  patients  is 
comparatively  slow,  due  largely  to  the  fact  that  a  large  number  are  suffering 
from  somatic  diseases.  A  detailed  report  of  the  surgery  during  the  past  year  is 
appended.  Our  visiting  surgeons  and  consultants  have  given  freely  of  their  time 
and  have  been  of  great  value  to  the  hospital. 

Report  of  Surgery  Performed  for  Year  Endii^g 
November  1,  1927 
Tonsillectomy,  141  ;  submucous  resection,  8;  removal  nasal  polypi,  3;  drainage 
and  irrigation  of  antra,  10;  suturing  tonsillar  pillars,  2;  mastoidectomy,  3;  curet- 
tage mastoid  cells,  resuturing  of  wound,  1;  turbinectomy,  2;  appendectomy,  10; 
cholecystectomy  and  appendectomy,  1;  cholecystectomy,  1;  laparatomy,  per- 
forated gastric  ulcer,  1;  lysis  of  adhesions  and  appendectomy,  1;  lysis  of  adhesions, 
intestinal  obstruction,  1;  gastrotomy  with  cauterization  multiple  gastric  polypi, 
1;  suturing  perforated  duodenal  ulcer,  1;  posterior  gastro-enterostomy,  4;  splenec- 
tomy, 1;  excision  fistula,  in  ano,  2;  hemorrhoidectomy,  4;  proctoscopic  examina- 
tions, 3;  incision- curettement  pilo-nidal  cyst,  1;  removal  necrotic  tissue  cervix 
uteri,  1;  dilatation  and  curettage,  2;  cauterization  cervix  uteri,  1;  removal  ovarian 
cyst  with  ventral  suspension,  1;  removal  ovarian  cyst,  2;  pan-hysterectomy  and 
appendectomy,  2;  partial  hysterectomy  and  appendectomy,  2;  partial  hysterec- 
tomy, 3;  pan-hysterectomy,  1;  left  salpingectomy  and  oophorectomy,  1;  trachelorr- 
haphy, 1;  perineorrhaphy,  1;  trachelorrhaphy  and  perineorrhaphy,  1;  dilatation 
and  currettage  and  trachelorrhaphy,  1;  dilatation  and  curettage  and  trachelorr- 
haphy, perineorrphaphy,  3;  nephrectomy,  1;  excision  lipoma,  2;  excision  inguinal 
gland,  1;  excision  toe-nail,  1;  incision  paronychia,  1;  removal  of  cyst  from  thumb,; 


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1;  removal  cyst  of  neck,  1;  excision  carbuncle,  4;  incision  and  drainage  ischio- 
rectal abscess,  1;  incision  and  drainage  abscess  dorsum  of  foot,  1;  incision  and 
drainage  cervical  abscess,  2;  incision  and  drainage  cellulitis  left  arm,  1;  incision 
and  drainage  carbuncle,  2;  incision  and  drainage  abscesp  abdomen  and  face,  1; 
incision  and  drainage  infected  finger,  1;  incision  and  drainage  inguinal  abscess,  1 
incisioli  and  drainage  periurethral  abscess,  1;  incision  and  drainage  tendon  sheath 
infection  right  hand,  1;  incision  and  drainage  multiple  breast  abscesses,  1;  incision 
and  drainage  breast  abscess,  3;  incision  and  drainage  celluHtis  of  neck,  3;  incision 
and  drainage  curettement  post  auricular  cyst,  1;  debridement  carbuncle,  1;  de- 
bridement decubitis,  1;  suturing  laceration  two  fingers  right  hand,  1;  suturing 
laceration  third  finger  left  hand,  1;  resuturing  abdominal  incision,  1;  suturing 
laceration  hand  ligation  arteries,  1 ;  suturing  laceration  of  head,  1 ;  suturing  lacera- 
tion upper  eye-lids,  1;  suturing  multiple  lacerations  of  wrists,  1;  double  inguinal 
herniorrhaphy,  3;  inguinal  herniorrhaphy,  2;  herniorrhaphy  (inguinal)  and  ap- 
pendectomy, 1;  femoral  herniorrhaphy,  2;  inguinal  herniorrhaphy  and  orcheietomy, 
1;  ventral  herniorrhaphy,  2;  cystoscopic  examinations,  8;  urethrotomy,  1;  meato- 
tomy  and  curettement  of  perineum,  1;  hydrocelectomy,  2;  prostatectomy,  1;  epi- 
dydemectomy,  2;  circumcision,  5;  paracentesis  hydrocele,  1;  paracentesis  abdom- 
inalis,  11;  thoracentesis,  6;  paracentesis,  bursa,  1;  excision  epithelioma  of  hand, 
1;  amputation  breast,  1;  amputation  left  leg,  1;  amputation  right  leg,  1;  reduction 
dislocation  left  shoulder,  1;  application  plaster  cast  to  leg,  3;  application  plaster 
cast  to  hand,  1;  application  plaster  cast  to  arm,  3;  thoracotomy,  1;  the  total  number 
of  operations,  330. 

Clinics 

The  system  of  clinics  has  been  continued,  with  much  satisfaction.  All  new 
patients  admitted  to  the  hospital  attend  the  eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat  clinic,  and 
555  patients  were  examined  in  this  clinic  in  the  past  year.  All  new  female  patients 
admitted,  attend  the  Gynecological  clinic  for  examination  and  treatment  if  in- 
dicated. A  total  of  733  patients  were  examined  and  received  treatment  in  this 
clinic.  All  employees  and  patients  received  paratyphoid  inoculations,  and  a 
total  of  1,893  inoculations  were  given. 

During  the  year,  a  clinic  was  opened  for  the  treatment  of  employees,  which  has 
proven  to  be  very  satisfactory.  A  doctor  is  in  his  office  in  the  treatment  suite 
each  d^y  from  4:00  to  5:00.  Employees  report  at  this  time  and  are  given  careful 
physical  examinations.  A  system  of  record-keeping  for  the  work  done  for  em- 
ployees has  been  inaugurated,  and  is  a  very  valuable  part  of  our  medical  records. 

Obstetrical  Ward 
During  the  year  an  obstetrical  ward  was  opened  on  Folsom  III.  A  delivery 
room  and  nursery  in  connection  with  it  enables  us  to  care  for  all  of  the  obstetrical 
cases  within  the  institutions  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Department  of  Mental 
Diseases.  During  the  year  we  have  had  20  deliveries,  with  two  infant  mortalities. 
One  was  a  seven-months  baby  which  weighed  less  than  four  pounds  at  birth  and 
lived  only  four  days.  The  other  was  a  case  of  placenta  praevia,  in  which  podalic 
version  was  done,  the  child  being  still-born. 

Malarial  Therapy 
The  work  of  malarial  therapy  in  general  paresis  of  the  insane  has  been  con- 
tinued during  the  year,  about  100  cases  having  received  the  treatment.  The  results 
have  been  definitely  encouraging.  In  the  series  there  have  been  two  cases  of 
spontaneous  rupture  of  the  spleen.  One  case  was  diagnosed  postmortem,  in  the 
other  case  a  diagnosis  was  made,  and  spleenectomy  performed.  He  is  now  eleven 
months  post-operative.  The  patients  receiving  malaria  are  followed  up  by  try- 
parsamide  and  other  forms  of  syphilitic  therapy.  A  total  of  2117  specific  treat- 
ments were  given  during  the  year  in  addition  to  malarial  therapy. 


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Autopsies 
A  determined  effort  has  been  made  during  the  year  to  get  more  autopsies  and 
correlate  the  pre-mortem  and  post-mortem  findings.      The  percentage  of  autopsies 
for  the  year  was  39.7%. 

Laboratory 
The  detail  of  the  work  carried  on  by  the  laboratory  during  the  year  is  as  follows: 
Autogenous  vaccines,  1;  animal  inoculations,  3;  alveolar  C02,  25;  autopsies, 
77;  bacterial  cultures,  97;  bacterial  smears,  323;  basal  metabolisms,  187;  blood 
cultures,  3;  blood  creatinin,  153;  blood  N.  P.  N.,  264;  blood  sugars,  391;  blood 
urea,  295;  blood  uric  acid,  166;  blood  counts,  red,  879;  blood  counts,  white,  942; 
blood  counts,  differential,  941;  blood  hemoglobin,  1044;  clotting  time,  208;  galactose 
tolerance  test,  95;  microscopical  sections,  19;  nitrogen  partitions,  121;  malarial 
Plasmodia  in  the  blood,  57;  spinal  fluid,  albumin,  17;  spinal  fluid,  cell  count,  266; 
spinal  fluid,  gold  curve,  337;  spinal  fluid,  globulin,  324;  sputum,  81;  stools,  56; 
urea  curves,  59;  urinalysis,  2675;  quantitative  sugars,  171;  icteric  index,  6;  van 
den  Bergh,  2;  stomach  analysis,  3;  mastic  test,  34;  P.  S.  P.  test,  87;  vital  capacity, 
20;  Widal  test,  4;  Mosenthal  test,  4;  Kahn  test,  1;  sedimentation,  21;  blood  fragility, 
0;  spinal  fluid,  sugar,  2;  parasites,  3. 

Dental  Department 
Following  is  the  report  of  the  Dental  Department  of  the  hospital: 
Patients,  4,230;  cleanings,  2,079;  fillings,  1,848;  extractions,  3,587;  plates  (new), 
65;  repairs  to  plates,  72;  examinations,  1,043;  X-rays,  176;  impactions,  10;  pyorrhea 
treatments,  843;  abscess  and  socket,  409;  alveolarectomy,  22;  bridges,  7;  crowns, 
8;  inlays,  8;  fractured  jaws  wired  and  set,  2. 

X-Ray  Department 
The  following  is  a  detailed  report  from  the  X-Ray  Laboratory: 

Number  of   Number  of 
Patients         Films 

Chest 133  149 

Leg 2  2 

G.  I.  Series 35  286 

Ankle 9  11 

Abdomen 1  1 

Sinuses 35  131 

Shoulder 13  16 

Skull 46  100 

Ribs 7  12 

Nose 3  3 

Toe 1  1 

Head 2  8 

Knee 8  13 

Elbow 3  5 

Wrist 9  10 

Thorax 1  2 

Heart 12  12 

Spine 14  23 

Foot 8  12 

Hip 14  18 

Hand 15  16 

Jaw 6  8 

Mastoids 8  16 

Arm 5  10 


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Gall  Bladder 10  48 

Thigh 2  3 

Sella  Turcica 2  6 

Finger 2  2 

Throat 1  1 

Clavicle 4  4 

Kidney 5  11 

Appendix 1  1 

Teeth 6  50 

Sacro-Iliac  X-Ray  Plate 1  1 

Total 424  992 

Teaching  Activities 

Perhaps  the  major  eflfort  of  the  psychiatric  organization  during  the  year  has 
been  a  definite  effort  to  avoid  institutional  inertia.  Our  most  effective  means 
of  favoring  this  aim  has  been  the  utilization  of  hospital  resources  and  material 
for  teaching  purposes.     Our  teaching  policy  has  had  three  direct  goals: 

First,  to  stimulate  the  stable,  regular  hospital  staff,  giving  them  an  active 
interest  in  work  by  a  refreshing  contact  with  younger  workers.  It  has  appeared 
that  a  number  of  persons  of  unusual  ability  can  be  retained  and  made  happy 
with  this  added  stimulus  who  without  it  might  seek  other  fields  of  endeavor. 

Second,  to  take  a  part  in  the  work  of  carrying  on  mental  hygiene  propaganda. 
For  this  purpose  it  has  seemed  wiser  to  turn  out  in  the  Commonwealth  each  year 
a  considerable  group  who  know  something  practical  about  mental  health  and 
disease,  and  what  the  State  is  doing  in  caring  for  the  mentally  ill.  Taking  these 
students  into  the  hospital  and  simulating  them  for  a  greater  or  less  period  of  time 
seems  to  be  more  important  than  to  deliver  a  number  of  brief  and  casual  lectures 
to  a  large  group,  the  members  of  which  are  unqualified  by  education  and  experience 
to  understand  the  problem. 

Third,  though  not  least  in  value,  is  the  goal  to  bring  to  our  patients  a  group  of 
enthusiastic  workers  of  excellent  educatipnal  background  who  will  take  a  keen 
personal  interest  in  the  patient,  and  will  be  able  to  give  a  personal  touch  to  their 
work. 

During  the  year  this  teach^,ng  activity  has  expanded  to  a  considerable  extent. 
This  expansion  has  been  due  to  an  increasing  demand  for  admission  to  our  student 
group.     We  are  now  receiving  the  following  groups  of  individuals: 

1.  Medical  and  surgical  internes  for  a  twelve  months'  internship. 

2.  Students  of  the  psychiatric  social  service  school  maintained  by  Smith 
College  who  spend  nine  months  doing  field  work. 

3.  Undergraduate  nurses  from  five  general  hospitals  who  are  at  the  hospital 
for  three  months  of  the  year. 

4.  Students  from  the  Boston  School  of  Occupational  Therapy  spend  six  months 
at  the  hospital  getting  their  practical  work. 

5.  Students  from  various  theological  seminaries  are  invitfed  into  the  hospital 
for  three  months  for  instruction  in  abnormal  psychology. 

6.  The  Training  School  of  the  hospital  has  been  carried  on  in  keeping  with  the 
standards  set  by  the  Board  of  Registration  of  Nurses.  Six  nurses  were  granted 
diplomas,  three  of  whom  have  taken  their  exa^ninations  for  registered  nurse.  At 
present  we  have  six  students  in  our  senior  class,  two  intermediates,  and  fourteen 
preliminary  students.  Our  graduate  nurses  and  attendants  have  been  satisfac- 
torily permanent  durjpg  the  past  year. 

To  the  hospital  which  desires  to  do  this  kind  of  work,  a  great  field  is  offered, 
but  it  should  be  pointed  out  that  it  is  a  time-consuming  process  and  means  a  con- 
siderable amount  of  work  for  the  medical  staff  in  actual  teiaching.    It  is  not  sufficient 


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to  turn  these  students  loose  in  the  hospital  to  get  what  they  can,  but  the  hospital 
must  feel  its  responsibility  in  giving  adequate  instruction  in  a  formal  way. 

7.  Classes  for  men  and  women  attendants  were  carried  on  during  the  months 
of  January,  February  and  March. 

Community  Work 
During  the  year  a  total  of  98  lectures  were  given  by  doctors  of  the  staff  of  the 
hospital  to  various  community  groups. 

Out-Patient  Reiort 

The  work  of  the  department  falls  into  three  distinct  settings,  and  will  so  be 
reported. 

1.  An  attempt  was  made  to  keep  in  touch  with  as  many  as  possible  of  the 
patients  who  go  out  froim  this  hospital  on  visit.  For  this  purpose  a  regular  monthly 
clinic  is  held  the  second  Monday  of  each  month  at  the  Summer  Street  Department, 
and  through  the  Soci,al  Service  Department  the  patients  who  are  in  the  vicinity 
of  Worcester  are  notified  of  the  clinic  and  asked  to  report  and  see  the  physician. 
During  the  pajpt  year  the  number  of  patients  reporting  this  way  has  varied  to  some 
extent.    The  average  has  been  about  twenty. 

Three  points  seem  to  stand  out  quite  definitely  in  connection  with  this  work  of 
supervising  visit  patients,  and  are,  perhaps,  worth  mentioning  with  some  degree 
of  emphasis.  Firstly,  the  great  majority  of  patients  who  are  asked  to  come  to 
clinics  feel  that  the  chance  to  talk  over  things  with  the  physician  and  with  one 
of  the  social  service  workers  is  a  real  help  to  them,  and  are  accordingly  very  appre- 
ciative. This  is,  of  course,  particularly  true  when  friendly  contact  with  the  home 
has  been  made  during  the  patient's  residence  in  the  hospital.  Secondly,  it  has 
been  clear,  as  indicated,  that  through  cooperation  of  this  sort  between  the  social 
service  department  and  out-patient  physician  and  clinic  consultations,  that  it  is 
possible  to  know  much  better  tha-n  any  other  way  how  far  patients  are  making  a 
satisfactory  adjustment,  and  when,  as  someti^mes  happens,  that  patient  should 
return  to  the  hospital.  From  the  physician's  point  of  view,  also,  it  gives  a  very 
helpful  insight  into  the  way  in  which  various  types  of  people  do  or  do  not  assimilate 
the  fact  of  a  mental  illness.  Thirdly/  there  is  no  doubt  whatever  that  a  group 
Q:f  patients  are  able  to  be  out  in  the  community  when  under  such  supervision 
who  otherwise  could  not  be  sent  out  at  a;ll. 

2.  Examination  of  retarded  school  children:  This  being  one  of  the  largest  of 
the  State  Hospftals,  Worcester,  naturally,  has  a  father  extensive  territory  in  which 
the  schools  look  to  the  Out-Patient  Department  for  examination  of  retarded  chil- 
dren. There  a^e  now  some  fifty-nine  towns  divided  into  th^fty-one  school  unions 
in  the  district  assigned  to  this  hospital.  For  vaj-ious  reasons,  a  comparatively 
small  percentage  of  these  towns  ask  for  examinations  of  children  in  any  one  year. 
Twhoe  a  year  letters  are  sent  out  to  eac^  superintendent  and  he  is  asked  whether 
he  desires  this  examination  otjnducted  in  his  schools,  and  how  many  children  are 
to  be  seen. 

During  the  year  past,  examinations  were  conducted  in  the  schools  in  the  fallow- 
ing plaices:  Pepperell,  Jefferson,  West  Boylston,  Boylston,  Rutland,  Paxton, 
Littleton,  Carlysle,  Bolton,  Spencer,  Northborough,  Fisherville,  Ashland,  Hbp- 
kinton,  Sudbury,  Wayland,  Cochituiate,  Dover,  Oxford,  and  Shrewsbury.  In 
October  of  this  year,  alfeo,  children  were  examined  in  Ayer,  Shirley  and  South- 
borough.  All  in  all,  some  409  children  were  examined,  the  chief  problem  being 
that  of  school  retardation,  though  in  some  cases  school  principals  requested  the 
physician  to  see  children  who  are  problems  for  other  reasons.  It  is  of  some  interest 
to  note  that  of  this  number  some  148  children  fall  into  the  class  technically  known 
^s  feebleminded,  that  is,  those  who  have  an  Intelligence  Quotient  of  under  70. 


14  P.D.  23 

Some  27  of  the  whole  number,  just  about  7%,  are  children  who  really  need  the 
particular  care  and  training  which  they  can  only  get  in  an  institution  such  as 
State  Training  Schools.  The  crowded  condition  of  these  institutions  makes  it 
very  unlikely  that  any  considerable  number  of  these  children  can  be  admitted. 
Some  257  children,  that  is  about  two-thirds  of  the  entire  number,  had  well-defined 
physical  defects,  such  as  badly  carious  teeth,  enlarged  tonsils,  defective  vision,  or 
marked  malnutrition,  which  would  have  a  good  bit  to  do  with  their  ability  to  do 
good  work  in  school.  There  appears  to  be  an  increasing  sense  of  importance  of 
this  work  on  the  part  of  the  school  authorities,  though  many  are  handicapped  by 
the  difficulty  of  providing  for  special  classes  in  an  already  crowded  building,  or 
of  persuading  school  committees  to  undertake  new  expenditures  of  this  kind. 
It  is  also  a  question  of  some  difficulty  where  superintendents  have  a  small  number 
of  children  who  are  in  need  of  this  ungraded  class  with  the  special  educational 
work,  but  where  there  is  not  a  sufficient  number  to  make  it  mandatory  to  establish 
such  a  class.  There  is  no  question,  however,  that  all  the  time  more  is  being  done 
all  over  the  State  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  child  for  whom  the  regular  class  work 
is  not  suitable. 

3.  Behavior  Clinic  for  Children  in  Worcester:  There  have  been,  on  the  whole,  some 
very  satisfactory  developments  in  the  work  of  this  clinic  during  the  past  year. 
The  clinic  has  been  making  closer  contacts,  particularly  with  the  schools  in  the 
city,  and  also  increasing  number  of  requests  for  advice  have  come  from  parents 
in  private  homes.  The  total  of  122  cases  have  been  seen,  including  some  27  girls 
seen  at  the  home  belonging  to  the  Girls'  Welfare  Society.  Other  sources  from 
which  these  children  have  been  referred  are  as  follows:  Children's  Friend  Society, 
13  children;  city  schools,  12  children;  Juvenile  Court,  5  children;  District  Nursing 
Society,  5  children;  children  under  the  Department  of  Public  Welfa^re  of  the  City 
of  Worcester,  3;  S.  P.  C.  C,  2  children;  Associated  Charities,  3  children;  Division 
of  Child  Guardianship,  3  children.  There  have  been  also  10  children  referred 
from  courts  and  other  agencies  in  outside  towns,  and  36,  the  largest  number  of  any, 
came  from  private  homes. 

About  one-third  of  the  children  have  been  referred  to  the  clinic  primarily  because 
of  the  difficulties  arising  from  some  degree  of  mental  retardation.  These  diffii- 
culties  were  both  school  maladjustments  and  conduct  difficulties  in  the  home, 
where  the  difficulty  of  management  was  chiefly  due  to  their  lack  of  mental  capacity. 
In  some  cases  the  deficiency  was  sufficiently  marked  to  make  it  necessary  for  the 
child  to  receive  the  type  of  training  and  discipline  which  can  only  be  gotten  in 
one  of  the  State  Schools  for  Feebleminded.  In  most  of  the  other  cases  the  child's 
needs  can  be  met  by  changing  the  school  regime  or  the  type  of  training  that  is 
being  given.  There  were  24  children  all  together  with  whom  delinquency  of  greater 
or  less  degree  was  the  problem.  In  two  cases  the  delinquency  had  been  of  such 
long  standing  and  the  response  of  the  child  so  poor  that  it  seemed  necessary  for 
them  that  they  should  have  the  type  of  discipline  that  could  only  be  gotten  in  o  ne 
of  th'e  schools  at  Lancaster  or  Westborough.  In  many  of  these  cases  the  difficulty 
was  due  to  deficiency  in  the  home  from  the  loss  of  one  parent  or  other  similar 
cause.  It  has  been  sought  to  make  contacts  for  these  children  with  wholesome 
group  life,  and  to  keep  up  shich  a  friendly  supervision  as  will  be  of  help  to  them 
and  to  the  home.  It  is  of  some  interest,  also,  to  note  the  age  grouping  in  these 
cases.  The  largest  group  of  all,  some  forty  children,  fall  in  between  the  ages  of 
twelve  to  fifteen,  to  whom  the  home  authority  is  naturally  somewhat  failing  and 
less  efficient,  and  the  temptations  of  the  world  outside  becoming  stronger.  The 
next  largest  group,  thirty  children,  were  in  the  age  group  of  nine  to  twelve  years. 
There  were  seventeen  children  between  six  and  ten  years  of  age,  nine  under  six 
years  of  age,  seven  between  fifteen  and  eighteen  years  of  age.  This  division  is 
consistent  of  what  one  would  expect  in  considering  the  social  and  personal  factors 
involved  in  the  maladjustment  of  childhood. 


P.D.  23  15 

As  there  is  an  increasing  number  of  children  coming  to  the  clinic  for  whom  it 
is  necessary  thjat  the  contact  be  kept  up  with  the  home  and  with  them  over  pro- 
longed periods,  h  is  a  great  satisfaction  tha,t  the  Golden  Rule  Fund  of  Worcester 
has  voted  $21560  to  pay  for  the  salary  of  a  trained  social  worker  to  be  attached 
entirely  to  the  Child  Guidance  Clinic.  As  well  as  being  a  promise  of  greater  effi- 
ciency in  the  work  of  the  clinic  in  the  future,  this  seems  to  be  a  sign  of  the  confidence 
of  the  community  in  the  necessity  and  value  of  the  clinic's  work. 

A  word  should  be  said  in  regard  to  the  educative  side  of  the  clinic's  work  during 
the  past  year.  During  the  fall,  winter  and  spring  there  have  been  monthly  meet- 
ings of  the  Advisory  Committee,  which  was  organized  first  in  October,  1926.  The 
May  meeting  of  1927  of  this  committee  took  the  form  of  a  dinner  and  a  public 
meeting  addressed  by  Dr.  Macfie  Campbell  of  Boston  Psychopathic  Hospital,  on 
"The  Understanding  of  Childhood".  This  meeting  was  well  attended  and  was 
an  evidence  of  the  increasing  interest  of  the  public  in  the  understanding  of  the 
problems  of  childhood. 

There  also  have  been  regular  weekly  meetings  of  the  case  conference  held  by 
the  clinic  staff  with  a  steadily  increasing  interest  by  those  attending.     This  year 
the  meetings  are  held  in  the  Young  Women's  Christian  Association,  and  it  is  fair 
to  say  that  the  conference  is  becoming  a  forum  for  the  discussion  of  problems  o 
childhoood  in  the  community.  f 

It  may  be  added  that  the  out-patient  physician  delivered  a  course  of  four  lectures 
on  "Problem  Children"  before  the  V/'orcester  Teachers'  Association  in  March, 
1927,  and  has  lectui^ed  twice  to  other  groups.  Finally  it  is  a  source  of  great  satis- 
faction to  mention  the  increasing  cooperation  from  all  agencies  in  the  community 
and  an  increasing  interest  in  the  work  being  done  by  the  cliniC, 

New  Construction 
General  operations  for  the  year.  The  repairs  of  the  hospital  have  been  kept  up 
as  well  as  possible  with  the  small  number  of  workmen  on  the  payroll.  The  largest 
project  which  was  carried  on  during  the  year  was  the  erection  of  the  new  congre- 
gate dining  room.  This  has  taken  up  almost  our  entire  time  in  spite  of  the  fact 
that  we  have  hired  outside  workmen,  but  it  was  completed  in  October,  and  has 
been  in  use  since  that  time. 

Recommendations 

I  have  previously  called  attention  to  certain  needs  that  exist  at  this  hospital. 
Perhaps  one  of  the  most  important  is  the  erection  of  a  new  farm  unit.  At  the 
present  time  our  herd,  which  is  an  accredited  herd,  is  housed  at  the  Hillside  Farm . 
The  transportation  of  milk,  and  the  danger  of  infection  after  pasteurization,  makes 
it  an  expensive  and  cumbersome  method  of  production.  A  farm  unit  at  the  main 
farm  is  an  imperative  need. 

A  continuation  of  the  program  for  the  elimination  of  the  stairways  of  wood  con- 
struction is  essential.  We  have  a  number  of  these  stairways  in  the  hospital  and 
they  constitute  a  serious  fire  menace. 

I  wish  to  express  my  sincere  thanks  to  the  members  of  the  visiting  staff  of  the 
hospital  who  have  given  so  freely  of  their  time  and  energy  to  further  the  work  of 
the  hospital.  To  the  medical  staff,  officers,  and  employees,  I  gratefully  ackowledge 
my  appreciation  of  their  loyalty  and  support.  Without  this  loyalty  and  coopera- 
tion, no  progress  could  be  made  in  any  organization. 

I  wish  also  to  thank  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  constant  support  and  encour- 
agement given  me  at  all  times. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

WILLIAM  A.  BRYAN,  Superintendent. 


16  P.D.  23 

TREASURER'S  REPORT 

To  the  Department  of  Mental  Diseases: 

I  respectfully  submit  the  following  report  of  the  finances  of  this  institution  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  November  30,  1927. 

Cash  Account 
Receipts 
Income 

Board  of  Patients $111,430. 57  $111,430. 57 

Personal  Service: 

Reimbursement  from  Board  of  Retirement 282 .  37 

Sales: 

Travel,  Transportation  and  Office  Expenses $   .75 

Food 201.61 

Clothing  and  Materials 56 .  50 

PMrnishings  and  Household  Supplies 66 .40 

Medical  and  General  Care 31.24 

Heat,  Light  and  Power 116.30 

Farm: 

Pigs  and  hogs $6.16 

Hides 144 .  50 

Vegetables 27 .  36 

Sundries  (empties) 4.00 

182.02 

Garage,  Stable  and  Grounds 41 .  00 

Repairs,  Ordinary 185  .,46 

Total  sales 881 .28 

Miscellaneous: 

Interest  on  bank  balance $1,545 .  78 

Rent 1,020 .  00 

$2,565.78 

Total  Income $115,160.00 

Maintenance 

Balance  from  previous  year,  brought  forward $32,659 .  74 

Appropriations,  current  year 811,085.00 

Total $843,744.74 

Expenses  (as  analyzed  below) 822,271 .  10 

Balance  reverting  to  Treasury  of  Commonwealth $21,473 .  65 

Analysis  of  Expenses 

Personal  services $395,938 .  66 

Religious  instruction 2,585 .  00 

Travel,  transoortation  and  office  expenses 8,492 .69 

Food ." 161,751.31 

Clothing  and  Materials 18,735.00 

Furnishings  and  household  supplies 38,223 .  75 

Medical  and  general  care 36,959  . 92 

Heat,  light  and  power 98,438 .45 

Farm 28,036  .73 

Garage,  stable  and  grounds 5,660 .  31 

Repairs  ordinary 18,377 .  40 

Repairs  and  renewals 9,071 .  88 

Total  expenses  for  Maintenance $882,271.10 

Special  Appropriations 

Balance  December  1,  1926 $26,092 .  16 

Appropriations  for  current  year 46,500 .  00 

Total $72,592 .  16 

Expended  during  the  year  (see  statement  below) $45,695.93 

Reverting  to  Treasury  of  Commonwealth 94 .  84 

45,790.77 

Balance  November  30,  1927,  carried  to  next  year $26,801 .39 


Object 

Act  or 
Resolve 

Whole 
Amount 

Expended 
during 
Fiscal 
Year 

Total  • 
expended 
to  Date 

Balance 

at  end  of 

Year 

Chap.  211,  Acts  1925 
Chap.  347,  Acts  1925 
Chap.    79,  Acts  1926 

Chap.    79,  Acts  1926 
Chap.  138,  Acts  1927 

Chap.  138,  Acts  1927 

$150,000.00 

18,000.00 

7,000.00 

5,000.00 
42,000.00 

4,500.00 

$12,899 .  18 
4,819.01 
3,292.62 

4,743.73 
19,941.39 

$149,907.98 

17,997.18 

6,872.64 

4,884 .  58 
19,941.39 

$92 . 02* 

Fire  Protection,  1925 

Automatic  Refrigeration 
Equipment  for  Dining 

2.82* 
127.36 

115.42 

22,058.61 

Water  Supply,  Hillside 

4,500.00 

$226,500.00 

$45,695.93 

$199,603.77 

$26,896 .  23 

P.D.  23  17 

Balance  reverting  to  Treasury  of  the  Commonwealth  during  year  (mark  item  with  *)  .  .  94 .  84 

Balance  carried  to  next  year 26,801 .  39 

Total  as  above $26,896 .  23 

Per  Capita 
During  the  year  the  average  number  of  inmates  has  been  2,261.39. 
Total  cost  for  maintenance,  $822,271.10 

Equal  to  a  weekly  per  capita  cost  of  $6.9925  (52  weeks  to  year). 
Receipt  from  sales,  $881.28. 
Equal  to  a  weekly  per  canita  of  $  .  0074. 
All  other  institution  receipts,  $114,278  72. 
Equal  to  a  weekly  per  capita  of  $.9718. 
Net  weekly  per  capita,  $6.0133. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

JESSIE  M.  D.  HAMILTON,  Treasurer. 

STATEMENT  OF  FUNDS 

Patient's  Fund 

Balance  on  hand  November  30,  1926 $13,828 .  08 

Receipts 16,327.81 

Interest 578 .  48 

— $30,734 .  37 

Refunded $14,266.83 

Interest  paid  to  State  Treasurer 578 .48 

14,845.31 

$15,889.06 
Investment 

Worcester  County  Institution  for  Savings $2,000.00 

Worcester  Five  Cent  Savings  Bank 2,000 .  00 

Worcester  Mechanics  Savings  Bank 2,000 .  00 

Peoples  Savings  Bank 3,000 .  00 

Bay  State  Savings  Bank 3,000.00 

Balance  Worcester  Bank  &  Trust  Company 3,466 .96 

Cash  on  hand  December  1,  1927 422.10 

$15,889 .  06 

Lewis  Fund 

Balance  on  hand  November  30,  1926 $1,559 .  11 

Income 87,00 

$1,646.11 

Expended  for  entertainments,  etc 38 .  71 

$1,607.40 
Investment 

American  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company  collateral  trust  4%  bond $926.36 

Millbury  Savings  Bank 634 .26 

Balance  Worcester  Bank  and  Trust  Company 46 .  78 

$1,607.40 

Wheeler  Fund 

Balance  on  hand  November  30,  1926 $6,145 .  06 

Income 311.82 

$6,456.88 

Expended  for  entertainments,  etc 259 .  87 

$6,197.01 
Investment 

American  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company  collateral  trust  4%  bond $712.50 

Grafton  Savings  Bank 4,000 .  00 

Millbury  Savings  Bank 1,374 .  22 

Balance  Worcester  Bank  and  Trust  Company 110.29 

$6,197.01 

Manson  Fund 

Balance  on  hand  November  30,  1926 $1,133 .41 

Income 86 .  17 

$1,219.58 

Expended  for  entertainments,  etc 48 .  05 

$1,171.53 
Investment 

Millbury  Savings  Bank $1,162 .  80 

Balance  Worcester  Bank  and  Trust  Company 8 .  73 

$1,171.53 

Respectfully  submitted, 

JESSIE  M.  D.  HAMILTON,  Treasurer. 

November  30,  1927. 

N.  B. — The  values  assigned  to  the  above  securities  are  their  respective  purchase  prices. 


VALUATION 


November  30,  1927 
Real  Estate 

Land,  589  acres $438,200  00 

Buildings 2,230,344.36 

$2,668,544.36 


18  P.D.  23 

Personal  Property 

Travel,  transportation  and  ofBce  expenses $9,762  .  66 

Food 20,430.59 

Clothing  and  materials 19,924 .  83 

Furnishings  and  household  supplies 246,207 .  78 

Medical  and  General  care 20,186.46 

Heat,  light  and  power 31,938.49 

Farm 38,146 .  10 

Garage,  stables  and  grounds 9,723 .  35 

Repairs 25,039 .  99 

$421,360.25 
Summary 

Real  Estate : $2,668,544.36 

Personal  Property 421,360 .  25 

$3,089,904.61 

STATISTICAL  TABLES 

As  adopted  by  American  Psychiatric  Association. 

Prescribed  by  Massachusetts  Department  of  Mental  Diseases 

Table  1. — General  Information 

1.  Date  of  opening  as  an  institution  for  the  insane:  January  18,  1833. 

2.  Type  of  institution:  State. 

3.  Hospital  plant: 

Value  of  hospital  property: 

Real  estate,  including  buildings $2,668,544.38 

Personal  property 438,344 .  36 

Total $2,668,544 .  36 

Total  acreage  of  hospital,  589.16. 

Acreage  under  cultivation  during  previous  year,  137.5. 

Men         Women  Totals 

4.  Medical  service: 

Superintendent 1  —  1 

Assistant  physicians 8  2  10 

Medical  internes 4  -  4 

Dentist 1  -  1 

Total  physicians 14  2  IS 

5.  Employees  on  pay  roll  (not  including  physicians): 

Men  Women  Totals 

Graduate  nurses 1  35                 36 

Other  nurses  and  attendant 106  101  207 

All  other  employees 96  78  174 

Total  employees 203  214  417 

Men  Women  Totals 

6.  Patients  employed  in  industrial  classes  or  in  general  hospital  work 

on  date  of  report 762  616  1378 

7.  Patients  in  institution  on  date  of  report  (excluding  paroles) 1124  1166  2290 

Table  2. — Financial  Statement 
See  treasurer's  report  for  data  requested  under  this  table. 


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20  P.D.  23 

Table  4. — Nativity  of  First  Admissions  and  of  Parents  of  First  Admissions 


Patients 

Parents  of 
Male  Patients 

Parents  of 
Female  Patients 

Nativity 

Fathers 

Mothers 

Both 
Parents 

Fathers 

Mothers 

Both 
Parents 

M. 

F. 

T. 

M. 

F. 

T. 

M. 

F. 

T. 

United  States 

Armenia 

125 

1 
22 

1 
10 

1 

1 

5 

11 

6 

8 

15 
2 
3 

1 

101 
1 
1 

14 

4 
4 

1 

3 

22 

6 

1 
3 
1 
6 

8 
1 

226 

1 

2 
36 

1 
14 

5 

2 

8 
33 
12 

1 
11 

1 
21 

2 
11 

1 

1 

60 
1 
1 

27 

11 
1 

1 

3 

5 

43 

7 

11 

17 
5 

7 

1 
11 

65 
1 

1 
30 

15 

1 

3 

5 
37 

7 

10 

17 
4 
5 

1 
10 

125 
2 
2 

57 

28 

2 

1 

6 

10 

80 

14 

21 

34 

9 

12 

2 
21 

43 
2 

1 
20 

12 
4 

1 
3 

46 
8 
1 
4 
1 
7 
2 

10 
1 

11 

45 
2 
1 

22 

8 

4 

1 
3 

38 
10 
1 
6 
1 
6 
1 
12 
1 

15 

88 
4 
2 

42 

Denmark 

20 

Finland 

8 

2 

6 

Ireland 

Italy 

84 
18 

2 

Poland 

10 

Portugal 

2 
13 

Scotland 

3 

22 

Turkey    

2 

{West  Indies 

Unascertained 

26 

Total 

212 

177 

389 

212 

212 

424 

177 

177 

354 

*  Includes  Newfoundland     %  Except  Cuba  and  Porto  Rico 


Table  5. 

— Citizenship  of  First  Admissions 

M. 

F. 

T. 

128 
46 
33 

5 

97 

46 

33 

1 

225 

92 

Aliens 

66 

6 

Total 

212 

177 

389 

Table  6. — Psychoses  of  First  Admissions 


10. 

11. 

12. 


13. 


Psychoses 


Traumatic  psychoses 

Senile  psychoses 

Psychoses  with  cerebral  arteriosclerosis 

General  paralysis , 

Psychoses  with  cerebral  syphilis 

Psychoses  with  Huntington's  chorea 

Psychoses  with  brain  tumor 

Psychoses  with  other  brain  or  nervous  diseases —  total .  .  .  . 

Encephalitis  lethargica 

Undetermined 

Alcoholic  psychoses —  total 

Acute  hallucinosis 

Chronic  hallucinosis , 

Other  types —  acute  or  chronic 

Psychoses  due  to  drugs  and  other  exogenous  toxins,  total . 

Psychoses  with  pellagra 

Psychoses  with  other  somatic  diseases,  total 

Pulmonary 

Cardio-renal  diseases 

General  syphilis 

Other  diseases  or  conditions 

Manic-depressive  psychoses,  total 

Manic  type 

Depressive  type 

Involution  melancholia 

Dementia  praecox 

Paranoia  and  paranoid  conditions 


M. 


F. 


M. 


F. 


1 
60 
18 
29 

4 


11 
38 


1 
20 


11 


9 
97 
10 


P.D.  23 


Table  6 — Psychoses  of  First  Admissions — Concluded 


21 


17.  Epileptic  psychoses 

18.  Psychoneuroses  and  neuroses,  total. ...''... 

Psychasthenic  type 

19.  Psychoses  with  psychopathic  personality 

20.  Psychoses  with  mental  deficiency 

21.  Undiagnosed  psychoses 

22.  Without  psychosis,  total 

Epilepsy  without  psychosis 

Psychopathic  personality  without  psychosis 

Mental  deficiency  without  psychosis 

Undetermined 

Total 


M. 


F. 


M. 


212 


T. 


2 

4 

5 
11 
50 

8 


177      389' 


Table  7. — Race  of  First  Admission  classified  with  Reference  to  Principal  Psychoses 


Total 

Traumatic 

Senile 

With 
Cerebral 
Arterio- 
sclerosis 

General 
Paralysis   . 

M. 

F. 

T. 

M. 

1 

1 

F. 

T. 

1 

1 

M. 

5 
3 

7 
1 

6 

1 

23 

F. 

1 

6 

7 
2 

3 

1 
17 

37 

T. 

1 

5 
9 

14 
2 

4 

1 

23 
1 

60 

M. 

1 

1 

5 

4 
11 

F. 

1 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 
7 

T. 

2 
2 

1 

7 

1 

5 
18 

M. 

2 
2 

1 
4 

1 

11 

1 

22 

F. 

1 

1 

2 

3 

7 

T. 

2 

1 
15 

1 
23 

4 
5 

42 
8 

10 

5 

3 

15 

1 

73 

4 

212 

4 

1 

10 

4 

14 

2 

3 

2 

38 

8 

2 

1 
12 

6 

1 

67 
2 

177 

6 

2 

25 
5 

37 
6 
8 
2 

80 

16 

12 
1 

17 
3 

21 

1 

1 

140 

6 

389 

_  ■ 

American  Indian 

Armenian 

3 

Finnish 

3 

- 

Greek 

1 

— 

6 

Italian* 

- 

— 

Portuguese 

- 

Scotch 

- 

1 

Turkish . 

- 

14 

Race  unascertained 

Total 

1. 
29  ' 

Table  7. — Race  of  First  Admissions  classified  with  Reference  to  Principal 
Psychoses — C  ontinued 


Race 

With 
Cerebral 
Syphilis 

With  Other 
Brain  or 
Nervous 
Diseases 

Alcoholic 

With 
Pellagra 

With  Other. 

somatic 
Diseases     - 

M. 

F. 

T. 

M. 
1 

2 

1 

2 
6 

F. 

1 
1 

3 

5 

T. 

1 
1 
1 

2 
1 

5 
11 

M. 

2 

1 

10 
3 

6 

1 
8 

6 

37 

F. 
1 

1 

T. 

~ 
2 

1 

11 
3 

6 

1 
8 

6 

38 

M. 

F. 

- 
1 

1 

T. 

1 
1 

M. 

1 

1 
1 
3 

F. 

1 
2 
1 
5 

1 
1 

6 

17 

T. 

4 
4 

- 

4 
4 

_  ■ 

American  Indian 

.    - 

1 

_ 

?. 

Greek 

1 

fi 

— 

_ 

_ 

1 

Scotch 

?. 

Turkish 

— 

7 

Race  unascertained 

Total 

20 

22  P.D.  23 

Table  7. — Race  of  First  Admissions  classified  with  Reference  to  Principal 

Psychoses — Continued 


Manic- 
Depressive 

Involution 

Melan- 
cholia 

Dementa 
Praecox 

Paranoia 

AND  Paranoid 

Conditions 

Epileptic 
Psychoses 

Race 

M. 

F. 

T. 

M. 

1 
1 

F. 

1 

1 
1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

8 

T. 

1 
1 
1 

1 

1 

1 

3 

9 

M. 

1 

1 
2 

6 
3 

4 

6 
2 

1 

2 

1 

20 
2 

51 

F. 
2 

1 
2 

11 

3 
3 

18 

46 

T. 

3 

1 
3 
2 

7 
4 
5 

17 
3 

2 
1 
3 

5 

1 

38 

2 

97 

M. 

1 

1 
2 

2 

6 

F. 

4 
4 

T. 

1 

1 
2 

6 
10 

M. 

F. 

1 
1 

2 

T. 

1 
1 

1 

2 

5 

1 

1 
1 
2 

1 
6 

2 

1 

1 
1 
2 

1 

3 

11 

_ 

American  Indian 

- 

_ 

_ 

1 

Greek       

_ 

_ 

_ 

1 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Turkish      

_ 

West  Indian" 

_ 

_ 

Race  unascertained 

Total 

2 

Table  7. — Race  of  First  Admissions  classified  with  Reference  to  Principal 
Psychoses — C  oncluded 


Race 

Psycho- 
neuroses 

AND  Neuroses 

With 
Psychopathic 
Personality 

With 
Mental 
Deficiency 

Undiagnosed 
Psychoses 

Without 
Psychoses 

M. 

F. 

T. 

M. 

1 
1 

2 

4 

F. 

1 

1 

T. 

1 
1 

3 

M. 

1 
3 

1 

5 

F. 

1 

1 

3 

1 

6 

T. 

1 
3 

1 

1 
1 

3 

1 

11 

M. 

1 

1 

1 
2 

5 
2 

1 

1 

2 

9 

25 

F. 

1 

2 

1 
2 

1 

7 

1 
2 

1 

6 

1 

25 

1 
T. 

M. 

1 

2 

1 

2 

6 

F. 

1 

1 
2 

T. 

1 

1 
2 

1 

1 
2 

1 
1 

2 

4 

2 

3 
2 

4 

1 

12 
2 

2 

3 

3 

15 

1 

50 

_ 

American  Indian 

- 

_ 

_ 

1 

Greek       

_ 

_ 

2 

?. 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Scotch    

_ 

_ 

Turkish    

_ 

_ 

3 

Race  unascertained 

Total 

8 

*  Includes  "North"  and  "South."  t  Norwegians,  Danes  and  Swedes.  J  Includes  Bohemian,  Bosnian 
Croatian,  Delmatian,  Herzegovinian,  Montenegrin,  Moravian,  Polish,  Russian,  Ruthenian,  Servian 
Slovak,  Slovenian.     °  Except  Cuba. 


P.D.  23  23 

Table  8. — Age  of  First  Admissions  classified  with  Reference  to  Principal  Psychoses 


Total 

Under 
15  Years 

15—19 

Years 

20—24 
Years 

Psychoses 

M. 

F. 

T. 

M. 

F. 

1 

1 
2 

T. 

1 

1 
2 

M. 

1 
5 

1 
1 

1 

9 

F. 

5 

1 

1 
7 

T. 

1 
10 

1 

2 

2 
16 

M.' 

1 
1 

1 

9 

4 
1 

17 

F. 

2 

1 
3 

2 
1 

9 

T. 

1.  Traumatic 

2.  Senile 

1 
23 
11 
22 

4 

6 
37 

3 
5 
1 
51 
6 

2 
4 
5 
25 
6 

212 

37 

7 
7 

5 

1 

1 

17 
6 
8 

46 
4 
2 
2 
1 
6 

25 
2 

177 

1 
60 
18 
29 

4 

11 
38 

1 
20 
11 

9 

97 

10 

2 

4 

5 

11 

50 

8 

389 

- 

3.  With  cerebral  arteriosclerosis 

4.  General  paralysis 

- 

6.  With  Huntington's  chorea 

- 

8.  With  other  brain  or  nervous  diseases . 

9.  Alcoholic 

10.  Due   to   drugs  and   other  exogenous 

toxins 

11.  With  pellagra 

3 

1 

12.  With  other  somatic  diseases 

13.  Manic-depressive. 

2 

15.  Dementia  praecox 

16.  Paranoia  or  paranoid  conditions 

17.  Epileptic  psychoses 

18.  Psychoneuroses  and  neuroses 

19.  With  psychopathic  personality 

12 
2 

5 

1 

Total 

26 

Table  8. — Age  of  First  Admissions  classified  with  Reference  to  Principal 
Psychoses — C  ontinued 


25—29 

Years 

30—34 
Years 

35—39 

Years 

40—44 
Years 

45—49 

Years 

Psychoses 

M. 

F. 

T. 

M. 

4 
7 

10 

1 
1 

1 
1 

25 

F. 

2 

1 

1 
3 

8 
2 
1 

1 
3 

22 

T. 

6 

1 
7 

1 
3 

18 
2 

47 

M. 

4 
2 

2 

8 

1 

7 

1 

1 

2 

1 

29 

F. 
1 

1 

1 

9 

1 
13 

T. 

5 
2 

2 

8 

1 
2 

16 
1 

1 
42 

M. 
5 

7 

1 

5 

1 

1 
2 

22 

F. 

2 

3 

3 

4 

1 
1 
1 

4 
19 

T. 

7 

- 
7 

3 

1 
3 
9 
1 

1 
1 
2 

6 
41 

M. 

1 

6 
3 

1 

3 

1 

3 

18 

F. 
1 

2 
2 
3 

5 

1 
1 

15 

T. 

1 
1 

10 

1 

1 

4 

1 
1 

20 

1 

2 

1 

6 

1 
11 

2 

1 

2 
1 

16 
1 

1 
5 
1 

1 

31 

1 

2.  Senile 

1 

3.  With  cerebral  arteriosclerosis 

6 

8.  With  other  brain  or  nervous  diseases . 

8 

10.  Due   to   drugs  and   other   exogenous 

?. 

a 

14.  Involution  melancholia 

3 

H 

16.  Paranoia  or  paranoid  conditions 

1 

18.  Psychoneuroses  and  neuroses 

19.  With  psychopathic  personality 

1 

4 

22.  Without  psychosis 

Total 

33 

24 


P.D.  23 


Table  8. — Age  of  First  Admissions  classified  with  Reference  to  Principal 
Psychoses —  C  on  eluded 


Psychoses 

50—54 

Years 

55—59 

Years 

60—64 
Years 

65—69 
Years 

70  Years 
AND  Over 

M. 

F. 

T. 

M. 

1 

1 

5 

1 

1 

1 

4 
14 

F. 
5 

1 

1 
2 

9 

T. 
6 

1 

5 

2 

1 

I 

1 

4 
23 

M. 

1 
1 

1 

1 
2 

1 
1 

2 

F. 

1 
2 
1 

1 

2 
2 

T. 

2 
3 

1 
1 

1 
3 

2 

1 
2 
1 

2 
19 

M. 

2 

2 

1 

1 
6 

F. 

7 
1 

1 

3 

12 

T. 

9 
3 

2 

3 

1 
18 

M. 

19 
8 

1 

1 
1 

2 

1 

33 

F. 

23 
3 

5 
31 

T. 

2 
2 

2 

3 
9 

1 

1 
1 
2 
2 

1 

10 

18 

1 
2 

2 

1 
1 
4 
2 

1 
13 

27 

_ 

2.  Senile. 

4?. 

3.  With  cerebral  arteriosclerosis . 

11 

1 

6,  With  Huntington's  chorea 

8.  With  other  brain  or  nervous  diseases 

1 

10.  Due   to    drugs   and   other   exogenous 

_ 

1 

13.  Manic-depressive 

15.  Dementia  praecox 

16.  Paranoia  or  paranoid  conditions 

18.  Psychoneuroses  and  neuroses 

- 

7 

1 

Total                        

64 

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26  P.D.  23 

Table  10. — Environment  of  First  Admissions  classified  with  Reference  to 
Principal  Psychoses 


Psychoses 


1.  Traumatic 

2.  Senile 

3.  "With  cerebral  arteriosclerosis .  . 

4.  General  paralysis 

5.  With  cerebral  syphilis 

6.  With  Huntington's  chorea 

7.  With  brain  tumor 

6.  With  other  brain  or  nervous  diseases 

9.  Alcoholic 

10.  Due  to  drugs  and  other  exogenous  toxins 

11.  With  pellagra 

12.  With  other  somatic  diseases 

13.  Manic-depressive 

14.  Involution  melancholia 

15.  Dementia  praecox 

16.  Paranoia  or  paranoid  conditions 

17.  Epileptic  psychoses 

18.  Psychoneuroses  and  neuroses 

19.  With  psychopathic  personality 

20.  With  mental  deficiency 

21.  Undiagnosed  psychoses 

22.  Without  psychosis 

Total 


Total 


M. 


212      177      389       211       172      383 


M. 


Rural 


M.      F. 


Table  11. — Economic  Condition  of  First  Admissions  classified  with  Reference 

to  Principal  Psychoses 


Psychoses 


1.  Traumatic 

2.  Senile 

3.  With  cerebral  arteriosclerosis .... 

4.  General  Paralysis 

5.  With  cerebral  syphilis 

6.  With  Huntington's  chorea , 

7.  With  brain  tumor 

8.  With  other  brain  or  nervous  diseases 

9.  Alcoholic 

10.  Due   to   drugs  and   other  exogenous 

toxins 

11.  With  pellagra 

12.  With  other  somatic  diseases 

13.  Manic-depressive 

14.  Involution  melancholia 

15.  Dementia  praecox 

16.  Paranoia  or  paranoid  conditions.  . 

17.  Epileptic  psychoses 

18.  Psychoneuroses  and  neuroses 

19.  With  psychopathic  personality .... 

20.  With  mental  deficiency 

21.  Undiagnosed  psychoses 

22.  Without  psychosis 


Total 212    177    389       11      12      23 


Total 


M.     F.      T. 


Depen- 
dent 


M.     F 


Marginal 


F. 


T. 


Comfort- 
able 


M. 


T. 


i 


P.D.  23  27< 

Table  12. — Use  of  Alcohol  by  First  Admissions  classified  with  Reference  to 

Principal  Psychoses 


i 

1 

Absti- 

Temper- 

Intem- 

Unascer- 

t,                Psychoses 

Total 

nent 

ate 

perate 

tained 

1 

M. 

F. 

T. 

M. 

F. 

T. 

M. 
1 

F. 

T. 

1 

M. 

F. 

T. 

M. 

F. 

T. 

1.  Traumatic 

1 

_ 

1 

- 

2.  Senile 

23 

37 

60 

2 

16 

18 

12 

17 

29 

5 

4 

9 

4 

- 

4 

3.  With  cerebral  arteriosclerosis .  .  . 

11 

7 

18 

3 

2 

5 

5 

5 

10 

1 

— 

1 

2 

- 

2 

4.  General  paralysis 

22 

7 

29 

4 

2 

6 

13 

2 

15 

5 

2 

7 

- 

1 

1 

4 

_ 

4 

1 

_ 

1 

V 

_ 

2 

1 

_ 

1 

_ 

— 

— 

6.  With  Huntington's  chorea 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

7.  With  brain  tumor 

- 

_ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

— 

- 

- 

- 

- 

8.  With  other  brain  or  nervous  dis- 

eases   

6 

5 

n 

1 

5 

6 

3 

- 

3 

1 

- 

1 

1 

- 

1 

9.  Alcoholic 

37 

1 

38 

- 

- 

_ 

— 

_ 

_ 

37 

1 

38 

- 

- 

- 

10.  Due  to  drugs  and  other  exogen- 

ous toxins 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

— 

- 

- 

- 

- 

11.  With  pellagra 

_ 

1 

1 

- 

- 

_ 

- 

_ 

- 

— 

1 

1 

- 

- 

- 

12.  With  other  somatic  diseases .... 

3 

17 

20 

- 

6 

6 

3 

9 

12 

- 

2 

2 

- 

- 

- 

13.  Manic-depressive 

5 

6 

11 

1 

6 

7 

2 

- 

2 

2 

- 

2 

- 

- 

— 

14.  Involution  melancholia 

1 

« 

9 

- 

3 

3 

1 

3 

4 

- 

1 

1 

- 

1 

1 

15.  Dementia  praecox 

51 

4fi 

97 

12 

20 

32 

26 

19 

45 

10 

3 

13 

3 

4 

7 

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1 

1 

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1 

1 

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9 

12 

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2 

- 

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177 

389 

37 

79 

116 

90 

75 

165 

72 

16 

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Table  14. — Psychoses  of  Readmissions 


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Males 


Females 


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2.  Senile  psychoses 

3.  Psychoses  with  cerebral  arteriosclerosis 

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5.  Psychoses  with  cerebral  syphilis 

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19.  Psychoses  with  psychopathic  personality 

20.  Psychoses  with  mental  deficiency 

21.  Undiagnosed  psychoses 

22.  Without  psychosis 

Total 


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11 


5 
32 
2 
1 
1 
3 
4 
7 
3 


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4 

12 

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1 
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27 

7 

56 

6 

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24 

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18.  Psychoneuroses  and  neuroses .  . 

19.  With  psychopathic  personality 

20.  With  mental  deficiency ....... 

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Psychoses 


Psychoses 

Total 

Under 
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15—20 
Years 

20—25 
Years 

25—30 
Years 

M. 

F. 

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6.  With  Huntington's  chorea 

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11.  With  pellagra 

12.  With  other  somatic  diseases.  . 

- 

14.  Involution  melancholia 

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16.  Paranoia  or  paranoid  conditions 

18.  Psychoneuroses  and  neuroses.  . 

19.  With  psychopathic  personality. 

20.  With  mental  deficiency 

- 

Total 

107 

94 

201 

4 

Table  17. — Age  of  Patients  at  Time  of  Death,  classified  with  Reference  to  Principal 

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Psychoses 

30—35 

Years 

35—40 

Years 

40—45 
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45—50 

Years 

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M. 

F. 

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4 
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1 
4 

16.  Paranoia  or  paranoid  conditions. 

17.  Epileptic 

18.  Psychoneuroses  and  neuroses .  .  . 

19.  With  psychopathic  personality. . 

20.  With  mental  deficiency 

6 

Totals 

15 

P.D.  23  35 

Table  17. — Age  of  Patients  at  Time  of  Death,  classified  with  Reference  to  Principal 


Psychoses 

— Concluded 

1 

■                     Psychoses 

55—60 

Years 

60—65 
Years 

65—70 

Years 

70—75 
Years 

75  Years 
AND  Over 

M. 

F. 

T. 

M. 

1 
1 

1 

1 
1 
1 

2 
8 

F. 

2 
2 

1 

2 

4 

1 

1 
13 

T. 

2 
3 
2 

1 

2 
4 
1 
2 
1 

3 
21 

M. 

2 

2 

1 
1 

2 

1 

9 

F. 

4 
2 

1 
1 

2 

1 
11 

T. 

6 
4 

1 
1 

1 
3 

3 

1 
20 

M. 

5 
8 

1 

1 

1 

4 
1 

1 

1 

23 

F. 

3 
1 

1 

1 
6 

T. 

8 
9 

1 

1 
1 

5 
1 

1 
1 

1 

29 

M. 

10 

4 

1 

2 

1 

1 

2 

21 

F. 

8 
5 

3 

1 
1 

2 

20 

T. 

1 
3 

1 
3 

8 

1 
2 

3 

1 
5 

1 
13 

1 
3 
3 

1 

3 

1 
8 

1 
21 

_ 

2.  Senile. 

18 

3.  With  cerebral  arteriosclerosis .  .  . 

9 

_ 

6.  With  Huntington's  chorea 

- 

8.  With  other  brain  or  nervous  dis- 

eases   

9.  Alcoholic 

10.  Due  to  drugs  and  other  exogen- 

ous toxins 

11.  With  pellagra 

12.  With  other  somatic  diseases .... 

13.  Manic-depressive 

14.  Involution  melancholia 

15.  Dementia  praecox 

16.  Paranoia  or  paranoid  conditions. 

17.  Epileptic 

18.  Psychoneuroses  and  neuroses .  .  . 

19.  With  psychopathic  personality. . 

20.  With  mental  deficiency 

1 

5 : 

2 

2 ; 

4 

22.  Without  psychosis 

Totals 

41 

Table   18. — Total  Duration  of  Hospital  Life  of  Patients  dying  in  Hospital 
classified  according  to  Principal  Psychoses 


Psychoses 

Total 

Less  than 
1  Month 

1—3 

Months 

4—7 
Months 

M. 

F. 

T. 

M. 

2 
1 

1 
1 

9 

14 

F. 

3 
2 

3 

6 
14 

T. 

5 
3 

3 

1 

1 

15 

_ 

28 

M. 

5 
3 
6 

1 

1 
1 

1 
18 

F. 

1 
2 

1 

2 

T. 

6 
5 
6 

1 

1 
1 

1 

3 

24 

M. 

2 
4 

1 

1 
1 

9 

1 

F. 

3 
1 

2 

1 

1 

8 

T. 

17 
16 
11 

1 

2 

7 

4 
3 
3 
26 
3 
1 

1 

2 

10 

18 

12 

4 

1 

1 
10 
7 
1 
24 
1 
_ 

J 

1 

35 

28 

15 

1 

1 

2 

7 

1 
14 
10 

4 
50 

4 

1 

1 

4 
22 

1 

_ 

2.  Senile 

5 

3.  With  cerebral  arteriosclerosis 

4 
1 

1 

6.  With  Huntington's  chorea 

8.  With  other  brain  or  nervous  dis- 

1 

1 

10.  Due  to  drugs  and  other  exogenous 
toxins 

12.  With  other  somatic  diseases 

13.  Manic-depressive 

2 

_ 

15.  Dementia  praecox      

l' 

16.  Paranoia  or  paranoid  conditions. . 

17.  Epileptic  psychoses 

18.  Psychoneuroses  and  neuroses 

19.  With  psychopathic  personality.  .  . 

21.  Undiagnosed  psychoses 

1 

22.  Without  psychosis 

Total 

107 

94 

201 

17 

36  P.  D.  23 

Table   18. — Total  Duration  of  Hospital  Life  of  Patients  Dying  in  Hospital 
classified  according  to  Principal  Psychoses — Continued 


Psychoses 

8—12 

Months 

1—2 
Years 

3—4 
Ye.\rs 

5—10 
Years 

M. 

F. 

T. 

M. 

6 
2 
3 

1 
1 

13 

F. 

4 
2 
1 

1 
1 

2 

2 
13 

T. 

10 

4 
4 

2 
1 

3 

2 
26 

M. 

1 
1 

1 

1 
1 

5 

F. 

4 
2 

4 

1 

1 

12 

T. 

5 
2 
1 

1 

5 
1 

1 
1 

17 

M. 

3 
1 

2 

9 
1 

1 

1 

18 

F. 

1 
1 
1 

4 
3 

1 
9 

1 

1 
22 

T. 

1 
2 

2 

5 

1 

4 

1 
6 

2 

6 

I 

2 

1 

11 

2    Senile 

1 

3.  With  cerebral  arteriosclerosis 

3 
2 

5.  With  cerebral  syphilis 

6.  With  Huntington's  chorea 

1 

8.  With  other  brain  or  nervous  diseases 

- 

10.  Due  to   drugs   and   other  exogenous 

11.  With  pellagra 

_ 

12.  With  other  somatic  diseases 

6 
3 

1 

18 

16.  Paranoia  or  paranoid  conditions 

1 
1 

18.  Psychoneuroses  and  neuroses 

19.  With  psychopathic  personality 

1 
2 

_ 

Total 

40 

Table  18. — Total  Duration  of  Hospital  Life  of  Patients  Dying  in  Hospital 
classified  according  to  Principal  Psychoses — Concluded 


Psychoses 

10—15 
Years 

15—20 
Years 

20  Years 
and  Over 

M. 

F. 

T. 

M. 

3 
3 

6 

F. 

1 

1 
2 

T. 
1 

3 

1 
5 

10 

M. 

2 

1 

6 
2 

11 

F. 

T. 

1 

1 

1 
4 

1 
8 

1 

2 

5 

1 
9 

1 
1 

1 

3 

9 

2 
17 

_ 

2      Senile        

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

_ 

?. 

10.  Due  to  drugs  and  other  exogenous  toxins 

11.  With  pellagra                  

_ 

1 

6 

?. 

18.     Psychoneuroses  and  neuroses 

- 

— 

_ 

_ 

Total                         

11 

P.D.  23 


37 


Table   19. — Family  Care  Department 


T. 


Remaining  September  30,  1928 

Admitted  within  the  year 

Nominally  returned  from  visit  for  discharge 

Whole  number  of  cases  within  the  year 

Dismissed  within  the  year 

Returned  to  the  institution 

Discharged 

Died 

Visit 

Escaped 

Remaining  September  30,  1927 

Supported  by  State 

Private 

Self-supporting 

Number  of  different  persons  within  the  year 

Number  of  different  persons  admitted 

Number  of  different  persons  dismissed 

Daily  average  number 

State 

Private 

Self-supporting 


13 

1 
12 
13 

2 


11 
3 


12.33 
10.33 

2 

1 


2 
12 

14 
3 

12.68 
10.33 

2.35 

1 


I