AVERAGE POPULATION, YEARLY AND WEEKLY COST PER CAPITA. INSTITUTIONS. 1887. 1838. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. State Hospital $3 55 $3 74 $3 78 $3 83 $1 22 $3 59 $3 71 $1 02 $5 03 $5 01 $5 38 $5 18 Northefu Hos $1 65 $1 64 $i 69 $1 75 $1 78 $1 70 $1 74 $1 74 $1 68 $1 73 31 66 $1 60 WISCONSIN STATE HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE. OFFICERS. WILLIAM B. LYMAN, M. D., SUPERINTENDENT. M. F. CLARK, M. D., AND EUGENE CHANEY, M. D., ASSISTANTS, F. E. KRETLOW, PHARMACIST. CHARLES A. CARTER, STEWARD. T. J. PALMER, ASSISTANT STEWARD. MISS ELIZABETH WHITEHEAD, MATRON. The Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane, located at Mendota near Madison, was opened for patients in July, 1860. Two years later, one longitudinal and one transverse wing on the west side were completed, since which time other additions have been made. The entire length of the hospital building is 569 feet, the center building being 65x120 feet. The first longitudinal wing on each side of the center is 132 feet, and the last on each extremity is 119 feet. The transverse wings are 87 feet long. This commodious building is surrounded by ornamental grounds, woods and farming lands, to the extent of 497 acres and is well adapted for the care of the unfortunates needing its protection. The hospital will now accommodate comfortably 520 patients. J. Edwards Lee, M. D., was the first medical superintendent, having been elected by the first board of trustees on the 22d of June, 1859, and the furniture and furnishing of the center building and first wing, and arrangements for the reception of patients, were conducted under his supervision. The second board of trustees was organized April 10, 1860, and on the 22d of May following appointed John P. Clement, M. D., to supersede Dr. Lee as superintendent, and in June, 1860, Mrs. Mary C. Halliday was appointed matron. The first patient was admitted July 14, 1860. Dr. Clement resigned January 1, 1864, and from that time until April 20, the hospital was in charge of John W. Sawyer, M. D.. assistant physician, when A. H. Van Norstrand, M. D., was elected superintendent. Dr. Van Norstrand resigned June 6, 1868, and was succeeded by A. S. McDill, M. D. Dr. McDill resigned in October, 1872, and on the 29th of April, 1873, Mark Ranney, M. D., was appointed superintendent, and entered upon his duties July 23. Dr. Ranney resigned and was succeeded by A. S. McDill, M. D., in April, 1875. Dr. McDill was removed by death November 12, 1875. O. F. Boughton, M. D., who had served a number of years as assistant phys cian in the hospital, was chosen to fill the vacancy occasioned by Dr. McDill's death, and he held that position until July 1, 1881. Dr. R. M. Wigginton, of Watertown, was chosen his successor by the Board of Supervision, July 1, 1881, and having been elected to be superintendent of the Northern Hospital for the Insane, was succeeded by Dr. S. B. Buckmaster, July 1, 1884. Dr. Buckmaster held the position until December 1, 1889, when he resigned, and was succeeded by Dr. Louis R. Head, of Oakwood Retreat, at Lake Geneva, Wis. On July 21, 1891, Dr. E. P. Taylor was elected to be the successor of Dr. Head, and entered upon the duties of the office August 1, 1891. Dr. Taylor resigned July 1, 1893, and Dr. John B. Edwards of Mauston was chosen to succeed him. Dr. Edwards resigned July 1, 1895, and was succeeded by Dr. William B. Lyman. There has been paid from the State Treasury, up to October 1, 1898, for real estate, buildings, improvements, repairs and current expenses of the hospital, in all the sum of $4,002,608.71. Whole number of patients admitted since the opening of the hospital July 14, 1860.. Discharged recovered Discharged improved Discharged unimproved Discharged not insane Died Under treatment September 30, 1898. 8,149 2,269 2,141 2,334 21 1,056 8,149 The average number of patients in the hospital the past year has been 403 as against 405 the previous year, and the current expenses $113,330.94, as against $110,497.07. NORTHERN HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE. OFFICERS. W. A. GORDON, M. D., SUPERINTENDENT. A. SHERMAN, M. D., W. P. BRODERICK, M. D., AND THOS. R. JONES, M. D., ASSISTANTS. J. H. PIERSON, PHARMACIST. E. E. FINNEY, STEWARD. FRANK I. PISHON, ASSISTANT STEWARD. MISS MINNIE SCHRIBER, MATRON. In 1870 a law was passed authorizing an additional hospital for the insane. After an examination of several sites in different parts of the state by a commission appointed for that purpose, choice was made of the location offered bythe citizens of Oshkosh, consisting of 337 acres of land, about four miles north of the city, on the west shore of Lake Winnebago. The necessary appropriations were made, and the north wing and central building were completed and opened for the admission of patients in 1873. Further appropriations were made from time to time for additional wings, and in 1875, the hospital was completed according to the original design, at a total cost to the state of six hundred and twenty-five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Since that time some additional land has been purchased, the original buildings modified, and others erected. This hospital will now, without crowding, suitably accommodate 650 patients. In December, 1873, Dr. Walter Kempster, of Utica, New York, was elected superintendent and continued to act as such by successive re-elections, until the close of the term ending July 1, 1884, when he was succeeded by Dr. R. M. Wigginton, who had had several years' experience as assistant and superintendent in the State Hospital for the Insane near Madison. Upon the close of the official year, July 1, 1887, Dr. Walter Kempster was again elected superintendent, but after serving three months, he resigned the position, and Dr. Charles E. Booth, of Elroy, Wis., was elected his successor. On July 21, 1891, Dr. W. F. Wegge, of Milwaukee, was elected to succeed Dr. Booth, and became superintendent August 1, 1891. Dr. Wegge resigned October 1, 1894, and Dr. D. G. Hathaway, of Wauwatosa, was elected his successor. Dr. Hathaway resigned July 1, 1895, and was succeeded by Dr. W. A. Gordon, of Oshkosh. There has been paid from the state treasury up to October 1, 1896, for real estate, buildings, improvements, repairs and current expenses of the hospital, in all the sum of $3,587,807.35. Whole number of patients admitted since the opening of the The average number of patients in the hospital in the past year has been 546, as against 539 the previous year, and the current expenses $144,687.77, as against $133,374.70. |