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Twenty-fcmr Pajjja EMKOtregonian IRotmfl-Up Souvenir ifu Pendleton. Oregon. Friday, September 12, 1913 Page Five Eastern Oregon State Hospital is Most Modern Institution of Its Class Btuldioi in Ike Since January J Erected to Suit Every Need of Inmates. A View of the Institution an d Its Workings; Pendleton Is Justly proud of the Eastern Oregon state hospital, an In stitution where insane patients are given treatment In accordance with the most approved method)). This In stitution Is among .the most efficient of Us kind In the country, for every method thai Is today known to phy Hicluns for the treatment of the In- ane Is here used. In many ways the local equipment is better than in many institutions in other states. The hospital Is situated but a short distance from the city. Plans are under way to beautify the grounds and make them as handsome as Is tf)ns fclble with trees avid shrubs. An eoel- Put not all these people who are to be found today within Ahe walls ot the branch hospital a uort distance from the city believe they are Insane Their condition Is "my doxy" and you M ho. look upon -them as different are tegarded by thorn as ''your doxy." Their views of things ae correct; your views of things are wrong. They are confident in their delusions; they ik suspicious of your firm, practical facts. The only way to -treat thin kind of illness 1 through Argument. "We never deceive our patients," was the remark of Dr. A. K. Tamle sle, first assistant surgeon at -the hos pital. "We sometlrmw evude them but neas basis, a great oontrust .to the Ivlt-and-uilss methods -nre in use in many state institutions. The eoonomy of scientific business is keenly recog nised by jthe institution here, it has been demonstrated that .a state Insti tution can be run without a vast .and sometimes .needlewt expenditure which fulls as a burden upon the taxpayers. Figures of cost of mulntenunce Indi cate that sbice such an iustltution is necr(ary, it can he efficiently handl ed within a mode-st -appropriation and 1111 ullow evry Inmate all the com f. rts that may be tiecessuty to his wll beitng. There are 3J8 patumts in he hos- Kw.&h' C IMi; LMiiiS W&viwWh'l arts mwAd.2Jix4A?4M i ii ii i i n" g -- 1 r"1 'i ' . ' i p i ii f i i v vw"! .ttt'i. : jjrwrPfo' r ZtZfrs; , ftr Front View Eastern Oregon State Hospital lent road will soon be built leading to the buildings. The hospital au thorities have been found ever wil ling to work in conjunction with the city authorities in improving the thoroughfare so that access to the In stitution may be made without any unnecessary Inconvenience. A noted man once said that ortho doxy was "my doxy," and heterodoxy was "your doxy." It all depends upon the way one looks at a question whether he accepts It In general with the vast majority or opposes it with the slight minority. "All the men and women who are candidates for an insane hospital are by no means In It," was the substance of a remark by Superintendent W. D. McNnry. He did not mean by till that there are insane men at large, but that there are men and women so physically constructed that the least excitement might be the caupu of a transformation which would Haas them with the insane. They are fortunatu enough, however, to have thus far escaped the particular cause. Sometimes it Is one thing and some times another. It may lie financial never deceive them. Often through argument we convince them of the realty of a thing. We never use force or cruelty." KxccllciH AcoomiiMMlutlon, No better accommodations for the insane can be found in any state than what are to be seen in the Eastern Oregon hospital. When the many Im provement are made to the grounds that arc now contemplated and some of which are already under way, the Institution will be" a model of its kind. All these beautiful surroundings have their Influence upon those within the building. Instead of the old-time dungeon, the patient is allowed the sunxhlne and the pure air, the dally hath and the sanitary sleeping room. The Institution Is conducted as a huie business Institution Is conducted. It might he called an Institution for the conservation of life for many of these patients who apparently enter ed In a hopeless :itnte. have gone forth completely restored to health. When one has an opportunity of seeing at first hand the way the busi ness of the Institution here is conduct ed, he marvela at the system which men have died and three- womtn. a total of 13, while but three nx n have made escapes. Ttese escapes, however, are really not escap- In the sense which that word lmplW-s. Elope is a much better word In this Instance an the paitents who tiave left were amcng the num "ber allowed the freedom of the yards and were in all Instances ne-arly re covered. They simply wulke-ei out of the grounds and went home. Dr. Mc Xary has In -each ease received word frem their relatives of their having ta. two months included in one add more to the February account than belongs there. Figuring from the total num ber of patients, it will be found that the cost per month, and this exclus arrived, nd M they would have been ! i i Included in the coat of mainten dlscharged anyway within short time, j ance. The employed receive from- $30 he -has nade ao attempt to ;g;t them to J50 a month, their roeim and board, bfce-k. 'Experienced nurses receive from 45 lNir Oilita Kkpenic. i to $."0. From 55 to 30 attendants are Tlv pe r capita expense Is one of the employed. This allows one attendant interesting matters In ronnee-tion with ! to every 10 patients. He-sides these the management of the hospital. In . nurse s and attendants, there are two the method used In keeping an ac-; physicians. Dr. Tamlesle an.t Dr. Ha- However, these; latter figures ! are always asked. The institution . able here to show the comoarathte scarcely ive an adequate Uea as theimakeu its own bread and Dastrv. Hut-1 cost of the 8alem hewnital anei tht. ter. eggs, milk and enher Incidentals j Eastern Oregon hepltal. It Is safe to are. purchased from local farmer - , , , ... ., . , , say, from at least one month s fig- and from the local stores. IVndle-ton IViiefltH. ure" wh'ch Dr. McXary h.-vppena to One may be surorlserl to knnw thnf l have knowledge, that this Institution Ive of the salaries paid attendants ' fhrurfnir from the t.reen ha.u makes a flattering comparlsem. which Is Included in the other figures, expenditure, the hosnltal will i.lace The legislature appropriated the wouia oe snout (lis lor ims total; In circulation in Pendleton In the' numoer or patients in tne hospital or neighborhood of $70,000 this about 35 cents a Jay for each patient. An attendant Is inseperable from a patient and'for that reason his salary I maintenance fund for the local hos- t -vl.nl A u. .r, rm T-. n .... -.- pital in this city. This is as large as many populations of towns In the west and middle west as well as in the east. Of these 240 are men and 9S are women. This population is not always the same. It varies each month, not greatly in many instances. New patients are received; those who are cured are discharged, and many die. So there is always change go ing on. Superintendent McXary receives each day a report of conditions. From these dally reports, a monthly report is made out which is forwarded to the state board of control at Salem. These monthly reports take up the number of patients at the close of the month, i giving the number of men and the number of women; the number re ceived during the month; the number of returned escapes; the number un der care and treatment; the number discharged, receivered; the number discharged, much improved; the num ber discharged, Improved; the number tier discharged, not insane; the num ber dying; the number eloped, this term being used instead of escape; a total of the discharged, died and el- count f this cost, the flguren are down to a fraction of a cent. There Is absolutely no Item approximated, er.ch Is definite and final. The cwrt li. eludes the salaries paid officials and attendants, including the super intendent, light, fuel, water, cloth ing and medicine. The January and February expenses, figured In this way, amounted to $21.57. (In giving thewe figures, the frae-tlons will not be included). This is the highest cost slncp the hospital was opened, but, flK Indicated, It Includes that part of January from the twenty-sixth, up ti the last of February. At thi basis, the daily cost of maintenance would be between 49 and 77 cents per eapl- 1, but as This Is Indeed a eoodlv sum for the!,n institution was not ready to b local merchant. Dr. McXary figures Pened at that time, the patients this money will be spent either dl- ' were kept at Salem until the 56th. Th rectly or Indirectly, during the present Iocal hP'tal, however, turned over year. For instance, the employes will to the Salem Institution a per capita spend considerable with the business cost toT the 25 day on th basis of men of pendle-ton. The hospital has m.il, which would Indicate that this need of outside labor from time to,latter um wa what thft Salem time .and this year particularly when h"P'tal was paying for the month of the grounds are being improved and ! January- A glance at the figures parked, and this will create a large aK"am show, that the local how- payroll. As all butter anri ee snrl ' P,tal h not reached tho figures as gooel, and the superintendent, Dr. Mc- the like, which are neeeled from timei"et' w,tn the exception of the month Xary. . tn timp are purchased In this city, thl ' anJ a ia,f combined, and would tenel The following figures will give an will Increase the revenue of the mer- J to how that the Eastern Oregon hos Idea of the cost of maintenance sines j chants and the farmers, and all told fital Is maintaining a lower cost per the Institution opened: the Institution means considerable t! capita than the Institution at Salem. I An I-e Plant. A new refrigerator plant has been Januarv and February ti Mim-h 15.91 The last legislature aonronrlateil II - M - . i - ... , ' ' ; JIU7.500 Tor maintenance of the hos-1 recently Installed which I going to May 15.33 pital. At the present time, the Instl-jmean a good deal to the Institution. The above are the per capita costjtution Is well, within this amount. .The plant manufactures Ice and clr wlth the salaries of the attendants as, Whether there will be necessity in the culates water through the building well as the physicians and the super- future to draw upon the appropriation for drinking purposes. The colls are Intendent included. ! heavily, is f course not nown. but run through the big tank, anr by A good deal of expense is saved at j Dr McXary positively declares there mean's of a motor, the water is driven the hospital through the women pa- will be no deficiency. This will cer- to the various parts of the building, tients making their own clothing, j tainly be a record for an institution where from sanitary drinking fount Clothing for the men has to be pur-; m the first year of its existence. alng it Is available for the use of the chased and compe titive bids for these Although there are no figures avail- patient . . . . j: ... ,u . ( ... . i i '--h i i n 'Mil ii ii if Side View Showing Laundry Building loeses; It may be grief over the death of a loved one; It may be religious de votion. These things in themselves aid the doctor, are not the. .founda tional causes of Insanity, but they are as the match to the powder. The fundamental causes are physical. - A nervous, neurotic person, melancholy perhaps, eccentric In his ways, might be the most susceptible candidate for complete derangement Of course there are exceptions as In all things else, but generally this Is the caae. In all Instances, howevor, the sufferer from these allmenta Is not a well man either physically or mentally. And if he should descend to the level of the Insane he would not be any more a well man than he was before. Thus the medical profession has come to rc- gnrn" the) Insane nick people can adequately take care of so large a number of men and women, and do it at a cost comparatively small. And this care is the best possible care that has thus far been devised. There Is no stinting of food; no shortage of clothing; no neglect; n insufficiency of medical attention. Each patient receives all the personal attention It Is possible to give him or her. Each receives three hearty meals a day; and warmth, clean and sanitary rooms, plenty of fresh air, are available. As one of the attendants expressed it: "Why, If we opened the whole place and told them to go, the majority probably would refuse to leave the premises." A Business Thuds. The Eastern Oregon State Hosp'tal l conducted iinon a thoroueh busl- oped and the number remaining. Then the average dally number of patients Is given, together with a detailed re port of the number of persons, includ ing officers, employes and patients, having been lodged and fed. These reports, be it remembered, are sent in each month. Some months there are very few variations, the reports re maining almost the same. Other months there are several changes. In this way, close tabulation Is kept of the population of the Institution. At the opening of the hospital on Jan uary 26. there were S25 patients re ceived from the hospital at Salem. Of these 39 were men and 98 women. Since that date, there have been a to tal of 58 patients received, 45 men and IS women. Thirty have been dis charged, 12 men and 8 women. Ten Id Selecting four Automobile there are many things to consider besides the first cost. In addition to up-keep, another great factor is economy of operating. 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