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 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STATE HOSPITAL, RALEIGH, N. C., FOR THE TWO YEARS ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1904. RALEIGH: E. M. UZZELL & Co., STATE PRINTERS. 1905. OFFICERS OF THE HOSPITAL. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. John D. Biggs, President . . . . . Williamston, N. C.Term expires April 1, 1905. R. H. Stancell, M. D. . . . . .Margarettesville, N. C.Term expires April 1, 1905. John B. Bradfoot . . . . . Fayetteville, N. C.Term expires April 1, 1905. Edwin Smith . . . . . Godwin, N. C.Term expires April 1, 1907. L. J. Picot, M. D. . . . . . Littleton, N. C.Term expires April 1, 1907. W. H. Whitehead, M. D. . . . . . Rocky Mount, N. C.Term expires April 1, 1907. J. G. Hunt, M. D. . . . . . Oxford, N. C.Term expires April 1, 1909. John W. Thompson . . . . . Raleigh, N. C.Term expires April 1, 1909. S. O. Middleton . . . . . Hallsville, N. C.Term expires April 1, 1909. B. R. Lacy, Treasurer ex officio . . . . . Raleigh, N. C. P. B. Fleming, Institutional Clerk . . . . . Raleigh, N. C. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. R. H. Stancell, M. D., Chairman, L. J. Picot, M. D. S. O. Middleton. RESIDENT OFFICERS AND STAFF. James McKee, M. D. . . . . . Superintendent. Charles L. Jenkins, M. D. . . . . . Assistant Physician. Edwin B. Ferebee, M. D. . . . . . Assistant Physician. Charles Hardesty . . . . . Steward. Miss M. F. Whitaker . . . . . Matron. Miss Mary Lacy . . . . . Clerk to Board of Directors and Ex. Com. and Sten. SUBORDINATE OFFICERS. Miss Annie J. Eagle . . . . . Head Nurse. A. J. Brown . . . . . Head Nurse. L. A. Kuester . . . . . Engineer. T. A. Holliday . . . . . Carpenter. James S. Adams . . . . . Garden, Farm and Dairyman. REPORT OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS. DIX HILL, RALEIGH, N. C., December 14, 1904. To His Excellency, GOVERNOR C. B. AYCOCK, Raleigh, N. C.

DEAR SIR:—We herewith submit the report of Dr. James McKee, Superintendent of the institution which you have placed in our charge, and beg to call your attention to what we regard as urgent needs of this institution:

1. An annual appropriation for 1905 $ 75,000.00 For 1906 75,000.00 2. For Engineering Department, which includes three boilers, etc 17,500.00 3. Carpenter's house and equipments and dormitories for employees and laundry 8,500.00 4. For the purchase of land and erecting buildings for the increased accommodation of outside insane 90,000.00 5. Painting houses and repairs 3,500.00 6. For fencing 1,000.00 7. For reflooring portions of the house 1,800.00 8. Water rent for 1905 1,500.00 Water rent for 1906 1,500.00 9. Annual payment for lights for 1905 1,500.00 Annual payment for lights for 1906 1,500.00 10. For outstanding indebtedness 1,835.45   $280,135.45

While every best endeavor was made to avoid a deficit in accordance with law, we have been compelled to make a deficit on account of the condemning of the electric wiring in the house. To protect the property and patients against fire, connection was made with the Raleigh Gas and Electric Company at a cost of $1,000.

The joint committee of the two institutions rendered its report, which so forcibly commended itself in detail as to the data obtained from the outside insane that it was unanimously adopted and commended to your especial attention and through you to the Legislature.

Very respectfully submitted for the Board of Directors, JOHN D. BIGGS, Chairman. REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE. To the Boards of Directors of the State Hospitals at Morganton and Raleigh:

The undersigned committee, appointed by your respective bodies, beg leave to report the following:

We believe a certain and well-defined policy should be adopted by the State either to provide adequately for its insane citizens or decline to do so in unqualified terms. If the latter policy is followed, the authorities of the different counties, knowing they cannot depend on the State, will provide for their insane the best they can, and the insane will have some care that is now denied to many. Under the present plan the counties wait for the State to build and the State does not and thus the insane are left uncared for.

There is no need to discuss the humane or economical side of the question, for we assume that all are agreed that the public should undertake to provide amply for all the insane, especially those whose friends and relatives are unable to care for them.

It is well known that North Carolina has not erected enough buildings to house all its white insane, but it is not certain how many are in their homes, in jails and alms-houses or roaming the country at large.

The United States Census for 1900 does not enumerate the insane except those in State and Private Hospitals, and the census of 1890 was so notoriously and glaringly inaccurate in the enumeration of the insane that not the slightest credence is given it. The numerations of previous years are out of date and may be as worthless as that of 1890, but a study of the census of 1880 is interesting; the white population was 867,242, the insane 1,591, one insane person to every 545 of inhabitants; the negro insane was one to every 1,215. (Negroes under the foregoing should have room for 520; the whites room for 2,181. The negroes have room for 500; the whites room for 1,400. There are 20 negro insane on the outside to 700 white). We, therefore, must rely on the carefully prepared statistics of other countries and States. In more thickly populated countries there are slightly more than three insane persons to every 1,000 of population. Probably insanity is not so prevalent amongst our citizens, but we believe that two to 1,000 of white people in North Carolina are insane. The large number of applications on file in the offices of the two hospitals for white insane and the many letters of inquiries would seem to prove this number to be correct, but to be well within limits we will base our calculations on one insane person to 600 of white inhabitants.

North Carolina by the census of 1900 had 1,263,603 white inhabitants; 779,049 in the Western Hospital District and 484,554 in the Eastern. On the basis of one insane person to 600 inhabitants we had in the State in 1900, 2,106 insane; 1,298 in the Western District and 808 in the Eastern. The Western District increased in population during the decade 1890-1900, 148,269, or 14,827 per annum. The Eastern District 66,143, or 6,614 per annum. At the same ratio the population in the Western District for the past five years has increased 74,133, the insane 123; in the Eastern the increase of population for five years has been 33,070, the insane 55. If these estimates are correct there are in the Western District 1,421 insane persons, in the Eastern 863, or a total of 2,284 in the State. The Morganton Hospital has in round numbers beds for 1,000 patients, the one in Raleigh beds for 400. These estimates show the need for an increase of 421 beds at Morganton and 463 Raleigh, and also that in the Western District there is one patient cared for to every 853 inhabitants, and in the Eastern one to every 1,294. It appears from the foregoing that the Eastern District needs room for more. To equalize the two districts there should be at Morganton 129 patients from the East. The yearly increase of the white insane in North Carolina is about 36.

In accordance with the agreement of the two boards, 70 women were received from the East. On 22d of October there were 77 patients in the Hospital at Morganton from the East and 16 in the Raleigh Hospital from the West. It is plain that sending patients so far is expensive, and, everything else being equal, the Raleigh Hospital needs enlargement more than the one at Morganton.

It is our opinion that in consideration of the large number of insane outside the walls of the Hospitals, who are in need, and the difficulty and expense of providing for so many at once, that dotards, paralytics, idiots, imbeciles and epileptics for the present be excluded or accommodations prepared for them in other places.

Employment is the best remedy for insanity and farming is the best and most remunerative form of labor. It is estimated there should be an acre of land to every patient under treatment. The Hospital at Raleigh has felt greatly the need for land and this need cannot but grow greater as time goes on. We respectfully urge that this matter cannot be too strongly insisted on to the Legislature by your respective boards. Sufficiency of land is the one great means of reducing the cost of maintenance; it is not only a curative measure, but an economical one.

It is absolutely necessary to make more room for the insane at Raleigh. The cost for their maintenance will be materially decreased by the purchase of more land and a cheaper water supply. They now pay two thousand dollars per annum for water and for the rent of land, which represents the interest on a capital of forty thousand dollars at five per cent.

We again ask that attention be drawn to the large amount of tuberculosis in our midst, which we are helpless to combat with our insufficient accommodation for the tuberculous patients.

There is a great demand on the resources of the State for every purpose and these resources are limited. We for this reason recommend that at present you ask for accommodation for the insane on a basis of one bed in the Hospital for every 750 of population. This would require about one hundred and fifty more beds at Morganton and three hundred and fifty at Raleigh. This makes no allowance for the yearly increase, and will not, in our judgment, supply the demand, but by excluding the classes we think under the circumstances should be excluded, it may care for the curable, violent and troublesome cases. The beds at Morganton should be limited to men, because of the excess of accommodation for women, 600 to 400 men; the beds at Raleigh to be divided equally between the sexes.

The colonization of patients at Morganton has proved so efficient we recommend this be tried at Raleigh and increased at Morganton. If this be done more land will also be needed at Morganton. For obvious reasons it is better to have land joining the present holdings, but this is not essential; land more than three or four miles away can be utilized.

We respectfully call your attention to an effort that may be made to change the State's Prison into a hospital for the insane. We believe this would be harmful to the State's best interests, and we know it is not and cannot be made suitable for the innocent insane. The laws governing hospitals and the general subject of insanity could be amended in some particulars with advantage.

If the Legislature of 1905 should determine to provide to any large extent for the insane it would be the part of wisdom to appoint a competent commission to examine this great question in all its aspects before large amounts of money be spent. The best thought of this and all other countries should be studied and the wisest course adopted. There is a disposition to break away from the old plan of large, expensive structures to smaller, simpler, cheaper, and we believe, more efficient ones.

We feel we have a great State, and we are proud of it. We cannot but earnestly hope that this subject of caring for its insane so long neglected may be systematically taken up and treated in a business-like way. If, after discussion, the General Assembly believes the State cannot afford to erect any more buildings, then it should so declare. If, on the other hand, it thinks our people can further and adequately provide for them, then this should be dealt with in a plain, business-like way.

Respectfully submitted, J. P. SAWYER, I. I. DAVIS, A. A. SHUFORD, Committee from Morganton Hospital. R. H. STANCELL, L. J. PICOT, S. O. MIDDLETON, Committee from the Raleigh Hospital. REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT. John D. Biggs, Esq., President, and Gentlemen of the Board of Directors of the State Hospital at Raleigh:

I have the honor to submit, by custom and law, the biennial report of the State Hospital at Raleigh for the two years ending November 30, 1904. To this report will be found annexed the Steward's, and the accompanying tables of receipts and expenditures, the reports of the Engineer, Carpenter, Gardener, Stock and Dairyman and Matron, all of which will inform you of the operations of the respective departments for this biennial period. At the beginning of this biennial period, December 1, 1902, there were in this Hospital, patients—164 males; 233 females; total, 399. The number of male patients admitted during this period was 180; females 148; total, 328. The total number under treatment during the bienneum, 725; number of deaths, 32 males; 25 females; total 57. Number discharged as restored, 113 males; 63 females; total, 173. The per cent. of restorations based on admissions was, males, 67; females, 42; average per cent. of restorations, 54; remaining in the Hospital December 1, 1904, 178 males; 202 females; total, 480. Seventy-two were declined for the following reasons: for want of room, being blind, forfeiting beds, being paralytics, epileptics, imbeciles and idiots. The number of deaths has been 57; of them 4 were over 70 years, 5 over 60, 11 over 50 years, 17 over 40 years, 14 over 30, 5 over 20 years, and 1 under 20 years. Only one patient died of an acute disease, that was pneumonia. Tuberculosis comes in as usual as the cause of the greatest number of deaths. And just here it is well enough to suggest the necessity of providing isolation, disinfection and treatment for these cases. Cheaply constructed houses, or, what is better, tents, should be provided for them that their time might be spent in the open air, and during sleeping hours get as much oxygen in their lungs as possible. When these cottages or tents shall have become so infected as to be unfit for use they can be burned, and the loss will be small. A rgeat many cases of recurrent mania have been discharged that will return.

While the mortality is greater than in the preceding two years, yet we should and do feel grateful that no unusual sickness or acute disease has prevailed on Dix Hill among the inhabitants.

We have had no accidents, but have been unfortunate in losing 168 head of hogs by cholera. The infection was probably brought in by a hog purchased, yet the hog pasture has been in constant use for forty-five years, and cholera has invaded it before. The herd is being replaced by purchases, which have been an unexpected draught upon the maintenance appropriation.

AMUSEMENTS AND DIVERSIONS OF PATIENTS.

The patients, nurses and male attendants assemble twice a week and enjoy dancing to the strains of sweet music. All of them thoroughly enjoy the music, and the effect is so apparent that music should be credited as one of the most potential remedies for the insane. Services are held every Sunday morning in the Chapel by Dr. T. N. Ivey, the Chaplain. The better class of patients appreciate these services. They are fond of the Chaplain, and look forward with great anticipation to his regular and prompt attendance.

 TRAINING SCHOOL.

The training school has been a success. The nurses are trained in the Hospital to bestow upon the patients that careful nursing for the advancement of their comfort and the promotion of their recovery. To keep their physical lives up to the highest possible sanitary condition by proper feeding, and by strict observance of regular habits in eating, sleeping, bathing and taking outdoor exercise is to be found the “royal road to recovery.” The class appreciates this, and is working diligently and interestingly along these lines for the accomplishment of that purpose.

 WORK ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS.

Very few improvements have been added to the Hospital, as only one appropriation was made for any, and that was $5,000 for the special purpose of furnishing to the Hospital a purer and more wholesome water supply and all necessary connections and equipments thereto. The right of way, with all the necessary deeds, was obtained from the guardian of Frances Fuller Thompson through her plantation. The main pipe of the Wake Water Company was tapped, connection made and 2,800 feet of 8-inch iron pipe was laid and made to connect with pipes at the Hospital. The pressure was so great under this new service that the old corroded pipes throughout the Hospital had to be replaced with 1,100 feet of new pipe. Several new lavatories have been put in and 90 feet of drain pipes, and a great many old, worn-out basin cocks have been replaced by new and better ones.

The water supply, for the first time in years, is pure and adequate, though it comes at a cost of $1,500 per year. A new 150-horse-power boiler was purchased and placed in a position west of the great stack, and protected by a frame building shut in and covered by corrugated iron. The cost of the building, breeching, masonry, house and connections by new pipes was $3,082.60. The condemning of the old boilers by the boiler inspector made it necessary to make this purchase. The special Examining Committee in their report to the Legislature of 1903 recommended an appropriation of $3,000 for the purpose of buying boilers. This boiler has relieved us materially, as it gives the old boilers rest, they being about burned out and not fit for persistent use. The Engineer, Carpenter and Tinner have been constantly employed in repairing. The building, having been in constant use for forty-six years, requires persistent watchfulness to meet the dilapidation that comes with time. The Engineer has been very busy and careful in looking after the old, wornout and inadequate boilers that have been in constant use for thirteen years, and but for his thorough knowledge of his business, his untiring energy and deep interest in the care of these unfortunate people, we were likely to have been without heat any time during the winter. Three new 150-horsepower boilers are urgently needed to take the place of the old, worn-out and condemned boilers. There is too great an area of building surface to heat for the boiler capacity, and if additional buildings, as asked for, are granted the purchase of them will be most important.

I desire to call your attention to the ice plant, and reiterate what was recommended in the report of 1902. I stated that the ice plant is not at all equal to the needs of the Hospital, nor the cold storage, and for economy and convenience should be removed. If the proposition recommended for the construction of a new house is granted the cold storage and ice plant could be placed in that. The pipes in the cold storage and brine tank are badly corroded, and are leaking. During the persistently hot weather last summer we were obliged to buy ice to supplement our ice for use in the Hospital. It is necessary to have a 3,000-gallon brine tank. The one at present in use was bought second-hand six years ago, and was not properly constructed. The Engineer's Report will give you in detail the needs in that portion of his department. See Engineer's Report annexed.

The Carpenter's Report annexed hereto will show that since his connection with the Hospital he has been very busy doing repair work.

 GARDENER'S REPORT.

This officer's report will disclose the work done in his department and the urgent need of a greater acreage of land. Eighty acres adjoining this tract have been rented for $300 per year, with the privilege of five years. It has been the greatest help to us. It furnished a house for the Gardener, out-houses for farm hands, additional stable room and pasture land for mules and calves. Quite a number of fowls were raised there. The estimated value of crops harvested is $1,237, rent deducted leaves $937 worth of corn, potatoes, pease and ensilage on hand. The Hospital ought to have one acre of land for every patient. I would most earnestly suggest the recommendation of an appropriation of $10,000 to purchase land. It gives me pleasure to endorse the suggestions contained in the report.

 PLANS FOR INCREASED ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PATIENTS.

In the last biennial report attention was called to the necessity of providing for the outside insane. The report called for an addition both to the male and female wings, running in a westerly direction 172 feet and three stories high of the same architecture as the old building, giving 132 more rooms, these wings being contiguous to the heating plant, thereby economizing in attaching the heating pipes.

The Executive Committee of this State Hospital met at the State Hospital at Morganton and agreed to admit patients to the empty beds in both Hospitals, regardless of residence, but legal by transfer. The Committee from this Hospital fully inspected the Hospital at Morganton and its workings, and were very much pleased with the colony plan recently adopted by the management of that Hospital. They inspected one building fully completed and filled with patients, with all the cooking apparatus and heating apparatus installed. They were impressed with the neatness of the system and of the house, yard, barns, piggeries and poultry yard. The patients were contented and evidently intent upon making a success of what they supposed to be their own belongings. This is the history of all colony plans that are being tried in Europe and America, and I suggest that the plan be tried here, provided we can get the additional acreage of land to justify us in so doing. These houses can be built at a small cost, and could be built while building the wing to the female department of our present building, thereby enabling us to complete this building much more promptly and at a less cost. If this should be granted, there would be no necessity of adding at present the other wing to the male department. The Committee adjourned to meet in Raleigh at the Hospital, November 22, which they did, and formulated a report which will be presented to your body for your deliberation and action. I commend it to you as a plain statement of data, though approximate, but the best to be obtained, as worthy of adoption. I suggest you order its publication in the published report.

 FINANCES.

I respectfully call your attention to the attached report of the Steward. You will observe that the expenditures are in excess of receipts. This could not be avoided without detriment to the property and patients committed to our care. The repair account is unusually large; the cost of living high and uncertain; the water account, payable in money monthly from the maintenance fund; the imperative necessity of changing our system of lighting the premises and houses, using both gas and electricity at a cost of $243 per month, with an old, worn-out gas plant, making gas from rosin at a cost of $2.60 per barrel, and overtaxing a dynamo put in for 200 lights and made to carry 300; the condemning of the wiring by an expert inspector of the South Eastern Tariff Association compelled us to connect with the Standard Gas and Electric Company of Raleigh. This company supplies us with gas at a cost of $1.25 per thousand feet, and will cost $1,800 per annum. The cost of rewiring the house was estimated at $2,000. The cost of the dynamos to be run in duplicate would cost $6,300. This could not be obtained for the want of funds. The lights are brilliant and satisfactory both as to service and cost. The cost of connecting and purchasing lamps is $1,000.

THE RECEIPTS FOR TWO YEARS ARE FOR OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS. End of fiscal year 1902 $ 7,000.00 Special appropriation for water 5,000.00 Maintenance, $71,500 for two years 143,000.00 Pay patients and other resources 13,321.28   $168,321.28

EXPENDITURES. For 1903 $ 87,593.03 For 1904 82,563.70 Total $170,156.73 Deficit 1,835.45

THE COST OF MAINTAINING PATIENTS PER CAPITA ON APPROPRIATION. One year $ 159.00 One month 33.00 One day .43

NEEDS. An annual appropriation for 1905 $ 75,000.00 For 1906 75,000.00 For Engineering Department, which includes three boilers, house, etc 17,500.00 Carpenter's house and equipments and dormitories for employees and laundry 8,500.00 For the purchase of land and erecting buildings for the increased accommodation of outside insane 90,000.00 Painting house and repairs 3,500.00 For fencing 1,000.00 For reflooring portions of the house 1,800.00 Water rent for 1905 1,500.00 Water rent for 1906 1,500.00 Annual payment for lights for 1905 1,500.00 For 1906 1,500.00 For outstanding indebtedness 1,835.45   $280,135.45

On July 15 Mr. W. R. Crawford, Jr., resigned as Steward, to accept a position as general agent of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company. His long, efficient and faithful services have been appreciated by this and preceding administrations. He was succeeded by Mr. Hardesty, whose familiarity with the work has enabled us to run things on smoothly.

The members of the Medical Staff are entitled to and deserve much praise for time and skillful energy given to the work.

It is a matter of pleasure to recall the endorsement of our actions and instances of courtesy and kindness shown us by the members of the Board and the faithfulness and loyalty of the employees.

Respectfully submitted, JAMES McKEE, Superintendent.

TABLE No. 1. SHOWING THE NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS AND DISCHARGES (INCLUDING CURES, IMPROVED, UNIMPROVED AND DEATHS) AND THOSE REMAINING FOR EACH YEAR SINCE THE OPENING OF THE HOSPITAL.  Discharges. Date.Admissions.Cured.Improved.Not Insane.Unimproved.Deaths.Total.Remaining.18569053..........210801857961510.....6738138185857267.....99511411859832211.....710501701860762322.....252373179186161214.....14847193186244172.....8154219518634194.....72141195186440147.....7275518918654191.....194574147186665154.....141447165186785135.....132152198186872187.....11175321718692773.....271922518702774.....292223218714495.....9831245187243149.....14855233187350176.....51341242187444138.....21639247187542165.....51440249187644116.....3929264187752138.....315392781878421411.....101954266187945144.....21333277188056177.....72960273188149103.....22338284188250165.....1817562781883531743.....63913219918841062716.....911622431885974112.....924862541886951736.....2820101248188774172.....38302921888803714.....111880292188993529.....125872981890753017.....1626792941891884510.....224813011892935712.....421943001893974617..........2891288189492503.....319753051895137627.....44111432818961609612254415932918971829910.....82814536418981901156.....32716139318991691054245316839019001921193.....13115442419011431005.....1411474201902163150111331863971903141551084281054331904187121121.....29240380Total4,1731,852412143941,0173,764 
Transferred to State Hospital at Morganton in 1904-77.

TABLE No. 2. SHOWING MOVEMENT OF POPULATION FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1904.   Males. Females. Total. Remaining November 30, 1902 164 233 397 Admitted during past two years 180 148 328 Total number under treatment the past two years 344 381 725 Average daily population 212 235 447 Discharged past two years 127 84 211 Discharged as recovered 118 63 170 Discharged as improved 8 14 22 Discharged as unimproved ..... 1 1 Discharged as harmless and incurable ..... 3 3 Discharged as not insane 3 3 6 Discharged as idiot 2 ..... 2 Discharged as imbecile 1 ..... 1 Transferred to State Hospital at Morganton 7 70 77 Total number died during past two years 32 25 57 Total number discharged during past two years 166 179 345 Per cent. of discharged on admission ..... ..... 54 Per cent. of deaths on number treated ..... ..... 7

TABLE No. 3. SHOWING THE FORMS OF INSANITY OF THOSE ADMITTED DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS.   Males. Females. Total. Mania, acute 37 52 89 Mania, subacute 20 11 31 Mania, chronic ..... 11 11 Mania, recurrent 24 34 56 Mania, religious 5 1 6 Mania, toxic 6 1 7 Mania, puerperal ..... 6 6 Mania, hysterical ..... 3 3 Mania, epileptic 1 2 3 Mania, paralytic 2 ..... 2 Mania, klepto 1 ..... 1 Mania, dipso 28 1 24 Melancholia 29 22 51 Dementia senile 7 ..... 7 Paresis 2 1 3 Imbecility 4 ..... 4 Idiocy 2 ..... 2 Paranoia 3 ..... 3 Moral depravity 4 ..... 4 Cerebral anemia 7 ..... 7 Not insane 3 3 6   180 148 328

TABLE No. 4. SHOWING DURATION OF INSANITY OF THOSE ADMITTED DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS.   Males. Females. Total. Not to exceed one month   32 75 From one to three months 20 26 46 From three to six months 12 22 34 From six to twelve months 16 15 31 From one to two years 21 14 35 From two to three years 17 7 24 From three to five years 10 8 18 From five to ten years 23 13 36 From ten to twenty years 9 9 18 From twenty to thirty years 4 1 5 From thirty to forty years 3 1 4 From forty to fifty years 1 ..... 1 From fifty to sixty years 1 ..... 1   180 148 328

TABLE No. 5. SHOWING SUPPOSED CAUSE OF INSANITY OF THOSE ADMITTED DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS.   Males. Females. Total. Jealousy 1 ..... 1 Epilepsy 1 2 3 Alcohol 23 1 24 Domestic trouble 8 10 18 Reverses 9 1 10 Paresis 2 1 3 Religion 7 4 11 Menopause ..... 1 1 Grief 2 6 8 Uterine troubles ..... 15 15 Ill health 6 25 31 Drug habit 8 3 11 Traumatism 8 ..... 8 Heredity 5 7 12 Overwork 11 1 12 Love affair 1 3 4 Masturbation 8 ..... 8 Child-birth ..... 4 4 Excitement 1 ..... 1 Syphilis 1 ..... 1 Imbecility 4 ..... 4 Senility 7 ..... 7 Toxaemia 3 ..... 3 Moral depravity 3 ..... 3 Fright ..... 3 3 Shock 2 ..... 2 Exposure 5 ..... 5 Poverty 4 ..... 4 Lagrippe ..... 2 2 Typhoid fever 8 4 12 Idiocy 2 ..... 2 Cerebral anemia 7 ..... 7 Unknown 33 55 88   180 148 328

TABLE No. 6. SHOWING THE AGE WHEN ADMITTED DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS.   Males. Females. Total. From ten to twenty 15 7 22 From twenty to thirty 36 42 78 From thirty to forty 35 37 72 From forty to fifty 43 29 72 From fifty to sixty 33 21 54 From sixty to seventy 14 10 24 From seventy to eighty 3 1 4 From eighty to ninety 1 1 2   180 148 328

TABLE No. 7. SHOWING NUMBER OF ATTACKS OF THOSE ADMITTED DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS.   Males. Females. Total. First attack 135 95 230 Second attack 30 32 62 Third attack 8 8 16 Fourth attack 3 6 9 Unknown 4 7 11   180 148 328

TABLE No. 8. SHOWING OCCUPATION OF THOSE ADMITTED DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS.   Males. Females. Total. Farmer 75 ..... 75 Merchant 8 ..... 8 Machinist 3 ..... 3 Clerk 8 ..... 8 Lawyer 3 ..... 3 Minister 1 ..... 1 Laborer 18 1 19 Printer 1 ..... 1 Drummer 3 ..... 3 Plasterer 1 ..... 1 Insurance agent 1 ..... 1 Painter 2 ..... 2 Tinner 1 ..... 1 Housewife ..... 81 81 Housekeeper ..... 40 40 Teacher 1 ..... 1 Student 4 2 6 Seamstress ..... 1 1 Mill operator ..... 1 1 Sawyer 1 ..... 1 Barber 1 ..... 1 Clerk of the Superior Court 1 ..... 1 Justice of the Peace 1 ..... 1 Postmaster 1 ..... 1 Contractor 1 ..... 1 Stenographer ..... 1 1 Car inspector 1 ..... 1 Brickmason 2 ..... 2 Liveryman 2 ..... 2 Mechanic 6 ..... 6 Tobacconist 2 ..... 2 Lumber dealer 1 ..... 1 Artist 1 ..... 1 Blacksmith 2 ..... 2 Medicine vender 1 ..... 1 Bartender 2 ..... 2 Gambler 1 ..... 1 Pension agent 1 ..... 1 Fireman 1 ..... 1 Watchman 1 ..... 1 None 20 21 41   180 148 328

TABLE No. 9. SHOWING THE CIVIL CONDITION OF THOSE ADMITTED DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS.   Males. Females. Total. Single 75 55 130 Married 92 76 168 Widowed 13 17 30   180 148 328

TABLE NO. 10. SHOWING RESIDENCE OF THOSE ADMITTED DURING PAST TWO YEARS.   Males. Females. Total. Anson 2 ..... 2 Beaufort 2 3 5 Bertie ..... 3 3 Bladen 2 2 4 Brunswick ..... 2 2 Burke 1 ..... 1 Buncombe 1 ..... 1 Carteret 3 2 5 Chatham 4 9 13 Columbus 2 6 8 Chowan 1 1 2 Craven 3 3 6 Camden ..... 1 1 Currituck 1 ..... 1 Cumberland 11 7 18 Duplin 7 2 9 Durham 5 9 14 Edgecombe 8 5 13 Franklin 13 5 18 Granville 7 6 13 Greene 1 2 3 Guilford 1 ..... 1 Harnett 4 4 8 Hertford 1 ..... 1 Halifax 4 1 5 Hyde ..... 4 4 Jones 2 2 4 Johnston 7 3 10 Lenoir 2 3 5 Martin 1 4 5 Nash 5 2 7 New Hanover 4 6 10 Northampton 1 2 3 Onslow 2 ..... 2 Pasquotank 1 1 2 Pender 1 2 3 Pamlico 1 ..... 1 Pitt 3 2 5 Robeson 8 7 15 Richmond 1 ..... 1 Sampson 6 4 10 Surry 2 ..... 2 Tyrrell 1 ..... 1 Vance 5 2 7 Wake 26 15 41 Warren 7 5 12 Wayne 6 9 15 Washington 1 ..... 1 Wilson 3 2 5   180 148 328

TABLE NO. 11. SHOWING NATIVITY OF THOSE ADMITTED DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS.   Males. Females. Total. North Carolina 176 148 324 South Carolina 1 0 1 Virginia 2 0 2 Germany 1 0 1   180 148 328

TABLE NO. 12. SHOWING THE FORM OF INSANITY OF THOSE RECOVERED DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS.   Males. Females. Total. Mania, acute 56 25 81 Mania, subacute 15 4 19 Mania, recurrent 6 19 25 Mania, toxic 6 1 7 Mania, dipso 15 0 15 Mania, syphilitic 0 1 1 Mania, traumatic 1 0 1 Mania, pro 1 0 1 Mania, puerperal 0 3 3 Mania, hysterical 0 3 3 Mania, religious 2 0 2 Melancholia 11 7 19   113 63 176

TABLE NO. 13. SHOWING DURATION OF INSANITY OF THOSE RECOVERED DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS.   Males. Females. Total. From one to three months 20 8 28 From three to six months 34 11 45 From six to twelve months 14 14 28 From one to three years 40 20 60 From three to five years 5 3 8 From five to seven years 0 2 2 From seven to ten years 0 3 3 From ten to twenty years 0 2 2   103 63 176

TABLE NO. 14. SHOWING THE CAUSE OF DEATH OF THOSE WHO DIED DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS.   Males. Females. Total. Exhaustion, acute mania 2 ..... 2 Exhaustion, chronic mania 2 4 6 Exhaustion, epilepsy 2 1 3 Exhaustion, dementia 1 ..... 1 Exhaustion, traumatic mania 1 ..... 1 Exhaustion, general paresis 2 1 3 Exhaustion, cerebral embolism 1 ..... 1 Exhaustion, chronic diarrhœa 1 5 6 Exhaustion, melancholia 1 ..... 1 Epithelioma (specific) 1 ..... 1 Epithelioma ..... 1 1 Phthisis pulmonalis 6 8 14 Apoplexy 4 2 6 Pulmonary gangrene ..... 1 1 Pulmonary embolism 2 ..... 2 Bright's disease 2 1 3 Pneumonia 1 ..... 1 Arteris sclerosis 1 ..... 1 Cardiac dropsy 1 ..... 1 Lagrippe ..... 1 1 Leukæmia 1 ..... 1   32 25 57

TABLE NO. 15. SHOWING THE FORMS OF INSANITY OF THOSE WHO DIED DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS.   Males. Females. Total. Mania, acute 3 1 4 Mania, recurrent 2 1 3 Mania, subacute 1 2 3 Mania, traumatic 1 ..... 1 Mania, chronic 5 12 17 Mania, paralytic 3 ..... 3 Mania, syphilitic 1 ..... 1 Mania, epileptic 2 4 6 Melancholia 6 3 9 Dementia 6 2 8 Imbecility 1 ..... 1 Idiocy 1 ..... 1   32 25 57

TABLE No. 16. SHOWING THE AGE AT DEATH OF THOSE WHO DIED DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS.   Males. Females. Total. From fifteen to twenty years   1 1 From twenty to thirty years 3 2 5 From thirty to forty years 7 7 14 From forty to fifty years 10 7 17 From fifty to sixty years 7 4 11 From sixty to seventy years 4 1 5 From seventy to eighty years 1 3 4   32 25 57

TABLE No. 17. SHOWING LENGTH OF TIME SPENT IN THE HOSPITAL OF THOSE WHO DIED DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS.   Males. Females. Total. Less than one week 3 ..... 3 From one to four weeks 5 ..... 5 From one to three months 5 1 6 From three to six months 4 3 7 From six to twelve months 1 1 2 From one to three years 3 1 4 From three to six years 2 7 9 From six to ten years 1 6 7 From ten to fifteen years 5 2 7 From fifteen to twenty years 1 2 3 From twenty to thirty years 1 2 3 From thirty to forty years 1 ..... 1   32 25 57

TABLE No. 18. SHOWING RESIDENCE OF THOSE REMAINING IN THE HOSPITAL.   Males. Females. Total. Alamance ..... 1 1 Beaufort 7 6 13 Bertie 4 2 6 Bladen 6 1 7 Brunswick ..... 2 2 Buncombe 1 ..... 1 Burke 1 ..... 1 Camden 1 2 3 Carteret 5 6 11 Chatham 4 2 6 Chowan 1 3 4 Columbus 4 6 10 Craven 2 6 8 Cumberland 10 15 25 Currituck 2 1 3 Dare ..... 2 2 Duplin 7 4 11 Durham 4 5 9 Edgecombe 5 6 11 Franklin 4 7 11 Gates 1 1 2 Granville 8 9 17 Greene 2 2 4 Guilford 1 ..... 1 Halifax 8 8 16 Harnett 3 6 9 Hertford 3 ..... 3 Hyde 4 4 8 Johnston 3 6 9 Jones 2 ..... 2 Lenoir 1 4 5 Martin 4 5 9 Moore ..... 2 2 Nash 7 3 10 New Hanover 7 9 16 Northampton 2 6 8 Ouslow 2 3 5 Orange ..... 1 1 Pamlico 1 2 3 Pasquotank 4 2 6 Pender ..... 2 2 Pitt 4 3 7 Rockingham 1 1 2 Robeson 3 6 9 Rowan 1 ..... 1 Sampson 2 7 9 Stanly 1 ..... 1 Surry 1 ..... 1 Tyrrell 2 ..... 2 Vance 4 ..... 4 Wake 17 12 29 Warren 3 4 7 Wayne 3 13 16 Wilson 4 4 8 Washington 3 ..... 3   178 202 380

TREASURER'S REPORT. STATE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, RALEIGH, N. C., January 3, 1905.

I hereby certify that the receipts and disbursements of the State Hospital, Raleigh, for the two fiscal years 1903 and 1904 were as follows:

1902.     Dec. 1. Balance none   1903.     Nov. 30. Appropriation for 1903 $84,500.00   Nov. 30. Earnings for 1903 5,938.54 $ 90,438.54 1904.     Nov. 30. Appropriation for 1904 $71,500.00   Nov. 30. Earnings for 1904 4,390.37 $ 75,890.37 Total for two years   $166,328.91 1904.     Nov. 30. Disbursements for two years   161,762.71 Dec. 1. Balance in Treasury   $ 4,566.20

I do not know the amount of outstanding vouchers, therefore cannot state the amount of balance available.

B. R. LACY, Treasurer ex offioio. STEWARD'S REPORT. DIX HILL, STATE HOSPITAL AT RALEIGH, RALEIGH, N. C., November 30, 1904. DR. JAMES MCKEE, Superintendent.

DEAR SIR:—I herewith submit to you in tabulated form the appropriations and expenditures for the fiscal years 1903 and 1904 ending November 30th, with an itemized account of cash received from various sources, also an itemized statement of the product from the farm, garden and dairy with their estimated value:

Abstract A shows the monthly expenditures.

Abstract B shows expenditures classified.

Abstract C shows the cash receipts and expenditures.

Abstract D shows the product of farm, garden and dairy.

Abstract E shows the appropriations, expenditures and the outstanding accounts.

All of which is respectfully submitted, CHARLES HARDESTY, Steward. ABSTRACT A.

RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1903. Appropriation for fiscal year 1903 $71,500.00 Appropriation for outstanding accounts 7,000.00 Appropriation for water line and supply 5,000.00 Cash sales and receipts for pay patients 5,938.54   $89,438.54

EXPENDITURES. 1902.     Outstanding accounts   $ 7,500.00 December $8,995.30   1903.     January 7,434.68   February 6,539.50   March 6,438.47   April 5,553.68   May 6,053.28   June 6,892.08   July 6,763.27   August 5,303.36   September 4,616.94   October 4,918.88   November 5,294.86 $74,804.30 Total   $82,304.30

EXPENDITURES—APPROPRIATION FOR WATER LINE AND SUPPLY. May $3,992.25     June 477.89     July 357.19     August 103.74     September 129.41     October 44.06     November 184.19 $ 5,288.73 $87,593.03 By balance     $ 1,845.51

ABSTRACT B.

CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1903. Dec.Jan.Feb.March.April.May.June.July.August.Sept.Oct.Nov.Total.Bacon$ 221.85$ 155.16$ 85.12$ 117.89$ 246.11$ 177.40$ 364.05$ 247.68$ 417.80$ 443.15$ 165.16$ 70.22$ 2,711.59Baking powders8.4046.5014.707.707.358.407.708.0512.2054.207.337.00189.54Butter305.37265.24184.30570.5445.48399.70138.5436.76344.6949.00349.56244.182,933.30Coffee——60.7230.3074.1638.85102.56——13.5053.7560.91107.25——542.06Cheese——14.36————9.6910.44————17.0116.6526.0248.77142.93Crackers5.0041.4989.1926.3320.7444.535.00————3.589.397.50252.75Eggs90.01110.03129.13119.1068.54107.47154.4255.8375.1664.1661.48101.791,137.12Fruit138.70166.5260.1536.1019.7525.9015.5017.8594.2178.2981.2888.42822.67Fish138.38114.6645.60136.5557.8834.30184.57——58.2590.0060.32111.171,031.68Flour1,022.02————————1.35540.2686.2183.02164.77226.88693.042,817.55Freight on provisions17.5044.3523.458.829.969.5517.361.0511.855.277.5027.63184.29Fresh meats—beef259.2836.4135.29260.16331.30438.96195.74158.24223.09166.41389.74274.392,769.01Fresh meats—lamb——35.07——16.0211.0183.07229.0044.3089.9676.8071.20——656.43Fresh meats—pork2.408.50230.85174.7629.5516.5526.58————————74.70563.89Fresh meats—sausage.22——.15——————————————.50——.87Game15.17100.9112.50——6.8022.05——2.50——————19.13179.06Hominy59.5030.9045.309.3042.05——27.0014.0020.4513.2013.2045.60320.50Ice————————————12.0012.00————2.00——26.00Lard188.80153.94————4.97——86.91343.55142.51——————920.68Meal102.0021.0030.8041.9547.8626.9189.44——13.5543.3033.7515.60466.16Molasses36.00130.50————44.69——32.705.28——73.993.3813.20339.74Oatflakes————6.00——————2.54——————————8.54Poultry—chickens134.46115.4664.2123.9727.9037.82170.02158.81179.21121.5469.60199.111,302.11Poultry—turkeys30.01——43.621.50————————————12.0065.37152.50Rice59.0160.3012.5364.63————41.7563.00——30.009.0010.50350.72Salt22.10————5.0514.30——7.9512.10——11.00——6.6079.10Sugar86.77223.26——87.1599.02138.3177.42280.63——86.00187.02——1,265.58Sundries—spices, etc.44.006.65——1.259.201.4094.50——2.00.7518.2313.25191.23Tea9.0029.76————————————————————38.76
 Dec.Jan.Feb.March.April.May.June.July.August.Sept.Oct.Nov.Total.Vegetables—I. potatoes$ 18.00$ ——$ 7.25$ 6.15$ 20.00$ ——$ ——$ ——$ 7.50$ ——$ 7.65$ ——$ 66.55Vinegar————————14.56——————30.712.326.252.7556.59Dry goods, carpets, etc.421.64966.28511.60327.48706.33494.80408.98796.45391.29230.5381.5519.475,356.40Mattresses——————205.152.009.2515.93————30.87————263.20Shoes and boots211.45106.593.85243.2534.3589.1011.9086.92163.26——81.45——1,032.12Starch, soap, etc.86.50127.8336.00——76.7843.3815.5069.00136.074.50——89.51685.07Medical and professional services————————————15.0035.00————————50.00Medicine224.52——96.6837.9785.2010.762.7584.5626.7361.3260.5021.97712.96Liquor————140.91————————4.803.7514.50.99——164.95Surgical instruments49.50——96.752.24————42.5951.75————————242.83Periodicals10.50——————9.00——3.00————5.004.00——31.50Tobacco101.65.60——90.619.23——95.00————90.9312.00——400.02Advertising——————————1.50————————————1.50Amusements————26.00————1.0025.5037.0021.0014.00————124.50Books——10.0031.0012.00————23.85————————18.0094.85Carriage hire.50.758.85.50.602.503.35.251.252.752.502.0025.80Directors' expenses52.40——————83.35——————————————135.75Directors—Executive Committee expenses——44.0022.50——45.5029.6519.6519.2020.4018.5045.8524.95290.20Express and freight2.716.759.302.39————.551.963.073.359.463.6343.17Farm implements4.00——124.7110.095.0555.7615.415.25.59——3.50.90225.26Fertilizers——————66.2545.60——173.53————————104.05389.43Seeds——7.5649.3013.75——5.001.09——39.6419.7647.80——183.90Stock—horses and mules————————————125.00——————45.00——170.00Blacksmithing3.60——7.806.30——14.60.8013.958.005.607.003.9071.55Cows————————————45.00——47.55——————92.55Corn67.6178.7520.8541.2532.50——30.8044.4030.0037.0046.12——428.78Forage—chops, bran, etc.360.29395.56425.73337.80174.40191.72820.36330.4054.3537.50102.02119.003,349.13Oats45.7036.00——26.5040.39——73.7640.1351.5625.0094.64——433.68Straw14.509.8518.9246.949.0017.443.966.0084.3816.955.8922.00255.83
 Dec.Jan.Feb.March.April.May.June.July.August.Sept.Oct.Nov.Total.Fuel—coal1,930.681,384.431,259.96626.90399.76930.39291.411,199.325.52————483.818,512.18Fuel—wood241.07——44.37169.12——324.94——134.10126.90145.0531.808.251,225.60Furniture——6.1914.404.00————16.17——18.13——————58.89Crockery——————52.9538.1033.1511.6118.8512.2522.45——39.00228.36Brooms——24.00————45.5135.04114.96——————30.00——249.51Tin and willow-ware————————2.3364.80——5.106.10——3.005.4086.73Harness—vehicles, etc.————————2.355.85——6.30——6.254.30——25.05Improvements and repairs150.57147.45201.98229.88200.4782.4029.3337.1824.4283.5799.9899.621,386.85Repairs—hardware——27.1042.6112.5839.08————24.5322.4645.5745.267.57266.76Repairs—lime——8.90120.2076.5050.40————.504.5036.9013.503.60315.00Repairs—cement——3.253.25——————————————31.25——37.75Repairs—lumber.8558.4038.4015.1213.58——————9.60——167.64——303.59Repairs—paints, oil38.5022.6558.8636.7812.3319.65——16.6322.6886.756.7550.13371.71Lights40.9839.2232.6312.3794.602.50——180.6178.37——3.8521.10506.23Lubricating oil——26.2711.21——81.5732.52——65.8834.7911.8740.225.64309.97Ministerial services12.50————————————————41.67————54.17Salaries and wages1,891.301,905.321,895.961,925.971,885.341,842.661,875.921,873.841,878.161,861.581,849.561,836.6722,522.28Stationery——————6.002.00————————————95.71103.71Stationery—postage——16.5031.2010.001.5021.2027.206.0038.95——10.0059.90222.45Stationery—printing————————94.98——————————————94.98Telegrams17.832.391.33.751.944.401.774.623.221.935.816.3652.35Telephones——.401.95——1.00.65——1.4557.50————2.8065.75Traveling expenses————————————30.00——————————30.00 8,995.307,434.686,539.506,438.475,553.686,053.286,892.086,763.275,303.364,616.944,918.885,294.8674,804.30Outstanding accounts7,500.00——————————————————————7,500.00Special appropriation water-works and supply——————————3,992.25477.89357.19103.74129.4144.06184.195,288.73 16,495.307,434.686,539.506,438.475,553.6810,045.537,369.977,120.465,407.104,746.354,962.945,479.0587,593.03

 ABSTRACT C.

CASH RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1903. CASH.   To balance $4,066.701902.   Dec.2. Mayo, account Mrs. Silverthorn$ 30.00  2. D. B. Thompson, account J. Uzzell50.00  3. J. F. Dobson, account son15.00  2. Mrs. A. S. Skinner, account son Charles50.00  6. Mrs. L. A. Haywood, account son E. B.20.00  8. G. M. T. Fountain, account Mrs. Hargrove.20.00  8. Dr. Jenkins, account board of wife10.00  9. W. B. Rose, account G. L. Rose20.00  9. One iron bed, Mrs. Robbins1.00  9. M. B. Wyatt, account D. Mangum10.00  17. W. D. Mangum15.00  18. W. H. Carty, account Miss Carty20.00  18. D. B. Thompson, account J. Uzzell28.31  21. D. Jones, account W. D. Parks20.00  22. Mrs. J. T. Aiken, account patient20.00  21. T. J. Bassnight, account patient30.18   $ 359.49$ 359.49 VOUCHERS.   No. 1. Cash returned to M. J. Gorman$ 10.00  No. 2. Union Rubber Co., rubber mats163.12  No. 3. Ellington Lumber Co., tool-house3.00  No. 4. Standard Gas & Elec. Co., fixtures11.50  No. 5. G. S. Tucker & Co., chairs431.61  No. 6. W. R. Crawford, Jr., Steward, tool-house47.52  No. 7. Prof. J. Levin, music35.00  No. 8. W. R. Crawford, Jr., Steward, cow shed39.66  No. 9. Raleigh and Cape Fear R. R. Co.21.67   $ 763.08  Balance3,663.11   $4,426.19$4,426.19
1903.   Jan.1. Balance forward $3,663.11 1. Mrs. C. Kleuppelburg, account husband$ 20.00  6. Mrs. L. A. Haywood, acct. E. B. Haywood.20.00  6. G. M. T. Fountain, account Mrs. Hargrove.20.00  6. E. B. Ward, account100.00  7. Mrs. A. S. Skinner, acct. Charles Skinner50.00  7. Dr. C. L. Jenkins, acct. board of wife10.00  8. J. H. Gill, scrap iron14.45  8. Southern Cotton Oil Co., rebate lard4.50  8. Mrs. G. Rose, account husband20.00  8. W. H. Carty, account E. Carty20.00  24. D. W. Parks, account patient20.00  27. J. F. Aiken20.00  27. C. Hardesty, two pigs3.00  27. Mrs. Kleuppelburg, account husband20.00    $ 341.95 VOUCHERS.   No. 10. G. S. Tucker & Co., chairs$ 59.00  No. 11. M. S. Clark, slating tool-house90.58  No. 12. M. S. Clark, slating shed285.53   $ 435.11  Balance3,569.95   $4,005.06$4,005.061903.   Feb.1. Balance forward $3,569.95 3. Mrs. A. L. Skinner, account son$ 50.00  5. Mrs. C. Kleuppelburg, account husband20.00  7. Dr. C. L. Jenkins, account board of wife10.00  7. G. M. T. Fountain, acct. Mrs. Hargrove20.00  7. Dora Jones, one iron bedstead1.75  7. Mrs. L. A. Haywood, account son20.00  7. I. W. Dodd20.00  7. M. G. Gulley, account C. Cardell20.00  7. J. S. Harris, account A. Powham60.00  7. W. H. Carty, account Miss Carty20.00  17. Mrs. E. C. Pool, pair shoes1.50  28. E. H. Love, 606 pounds old rags2.42  28. E. H. Love, 994 pounds rubbish rags1.98  28. L. F. Ward, acct. A. C. Harrison, deceased741.60  28. J. F. Aiken, account husband20.00    $1,009.25
 VOUCHERS.   No. 13. J. L. O'Quinn, bushes$ 55.00  No. 14. J. W. Barber & Son, harness33.05  No. 15. Upchurch & Holder, carriage hire65.25  No. 16. G. S. Tucker & Co., chairs21.50  No. 17. W. B. Wright, music26.00  No. 18. W. R. Crawford, Jr., Steward, music printed17.27   $ 218.07  Balance4,361.13   $4,579.20$4,579.201903.   Mch.1. By balance $4,361.13 4. Mrs. G. A. Rose, account G. A. Rose$ 20.00  4. E. B. Crow, account C. C. Crow10.00  4. Edgar Haywood, acct. E. B. Haywood20.00  5. Mrs. C. Kleuppelburg, account husband20.00  5. L. Gilliam, acct. 2½ yards rubber sheeting1.37  5. J. L. O'Brian, account L. O'Brian20.00  5. Dr. C. L. Jenkins, account wife's board10.00  5. G. M. T. Fountain, acct. Mrs. Hargrove20.00  12. Sheriff Durham county, clothing supplied W. E. Carver6.00  12. K. B. Hill, account G. G. Hill20.00  12. W. H. Carty, account E. Carty20.00  12. A. Mayo, account L. J. Silverhorn15.00  12. Mrs. I. A. Dodd, account husband20.00  12. Mrs. M. G. Gulley, account C. Cardell20.00  12. Miss A. Eagle, account goods.30  28. Mrs. G. A. Rose, account husband20.00  30. Miss S. Timberlake, one turkey1.50    $ 244.17 VOUCHERS.   No. 19. Caraleigh Mill Co., cow shed and tool-house$ 117.25  No. 20. Ellington Lumber Co., desk, Steward's office6.24  No. 21. W. R. Crawford, Jr., labor, Steward's office44.99  22. G. S. Tucker & Co., chairs79.43   $ 247.91  Balance4,357.39   $4,605.30$4,605.30
1903.   April1. By balance forwarded $4,357.30 3. Mrs. C. Kleuppelburg, account husband$ 20.00  5. G. M. T. Fountain, acct. Mrs. Hargrove20.00  5. J. L. O'Brian, account L. O'Brian20.00  5. Mrs. L. Haywood, account son20.00  5. Dr. C. L. Jenkins, account board of wife10.00  5. Dr. James McKee, Supt., board of horse30.00  14. Oettinger Bros., account G. E. Andrews20.00  14. Mrs. I. W. Dodd, account husband20.00  15. M. G. Gulley, account C. Caudle20.00  17. W. H. Carty, account daughter20.00  18. K. S. Hill, account C. G. Hill20.00  17. S. M. Lassiter, account self60.00  17. D. T. Johnson & Son, mullets returned28.50  17. Washburn-Crosby Co., demurrage freight S. A. L. returned1.00  18. Auction sale of horse, buggy and harness82.40  28. L. J. O Brian, account L. O'Brian20.00    $ 411.90 VOUCHERS.   No. 23. Henry A. Dreer, rose bushes$ 75.72  No. 24. Raleigh Marble Works, top kitchen table212.00   $ 287.72  Balance4,481.57   $4,769.29$4,769.291903.   May1. By balance $4,481.57 1. Mrs. C. Kleuppelburg, account husband$ 20.00  1. George E. Gill, account Miss S. L. Gill325.00  3. Dr. C. L. Jenkins, account wife's board10.00  3. G. M. T. Fountain, account M. L. Hargrove20.00  3. E. W. Lassiter, account brother12.66  3. Z. W. Lamb, account J. W. Watkins20.00  7. J. R. Ferrall & Co., acct. hams returned47.21  8. C. R. Ellis, admr., account J. W. Ellis21.23  8. D. S. Alderman, account J. H. Alderman40.00  8. T. I. Bassnight, account J. Twedy30.16  14. S. S. Parham, account Asa Parham20.00  14. Mrs. L. A. Haywood, acct. E. B. Haywood20.00  14. J. T. Nichols, acct. M. H. Mountain332.73  16. W. H. Carty, account daughter20.00 
1903.   May19. John Hayes, treatment$ 15.00  21. Oettinger Bros., account G. E. Andrews20.00  21. K. S. Hill, account C. Hill20.00    $ 993.99 VOUCHERS.   No. 25. Dobbin & Ferrall, awnings$ 75.00  No. 26. Beal Johnson168.87  No. 27. Lumsden Bros., repairing roof83.28  No. 28. T. H. Briggs, cement basement71.50  No. 29. W. R. Crawford, Jr., mason basem't27.50  No. 30. W. R. Crawford, Jr., music10.24   $ 436.39  Balance5,039.17   $5,475.56$5,475.561903.   June1. By balance $5,039.17 1. J. L. O'Brian, account L. O'Brian$ 20.00  5. G. M. T. Fountain, account Mrs. Hargrove20.00  5. Thomas Bowden20.00  6. Dr. C. L. Jenkins, account board wife10.00  6. Gus Kohn, account hides186.85  8. E. B. Ward, account B. T. Curtis20.00  9. J. H. Hayes, treatment10.00  15. L. A. Haywood, account son20.00  16. W. H. Carty, account daughter20.00  18. Oettinger Bros., account E. Andrews20.00  19. J. T. Bassnight, account J. Twedy31.45  25. J. Hayes, treatment13.00  25. Mrs. Pipkins, one pair shoes1.50    $ 392.80 VOUCHERS.   No. 31. Ellington Lumber Company$ 11.69  No. 32. N. C. Building and Supply Co18.97  No. 33. T. H. Briggs & Sons, paint100.29  No. 34. T. H. Briggs & Sons, cement13.00  No. 35. L. H. Adams, shingles108.00  No. 36. Remington Machine Co., ice cans and track97.50  No. 37. G. S. Tucker & Co., chairs142.17  No. 38. W. R. Crawford, Jr., Steward, cementing basement23.00   $ 514.62   4,917.35   $5,431.97$5,431.97
1903.   July1. By balance $4,917.35 1. Standard Oil Co., account sale barrels$ 2.85  1. Dr. C. L. Jenkins, account board wife10.00  4. G. T. Bowden, account treatment20.00  6. D. S. Alderman, account son20.00  7. E. B. Ward, account B. F. Curtis20.00  7. J. L. O'Brian, account L. O'Brian20.00  7. G. M. T. Fountain, acct. Mrs. Hargrove20.00  7. W. R. Crawford, Jr., account cow45.00  8. Mrs. C. Durham20.00  8. Mrs. E. McGhee, acct. Charles Skinner100.00  8. Mrs. E. Haywood, acct. E. B. Haywood20.00  14. Mrs. E. E. Swindell, acct. son Charles20.00  15. W. H. Carty, account Miss E. Carty20.00  15. Gus Kohn, account hides21.80  16. J. W. Johnson20.00  31. Mrs. E. McGhee, acct. Charles Skinner100.00    $ 479.65 VOUCHERS.   No. 39. J. W. Barber & Son, surry$ 198.50  No. 40. Zachary Mantel Co., mantels31.00  No. 41. Isaac Hall, masonry13.00  No. 42. T. H. Briggs & Sons, cement16.25  No. 43. W. R. Crawford, Jr., Steward, fences74.10   $ 332.85  Balance5,064.15   $5,397.00$5,397.001903.   Aug.1. By balance transferred $5,064.15 2. Mrs. E. E. Swindell, account son$ 20.00  2. Mrs. L. A. Haywood, account son20.00  3. J. L. O'Brian, account L. O'Brian20.00  4. W. H. Carty, account E. Carty20.00  7. G. M. T. Fountain, account Mrs. Hargrove20.00  7. A. L. Barefoot, account A. W. Tart20.00  7. D. S. Alderman, account J. H. Alderman20.00  7. G. T. Bowden20.00  20. C. Tarlton, account N. A. Tarlton20.00  20. A. Mayo, account Mrs. J. L. Silverthorn15.00  20. Dr. C. L. Jenkins, wife's board10.00  6. T. L. Curtis, account E. B. Ward20.00    $ 225.00
 No. 44. Upchurch & Holder, carriage hire$ 29.25  No. 45. N. C. Building and Supply Co8.60   $ 37.85   5,251.30   $5,289.15$5,289.151903.   Sept.1. By balance $5,251.30 1. Mrs. E. McGhee, account Charles Skinner$ 100.00  3. Mrs. E. E. Swindell, acct. Charles Swindell20.00  3. E. C. Jones, account self20.00  4. E. B. Ward, account Mrs. F. L. Curtis20.00  4. J. L. O'Brian, account L. O'Brian20.00  7. G. M. T. Fountain, account Mrs. Hargrove20.00  7. T. J. Bassnight, account Twedy30.40  3. Mrs. L. Haywood, account E. B. Haywood.20.00  8. Farina Milling Co., account sacks56.36  8. H. D. Upchurch, account sacks.60  9. D. S. Alderman, account J. H. Alderman20.00  7. W. C. Cram, one boiler180.00  15. J. G. Justice, account Mrs. A. Justice20.00  18. W. H. Carty, account Miss E. Carty20.00  18. W. B. Mann, account Irish potatoes13.50  22. Standard Oil Co., account barrels2.95  22. Akron Elec. Co., express charges returned1.55  27. C. Talton, account N. A. Talton5.00  30. H. D. Edgerton, account C. Edgerton20.00    $ 590.36 VOUCHERS.   No. 46. Ahren & Ott Mfg. Co., plumbing ware$ 65.27  No. 47. Upchurch & Holder, carriage hire9.75  No. 48. Henry A. Dreer, bulbs99.10   $ 174.12  Balance5,667.54   $5,841.66$5,841.661903.   Oct.1. By balance $5,667.54 1. A. L. Barefoot, account W. W. Tart$ 20.00  1. F. H. Jones, account E. C. Jones20.00  3. Mrs. E. McGhee, account Charles Skinner100.00  3. J. G. Justice, account Mrs. A. Justice20.00  3. Dr. C. L. Jenkins, account board of wife10.00 
1903.   Oct.6. J. L. O'Brian, account L. O'Brian$ 20.00  7. G. M. T. Fountain, account Mrs. Hargrove.20.00  9. H. C. Privet, account T. Ralph20.00  9. D. S. Alderman, account J. H. Alderman20.00  9. I. Hall, sale one old bedstead1.00  15. Mrs. E. E. Swindell, acct. son Charles20.00  18. D. C. Fenner, account R. L. Fenner20.00  18. W. H. Carty, account E. Carty20.00  20. W. Williams50.00  28. E. W. Lassiter, account S. M. Lassiter60.00  28. Mrs. E. Haywood, acct. E. B. Haywood20.00  30. E. B. Ward, account Miss E. Carty20.00  20. J. B. Watkins20.00    $ 481.00Oct.15. To cash deposited with State Treasurer$5,938.54  To Balance210.00   $6,148.54$6,148.541903.   Nov.1. By balance $ 210.00 3. L. J. O'Brian, account L. O'Brian$ 20.00  3. E. C. Jones, account self20.00  9. S. D. Alderman, account J. H. Alderman.20.00  9. H. D. Edgerton, account C. S. Tarlton20.00  9. H. D. Privett, account T. Ralph11.50  9. Dr. C. L. Jenkins, account board wife10.00  9. Mrs. E. E. Swindell, account son Charles20.00  13. E. B. Ward, account F. L. Curtis20.00  13. W. A. Barefoot, account W. A. Tart20.00  13. J. G. Justice, account Mrs. A. Justice20.00  13. Mrs. L. A. Haywood, acct. E. B. Haywood20.00  12. W. H. Carty, account E. Carty20.00  12. Account Dr. James McKee, Supt400.00  12. Mrs. E. McGhee, acct. Charles Skinner50.00  24. A. Mayo, account J. L. Silverthorn15.00  24. G. M. T. Fountain, acct. Mrs. Hargrove20.00  25. L. B. Young, account A. Pearce100.00  25. J. B. Watkins, account E. A. Watkins20.00  27. Dr. C. L. Jenkins, account board of wife10.00  30. Miss N. J. Pratt, five yards N. goods.50  30. A. L. Barefoot, account W. A. Tart20.00  30. H. D. Edgerton20.00    $ 877.00
 VOUCHERS.   No. 49. Prof. J. Levin, music$ 32.00  No. 50. Prof. J. Levin, music35.00   $ 67.00  Balance1,020.00   $1,087.00$1,087.00

 ABSTRACT D.

GARDENER'S REPORT OF THE PRODUCTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND DAIRY, WITH THEIR ESTIMATED VALUE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1903. Apples, 44 bushels at 60c $ 14.40 Asparagus, 108 bunches at 5c 5.40 Beets, table, 495 bunches at 4c 19.80 Beans, snap, 228 bushels at 70c 159.60 Beans, lima, 144 bushels at 50c 72.00 Beans, dry, 5 bushels at $2.00 10.00 Beef, 2,878 pounds at 7c 201.46 Cabbage, 7,530 heads at 5c 376.50 Carrots, 125 bushels at 75c 93.75 Chickens, 155 at 30c 46.60 Fodder, 10,250 pounds at 80c 82.00 Fodder, green, 121 tons at $3.00 363.00 Corn, 435 bushels at 70c 304.50 Cantaloupes, 4,902 at 3c 147.06 Cucumbers, 53½ bushels at 75c 40.12 Collards, 9,285 heads at 2c 185.70 Cauliflower, 112 heads at 5c 5.60 Eggs, 97 dozen at 18c 17.46 Rye, green, 6,250 pounds at 20c 12.50 Vetch, green, 14,000 pounds at 20c 28.00 Clover, green, 7,000 pounds at 20c 14.00 Grapes, 8 bushels at $1.00 8.00 Hay, clover, 12,500 pounds at 80c 100.00 Hay, vetch and oats, 12,000 pounds at 80c 96.00 Hay, pea vine, 25,500 pounds at $1.00 255.00 Lettuce, 1,128 heads at 1c 11.28 Leeks, 81 bushels at 70c 56.70 Milk 22,599 gallons at 20c 4,519.80 Manure, 464 loads at $1.00 464.00
Okra, 57 bushels at 75c $ 42.75 Onions, 58½ bushels at 80c 46.80 Parsnips, 30 bushels at 80c 24.00 Peas, dry, 120 bushels at $1.00 120.00 Peas, English, 30 bushels at $1.60 48.00 Peas, green, 21 bushels at $1.50 31.50 Potatoes, Irish, 245 bushels at 90c 220.30 Potatoes, sweet, 12,000 bushels at 40c 480.00 Pork, 16,457 pounds at 10c 1,645.70 Radishes, 332 bunches at 3c 9.96 Roastingears, 696 dozen at 10c 69.60 Pepper, 350 strings at 5c 17.50 Rhubarb, 25 bunches at 10c 2.50 Strawberries, 3,155 quarts at 6c 189.30 Salad, 1,372 bushels at 40c 548.80 Spinach, 7½ bushels at 50c 3.75 Salsify, 50 bushels at $1.00 50.00 Squash, 421 bushels at 40c 168.40 Tomatoes, 419 bushels at 80c 335.20 Turnips, 193½ bushels at 30c 58.05 Watermelons, 2,040 at 5c 102.00 Vegetable eggs, 510 at 5c 25.50 Wood, pine, 175 cords at $1.50 262.50 Beets, stock, 31 tons at $8.00 248.00 Total $12,470.44

ABSTRACT A.

RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1904. December 1, 1903, to balance on hand $ 1,845.51 Appropriation for 1904 71,500.00 Cash sales and receipts for pay patients 7,383.69 Total receipts $80,728.20 EXPENDITURES.   1903.   December $10,174.49 1904.   January 6,430.17 February 6,783.13 March 10,256.39 April 6,489.47 May 6,471.92 June 6,575.88 July 5,591.27 August 7,268.68 September 4,757.35 October 5,126.27 November 6,638.68 Total expenditures for the fiscal year, 1904 $82,563.70 To balance $ 1,835.50

ABSTRACT B.

CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1904. Dec.Jan.Feb.March.April.May.June.July.August.Sept.Oct.Nov.Total.Bacon$ 314.46$ ——$ 166.32$ 57.11$ 233.11$ 44.30$ 278.99$ 482.32$ 112.32$ 114.84$ 478.54$ 357.31$ 2,639.62Baking powders9.808.4011.657.2756.0111.65137.819.898.5911.678.409.60290.74Butter155.45262.62300.31315.52109.02324.36189.02192.28260.89230.84242.54233.562,816.41Coffee————199.64——20.31146.60——2.7073.8848.64104.43——596.20Cheese58.81——52.0916.6325.4851.20————————17.9442.50262.65Crackers17.422.50——103.136.217.0824.4511.31124.123.622.76——302.60Eggs——185.6712.96103.2561.09127.92122.9771.9945.8877.5769.1166.77945.18Fruits210.0923.3529.3662.0025.5817.2524.616.5015.8541.3058.23.60514.72Fish101.9756.3517.4052.50184.6929.00142.2529.1056.5043.4563.6415.20792.05Flour6.007.75105.84599.76——.75——167.641,038.74——26.5863.502,016.56Freight on provisions3.929.7566.914.33——6.7915.65——————————107.35Fresh meats—beef518.43249.82402.01366.13355.67334.82208.50145.04179.83260.85193.41198.103,412.61Fresh meats—lamb8.0099.7515.98——39.834.7532.3070.6442.23——41.3813.05367.91Fresh meats—pork27.42209.58449.13.80——1.9072.50——————————761.33Fresh meats—sausage——————28.0028.00——————————————56.00Game——71.595.67——————————————————77.26Hominy33.4533.1018.8016.5016.0025.4016.8529.25——16.5016.5042.15264.50Ice————————————22.0033.0038.5011.00————104.50Lard——2.94————————167.25148.11——112.50————430.80Meal98.00————37.7047.3872.2535.6336.8853.6038.0036.2537.68493.37Molasses——5.0014.0036.3854.72——42.50——43.2540.04————235.89Oat flakes——————————————————.202.92——3.12Poultry—chickens——158.2732.6573.3767.28142.24212.5865.2065.1278.2854.09128.461,077.54Poultry—turkeys8.3184.6414.35————8.50——————————145.58261.38Rice34.75116.395.753.5066.851.8057.05——8.50——52.5022.50369.59Salt14.3016.50——4.00——11.0011.0010.0010.0011.00——10.5098.30Sugar614.13————651.90——2.20————————————1,268.23Sundries, spices, etc105.851.504.621.5016.7613.2524.251.9087.852.501.05258.09519.12Tea————————————30.90——————————30.90
Vegetables—I. potatoes$ 9.40$ 12.50$ 11.25$ ——$ 4.38$ .40$ ——$ ——$ ——$ ——$ 8.30$ 4.00$ 50.23Vinegar17.56————21.847.60————————————17.2064.20Cash to Steward—sundries——————————————400.00————————400.00Dry goods, carpets, etc.576.74875.901,054.54262.47891.29150.26100.33235.75556.83454.05158.9223.765,340.84Mattresses————278.05——————————————————278.05Boots and shoes44.65164.15——186.381.25230.6436.9214.77——8.5072.5090.45850.21Starch, soap, etc.17.00108.4034.0069.0744.43100.3021.25——6.00——31.3810.00441.83Medical and professional services——————4.50————4.00——————————8.50Medicine24.49——53.8619.52178.9817.0016.45158.3444.8480.528.4677.98680.44Liquor2.15115.01——14.00——2.06————————————133.22Surgical instruments57.60——38.1715.84——29.758.00——————————149.36Periodicals——————————11.505.0011.001.00————21.0049.50Tobacco12.9793.04————85.80——90.45——99.00——————381.26Notary Public————1.00————————————1.00.50——2.50Amusements——5.0016.2533.7529.0056.2570.8024.0010.0029.0031.0036.00341.05Books9.75——4.00——————————————————13.75Carriage hire5.258.75.75——.50.75.501.253.004.00.257.0032.00Directors' expenses24.4524.95————27.95——12.5096.90————————186.75Directors—Executive Committee expenses6.0049.9019.5038.35——7.1543.90————96.6018.95——280.35Express and freight1.257.096.481.6812.461.3517.8222.3130.2723.3140.5439.39203.95Farm implements8.409.756.70————22.7013.856.3042.6373.6516.1051.23251.31Fertilizers————146.78.84——385.42————92.70——31.0060.00716.74Seeds——95.951.6452.5534.1017.05——————182.0021.215.50410.00Stock—horses and mules——400.00————————————————————400.00Blacksmithing8.003.804.405.003.506.757.6511.508.256.957.003.7576.55Cows and pigs——45.00——65.00————40.0046.00178.00————70.00444.00Corn28.0035.0033.3954.0020.2560.2545.3411.83——38.50————326.56Forage—chops, bran, etc.345.75131.12151.27433.95270.00175.50542.75152.6390.50210.12372.8337.502,913.92
Oats50.00——40.1343.1340.5033.0054.3844.24——44.00————349.38Straw————————————22.67——22.41————20.0065.08Fuel—coal3,543.0059.35495.421,600.00338.92461.01486.18350.46983.77——307.28——8,625.39Fuel—wood——————37.50——32.4047.50——————————117.40Furniture29.00——23.00————64.7513.005.31————————135.06Crockery61.00——41.45————18.075.9447.4031.15——22.35——227.36Brooms——24.0024.00——24.003.20————25.00——————100.20Tin and willow ware——7.20——23.3525.754.0074.002.759.05——2.55——148.65Harness—vehicles, etc.8.2515.50————117.4534.862.5012.95————7.6012.25211.36Improvements—repairs131.2390.3839.10682.10280.08270.67184.14160.59203.4824.0070.1347.802,183.70Repairs—hardware15.6031.5513.46.25——80.2515.926.3549.242.0017.4030.96262.98Repairs—lime15.454.40——8.85——22.00——2.256.60——13.20——72.75Repairs—cement————————————————————52.40——52.40Repairs—lumber68.7022.552.96——43.42——20.6573.8615.853.8425.83——277.66Repairs—paints, oils43.9510.136.7031.6348.3219.0015.9130.5032.39——22.30117.64378.47Lights34.34146.829.75184.3663.8321.1548.227.9896.4965.2129.67134.15841.97Lubricating oil——22.6212.13————————29.321.08——40.1940.44145.78Ministerial services——100.00——50.00————————————————150.00Salaries and wages1,848.641,867.381,861.061,920.351,909.301,922.751,905.841,910.841,950.081,929.541,909.691,908.7322,844.20Stationery5.959.905.3815.005.00——20.606.3511.00————9.7588.93Postage——11.5038.2021.80——31.205.0026.205.0011.5010.0081.70242.10Printing——————————1.50————————————1.50Telegrams2.971.645.403.8117.083.041.315.09.522.541.002.0246.42Telephones50.0035.00————55.00.60——12.50——12.5020.0017.50203.10Traveling expenses——1.35——————42.504.55——1.25————25.0074.65Land rent————50.00——25.0050.00——25.0050.00——50.00——250.00Water rent137.44132.12127.52140.06140.93125.84125.00125.00153.14115.2891.45102.041,515.82Insurance591.0046.00200.00100.00————75.00——————80.00——1,092.00Improvements and repairs—boiler——————1,574.18329.41570.04501.00——192.51195.9464.0245.323,472.42 10,174.496,430.176,783.1310,256.396,489.476,471.926,575.885,591.277,268.684,757.355,126.274,795.2180,720.23

 ABSTRACT C.

CASH SALES AND RECEIPTS BY STEWARD.Dec.1. By amount brought forward $1,020.001903.   Dec.3. L. J. O'Brian, account Miss L. O'Brian$ 20.00  3. J. L. Justice, acct. Mrs. A. Justice20.00  4. T. J. Bassnight, account J. Twedy30.68  7. Mrs. L. A. Haywood, acct. E. B. Haywood20.00  7. G. M. T. Fountain, acct. Mrs. W. L. Hargrove20.00  7. T. H. Jones, account E. C. Jones10.00  9. D. S. Alderman, acct. J. H. Alderman20.00  11. S. Y. Joyner, account Joseph Place20.00  11. Dr. C. L. Jenkins, account board wife10.00  11. E. B. Ward, account F. L. Curtis20.00  15. W. H. Carty, account Miss E. Carty20.00  18. Gus Kohn, 2 sheep skins, at 50c.....$1.00   Gus Kohn, 12 sheep skins, at 40c..... 4.80   Gus Kohn, 12 sheep skins, at 30c..... 3.60   Gus Kohn, 2 sheep skins, at 25c..... .50   Gus Kohn, 4 sheep skins, at 20c..... .80    10.70  19. Barbee & Co., 500 old sacks17.50  19. M. L. T. Davis Co., 1 per cent. on account rebate, cash6.40  24. J. B. Watkins, account E. A. Watkins20.00  26. W. A. Brummett, account Miss P. H. Brummett20.00285.28 Paid voucher No. 51, Prof. J. Levin music.37.00  Balance$1,268.28   $1,305.28$1,305.281904.   Jan.1. By balance $1,268.28 4. J. G. Justice, account Mrs. A. Justice$ 20.00  5. Mrs. L. A. Haywood, acct. E. B. Haywood20.00  7. E. S. McGee, account C. S. Skinner100.00  7. L. J. Obrian, account Miss L. Obrian20.00  7. G. M. T. Fountain, account Mrs. W. L. Hargrove20.00  7. E. B. Ward, account F. L. Curtis20.00  9. D. S. Alderman, account J. H. Alderman20.00 
1904.   Jan.17. W. H. Carty, account Miss E. Carty$ 20.00  21. A. T. Cotten, account son20.00  22. S. Y. Joyner, account J. Place10.00  22. C. T. Bailey, account James Lee20.00$ 290.00 Balance$1,558.28   $1,558.28$1,558.281904.    By balance $1,558.28Feb.2. J. G. Justice, account Mrs. A. Justice$ 20.00  3. G. M. T. Fountain, acct. W. L. Hargrove20.00  4. J. L. Obrian, account Miss L. Obrian20.00  6. Dr. C. L. Jenkins, account board wife10.00  6. J. W. Ward, account F. L. Curtis20.00  7. Mrs. E. S. McGee, acct. Chas. S. Skinner50.00  7. L. A. Haywood, account E. B. Haywood20.00  7. G. H. Brown, account Miss M. Brown40.00  14. G. J. Heflin, account R. L. Heflin20.00  14. Dr. Thomas Hill, account T. Hill, Jr20.00  17. W. H. Carty, account Miss E. Carty20.00  17. E. W. Lassiter, account S. M. Lassiter20.00  22. A. Mayo, guard, account J. L. Silverthorn15.00  24. S. Y. Joyner, account J. S. Place10.00  24. F. T. Thompson, house, cash8.10  24. T. L. Love, account old rags11.24  24. A. T. Cotten, account son10.00    $ 334.34 Balance$1,892.62   $1,892.62$1,892.621904.    By balance $1,892.62Mch.2. C. T. Bailey, account James Lee$ 20.00  2. J. L. Obrian, account Miss L. Obrian20.00  3. J. L. Justice, account Mrs. A. Justice20.00  4. Mrs. L. A. Haywood, acct. E. B. Haywood20.00  4. S. Y. Joiner, account J. S. Place10.00  4. G. M. T. Fountain, account Mrs. W. L. Hargrove20.00  5. Dr. C. L. Jenkins, account board wife10.00  5. J. W. Ward, account F. L. Curtis20.00  5. Mrs. E. McGee, account C. S. Skinner50.00  12. C. A. Talton, account self20.00  13. Mrs. E. E. Swindell, account C. Swindell20.00  14. W. H. Carty, account Miss E. Carty20.00  19. Mrs. E. B. Yancey, account T. B. Yancey20.00  24. G. J. Heflin, account Capt. R. L. Heflin20.00 
1904.   Mch.25. G. H. Brown, account Miss M. Brown$ 20.00  29. T. J. Bassnight, account J. Twedy30.63  31. C. T. Bailey, account James Lee20.00  31. Cash from accounts405.43    $ 766.06 Balance$2,658.68   $2,658.68$2,658.681904.   April1. Balance $2,658.68 5. J. G. Justice, account Mrs. A. Justice$ 20.00  5. E. S. McGee, account C. S. Skinner50.00  6. J. L. Obrian, account L. Obrian10.00  9. E. B. Ward, account F. L. Curtis20.00  9. Mrs. L. A. Haywood, acct. E. B. Haywood20.00  9. Mrs. E. E. Swindell, acct. C. S. Swindell20.00  16. W. H. Carty, account E. Carty20.00  19. G. M. T. Fountain, account Mrs. M. L. Hargrove20.00  19. Mrs. E. B. Yancey, account T. B. Yancey20.00  19. E. W. Lassiter, account S. M. Lassiter40.00    $ 240.00 Balance$2,898.68   $2,898.68$2,898.681904.    Balance $2,898.68May2. C. T. Bailey, account J. Lee20.00  3. J. H. Brown, Sr20.00  4. J. G. Justice, account Mrs. A. Justice20.00  4. L. A. Haywood, account E. B. Haywood20.00  4. Mrs. E. S. McGee, account C. S. Skinner50.00  5. G. M. T. Fountain, account Mrs. W. L. Hargrove20.00  6. J. L. Obrian, account L. Obrian10.00  7. Dr. C. L. Jenkins, account wife's board10.00  7. Mrs. E. E. Swindell, acct. C. Swindell20.00  15. W. H. Carty, account Miss E. Carty20.00  15. A. S. Baker, scrap iron and old rags53.93  17. Mrs. (patient), pair shoes from store room2.00  18. Mrs. T. B. Yancey, account T. B. Yancey20.00  19. A. A. McDonald, account self5.00  25. A. Mayo, account Mrs. Silverthorn15.00  27. A. A. McDonald, account self5.00    $ 310.93 Balance$3,209.61   $3,209.61$3,209.61
1904.    By balance $3,209.61June2. J. E. Gill, account Mrs. S. L. Gill$ 193.47  2. C. T. Bailey, account James Lee20.00  2. G. H. Brown, account Mrs. M. Brown20.00  2. T. J. Bassnight, account J. Twedy30.23  4. Mrs. L. A. Haywood, acct. E. B. Haywood20.00  7. J. L. Obrian, account Miss L. Obrian10.00  7. G. M. T. Fountain, account Mrs. W. L. Hargrove20.00  8. J. G. Justice, account Mrs. A. Justice20.00  8. Mrs. W. H. Yarboro, acct. W. H. Yarboro20.00  8. C. M. Cook, guard15.00  14. Mrs. E. S. McGee, account C. S. Skinner50.00  14. R. R. Satterwhite, account son20.00  14. Mrs. E. E. Swindell, acct C. S. Swindell20.00  17. H. Perry, account Mr. Twisdale60.00  17. W. H. Carty, account E. Carty20.00  24. W. A. Simpkins, for cabbages18.00  30. Taylor & Son, for cabbages4.67    $ 561.37 To Balance$3,770.98   $3,770.98$3,770.981904.    By balance $3,770.98July1. C. T. Bailey, account James Lee20.00  2. Dr. C. L. Jenkins, account board wife10.00  4. W. A. Simpkins, account cabbage8.00  4. Mrs. L. A. Haywood, acct. E. B. Haywood20.00  4. J. G. Justice, account Mrs. A. Justice20.00  4. G. H. Brown, account Miss M. Brown20.00  5. J. L. Obrian, account L. Obrian10.00  6. G. M. T. Fountain, account Mrs. W. L. Hargrove20.00  6. Miss M. F. Whitaker, pair slippers sold Mr. Massey.60  8. Mrs. E. E. Swindell, account Chas. Swindell10.00  11. Mrs. E. S. McGee, acct. Charles Skinner50.00  11. I. Stroud, account Miss Sallie Stroud20.00  11. Penn Metal Clg. and Roofing Co., overcharge10.79  16. W. H. Lyon, account W. E. Lyon20.00  16. W. H. Carty, account E. Carty20.00  16. Mrs. W. H. Yarboro, acct. W. H. Yarboro20.00 
1904.   July17. H. Perry, account J. W. Twisdale$ 20.00  18. J. N. Harrison, account Cooper Harrison200.00  23. R. R. Satterwhite, account Arthur Satterwhite20.00    $ 519.39 13. Cash loaned to Steward returned 400.00 13. By amount turned over to the State Treasurer$4,390.37  Balance300.00   $4,690.37$4,690.371904.    Balance $ 300.00Aug.3. J. L. Obrian, account L. Obrian$ 10.00  5. Mrs. L. A. Haywood, acct. E. B. Haywood20.00  5. J. G. Justice, account Mrs. A. Justice20.00  6. Dr. C. L. Jenkins, account board wife10.00  11. Everett Baughan, acct. Mrs. M. Baughan50.00  12. Mrs. Eliza McGee, acct. Chas Skinner50.50  15. W. H. Lyon, account W. E. Lyon20.00  15. J. Swartz, account sale of hides55.00  16. H. Perry, account J. W. Twisdale20.00  16. W. H. Carty, account E. Carty20.00  22. G. M. T. Fountain, acct. W. L. Hargrove20.00  28. A. Mayo, account Mrs. Silverthorn15.00  29. E. Baugham, account Mrs. M. Baugham50.00  30. P. D. Webster, account John Webster20.00  31. J. R. Young, Ins. Com. for cancelled policy44.90  3. G. H. Brown, account Mary Brown20.00    $ 445.40 Balance$ 745.40   $ 745.40$ 745.401904.    Balance $ 745.40Sept.1. J. L. Obrian, account L. Obrian$ 10.00  3. Mrs. L. A. Haywood, acct. E. B. Haywood20.00  3. Jeff Upchurch, 75 bags2.25  3. Return check, account coal returned37.75  5. G. H. Brown, account Miss M. Brown20.00  7. E. L. McGee, account Chas. Skinner50.00  8. T. J. Bassnight, account J. V. Twedy30.39  12. W. H. Lyon, account W. E. Lyon20.00  9. Dr. C. L. Jenkins, account wife's board10.00  16. P. D. Webster, account John Webster20.00  17. J. G. Justice, account Mrs. A. Justice20.00  17. W. H. Carty, account E. Carty20.00 
1904.   Sept.18. Henry Perry, account J. W. Twisdale$ 20.00  19. Jeff Upchurch, 38 bags at 3c1.15  22. H. L. Fry, account Hugh Fry20.00  17. J. M. Gardener, account J. W. White20.00  26. J. M. Gardener, account J. W. White22.50  27. J. W. Lee, account D. L. Bland20.00  29. E. Baugham, account Mrs. M. Baugham50.00  19. Jeff Upchurch, sale sacks1.05    $ 415.09 Balance$1,160.49   $1,160.49$1,160.491904.    Balance $1,160.49Oct.1. G. F. McCauley, account Etta McCauley$ 20.00  1. I. Stroud, account Sallie Stroud40.00  1. Dr. C. L. Jenkins, account board of wife10.00  3. C. T. Bailey, account James Lee20.00  4. J. L. Obrian, account L. Obrian10.00  4. Mrs. L. A. Haywood, acct. E. B. Haywood20.00  5. Eliza McGee, account Chas. Skinner50.00  6. G. H. Brown, account Mary Brown20.00  7. Mrs. E. B. Yancey, account T. B. Yancey20.00  10. J. G. Justice, account Annie Justice20.00  15. W. H. Lyon, account W. E. Lyon20.00  15. G. F. McCauley, account Etta McCauley20.00  15. W. H. Carty, account E. Carty20.00  18. W. C. Mitchell, account C. Mitchell140.78  21. H. L. Fry, account Hugh Fry20.00  22. P. D. Webster, account John Webster20.00    $ 470.78 22. To cash returned to I. Stroud, account Sallie Stroud60.00$ 410.78 Balance$1,571.27   $1,571.27$1,571.271904.    By balance $1,571.27Nov.1. R. W. King, account J. H. King$ 20.00  1. E. Baugham, account M. Baugham50.00  1. C. T. Bailey, account James Lee20.00  5. J. L. Obrian, account L. Obrian10.00  5. Mrs. L. A. Haywood, acct. E. B. Haywood20.00  5. George H. Brown, account Mary Brown20.00  5. D. S. Alderman, account J. H. Alderman40.00  5. Dr. C. L. Jenkins, account board wife10.00  7. R. B. Nicholson, account S. J. Buckman274.75 
1904.   Nov.7. Raleigh Real Estate and Trust Co., account Fuller place to repair roof32.15  11. J. G. Justice, account Mrs. Annie Justice20.00  14. W. E. Lyon, account W. H. Lyon20.00  14. Mrs. Eliza McGee, account Chas. Skinner50.00  16. W. H. Carty, account E. Carty20.00  16. A. Mayo, account Mrs. Silverthorn15.00  23. H. L. Fry, account Hugh Fry20.00  23. Henry Perry, account J. W. Twisdale20.00  23. J. N. Harrison acct. Cooper Harrison200.00  23. Raleigh Milling Co., account 2,305 sacks at 3c.69.15  30. G. M. T. Fountain, account W. L. Hargrove60.00  30. By cash check from Dr. James McKee, Superintendent400.00  30. To balance, account Dr. Jenkins, board of wife30.00    $1,421.05 Balance$2,992.32   $2,992.32$2,992.32

 ABSTRACT D.

GARDENER'S REPORT OF THE PRODUCTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND DAIRY WITH THEIR ESTIMATED VALUE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1904. Apples, 44 bushels at 60c $ 26.40 Asparagus, 106 bunches at 5c 5.30 Beets, table, 1,340 bunches at 3c 40.20 Beans, snap, 294 bushels at 70c 205.80 Beans, lima, 185 bushels at 50c 92.50 Beans, navy, 6 bushels at $3.00 18.00 Beans, dry, 6 bushels at $2.00 12.00 Carrots, 75 bushels at 75c 56.25 Beef, 2,886 pounds at 6½c 187.59 Cabbage, 11,532 heads at 4c 461.28 Chickens, 288 at 20c 57.60 Fodder, 42,294 pounds at 80c 338.05 Fodder, green, 250 tons at $2.00 500.00 Corn, 1,325 bushels at 60c 795.00 Shucks, 5,500 pounds at 20c 11.00 Cantaloupes, 8,840 at 3c 265.20
Cucumbers, 256½ bushels at 70c $ 179.55 Collards, 5,600 heads at 2c 112.00 Cauliflower, 252 heads at 5c 12.00 Eggs, 280 dozen at 20c 56.00 Rye, green, 14,100 pounds at 20c 28.20 Vetch, green, 25,400 pounds at 20c 50.80 Clover, green, 17,000 pounds at 30c 51.00 Hay, pea vine, 63,103 pounds at 60c 378.61 Hay, clover, 6,000 pounds at 80c 48.00 Hay, vetch, 12,000 pounds at 50c 60.00 Grapes, 23 bushels at $1.00 23.00 Lettuce, 785 heads at 1c 7.85 Leeks, 71 bushels at 70c 49.70 Milk, 20,672 gallons at 20c 4,134.40 Manure, 480 loads at $1.00 480.00 Onions, 2,360 bunches at 3c 70.80 Okra, 110 bushels at 75c 82.50 Parsnips, 60 bushels at 80 48.00 Peas, dry, 228 bushels at $1.00 228.00 Peas, English, 59 bushels at $1.60 94.40 Peas, green, 189 bushels at $1.00 189.00 Potatoes, Irish, 95 bushels at 80c 76.00 Potatoes, sweet, 1,200 bushels at 40 480.00 Pork, 7,000 pounds at 9c 630.00 Radishes, 750 bunches at 3c 22.50 Roastingears, 1,087 dozen at 10c 108.70 Pepper, 250 strings at 10c 25.00 Strawberries, 2,757 quarts at 8c 220.56 Salads, 1,479 bushels at 40c 591.60 Salsify, 35 bushels at $1.00 35.00 Squash, 352 bushels at 40c 140.80 Tomatoes, 195 bushels at 80c 156.00 Turkeys, 16 at $1.00 16.00 Turnips, 259 bushels at 30c 77.70 Watermelons, 4,258 at 5c 212.90 Vegetable eggs, 174 at 5c 8.70 Beets, stock, 16 tons at $8.00 128.00 Plums, 41 bushels at $1.50 61.50 Wood, oak, 20 cords at $2.00 40.00 Total 12487.54

ABSTRACT E.

APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE FISCAL YEARS 1903 AND 1904, ENDING NOVEMBER 30. Appropriation for fiscal years 1903 and 1904   $143,000.00 Appropriation for water line and supply   5,000.00 Appropriation for outstanding accounts   7,000.00 Cash sales and receipts from pay patients   13,321.23 Total receipts   $168,321.23 Expenditures for fiscal year 1903 $87,593.03   Expenditures for fiscal year 1904 80,720.23   Outstanding accounts for bills due 843.47   For gas connection and fixtures 1,000.00 $170,156.73 Outstanding accounts   $ 1,835.50

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. DR. JAMES McKEE, Superintendent, State Hospital, Dix Hill.

SIR:—I herewith present you the report of this department. It includes the care of the boilers, steam heating, laundry machinery, ice and refrigeration, lights and plumbing. I found three old, well-worn 60-horse-power boilers doing and had been doing the work for half again as much power as they should have been required to do; however, by close attention they were made to do the service required. If any accident had occurred through one of them there would have been a disturbance in the regular routine of service in the heating, laundry and light service. They are situated in an old, nearly dilapidated house, on the ground floor, under rooms intended to be occupied by servants and the laundry. A portion of the ground floor has been taken for an ice plant and cold storage, depriving the lower rooms of as much space as was necessary for their use. A measurement of the building showed there was 1,500,000 square feet of space to heat, that required 21,500 feet of radiating surface and that required 2,678 feet of boiler service. It takes a 150-horse-power boiler to furnish power to run the machinery of the Hospital safely. You will observe that the three 60-horse-power boilers have been overworked at an enormous cost of fuel. Two 150-horse-power boilers can with safety furnish 3,800 feet of heating surface. A new boiler, 150-horse-power, has been purchased and placed under a temporary house, properly connected by its breeching with the great stack. All the necessary pipes were attached at a cost of $2,356.60. We found it absolutely necessary to remove on account of corrosion and replace 3,880 feet of steam-pipes at a cost of $329.81, piping and valves at a cost of $396.20, aggregating a cost for boiler and piping purposes of $3,082.61.

LAUNDRY.

The laundry, under the same roof as the boiler-house, should be in a separate building, and on the first floor, as there is danger of fire in all laundries where large heaters are used, and especially where insane people work. The laundry is too crowded and needs enlarging. The drying-room is not half large enough, for they cannot dry the clothes in wet weather. I have done a good deal of work in the laundry; have renewed shafting and boxes on two tubs, made a new top for one other, put on one new set of gear, a wheel on one other, renewed five small belts and one main driving belt. I recommend the erection of a two-story building, the second floor of which to be used as rooms for employees, as asked for two years ago. We need to expend $3,000 in the laundry.

 WATER SUPPLY.

The water supply was condemned some time ago. We had to discontinue use of same and connect with the Wake Water Company. The Legislature appropriated $5,000 for the special purpose of furnishing water to the institution. We put in 2,800 feet of 8-inch cast-iron pipe, eight valves and a large water meter for furnishing the supply. Most all the pipes through the Hospital were old and rotten and could not stand the city water pressure. We had to renew over 3,000 feet of water pipes at a cost of $600, put in a good many new self-closing cocks, had to renew pipes in the bath-rooms, had to replace old, worn-out bath-tubs with new ones, had to put in new dish-sinks, had to replace old, worn-out wash-bowls with new ones. I have been continually employed in keeping up repairs of pipes through which the city water had to flow, as the old ones were so badly corroded that they had to be constantly watched and replaced.

 LIGHTS.

Neither the gas nor the electric plant is large enough to light the Hospital. Rosin gas is too expensive to use at a cost of $2.60 per barrel, as it takes one barrel of rosin and three-fourths of a cord of wood, and time for one man; the wear and tear of the works makes the cost of gas five dollars per night and the electric light three dollars per night. The electric light wiring is very old and the insulation rotten. All the wiring throughout the Hospital has been overloaded and is really unsafe, the building being wired for 200 lights, and 300 lights having been added to this. An inspector from the South-eastern Tariff Association condemned all the wiring. An inspection of the wiring was made at your request, and the estimate of the cost cannot be put down at less than $2,000; new engine and dynamo in duplicate, $6,300. My predecessor two years ago, as noted in his report, asked for an appropriation to renew the wiring and put in new electrical machinery. Acting under instructions from you, I superintended the connection made with the Standard Gas and Electric Company, and beg to report that $1,000 will cover the expense of piping and gas fixtures and meter for connection with the Hospital. We put in 2,500 feet of 4-inch cast-iron pipes from the Hospital to Saunders street to the connection with the gas company's main; 1,500 feet of new gas pipes had to be placed in the Hospital where there was no gas, at a cost of $150. The burners had to be changed and a good many gas fixtures put in; 1,400 feet of old cast-iron water pipes that had been used with the old water connection was taken up and used for part of the gas main. I feel persuaded that it will take $1,800 appropriation per annum to pay for the lights. In reply to your question, I will state that we can place eleven or twelve are lights on the outside of the building and barns and run them with the present engine and dynamo.

 ICE PLANT.

The ice plant and cold storage is under the same roof as the boilers and laundry. Neither the ice plant nor the cold storage has ever been large enough for the Hospital's use, for want of space. It is necessary to increase the size of the ice plant and cold storage, and to do so it will be necessary to place them in a new house. That could be done under the suggested building for the boiler. The pipe coils are about rusted from long usage. The brine-tank is rusty and leaks very badly and cannot be run another season. We are barely making one-half enough ice for use in the Hospital. If this should be continued it will be necessary to have a 3,000-gallon brine-tank. The new cold storage was asked for in a previous report. The last estimated cost for ice plant and cold storage was $5,000. This present second-hand one was purchased for $3,500 six years ago.

 ROOFS.

A great deal of work has been done upon the roofing of the various houses for the Hospital. They have been watched constantly to prevent leaks. The gutters have been kept in repair, sometimes replacing sections of the gutters with new tin. There have been put up a good many new conductor pipes. The roof on the engineer's house leaks badly, and, notwithstanding the constant repair that has been done upon it, it still continues to leak. I respectfully ask that you place a new roof upon the building. The Hospital roof needs a coat of paint, and should be done next spring.

Respectfully submitted, L. A. KEUSTER, Engineer. GARDENER'S DEPARTMENT. DR. JAMES McKEE, Superintendent, State Hospital, Dix Hill.

DEAR SIR:—Herewith I submit the biennial report of the operations of the farm, garden and dairy. The farm and garden contain 175 acres. The acreage is entirely too small for the use of the institution. More land has been asked for repeatedly since my connection with the Hospital, and it is absolutely necessary to have land sufficient to make feed for the stock. This year the institution rented 80 acres of land at a cost of $300. The estimated products of this 80 acres is $1,237. We also had the benefit of a good dwelling-house, stables and some out-houses, which came in very conveniently, as we needed the room. We need, in addition to open land, some woodland, especially pine forests, so that we may get the benefit of the straw that falls from the trees to be used for storing the potatoes and bedding for the stock.

We had an epidemic of cholera among the swine herd and lost almost the entire herd. The old swine pasture contains five acres and has been continually in use for fifty-four years, and the cause of the cholera can be attributed, I think, to the congested condition of the pasture. A wire fence around the north, east and south sides of the plantation would be of great benefit and would keep off loafers and thieves, by whom we are continually annoyed.

Large columns at the main entrance, with iron gates, and a lodge cottage, would not only be very beneficial, but would add very much to the looks of the premises.

The dairy department is deficient in its milk supply, the daily average being fifty-five gallons; and to supply the patients we should have one hundred gallons daily. The herd is being brought back to the standard gradually since we lost most of them by tuberculosis three years ago. The barns and out-houses are very much in need of paint. I respectfully suggest that comfortable rooms be provided for dairy and farm employees, as the ones they are in are very dilapidated.

Very respectfully, JAMES ADAMS, Gardener. CARPENTER'S DEPARTMENT. DR. JAMES MCKEE, Superintendent, State Hospital, Dix Hill.

DEAR SIR:—Since my appointment as carpenter I have been constantly employed in keeping the building in repair, which I found to be very much out of repair, something constantly having to be done. I have made coffins, repaired locks, clocks, tables and other furniture; also farm wagons, plows and other farming implements; have constructed a frame house to be used for boiler 30 by 60 feet, covering same with corrugated iron; have put a high fence around the poultry-yard, 50 by 125 by 12 feet high; put barbed-wire fence around cow pasture, and “Page” woven-wire fence around hog pasture; replaced an old, wornout, dilapidated porch in the rear end of the congregate dining-room; replaced old steps with new ones in front of female annex; placed metal ceiling in three bath-rooms and in three water-closets, and painted same; have kept the barns, carriage-house and stables up by repairing. In the male annex I have placed metal ceilings in three water-closets and one bath-room, and painted same, and in the bath-rooms of the eighth and ninth wards I have put down new concrete floors. I have had some of my help constantly employed in scraping and re-applying muresco to the walls in the wards and administration building, and have fitted up a room for the house-keeper over the kitchen, and made new wheel-barrows for use.

Very respectfully, T. A. HOLLIDAY, Carpenter. TINNER'S DEPARTMENT. DR. JAMES MCKEE, Superintendent, State Hospital, Dix Hill. SIR:—

Repaired roof and gutter over arcade $ 6.00 Repaired main roof all over 18.00 Painted and penciled brick siding gang-way between main building and female annex 8.00 Repaired slate roof at barn 3.00 Repaired slate roof and valleys on male annex 4.50 Put up steel ceiling in bath-room on eighth ward 6.00 New outlets, conductor pipes on rear portion of congregate dining-room 4.00 One galvanized iron drip-pan for coffee urns in kitchen 3.00 Three new milk buckets for dairy 3.00 Thimbles, etc., for engineering department 2.00 Painted spring-house roof 4.50 Painted gutters at tenth ward 3.00 Repaired tin roof, gutters, conductor pipe at gardener's cottage, Fuller place 12.00

I have kept up all the tinware on wards, kitchen, cold storage, ice plant and dairy. When my attention is not needed on roofs and repairs I spend the time assisting the engineering and carpenter's departments.

REPAIRS NEEDED.

Gutters are needed on the main building. The female annex should be painted at once. The roof of the main building, boiler-house, laundry, kitchen and barn also need painting. The valleys and porch roof at the Steward's cottage should be painted as soon as spring opens up. About 150 feet of 4-inch conductor pipe should go on the main building; 150 feet of 6-inch pipe for underground drainage should go in at the male annex to save the foundations of the building; 125 feet of tin gutter 28 inches wide should go in the porch at the male annex. One balcony floor should be tinned at the male annex. It is necessary that this should be done to preserve the roof and the buildings.

Very respectfully, R. D. LITTLE, Tinner and Assistant Carpenter. LAUNDRY DEPARTMENT. DR. JAMES MCKEE, Superintendent, State Hospital, Dix Hill.

SIR:—I herewith respectfully submit a report of the Laundry Department for the fiscal year ending November 30, 1903, and for the year ending 1904.

Much of the work is done by the female patients, who, as a rule, improve very much in strength, though the work is not, of course, up to the standard of a first-class laundry.

All goods turned out of the laundry are clean and reasonably nicely ironed by such help as is used. One has to be ever watchful, and I hope the work of the department has been done in a satisfactory manner. All of which is respectfully submitted.

If you will allow me I will respectfully suggest that the laundry be enlarged, that we have an increase of two machines, washer and extractor, the room enlarged and the elevator remodeled, all of which will add considerably to the work in this department.

Respectfully submitted, (MISS) N. K. BENSON, Laundress. MATRON'S REPORT.

REPORT OF WORK DONE IN SEWING-ROOM FROM DECEMBER 1, 1903, TO DECEMBER 1, 1904. Aprons 137 Bonnets 37 Burial robes 30 Coats 242 Collars 294 Cravats 223 Chemise 2 Curtains 93 Drawers 558 Dresses 112 Gowns 53 Garters 68 Handkerchiefs 334 Ice-bags 6 Napkins 206 Pants 412 Pillow-cases 783 Pillow-shams 12 Pillow-ticks 31 Shirts 945 Shirt-waists 48 Sheets 912 Sleeves 22 Suspenders 290 Table-cloths 63 Tray-cloths 12 Towels 382 Underskirts 32 Vests 61 Pieces mended 2,293

REPORT OF WORK DONE ON WARDS FROM DECEMBER 1, 1903, TO DECEMBER 1, 1904. Aprons 799 Bonnets 149 Chemise 345 Corset covers 6 Curtains 31
Dresses 644 Drawers 180 Gowns 218 Hose (pairs) 188 Neck-ties 281 Pillow-cases 143 Sheets 95 Shirt-waists 45 Socks 83 Table-cloths 12 Toilets 124 Towels 18 Underskirts 362 Pieces mended 5,195

Very respectfully, M. F. WHITAKER.

REPORT OF WORK DONE IN SEWING-ROOM FROM DECEMBER 1, 1902, TO DECEMBER 1, 1903.Aprons473Bonnets65Burial robes18Capes24Coats215Collars293Cravats128Chemise140Curtains80Drawers199Dresses297Gowns49Gloves3Garters100Handkerchiefs201Hats lined72Ice-bags10Napkins154Pants313Pillow-cases842Pillow-shams291Pillow-ticks55Shirts583Shirt-waists99Sheets678Sleeves45
Suspenders14Table-cloths41Towels350Tray-cloths6Underskirts247Vests144Pieces mended1,815

REPORT OF WORK DONE ON WARDS FROM DECEMBER 1, 1902, TO DECEMBER 1, 1903. Aprons 500 Bonnets 36 Chemise 283 Corset covers 7 Curtains 56 Dresses 589 Drawers 158 Gowns 191 Gloves 2 Hose (pairs 441 Neck-ties 32 Pillow-cases 138 Sheets 100 Shirt-waists 47 Socks 187 Table-cloths 5 Ticks 2 Towels 8 Toilets 16 Underskirts 312 Pieces mended 4,651

Very respectfully, M. F. WHITAKER.