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If after the above provisions have been made, there is still need of further 

 hospital extension, we would recommend that the question be left to a com- 

 mittee appointed for that purpose. 



2. There should, also, be provided at the Robert W. Long Hospital a 

 psyehiotrie department, for observation and treatment of incipient mental 

 cases. 



3. At other general hospitals throughout the state detention "wards 

 should be established for observation and detention pending commitment 

 and admission to the state hospitals. We feel that no person suffering from 

 mental disease should be placed in jail. 



4. The development of means for occupational therapy for patients. 



5. A law providing for voluntary admission to state hospitals, thus 

 taking care of incipient eases at a time Avhen recovery is more hopeful. 



The Fkeble-AIixded. 



1. The enlargement of the School for Feeble-Minded Youth at Fort 

 Wayne by a colony in the southern part of the state, on not less than 1,000 

 acres of land, with inexpensive buildings. 



2. An additional law providing for commitment of patients to the School 

 for F'eeble-Minded Youth, the same as to the Village for Epileptics. 



3. That in the event of increase in the facilities for the care of the feeble- 

 minded, there be a law providing for the committal of adult feeble-minded 

 males similar to the law now existing for the commitment of adult feeble- 

 minded females. 



General. 



1 . There should be mental as well as physical examinalion of school children. 

 Wherever it is possible, separate schools or separate rooms should be. established. 



2. We regard as highly important, and strongly recommend, the enactment 

 of a law providing for a commission, with .sufficient funds, to study the entire 

 question of the mental defectives in this stale. 



I confidently believe that these aims will appeal to flic members of the 

 Indiana Academy, and that all will join with us in this necessary effort to 

 reduce mental unsoundness, and thus to contribute to the happiness and 

 efficiency of all our people. 



