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and the number who were discharged cured, 

 are both larger thau in any preceding year. 

 The deaths were equal to 5.46 per cent, of the 

 whole number of patients in the course of the 

 year, and 8.07 per cent, of the daily average 

 number of inmates. The receipts from all 

 sources for the year were $91,288.64, and the 

 expenses $84,776.22, leaving a balance of 

 $6,512.42 in the Treasury. 



The number of patients under treatment in 

 the Lunatic Hospital at Taunton during the 

 year was 758 ; number of admissions, 375 ; dis- 

 charges, 376 ; average number in the hospital 

 388. The percentage of the recoveries as com- 

 pared with the admissions has been 29.89 

 which is less than the general average since 

 the opening of the institution. Of the whole 

 number admitted, 157 were of American par- 

 entage, and 218 foreign. The average annual 

 cost of each patient is $200.35, and the average 

 weekly 'cost $3.85. The total receipts for the 

 year ending September 30, 1870, were $77,- 

 497.42 ; total payments, $67,733.79. 



Of the 2,032 persons who have been admitted 

 to the hospital, 1,075 pursued active out-door 

 employment, 594 pursued active in-door em- 

 ployment, 347 were of sedentary habits, and 

 the occupation of 16 was unknown. There 

 were 480 laborers, 254 farmers, 186 seamen, 

 127 boot and shoe makers, 113 mill operatives, 

 80 traders, 73 carpenters, 67 clerks, 20 mer- 

 chants, 19 clergymen, 14 physicians, 14 teachers, 

 5 lawyers, 4 actors, 2 editors. Of the assigned 

 causes of insanity, the two greatest are in- 

 temperance, which is said to have caused 680 

 of the inmates to become insane, and ill-health, 

 Gil. Religious excitement caused 194; pecu- 

 niary trouble, 96; loss of friends, 88; spiritual- 

 ism, 47; and hard work, 51. Of the total num- 

 ber of inmates, 2,437 have been supported by 

 the State, 920 by towns, and 673 by individuals. 

 A valuable addition of upward of 400 volumes 

 has been made during the past year to their 

 well-used library. The employment of patients 

 as much as possible out-of-doors, even at the 

 risk of looking through the neighborhood, oc- 

 casionally, for an eloped patient, was com- 

 mended. An important change in the manage- 

 ment of this institution took place during the 

 past year, occasioned by the resignation of Dr. 

 Ohoate, who had given much satisfaction as 

 superintendent since the opening of the hos- 

 pital in 1854. The truste eselected as his suc- 

 cessor Dr. William W. Godding, of Winchendon, 

 who had gained much experience in the care 

 and treatment of the insane as first assistant 

 physician in the National Hospital for the In- 

 sane at Washington. 



The report of the superintendent of the 

 Lunatic Asylum at Worcester shows that 384 

 patients were received into the hospital during 

 the year, of whom 196 were males, and 188 

 .females. At the close of the preceding year 

 the number of inmates was 376, of whom 190 

 were males, and 186 females. The number 

 under treatment during the year was, there- 



fore, 760386 males, and 374 females. The 

 daily average of patients in the hospital was 

 396 ; discharged 287 ; of whom 158 were re- 

 covered, 123 improved, 6 not improved, died 

 64. The number of admissions exceeded those 

 of the previous year by 47 ; the number of dis- 

 charges was 9 less, and the number of deaths 

 17 greater than in the preceding year. The 

 ratio of recoveries was a fraction more than 

 45 per cent, to the number of those" discharged, 

 or a fraction more than 55 per cent, after de- 

 ducting the number of those who died. The 

 rate of mortality was somewhat greater 'than 

 in 1869, but is regarded as moderate, consid- 

 ering the patients when admitted. The receipts 

 from all sources for the year were $90,428.31, 

 and the expenditures were $82,541.40, leaving 

 a balance in the Treasury of $7,886.91. 



The State Prison of Massachusetts holds a 

 very high rank among the penal institutions of 

 the country, and has attracted the attention 

 of the general public by the adoption of wise 

 and humane reforms in prison discipline. 

 During the past year there has been a marked 

 improvement in the discipline of the prison. 

 The school established more than a year ago 

 has been very successful, and on the part of 

 the attendants there has been a faithful devo- 

 tion to their studies. Instruction is given 

 three evenings a week to more than one hun- 

 dred pupils, and the attendance would be still 

 larger if there were adequate accommodations. 

 In the winter months lectures are usually 

 given once a week, which are fully attended 

 and appreciated by the inmates. 



By the report of the warden, Gideon Haynes, 

 it appears that the whole number of convicts, 

 October 1, 1869, was 593 ; numbeu received 

 under warrants from the courts, during the 

 year ending September 30, 1870, was 177 ; es- 

 caped convicts returned, 2 ; remanded, having 

 broken the condition of his pardon, 1 ; returned 

 from the insane hospital, 1 ; discharged by 

 expiration of sentence, 130 ; by remission of 

 sentence, 63 ; died, 14 ; sent to the insane hos- 

 pital, 2 ; escaped, 2 ; number remaining, Sep- 

 tember 30, 1870, 563. Of those received dur- 

 ing the year, there were for arson, 6 ; assault 

 with intent to murder, 6 ; with intent to rob, 

 6 ; breaking and entering, 54 ; burglary, 8 ; 

 forgery, 5 ; larceny, 27; larceny from the per- 

 son, 12 ; manslaughter, 7 ; murders, 7 ; rob- 

 bery, 14. Financially speaking, the profits of 

 the prison, for four years, have amounted in 

 the aggregate to $105,330.39. The receipts, 

 in cash, for the year ending October 1, 1870 

 (paid into the Treasury of the Commonwealth), 

 were $138,899.96, which, with stock on hand 

 amounting to $10,147.45, gives a total of $149,- 

 047.41. The cash expenditures for the same 

 period were $114,974.85, which, added to the 

 stock on hand, October 1, 1869, $7,290.87, 

 makes a total of $122,265.72, and a balance of 

 $26,781.69 in favor of the prison for the year. 



The expenditures of the State Eeforrn School 

 for Boys, at Westborough, for 1870, were $44,- 



