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The State Prison. The average daily popula- 

 tion for 1901-'0-J wa- 150 a little more* than the 

 preceding two years, but much less than from 

 1895 to 1899. There have been no escapes since 

 1870. Trouble with the men is practically un- 

 known. There are but 2 female convicts. 



Prisoners are now sentenced under the indeter- 

 minate-sentence act of 1901, which went into ef- 

 fect in May of that year. Eight have been pa- 

 roled under that act, but so recently that nothing 

 can be said concerning the results. The most ef- 

 fective inducement to the convicts to submit 

 bravely and patiently to their duties during their 

 imprisonment is the provision for commuting sen- 

 tences for good behavior. 



tal, which, with their experience in the wards, 

 broadens and perfects their education. 



During the summer months the open-air treat- 

 ment of insanity has been pushed to the furthest 

 limit possible consistent with the physical condi- 

 tion of the patients. Tuberculosis patients were 

 cared for in a tent, and all whose physical condi- 

 tion admitted were placed out on the grounds. 

 Out of a population of 470, as many as 440 were 

 out of doors. The results of such treatment were 

 eminently satisfactory, both in promoting in- 

 creased nutrition and in quieting such as were 

 restless and excitable. 



Soldiers' Home. The inmates of the home 

 number from 80 to 100 through the year. UP- 



STATE LIBRARY, CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



State Hospital. The sum of $15,000 was ap- 

 propriated by the Legislature to provide fire-proof 

 elevator wells for the food-elevators, a tower con- 

 taining an iron stairway to serve as a fire-escape 

 for the chapel building, a new oven and tile floor 

 for the bakery, and a new cottage for the head 

 fanner. 



The summer sanatorium, located at Lake Pena- 

 cook and distant 4 miles from the hospital proper, 

 continues to be a most useful supplement to the 

 remedial equipment of this institution. This ad- 

 dition now includes 56 acres of land, 2 cottages 

 for men and women patients, besides small stable 

 and barn. 'An average of 30 patients have been 

 accommodated there during the summer months. 



The Training-School for Nurses has been eleven 

 years in successful operation. Its efficiency has 

 been greatly increased during the past year by an 

 alliance with the Concord District Nursing Asso- 

 ciation. Every nurse prior to her graduation 

 must have served a certain number of weeks in 

 district nursing under the direction of a head 

 nurse employed by the association. In this way 

 the nurses of the State Hospital acquire a fine 

 drill in house-to-house nursing outside the hospi- 



ward of 500 soldiers have resided there, and the 

 deaths number 105. The cost of individual main- 

 tenance of members is about $210 a year. 



The home is in the town of Tilton, 20 miles from 

 the capital, and is located on a beautiful eminence 

 half a mile from the village. Its original cost was 

 $40,000, and it has been maintained at an annual 

 expense to the State of about $10.000. ovr and 

 above the amounts received from the United 

 States Government under general law. The < 

 ernor of the State is, ex officio, chairman of the 

 Board of Managers; secretary, Col. Daniel Hall, 

 of Dover; the commandant, Capt. Ervin H. Smith, 

 of Peterborough. 



Dartmouth College. The total enrolment of 

 students for the academic year 1902-'0.'i is 789 

 an increase of 21 over the preceding year. <>t 

 this number. New Hampshire has 220; Massachu- 

 setts, 284; and the remainder conic from 25 differ- 

 ent States and foreign lands. 



State Agricultural College. There was in 

 the year some increase in the grade of work and 

 the requirements for admission. The college is so 

 related to the recently adopted courses of study in 

 the State high schools that the graduates of these 



