required at the present time for the accommodation of instructors who have young and growing families, and who are compelled to submit to arrangements involving considerable inconvenience both to them and to the institution.
All of which is respectfully submitted by order of the board of direct-
EDWARD M. GALLAUDET,
President.
Hon. Columbus Delano
Secretary of the Interior.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF VISITORS OF THE GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE.
Government Hospital for the Insane.
Near Washington, D. C., October 31, 1S73.
Sir: In behalf of the Board of Visitors the undersigned have the honor to submit the eighteenth annual report of the" condition and wants of the institution."
The number of patients remaining under treatment on the 30th day of June, 1872, was—
From the Army, white males | 151 | ||
From „the „Army,„ colored males„ | 6 | ||
From „the „Army,„ white males„ (discharged) | 126 | ||
From „the „Army,„ colored males„ | 1 | ||
From „the „Army,„ white males„ (civilians) | 3 | ||
From „the „Army,„ colored males„ civillians„ | 1 | ||
From „the „Army,„ white females civillians„ | 31 | ||
000 |
292 | ||
From the Navy, white males | 31 | ||
From„ The„ Navy„ colored males„ | 1 | ||
From„ The„ Navy„ white males„ (discharged) | 3 | ||
From„ The„ Navy„ colored males„ (discharged)„ | 1 | ||
000 |
36 | ||
000 |
328 | ||
From civil life, white males | 82 | ||
From„ civil„ life,„ white„ females | 110 | ||
— | 192 | ||
From„ civil„ life,„ colored males | 15 | ||
From„ civil„ life,„ colored„ females | 26 | ||
000 |
41 | ||
000 |
233 | ||
000 | |||
Males. 422; females, 139; total | 561 |
The number of patients admitted during the year ending June 30, 1873, was—
From the Army, white males | 40 | ||
From „the „Army,„ white males„ (discharged) | 35 | ||
000 |
75 | ||
From the Navy, white males | 9 | ||
From „the „Navy, „white „males„ (discharged) | 1 | ||
000 |
10 | ||
000 |
85 | ||
From civil life, white males | 58 | ||
From „civil „life, „white „females | 37 | ||
000 |
95 | ||
From civil life, colored males | 8 | ||
From „civil „life, „colored „females | 13 | ||
000 |
21 | ||
000 |
116 | ||
000 | |||
Males. 151; females,50;- total | 201 |