BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.

CENTRAL HOSPITAL FOR INSANE.

DR. GEO. F. EDEN HARTER, SUPERINTENDENT.

This institution is located at Indianapolis and consists of two main buildings, the department for men and the department for women, and twenty-three accessory buildings.

The department for women was constructed of brick and stone twenty-three years ago. The department for men is a brick building constructed fifty-four years ago.

In order to convey an idea of the magnitude of this institution, the following statistics are given concerning the dimensions of the women's building:

The area of each floor except the fourth, in square feet...

69,024

The building for men is about two-thirds as large as the building for women.

ACCESSORY BUILDINGS.

The Pathological Building was constructed in 1895. It contains twenty-three rooms with a floor space of 3,636 square feet.

The General Store is used for the trustees' office, steward's office, butcher shop and general store purposes, and contains a floor space of 6,357 square feet.

The Bakery is a brick structure of three rooms, with a floor area of 2,016 square feet.

The Power House has a floor space of 3,308 square feet and contains the electrical machinery, consisting of three engines, six dynamos and necessary accessories.

Connected. with this, yet separate from it, is the engineer's department and machine shop, containing an area of 1,824 square feet.

Adjoining the power house is the boiler-house, with a floor space of 8,835 square feet, containing fifteen boilers and pumps necessary to the operation of the plant.

The Carpenter Shop is a frame building with tin roof, used for a workshop and for storing lumber, hardware and other materials. It contains a floor area of 2,204 square feet.

The Laundry is a brick one-story building, practically fireproof, with a floor area of 14,940 square feet covered with tin roof. The equipment of this building consists of the following machinery: fifteen brass washing machines, four centrifugal extractors, one mangle, five ironing machines, one starcher and kettle, one dryroom, one dampening press, two soap kettles, one tumbler, one water heater, and other minor implements.

The Fire Department is a building containing a floor area of 5,540 square feet. It contains the fire apparatus, and has sleepingrooms attached.

The Upholstering Department is a two-story brick building containing a floor area of 3,000 square feet.

The following is a list of minor accessory buildings with their floor areas:

PROPERTY.

The value of the property of this institution is estimated as

The district from which patients are drawn for this institution is composed of the following counties: Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland, Jefferson, Ripley, Jennings, Scott, Clark, Floyd, Washington, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Brown, Bartholomew, Shelby, Johnson, Morgan, Owen, Clay, Vigo, Vermillion, Parke, Montgomery, Boone, Hamilton, Tipton, Clinton, Tippecanoe, Fountain, Warren, Benton, Carroll, Howard, Putnam, Hendricks, Marion and Hancock.

CAPACITY.

The capacity of this institution without crowding is 1,400.

The following table will show the number of patients treated and the average daily enrollment for the last ten years:

The following is a statement of the receipts and expenditures for the years ending October 31, 1899, and October 31, 1900:

*$160 per capita for each person actually present over a daily average of 1,515.

NEEDS.

The following are the needs of this institution as represented by the Superintendent for the years beginning November 1, 1901, and November 1, 1902:

Additional maintenance of $160 per capita per annum for each person over a total average of 1,515.

SPECIFIC APPROPRIATIONS.

The following specific appropriations are asked for by this institution:

The average daily number of patients present in this institution for the past year was 1,620. At $163 per capita the cost of maintenance would approximate $264,000, and the committee would recommend an appropriation for maintenance of $264,000. Extensive repairs are much needed in this institution, and the committee feels that the sum asked for for this purpose would not be too much to meet the needs of the institution in this particular, and therefore recommends an appropriation for repairs of $15,000. The committee would also recommend additional appropriations as follows: