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               NORTHERN HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE.




                                   OFICr. T C.E R S.

                            R. M. WIGGINGTON, M. D.,
                                 SUPERINTENDENT.
              E. B. THOMPSON, 3r. D.. i~ss M3ARY REYNOLDS, MI. D.,
                               ASSISTANT PHYSICIANS.
                                  T. J. VA-UGHN,
                                     STEWARD.

                                  F. E. GROVE,
                                ASSISTANT STEWARD.
                                Miss KATE HALE,
                                      MATRON.

                                  AYL C. CLARKE,
                                    TREASURER.

  In 1870 a law was passed authorizing an additional hospital for the insane.
After an
examination of several sites in different parts of the State by a commission
appointed for
that purpose, choice was made of the location offered by the citizens of
Oshkosh, consist-
ing of 337 acres of land, about fonr miles north of the city, on the west
shore of Lake
Winnebago. The necessary appropriations were made, and the north wing and
central
building were completed and opened for the admission of patients in 1873.
Further appro-
priations were made from time to time for add.tioaal wings, and in 18475
the hospital was
completed according to the original design, at a total cost to the State
of! six hundred and
twenty-five thousand, two hundred and fifty dollars Since that time some
additional land
has been purchased, the original buildings modified, and others erected.
This hospital will
now, without crowding, suitably accommodate 650 patients.
  In December, 1S73, Dr. Walter Kempster, of Utica, New York, was elected
superintendent
and continued to act as such by successive re-elýctions, until the
close of the term ending
July 1, 1884, when he was succeeded by Dr. R. M. Wiggington, who had had
several years
experience as assistant and superintendent at the State Hospital for the
Insane, near
Madison.
  There has been paid from the State treasury up to October 1, 1885, for
real estate,
buildings, improvements, repairs and current expenses of the hospital, in
all the sum of
$2,137,261.72.
Whole number of patients admitted since the opening of the hospital, April
21,
  1873 ......... .................................... .............. ....................
 3,146
D'scharged recovered ..........................................................
 694
Discharged im proved ..........................................................
783
Discharged unimproved .......................................................
 442
Discharged not insane .....................................................
 14
D ied ......................... .. ...............................................
 544
Under treatment September 30, 186.. ...................................669
                                                                        
    3,146

  The average number of patients in the hospital the past year has been 637
as against 626
the previous year, and the current expenses $106,502.85 as against $121,
536.58.