OVERCROWDING.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1322, 28 December 1911, Page 6

OVERCROWDING.

STATE Or MENTAL HOSPITALS, WHAT .MR. lli;i)l«) MAS TO SAY. (Ilj l'tltcrniih I'rr.r,,. Axnrlallon.l Christ(.liiirr,h, Di-ri-mlicr "7. The Mom. I). Hii'l'ii. Win iiilCTvii'ii-cil l«.-d«y vi. K »idini.' Mic <lU<-1....m.s <-i,i.rcrn\n« \\ nek I;.ml ,Mi.irl,il 110-pitj.l, Mr. lliii'klii -:,i.I lln.l mi -llnil imk l>>iu<( ln:.i|c <<i niiiko pri.visi'in iiliii'li «.-.-iild- <-o|» with Hut ou'icKiivdiiiif «hi<-h i'xU|w| in Ihe .im.'iitnl lio.-piliK. Adililions Wfiv lo lie Hindi, to lh:< Sfiiclill. Siiunvwdc, l'.,i-i----run,. ;iiml Aiickliiii'l iii-tiliilioii-, -iiiil hi! hopwl Hi;,l I h-r<- iKl.lili.ih- »ould !,•• uviiil. .'ibl>' :il mi ".ii'lv 'l-jf.-. lo iii.-l tin., iii'o/-ni-i'il l;,rk nl iKToiMfiiiiitalmn for iiii-iitiil liiilii-nl-'. The dilli-iillv l>, have riniie iilmiit thioiizh ii <'i,ii..jiliTiilil> pl'>li'ii'tion nl' I Iμ- |n,)>ul:ilii>n 111: in Hi' , Dominion nl nil :>■;<• v.hfii nienldl troubles v.-cre inori- fri-'iiicnt. tlmii Ihcy HP! ill. u. liit.-r iriTind '.rlife. The -li.li-lii-s did iinl. -lioh- 1.1ii.1 I hew Hii;t mi <-x-e-s-ivi- nilr. nl ritcnfnl iillliclioii, The linptihitinii hud iiierc'ik-il '-'l\ |»i;r c-nl. diiriiiK the. ten vciil>, Mid iHi|iiriill> Illi- lihiiilht of menially nfflifted jiMif.l'*' Imd iilr-ii iiicrciifeil mnsidcrahlv durini? tlr.il liiiw. Th;!.iv--i>!l w.ih tfmt llhto hnd :u-i--n i wr-.-it.v Kir nrw.l.T provi- . i-inii tin- iheir arciimm datiiui. It hiiil mil li(!!-ii iinlicip.il.c) tlmt. tlii- iiirrcii.-.'-<l stminimiidntidii nould be r«i|iiir<d belori!. tire new biiildiiif,", aI. 'Toknaim H(-rn rwidy. The α-v. ins-lihitini, whs in(en<l'-.<l for who would In- l,?n. ; |it<d'by ruil'lfnr tretilinciil, ;iml ;i sysfi>i*i <if ejawiliration would \k put inl/j operation there. II v.ould relievo the overcrowdiiilf lo some eilj-nt, but the additions would, also br on. He. !«lievi-d thai, "i lender had been lei f.-.r the -iddilions at Aiickl.-.iid. Tli<-re h:ul not U-.i-n any roniplaint as to overcrowding at Sunny.Mde, but Llio additi'ms were considired necessary. He fully mMgnisef] that overcrowding did exist'in Mima <-( pio institutions, but hi; hoped thai, the provision which the Depart men t was making would cope wilh Ihe difficulty.