An Insane Asylum

AN INSANE ASYLUM.

JUDGE NEWKIRK SUGGESTS AN ADDITION TO COUNTY HOUSE

The Patients to be Put in Charge of University Physicians. No Room at State Asylums for Patients.

The present condition of the insane asylums in Michigan is deplorable in that they have not room for the patients deserving admission. At the present time there are six, three men and three women who are waiting admission. The men are confined in the jail and the women are taken care of by their friends. It is certainly improper to keep the insane in the jail, but what can be done. Judge of Probate Newkirk makes the suggestion that an addition be built to the county house sufficiently large to take care of all of the insane of the county, and that this department of the county house be placed in charge of the physicians of the university. This would mean the best up-to-date treatment for the afflicted. Judge Newkirk further says that he does not think the yearly expense would be greater, if as great, as at present. The proposed change would also be of great benefit to the students giving them a practical opportunity of studying and aiding the distressed.