Report made available by James G. Gardner - and transcribed by Paula Vaughan - March 2018

                                                                                                  REPORT OF WAUPACA COUNTY ASLYM

                                                                                                                 PHYSICIAN'S REPORT


To the Honorable Board of Trustees, Waupaca County Insane Asylum:

Gentlemen:-- In submitting this, my fifteenth annual report, I am pleased to state that the general condition of the patients is exceptionally good at the present time. Nor has there been more than the usual amount of sickness and accidents throughout the year closing June 30th. There have been no epidemics and no particular disease prevalent at any time. The surgical work has been unusually light.The mortality list for the year is as follows:


Name Age Date of Death Cause of Death
Paul Smolenske 81 Aug 13, 1916 Nephritis
Albert Carey 20 July 21, 1916 Exhaustion of Dementia
Mary Pauser 71 Aug 10, 1916 Uremia
Frederic Steiger 83 Nov 24,1916 Sudden Heart Failure
Mabel O'Brien 43 Dec 6,1916 Accidental Fall
Wm. Fischer 39 Apr 4, 1917 Diarrhea
Frank Nelson 51 Sep 13, 1916 Suddenn Heart Failure
Adolph Viertal 47 Nov 21, 1916 Epileptic Seizure
Ivan Schramm 48 Mar 20, 1917 Apoplexy
Elizabeth Patzer 41 Mar 24, 1917 Uremia
Otto Blank 37 May 16, 1917 Diarrhea
Geo. Altenburg 92 Jun 24,1917 Senile Marasmus
Horace Chaffee 76 Jun 26, 1917 Senile Marasmus



The highest aim of an institution of this kind should be to promote the general welfare and contentment of its helpless and dependent inmates.I believe this has been the aif of the management who I believe have been more thatn oridinarily successful in their efforts. It seems to me that the individual need has received proper attention and that each one has not only been properly clothed and fed but their work, rest and recreation have been carefully looked after as well. I believe that every endeavor has been made to see that each patient has been consideratey treated at all times and possible done to cheer them and dispel the monotony and gloom that characterize the inmates of asylums in general. The general sanitation has been maintained at a high standard of efficiency and hygienic conditions are very satisfactory.

I am pleased to state that I have no recommendations to make at this time on account of the present high efficiency of the institution. In closing I wish to thank your Honorable Board, the Superintendent and Matron for the courteous treatment and co-operation which I have always received in promoting the interests of my department.

Respectfully submitted'
E.H. JONES

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