A1925

Transcribed and submitted by Jean Spiegelberg 2008

Waupaca County Asylum - Weyauwega, WI

Physician’s Report

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

Gentlemen:

I herewith present my annual report of the medical department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925.

I am pleased to report that the buildings and premises have been maintained at their usual high standard of sanitary efficiency. As a result, sickness has been kept down to a minimum. There has been very little in the way of acute or preventable disease, which is always prevalent amount this class of patients.

Surgery, too, has been light. One fractured arm and one fractured thigh…the balance being very minor in character.

About the time that smallpox was threatening the state, we had general vaccination with very satisfactory results.

There were nine deaths during the year as follows:

Name	Age	Date	Cause of death
Julia Kosmolowski	41	July 21, 1924	Endocarditis
Peter Miller	57	August 6, 1924	Anemia
Caroline Hansen	54	September 12, 1924	Uremic convulsion
Elizabeth Hoffman	84	September 27, 1924	Exhaustion of dementia
Flora Colvin	62	October 2, 1924	Carcinoma uteri
T. F. Munger	83	December 19, 1924	Pernicious anemia
Inga Lean	57	January 3, 1925	Cirrhosis of liver
August Hedtke	73	March 18, 1925	Exhaustion of mania
Joseph Humm	37	April 17, 1925	Anemia

The year throughout, from a medical standpoint, has been very satisfactory. The small amount of sickness must be accredited in large measure to the excellent sanitation and hygienic oversight of superintendent and matron who have at all times given me hearty and intelligent co-operation. I have no recommendations to make at this time.

Respectfully submitted,
E. H. JONES

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