[Grappling with the Monster by T. S. Arthur]@TWC D-Link bookGrappling with the Monster CHAPTER VIII 11/27
The remainder diversified in character, and partly consisting of forest. Gentlemen who desire to place themselves under the care of the asylum, may enter it without any other formality than a compliance with such conditions as may be agreed upon between themselves and the superintendent.
The price of admission varies according to location of rooms and attention required.
Persons differ so widely in their circumstances and desires, that the scale of prices has been fixed at from ten to twenty-five dollars per week, which includes board, medical attendance, washing, etc.
In all cases the price of board for three months must be paid in advance. From one of the annual reports of this institution now before us, we learn that the number of patients treated during the year was three hundred and thirty-six, of whom one hundred and ninety-eight "were discharged with great hopes of permanent reformation." Fifty-eight were discharged unimproved.
The largest number of patients in the asylum at one time was a hundred and five. SAVING AND REFORMING INFLUENCES. Of those discharged--two hundred and fifty-six in number--eighty-six were of a nervous temperament, ninety-eight sanguine and seventy-two bilious.
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