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FORT Mil.!,. S. O.. JANUARY 27. 1!?10. ]
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Deplorable Asylum Conditions. <
? While the press of South \
Carolina had prepared the pub
lie to expect disagreeable re vela- ]
tions in the report of the committee
appointed at the 1909 session
of the Legislature to investi- gate
conditions at the State I
Hospital for the Insane, the public
was not prepared for the:
astounding disclosures of the j '
inexcusable state of affairs which
the committee alleges exists.
The grossest violation of the ordi-;
nary rules of decency and sanitation
are pointed out in the committee's
report. In the negro
wards, where the death rate is
is abnormal, filth and squalor
abound everywhere and there is
little pretense of treating the pa- _
tients. They are simply herded j ^
like so many cattle in a slaughter
pen.
The report is illustrated with
photographs of various departments
of the hospital and these
photographs depict more impressively
than the language of
the report, plain and unreserved
as it is, the horrible situation
which has come about as the
result of mismanagement, crimi- i
nal carelessness and incompe- e
tency. F
The regents of the hospital
seem to have had little regard a
for the welfare of the institution, e
doubtless exercising more care in F
collecting the mileage and per
diem allowed by the State for *
services which were not rendered J
than in conscientiously perform- j
ing their duty. It is outside of
reason to conclude that the in- j ~
decent, filthy and brutal con- i
djtfons which the committee
points out grew up in a day, a
year or five years. This being
(rue, there is no escape for any
member of the board of regents1
who has served during the last
half dozen and more years from
a share of the opprobrium which
the report carries. All seem to
have accepted the State's pat- |
ronage under false pretenses. j;
They have not earned the com-.
pensation the State has paid
them for faithful service. If
the present board of regents do
not resign at the earliest possible
moment, the governor should rise
to the occasion and remove them.
Such a course would be in the |
interest of humanity and the 1
governor would be generally('
commended.
Superintendent J. W. Babcock
is to blame not one whit less for
the state of affairs at the
hospital "than are the regents,
past and present, and if he does
not lose his position it will be
surprising. The friends and
apologists of Dr. Babcock may
rush into print with appreciations
of his worth as a
physician?none will be brave
enough to claim any executive
ability for him?and allege that
he has remained with the institution
at a great personal financial
sacrifice, but all this will
hardly offset the bald statement
that he has allowed the affairs of
the institution to drift along regardless
of the health and comfort
of the inmates, upon the
specious plea of economy, and
has come precious near destroying
the usefulness of the hospital
by failing to attend to his du
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;ies. He seems to have spent to(
much time searching for rare old
pieces of Chippendale furniture
ind running to and fro over the
country proclaiming the direful
things threatening from pellagra,
this last phase of his wasted energy
resulting in untold damagt
to the South, with accompanying
neglect of the patients undei
his care.
Of course it is imperative that
the Legislature make financial
provision to pift the hospital ir
better condition to care for the
1,500 inmates. It is of no great
moment whether the money foi
the purpose is raised by taxation
or a bond issue. It is unthinkable
that present conditions be
allowed to continue. The public
demands that immediate steps be
taken 10 relieve these unfortunate
and helpless wards of the
State. To refuse thorn the consideration
they deserve, would be
inworthy a humane people.
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Trusting to merit a continuince
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