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The St. Paul Daily Globe, June 3, 1900, p. 3
WARDS OF THE STATE.
MONTHLY POPULATION STATEMENT OF STATE INSTITUTIONS.
Minnesota, in her three hospitals for the insane and two asylums, cares for 3,547 insane people, to say nothing of the epileptics who are provided for in the other institutions. Secretary Jackson, of the state board of corrections and charities, yesterday issued his monthly statement of the population of the thirteen state institutions:
| May 31. | ||
| 1899. | 1900. | |
| St. Peter state hospital | 982 | 931 |
| Rochester state hospital | 1,176 | 1,121 |
| Fergus Falls state hospital | 1,208 | 1,280 |
| Anoka state asylum | 115 | |
| Hastings state asylum | 100 | |
| Total insane | 3,366 | 3,547 |
| Soldiers' home | 266 | 255 |
| School for Deaf | 229 | 237 |
| School for Blind | 74 | 80 |
| School for Feeble Minded | 662 | 721 |
| State public school | 257 | 237 |
| State training school | 323 | 375 |
| State reformatory | 155 | 147 |
| State prison | 524 | 488 |
| Totals | 5,856 | 6,087 |
| Increase | 218 | 231 |
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