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The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin

Compiled and Published Under the Direction of

J. D. Beck, Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics

©1907 Democratic Printing Company, State Printer, Madison [WI]


Part V. State Institutions - State Board of Control

Wisconsin Insane in Institutions [pp. 721-722]


September 30, 1906, there were 5,774 insane under public care. Of these 500 were in the State hospital, 617 in the
Northern hospital and 534 in the Milwaukee hospital for the insane; a total of 1,711 in hospitals. There were 4,603 in the 32 county asylums for the chronic insane, making 5,774 confined in asylums and hospitals.

COUNTY ASYLUMS FOR THE CHRONIC INSANE.
Counties. Postoffice of the Asylum. Superintendents.
Brown Green Bay F. M. Loftus
Chippewa Chippewa Falls R. P. Dickinson
Columbia Wyocena B. Miller
Dane Verona L. P. Edwin
Dodge Juneau Eugene L. Derse
Dunn Menomonie S. W. Jackson
Eau Claire Eau Claire O. H. Kitzman
Fond du Lac Fond du Lac Louis A. Kenyon
Grant Lancaster W. J. Dyer
Green Monroe R. C. Whitcomb
Iowa Dodgeville E. J. Perkins
Jefferson Jefferson W. E. Voigt
La Crosse West Salem O. Gullickson
Manitowoc Manitowoc H. Goedjen
Marathon Wausau J. B. Thomas
Marinette Peshtigo R. M. Smith
Monroe Sparta F. J. Mooney
Milwaukee Wauwatosa Dr. W. F. Bentler
Outagamie Appleton G. R. Downer
Racine Racine Silas H. Bull
Richland Richland Center L. T. Johnson
Rock Janesville K. Killam
St. Croix New Richmond T. D. Wheeler
Sauk Reedsburg J. S. Hall
Sheboygan Sheboygan A. J. Wifflin
Trempealeau Whitehall J. A. Johnson
Vernon Viroqua Fred Wilkins
Walworth Elkhorn D. W. Stanford
Washington West Bend Peter Lochen
Waukesha Waukesha Geo. F. Carroll
Waupaca Weyauwega C. M. Hayward
Winnebago Winnebago C. F. Appley

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