Book excerpt: Excerpt from Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the Inspector of Prisons and Public Charities Upon the Lunatic and Idiot Asylums of the Province of Ontario: Being for the Year Ending 30th September, 1894 In compiling a statistical summary of the work of the Provincial Asylums for a given period, one oi' the prominent features of interest is that of the greater or fewer numbers who have been resident, receiving care or treatment in the 'institutions. It regard be had to the probable requirements for accommodation, or the estimated expenditure for maintenance, or to the probable increase or decrease of insanity, or the measure of success attending the treatment of the afflicted or imbecile classes the importance of the cellated information is obvious. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.