On This Date in Minnesota History: April 23

April 23, 1912 – In a report filed by the State Board of visitors with Governor Eberhart today, J. C. Matchitt, secretary of the board, said the St. Peter Hospital for the insane is so crowded that patients have to climb over other beds to reach their own. The patients number 1,131. There is no available space for new arrivals.

St. Peter Asylum¹

Extensive additions are being made to the institution and when completed, Matchitt says they will greatly relieve the congestion. The St. Peter asylum is one of the oldest institutions for the insane in the state. The floors are of wood and portions are declared unsanitary.

The board also visited the asylum at Anoka. The buildings there are of much later design and management was complimented on the way they are kept up. There were 240 men and 299 women inmates.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “St. Peter Asylum Crowded. Report of Board of Visitors Holds Institution Is Filled Up.”; April 24, 1912; p. 6.

¹http://www.asylumprojects.org/images/e/e7/Pf052615.jpg

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