Reserve at end of year 1919 is $319,137.80 as compared with $251,809.06 for the year 1918, an increase of $67,328.74, or 26.73 per cent. During the year $127,500 was paid on Liberty Bonds, which payment completed an investment of $145,000 in these securities. At June 30, 1918, for 257 annuitants the amount in reserve equaled $979.80 per capita, and at June 30, 1919, the reserve equaled $1,115.86 per capita for 286 annuitants. Respectfully submitted, EUGENE M. TRAVIS Comptroller. J. A. WENDELL, Deputy Comptroller. Summary of operations of the Retirement Board from July 1, 1912, to June 30, 1919 Number of officers retired Number of employees retired Number retired on account of physical disability. . . . Average annuity granted Average service in years of officers and employees re tired 1 333 83 48 286 $386 93 26.06 Comparative statement of operations and reserve of the Retirement Fund State Hospital System for the years ending June 30, 1918, and June 30, 1919: *For previous retirements, see report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918. † Died before end of first quarter. Physical disability. Physical disability. Retirement fund-State hospital system Schedule of investments held in trust June 30, 1919 * Cost on investment, $151,523.97, with accumulated value of $1,195.84 added. REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE To the State Hospital Commission: In accordance with the regulations of the Commission, I submit the following report of the work of the Psychiatric Institute for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919. The activities of the Institute, necessarily curtailed on account of war conditions, have not yet been restored to a normal status. Our plans for giving courses of instruction, for inter-hospital conferences and for visits to the various institutions have had to be held in abeyance. Soon after the beginning of the fiscal year with the permission of your Commission and the approval of the Governor of the State, I entered the military service of the United States. I received a commission as major in the Medical Corps July 28, 1918, and a few days later was ordered to report to the chief surgeon of the Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, N. J. Soon after this I was put in charge of the neuropsychiatric work at United States Army General Hospital No. 1, Williamsbridge, N. Y. Major M. S. Gregory and myself after much effort succeeded in getting the Government to provide a special department for the reception of over-sea mental and nervous cases. When finally organized this hospital became the main receiving and distributing center for neuropsychiatric cases arriving from France. It is gratifying to know that through this agency we were enabled to provide good care and treatment for the psychopathic soldiers returning from Europe including both the psychotic and the psy |