PAGE 3 13 How the Number of Parole Patients Were Increased at the Kings Park State Hospital. By Dr. William C. Garvin.. 67 The State Hospital Physician in Relation to Clinics for Mental REMARKS ON THE WILLARD STATE HOSPITAL BY ROBERT M. ELLIOTT, M. D., SUPERINTENDENT, WILLARD STATE HOSPITAL Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: On behalf of the Willard management I am glad to extend to you a cordial welcome. This is the first time a Conference of Managers and Superintendents with the Commission has met here, which has been due mainly to the fact that the institution is so isolated and until recently was so difficult of access. This, however, has now been very much modified by the use of the motor car and the construction of State roads. The suggestion to hold a meeting here came from the Commissioners; we readily fell in with it, and are pleased to see such a good attendance. Our remoteness from centers of population-I might say our insular position, for we are in the midst of the Finger Lakes region-has always been regarded by those who do not know the advantages as well as the disadvantages of it, as an extremely objectionable feature. When I came here, sixteen years ago, I found the usual array of signs about visiting days and the visiting hours, and others about trespassing displayed at the various buildings and entrances to the grounds. It seemed as if weeks passed before anyone from the outside world came to us. All the signs were taken down, and when relatives or friends inquired about visiting days they were informed that we would be glad to see them any time, day or night. It has not been necessary to replace these signs, and even now when the automobile is in such general use, we are not burdened with too many visitors. And so you may imagine how much we appreciate your presence here today. I remember very well when the late Mr. Viele of Buffalo was appointed a Lunacy Commissioner and made his first appearance at a quarterly conference in Albany; we are apt to be more than usually demonstrative when a new |