Excerpt from Seventh Biennial Report of the State Board of Corrections and Charities to the Legislature of Minnesota: For the Biennial Period Ending July 31, 1896 The Rochester State Hospital, like that of St. Peter, is seriously overcrowded, containing at the present time nearly patients in quarters that cannot suitably accommodate more than The condition of the institution has been much improved by the completion of the domestic building, which contains an admirable kitchen, congregate dining room for patents and employes, and a fine amusement hall. 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.