Massachusetts Hospital School

The Massachusetts School and Home for Crippled and Deformed Children, established in 1904, opened at Canton in 1907 as the Massachusetts Hospital School. Since 1932 it has been known officially as the Massachusetts Hospital School and Hospital for State Minor Wards.

St 1904, c 446 established the Massachusetts School and Home for Crippled and Deformed Children, under the supervision of the State Board of Charity. St 1907, 226 renamed it the Massachusetts Hospital School, which opened in Canton at the end of 1907. St 1919, c 350, s 87 placed it under the Department of Public Welfare, which by St 1920, c 597 was authorized to place there state minor wards in its care. Beginning with GL 1932 (Ter. ed.), the institution was referred to as the Massachusetts Hospital School and Hospital for State Minor Wards. St 1954, c 508 and St 1956, c 436 transferred it to the Department of Public Health. Its functions are currently described in MGLA c 111, ss 6I-6rs.