Massachusetts. Dept. of Mental Diseases.

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Programs and institutions for the mentally ill and retarded of Massachusetts were among the responsibilities successively of the Board of State Charities (St 1863, c 240), State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity (St 1879, c 291), and State Board of Lunacy and Charity (St 1886, c 101). They were then the sole responsibility successively of the State Board of Insanity (St 1898, c 433), Massachusetts Commission on Mental Diseases (St 1916, c 285), Dept. of Mental Diseases (St 1919, c 350, ss 79-81), and Dept. of Mental Health (St 1938, c 486)

From the description of Family care daily registers, 1905-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80601586

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creatorOf Massachusetts. Dept. of Mental Diseases. Family care daily registers, 1905-1931. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
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associatedWith Massachusetts. State Board of Insanity. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Massachusetts
Subject
Mentally ill
Occupation
Activity
Monitoring patients
Rehabilitating mentally ill

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Active 1905

Active 1931

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