Notices of sick state poor, 1874.

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Notices of sick state poor, 1874.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/319632763

Series contains printed pages for entries of sick cases reported by the municipalities.

0.18 cubic ft. (1 v.)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Massachusetts. Board of State Charities.

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The Board of State Charities and its successors from 1863 onward oversaw the Massachusetts state immigration and pauper relief functions, as well as the state's charitable and correctional institutions. St 1865, c 162 required municipalities to provide care for those state paupers too sick to be moved to a state almshouse. In such cases, the local overseers of the poor were required to send an immediate notice to the Board of State Charities, in order to receive approval for state reimbursement ...