Log of medical treatment of foundlings, 1882-1885.

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Log of medical treatment of foundlings, 1882-1885.

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Series contains case histories and running notes as kept by Dr. Sarah M. Crawford, a medical officer in the Dept. of Outdoor Poor.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Crawford, Sarah Helen Henslee, -1890

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Massachusetts. Dept. of Outdoor Poor.

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Under the Massachusetts State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity (1879-1886) and the State Board of Lunacy and Charity (1886-1898), the Dept. of Outdoor Poor was responsible for adults in need of state medical or general assistance not committed to state institutions under the board's jurisdiction and for juvenile wards of the state under three years of age. When an infant was committed to the board, it was examined and treated by a medical officer of the department, and was often placed at th...