Accident, injury, and escape reports, 1946-1963.

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Accident, injury, and escape reports, 1946-1963.

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This series consists of accident, injury, and escape reports prepared by the ward physician and other staff and submitted to the superintendent. The reports vary slightly over time but usually include date of report, name of patient, patient number, date of admission ward, mental diagnosis, age, and date and time of incident. The accident reports typically include patient's general mental and physical condition, nature and cause of accident, physician's findings, treatment, witnesses, and persons notified. The escape reports include manner of escape and law enforcement agencies notified.

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New York State Archives

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New York State Office of Mental Health

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Previously known as the Buffalo State Hospital, the facility became Buffalo Psychiatric Center according to Chapter 558 of the Laws of 1974. From the description of Buffalo Psychiatric Center patient case files, 1920-1975. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id: 82286416 The original cemetery was started at Willard Asylum for the Insane (as the facility was then called) in 1870. Included in the original cemetery grounds was a Civil War cemetery for patien...

Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)

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By act of the legislature passed on April 30, 1864, the secretary of the State Medical Society, Dr. Sylvester D. Willard, was authorized to investigate the condition of the insane poor in the various poorhouses, almshouses, insane asylums, and other institutions throughout the state (except those required by law to report to the legislature), and to transmit the acquired information to county judges in the state. Each judge then appointed a physician to visit the institutions where ...

New York (State) Dept. of Mental Hygiene.

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Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

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