Transfer records of the certified insane, 1866-1898 (bulk 1879-1898)

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Transfer records of the certified insane, 1866-1898 (bulk 1879-1898)

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Series consists of letters to the superintendent of indoor poor from the State Almshouse (only at Tewksbury after the closing of the other state almshouses per St 1872, c 45), signed by two physicians, certifying that numbered/named inmates were insane, and requesting their transfer from the almshouse's Dept. of the Sane to its Dept. of the Insane, with acknowledgment from the superintendent, as well as directions to correct patient registers accordingly. There are also a few early letters from the superintendent transferring patients to the State Almshouse from the various state lunatic hospitals. For transfers from the State Almshouse at Tewksbury to the State Almshouse at Monson and State Primary School, see: Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.). Transfer lists of inmates ((M-Ar) 941X)

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Massachusetts. State Almshouse (Tewksbury, Mass.)

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The State Almshouse at Tewksbury opened in 1854. It was renamed successively the State Hospital (1900), the State Infirmary (1909), Tewksbury State Hospital and Infirmary (1939), and Tewksbury Hospital (1959) From the description of Children's records, 1855-1869. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83086204 From the description of Inmate case histories, 1860-1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83570965 ...

Massachusetts. Dept. of Indoor Poor.

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State responsibility for those instate almshouses and lunatic (from 1898 insane) hospitals was held successively by the Board of State Charities (1863), the State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity (1879) and the State Board of Lunacy and Charity (1886), while under the latter two of these boards the Dept. of Indoor Poor was responsible for adults in these state institutions and for juvenile wards of the state over three years of age. (The Dept. of Outdoor Poor was responsible for...