Minutes concerning removals of insane persons, 1891-1898.

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Minutes concerning removals of insane persons, 1891-1898.

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State responsibility for the insane was assigned to the State Board of Lunacy and Charity per St 1886, c 101. In an era of heavy immigration, Massachusetts sought to relieve taxpayers of the burden of supporting insane persons originating from other states or countries, who were being cared for in Massachusetts state institutions. The board's Committee on the Removal of Insane Persons out of the State (board chair, vice-chair, and one other board member-- Annual report, 1894, p. 4) provided recommendations of those who were to be returned to their place of origin, which were acted on by the board at its monthly meeting and implemented by the Superintendent of Indoor Poor. The State Board of Lunacy and Charity was replaced by the State Board of Insanity in 1898.

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Massachusetts. Committee on Removals of Insane Persons out of the State.

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Massachusetts. State Board of Lunacy and Charity

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In 1886 the Massachusetts State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity was renamed the State Board of Lunacy and Charity, while a separate State Board of Health was established. The State Board of Lunacy and Charity inherited all powers and duties of its predecessor except those vested in the newly established State Board of Health, i.e., general supervision and investigative powers over charitable, reformatory, and mental health institutions and some authority over the transfer and removal of pat...