The Board of Trustees of the Ala. Insane Hospital were required by law (various series of the Code of Ala.) to submit, to the Governor, an annual or biannual report detailing the condition, activities, and financial condition of the hospital for the previous fiscal year or years. These reports were submitted annually or biennially depending on whether or not the Legislature was in session. The official report issued when the Legislature was in session was published. These interim reports are not published and serve as the only official annual statement of the hospital for those years that a report was not published. The reports contain information on the various activities in the treatment of patients, describe needs of the hospital such as capital improvement or additional staff, and provide statistical information on patients. Present are reports for 1863, 1864, 1868, 1887, 1891, 1893, 1895 and 1897. Published reports for the years 1862, 1867 and 1869-1900 are described in record id ALAV86-A893. The facility was known as the Insane Hospital from 1852-1893. The agency which oversees the hospital was later known as State Hospitals.
