Infirmary client treatment case files, <1950-1956>.

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Infirmary client treatment case files, <1950-1956>.

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As a residential treatment center and educational facility for mentally retarded persons in Massachusetts, the Walter E. Fernald State School is responsible for providing a safe, healthy, and humane environment for its clients. In fulfilling this function, the school operated an infirmary. These files were created to record its treatment of clients' physical illnesses.

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Walter E. Fernald State School

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The Experimental School for Teaching and Training Idiotic Children conducted at the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind from 1848 was incorporated by Massachusetts as the Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Youth in 1850. It was renamed Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded in 1883 and Walter E. Fernald State School in 1925. From the description of Movement of population log, &lt;1920-1977&gt; (bulk &lt;1960-1977&gt;). (Unknown). WorldCat re...