Agency history record, 1922-1949.

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Agency history record, 1922-1949.

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Maryland State Archives

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Maryland. State Board of Mental Hygiene.

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The Board of Mental Hygiene was established in 1922 as the "lawful successor" of the State Lunacy Commission (Laws of 1922, ch. 29, art. vii, sec. 4). Appointed by the governor, the board consisted of six associate members, four of whom had to be physicians. At least one associate was a woman. The commissioner of Mental Hygiene chaired the board and was its sole paid member. The board's primary concern was the proper care of the insane. It supervised "all matters relatin...

Maryland. Department of Welfare

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Maryland. Department of Mental Hygiene

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Established in 1949, the Department of Mental Hygiene supervised, directed, and controlled all state institutions for the care or treatment of the mentally ill (Laws of 1949, ch. 685). The department assumed the duties of the Board of Mental Hygiene and institutional boards of managers, which were abolished. In addition to their control of mental health facilities, the department was empowered to license and inspect any institution, public or private, having custody of the mentally ...