Twenty-first annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester. December, 1853.

  • State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester.
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1854
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Credit: Twenty-first annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester. December, 1853. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE STATE LUNATIC HOSPITAL, AT WORCESTER, 1853. To His Excellency the Governor and Honorable Council:— The Trustees of the Massachusetts State Lunatic Hospital, at Worcester, have the honor, pursuant to the requirements of law, to present their Annual Report “ of the Condition of the Hospital, and its Concerns.” In reviewing the history of this institution for the past year, the Trustees find abundant cause to acknowledge with gratitude the protecting care of an overruling Providence, and feel to congratulate the people of the State, on the hitherto successful working of this great charity, when the imperfection of its means is considered. The operations of the Hospital have been more extensive during the past, than in any preceding year. The number of patients within its walls, Dec. 1st, 1852, was 532, and there were received, 288, making 820, who were the recipients of its care and treatment within the year, and 4,458 since its first foundation. The number of admissions have been 21 less than in the preceding year, while the whole number has been 45, and the average 22 more.