Report of the Superintendent of the Boston Lunatic Hospital and Physician of the Public Institutions at South Boston

Item — Box: SB - 011, Folder: 6

Identifier: 0140.025

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

The Physician of the Boston Lunatic Hospital summarized the period from July 1, 1840 to June 30, 1841. In numerical tables and in prose, the report categorizes the admissions and discharges, the patients' ages occupations and marital status, and the duration and causes of their insanity. Separate tables provide admission and discharge statistics for diseases suffered by patients of the House of Industry hospital and at the House of Corrections hospital.

Dates

1841 July 1

Creator

Boston Lunatic Hospital (Organization)

Extent

0.01 Cubic feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Subjects

Boston (Mass.). City Council
Boston (Mass.). Institutions Department
Mentally ill Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Public hospitals Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Public institutions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Classifications

- 0100. City Council
- 0100/0140. Committees

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Report of the Superintendent of the Boston Lunatic Hospital and Physician of the Public Institutions at South Boston
Author: Diane Pierce-Williams
Date: March 24, 2008
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script