OFFICERS. President-Otis Clapp. Vice-Presidents - Albert Fearing, Moses Mellen, W. B. Spooner, William Claflin. Treasurer-Daniel Allen. Secretary and Superintendent - W. Lawrence. 4 Day In, X. Charlestown Free Dispensary and Hospital. 21 Harvard Square, Charlestown, Boston. The Charlestown Free Dispensary, which was organized April 25, 1872, in response to the suggestion of a physician of Charlestown, and opened May 1, was kept in operation for the reception and treatment of patients on three days of the week for the space of a year. In that time 685 patients had been treated. At meetings of the managers held in October and November, 1872, it was decided to ask for an act of incorporation, which would include a hospital when such an institution seemed desirable. The act was granted March 4, 1873. Advice and treatment are given to patients in the Dispensary department on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from 10 to 12 A.M. OFFICERS. Executive Committee - Henry Lyon, M.D., J. S. Whiting, M.D., C. F. Fairbanks. Surgeons — E. J. Forster, M.D., M. A. Morris, M.D., J. J. McCarthy, M.D. Physicians-J. G. Dearborn, M.D., S. H. Hurd, M.D., R. A. Blood, M.D. State Lunatic Hospitals. Patients are admitted to the State Hospitals for the Insane under the laws enacted for the purpose (Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts, 1862: chap. 223). They are under the charge of the Board of State Charities. In the city of Boston, the business connected with the committal of insane persons is transacted through the Secretary of the Board of Directors for Public Institutions; office at 30 Pemberton Square. NORTHAMPTON At the close of the year ending September 30, 1873, there were 433 patients in the Hospital. Superintendent - Pliny Earle, M.D., First Assistant Physician — E. B. Nims, M.D. Second Assistant Physician-E. R. Spaulding, M.D. WORCESTER - By the report of the Hospital for the year ending September 30, 1873, there were 469 patients in the Hospital. Rate of cost per week, $4.04. Superintendent - B. D. Eastman, M.D. Assistant Superintendent — John G. Park, M.D. Assistant Physicians — Mary H. Stinson, M.D., H. M. Quinby, M.D. By an act of the Legislature in 1870, the Trustees were authorized to purchase a new site for a Hospital and the erection of buildings thereon, capable of containing 400 patients, the whole not to exceed $575,000. A tract of land, comprising 275 acres, on the borders of Lake Quinsigamond, in the suburbs of Worcester, was purchased; and arrangements have already been made for converting it to the uses of the Hospital. TAUNTON - By an act of the Legislature in May, 1873, the Trustees were authorized to erect two new wings to the Hospital, thereby greatly enlarging its capacity. September 30, 1873, there were 434 patients remaining under care. Weekly cost of patients, $3.76. Superintendent-W. W. Godding, M.D. Assistant Physician — W. H. Gage, M.D. DANVERS - In addition to the three Hospitals named, the Legislature has purchased the farm owned by Francis Dodge, in the town of Danvers, Essex county, for the purpose of erecting an additional Institution for the Insane. "The estate embraces about two hundred acres, commanding a varied and beautiful prospect, the ocean in the distance on one side, the great mountain ranges on the other, and an intervale for many miles around filled with richly-cultivated farms and prosperous towns and villages. The hill is far enough from the town to prevent its being encroached upon by increase of population, at least for many years to come, is abundantly supplied with water, and is accessible by good highways, and branches of the Boston & Maine and Eastern Railroads which skirt its borders. With a moderate outlay, the situation, for which nature has done much, may be made the most attractive of all those now occupied by the public institutions of the Commonwealth. "The new buildings are to be sufficient to accommodate four hundred patients, with the necessary officers and attendants; and the act establishing the Hospital appropriated the sum of $650,000 for the purpose." Cambridge Hospital. Organized in 1867, and incorporated in 1869, for sick and disabled persons, residents of Cambridge. The Hospital was first opened for the care of women and children; but it is hoped that it will be the beginning of a General Hospital for Cambridge for the treatment of both sexes. At present the Hospital is not in active operation; but its organization remains the same. President Isaac Livermore. Vice-President - W. W. Wellington, M.D. Treasurer W. A. Bullard. Secretary-R. O. Fuller. |