Report of the Public Institutions and Officers of the County of St. Louis. Insane Asylum, Poor House, Four Courts and Jail, Auditor, Engineer, Road Superintendent.

Verlag: Saint Louis: Jno. J. Daly & Co., Stationers and Printers, 1876.

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88 pp. Removed from a bound volume (see photo). Small nick along vertical edge in bottom blank margin of the first half of this Report. First Edition. The asylum was built in 1869, so this is its seventh annual report. Contents: Report of the Resident Physician of the St. Louis County Insane Asylum (pp. 3-34); Report of the Steward of the St. Louis County Insane Asylum (pp. 35-43); Annual Report of the Superintendent of the Saint Louis County Poor House (pp. 45-54); Resident Physician s Report of the Saint Louis County Poor House (pp. 55-60); Statement of the Financial Affairs of the County of St. Louis (pp. 61-70); Annual Report of the County Engineer St. Louis County (pp. 71-75); Annual Report of the General Road Superintendent (pp. 77-82); Annual Report of the Jailer of Saint Louis County (pp. 83-88). "The St. Louis County Insane Asylum was opened on April 23, 1869, reportedly admitting 129 patients on the opening day. Located on elevated ground on Arsenal Street, west of Kingshighway (about 4 miles southwest of downtown St. Louis), the hospital consisted of a 5-story central building, flanked on each side by 4-story wings with 5-story end pavilions. The 194-foot cast iron dome on the central building was visible across much of the city. After the City of St. Louis separated from the County of St. Louis on October 22, 1876, the hospital was renamed the St. Louis Insane Asylum. It was renamed the City Sanitarium in 1910 and extensive additional wings were added in 1912. Though initially a custodial institution with room for about 250 patients, the City Sanitarium gradually became a hospital for the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders, with a capacity for over 3,000 patients. In 1948, upon the receipt of one dollar, the City of St. Louis turned over control of the City Sanitarium to the State of Missouri, which renamed the institution the St. Louis (or Missouri) State Hospital" (online information from the Bernard Becker Medical Library). OCLC locates copies in these US libraries: American Antiquarian Society, Missouri History Museum, University Missouri St. Louis (Saint Louis Public Library and Connecticut State Library have Reports from multiple years, so they too may have this seventh annual Report). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 16950

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Titel: Report of the Public Institutions and ...

Verlag: Saint Louis: Jno. J. Daly & Co., Stationers and Printers, 1876.

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