Annual Report of the State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity of Massachusetts, Volume 1Rand, Abery, 1880 |
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agent AGGREGATES Alms Almshouse appointed appropriation Barnstable Berkshire Board of Health Boston Boys chap chapter charge Charities cities and towns city or town committed Commonwealth cost Danvers Lunatic Hospital Department discharge dollars duties establishments expenditures F. B. Sanborn FULLY SUPPORTED Girls governor and council Hopkinton hospitals and asylums Hubbardston Idiot School indenture Industrial School inmates insane persons inspectors institutions judge June 30 legal settlement Lunacy Massachusetts ment Monson Nantucket nine months ending Northampton Northampton Lunatic Hospital Northborough NUMBER SUPPORTED officers Out-door Poor overseers paid PARTIAL SUPPORT PAUPER ABSTRACT port Primary School prison probate court Reform School relief residence Salaries SECT SETTLEMENT LAWS Sick State Poor Statutes superintendent SUPPORTED AND RELIEVED TABLE Taunton Lunatic Hospital Tewksbury thereof tion Total Town Patients TOWN POOR TOWNS BY COUNTIES treasury trustees West Brookfield Westborough whole number Worcester Worcester Asylum Worcester Lunatic Hospital Workhouse
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Page 85 - ... faithful discharge of his duties; shall appoint, or make provision in the by-laws for appointing, such officers as in their opinion may be necessary for conducting efficiently and economically the business of the institution ; and shall determine, subject to the approval of the governor and council, the salaries of all the officers.
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