Sixteenth annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester. December, 1848.

  • State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester.
Date:
1849
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Credit: Sixteenth annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester. December, 1848. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    leaving a balance on hand, December 1st, seven thousand seven hun¬ dred sixty-four dollars and seventy-four cents. About three years ago, an opportunity presented of purchasing a valuable tract of land known as “ Chandler Hill,” containing twenty- seven acres, for three thousand dollars. The land was needed for the use of the Hospital, but the Trustees were not authorized by law to pay a sum exceeding five hundred dollars annually for the purchase of real estate. Hon. Stephen Salisbury proposed to purchase and hold the land for the use of the Hospital, receiving interest annually for its use, and to deed when paid for. The Trustees thought best, to accept the liberal offer of Mr. Salisbury. The Trustees would suggest the propriety of having legislative authority granted for paying for said land out of the funds now lying idle in the hands of the Treasurer, which may be done without prejudice to any other wants of the Hos¬ pital, and would relieve it from the payment of interest and taxes on the land. The lot is now considered worth four times the amount paid for it by Mr. Salisbury. The Report which the Treasurer will submit to you, affords an ample and complete exhibition of the financial condition of the Hos¬ pital. The able Report of Doct. Chandler, which is herewith submitted, contains much valuable information,_ar)d, with the statistics, forms a safe basis for many interesting and important deductions in regard to insanity, and the condition of the Hospital in its details. Dr. Chandler brings to the arduous duties of Superintendent, abili¬ ties rarely equalled, and an untiring zeal in the faithful execution of them. We cheerfully accord to him our unqualified approbation and thanks. We regret to state that Charles P. Hitchcock, Esq., in consequence of ill health, resigned his place last April. In the retirement of Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock, the Hospital has lost a kind and affable Matron, and a Steward than whom none could be found more “ faithful.” His judicious and efficient services need no encomium, for he has devoted many of the best years of his life to the interests of the Insti¬ tution, winning, by his kindness and gentlemanly deportment, the esteem of all, and, by his scrupulous fidelity, the respect and confi¬ dence of those officially connected with him. We trust the conscious¬ ness of having contributed, in no small measure, to the comfort and happiness of those who seek an asylum here, will lend additional zest to the pleasures of the retirement he has chosen, and to which he