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Form 11-s. H. c.
STATE OF NEW YORK
HANDBOOK
OF THE
STATE HOSPITAL COMMISSION
HOSPITALS FOR THE INSANE
1919
STATE HOSPITALS PRESS
UTICA, N. Y.
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CONTENTS
PAGE
Directory .......................................................... 3
State Hospital Commission .................................... 3
Purchasing Committee ........................................ * 5
Bureau of Deportation . . ...................................... 5
Psychiatric Institute .......................................... 6
Legal Department ............................. . ............... 6
Retirement Board ............................................. 6
Census, July i ................................................. 7
State hospital system ............... ........................... 7
Civil State hospitals ............... .' ........................... 8
Hospitals for criminal insane .................................. 25
Private licensed institutions ................................... 29
Insanity law ....................................................... 41
Laws relating to insane in institutions ............................ 122
Reciprocal arrangement between New York and Massachusetts. . . 171
Classification of mental diseases ................ '. ................. 173
Dietaries of State hospitals ........................................ 177
Appropriations ................... ; . .............................. 189
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Statistical information. .". *. .1 .t . . .............................. 205
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Capacity of ,Smte .hospitals,., . . v . ... . .**. .......................... 210
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STATE OF NEW YORK
STATE HOSPITAL COMMISSION
COMMISSIONERS
CHARLES W. PILGRIM, M. D., Chairman
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.
ANDREW D. MORGAN
Residence, 88 West Street, ILION, N. Y.
Telephone, 446-J
Office, 16 West Main Street, ILION, N. Y.
Telephone, 83-J.
FREDERICK A. HIGGINS
772 St. Nicholas Ave., NEW YORK CITY
Telephone, 1740 Audubon
ALBANY OFFICE
Rooms 125 and 138 State Capitol
Telephone, Main 5910
EVERETT S. ELWOOD
Residence, 267 W. Lawrence Street
ALBANY
Telephone, West 3574
AUDIT BUREAU
FRED W. KYTE, Auditor
Residence, 450 Western Avenue
ALBANY
Telephone; West 1855-W
t
JOHN H. FLINN, Assistant Auditor
ALBANY
Z. FRANCIS SHAFER, Assistant Auditor
ALBANY
DIRECTORY
BUREAU OF STATISTICS
HORATIO M. POLLOCK, Ph. D.
Statistician and Editor
ALBANY
Telephone, West 215-W
WILLIAM J. NOLAN, A. M.
Assistant Statistician
ALBANY
BUREAU OF TREASURER
LEWIS M. FARRINGTON
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer
ALBANY
COLLECTIONS BUREAU
HERBERT B. GRUBER, Counsel
Residence, 84 Willet Street
ALBANY
Telephone, West 3265-W
INSPECTORS
J. L. VAN DEMARK, M. D.,
Medical Inspector
Residence, 464 Hudson Avenue
ALBANY
Telephone, West 1387
CHARLES B. Dix, M. E.
Inspector of Buildings and Engineering
GLENS FALLS
JOHN T. NORTON
Inspector of Dairy Products
Residence, 3675 Broadway, NEW YORK CITY
Telephone, Audubon 4213
Office, 90 West Broadway, NEW YORK CITY
Telephone, Barclay 4938
JOHN J. RILEY, Inspector
ALBANY
Telephone, West 1828-J
DIRECTORY
PURCHASING COMMITTEE FOR STATE HOSPITALS
Dr. EUGENE H. HOWARD, Chairman,
Superintendent, Rochester State Hospital
Dr. ISHAM G. HARRIS,
Superintendent, Brooklyn State Hospital
Dr. CLARENCE A. POTTER,
Superintendent, Gowada State Homeopathic Hospital
GEORGE P. WATSON,
Steward, Manhattan State Hospital
CHARLES A. MOSHER,
Steward, Utica State Hospital
T. E. McGARR, Executive
/
Room 138 Capitol
Telephone, Main 5910
NEW YORK OFFICE
Hall of Records, Chambers and Centre Streets
NEW YORK CITY
Telephone, Worth 4424
BUREAU OF DEPORTATION
SPENCER L. DA WES, M. D., Medical Examiner
Telephone, Worth 433?
COLLECTIONS BUREAU
R. J. CORCORAN, Special Agent
Telephone, Worth 4424
412799
6 DIRECTORY
PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE
OF THE NEW YORK STATE HOSPITALS
Ward's Island, New York City
GEORGE H. KIRBY, M. D., - Director
CLARENCE O. CHENEY, M. D., - Assistant Director
CHARLES B. DUNLAP, M. D., Chief Associate in Neuropathology
MILTON A. HARRINGTON, M. D., Acting Senior Asst. Physician
*STERNE MORSE, M. D., - Assistant in Serology
*THOMAS J. HELDT, M. D., - Assistant Physician
JOHN T. MACCURDY, M. D., Voluntary Assistant in Psychiatry
MATHILDE L. KOCH, B. S., M. S., Special Assistant in Chemistry
W. R. VAN KOUGHNET, - Secretary
Long Distance Telephone, Harlem 4216
*On leave of absence for military duty.
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
Under recent action by the State Hospital Commission the Attorney-
General of the State of New York, Hon. CHARLES D. NEWTON, now
conducts all legal matters for the State hospitals.
RETIREMENT BOARD
STATE HOSPITAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Hon. EUGENE M. TRAVIS
Hon. CHARLES W. PILGRIM, M. D.
Hon. ANDREW D. MORGAN
CHARLES G. WAGNER, M. D.
MICHAEL F. BRADLEY
Correspondence should* be addressed to Retirement Board, State
Hospital Officers and Employees, care Comptroller, Albany, N. Y.
DIRECTORY
CENSUS JULY 1,1919
Number of patients in civil State hospitals 37,607
Number of patients in Dannemora and Matteawan .... 1,422
Number of patients in private institutions 923
Grand total 39,952
Certified capacity of civil State hospitals 28,997
Certified capacity of Dannemora and Matteawan 1,115
Medical officers in civil State hospitals 145
Medical officers of civil State hospitals in military
service 20
Medical officers in Dannemora and Matteawan 6
Medical officers of Dannemora and Matteawan in
military service 4
Number of employees in civil State hospitals 5,768
Number of employees in Dannemora and Matteawan. 298
STATE HOSPITAL SYSTEM
Admission of Private Patients to State Hospitals
Private patients can be admitted to State hospitals only upon consent of
the medical superintendents. Rates for private patients range from six to
ten dollars per week and if payment is not made in advance a surety com-
pany bond must be provided guaranteeing payment of accounts for main-
enance.
CIVIL
STATE HOSPITALS
DIRECTORY
Bingliamton State Hospital
Bingfliamton,
Date of opening, October 19, 1881
Board of Managers
MERRITT J. CORBETT, President,
HENRY A. STEPHENS, Secretary,
Mrs. KATE M. ELY,
Mrs. ANNIE DEVEREUX MILLS,
BENJAMIN F. WELDEN,
WILLIAM H. HECOX,
J. ARNOT RATHBONE,
Resident Officers
CHARLES G. WAGNER, M. D.,
THEODORE I. TOWNSEND, M. D.,
EDWARD GILLESPIE, M. D.,
WM. J. TIFFANY, M. D.,
J. A. PRITCHARD, M. D.,
R. R. WILLIAMS, M. D.,
C. H. BELLINGER, M. D.,
CHARLES E. &OWE, M. D.,
CARLETON T. BAGLEY, M. D.,
LESTER E. SANFORD, M. D.,*" -
HOWARD M. KENYON, M. D.,
(Vacancy) ...
*WlLLIAM R. WlNNE, M. D.,
^RAYMOND G. BELL, M. D.,
(Vacancy) ...
(Vacancy)
CHAUNCEY B. FRY, D. D, S.,
EDWARD S. GRANEY,
SUSAN L. CARPENTER, R. N.,
Broome Co.
Binghamton
Binghamton
Binghamton
Oneida
Binghamton
Binghamton
Elmira
- Medical Sup^t
First Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Woman Physician
Medical Interne
Medical Interne
Medic a I Interne
Me die a I In terne
Dental Interne
- Steward
Principal School of Nursing
No. Patients Men 1,545, Women 1,248, Total 2,794
Certified capacity. Men 1,355, Women 1,045, Total 2,400
No. Employees.... Men 266, f Women 221, Total 487
Total acreage of grounds 1,363
Patients admitted from the following counties, which comprise the
Binghamton State Hospital District: Broome, Chermmg, Chenango,
Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Otsego, Schoharie and Tioga.
Located on the lines of the Erie; Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western, and Delaware and Hudson railways. Electric cars leave
the corner of Court and Chenango streets every 15 minutes.
j Bell Telephone, No. 453
Hosprtal Long Distance \ ^ Te , e honei No 454
Visiting Days : Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, two to four p. m.
* Absent on military duty.
DIRECTORY 9
Brooklyn State Hospital
Brooklyn, New York
Date of opening, October, 1895
Board of Managers
HUGO HIRSH, President, 33 Montgomery Place, Brooklyn
MICHAEL F. MCGOLDRICK, - 189 Montague St., Brooklyn
Mrs. GRACE WILSON WHITEHALL, Secretary, 438 Quincy St., Brooklyn
CHARLES PARTRIDGE, - 700 Franklin Ave., Brooklyn
Mrs. AGNES DORMAN DRUHAN, 1195 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn
EDWIN H. THATCHER, - - 590 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn
. HERBERT F. GUNNISON - Eagle Office, Brooklyn
Resident Officers
ISHAM G. HARRIS, M. D., - Medical Sup' t
FRANK R. HAVILAND, M. D., - - First Asst. Physician
DAVID CORCORAN, M. D., - - Clinical Director
*ERVING HOLLEY, M. D., - - Senior Asst. Physician
JOSEPH SMITH, M. D., - Senior Asst. Physician
RAYMOND G. WEARNE, M. D., Senior Asst. Physician
(Vacancy) .... Asst. Physician
ANNA M. AGNEW, M. D., - Woman Physician
HARRY JOHNPOLL, M. D., - Medical Interne
LEONARD F. THALNER, M. D., Medi&al Interne
HARRY DRESPEL, D. D. S., - Dental Interne
HELEN V. CLUNE, R. N., - - Principal of Training School
JESSE A. COTTER, - . - Steward
FRANCES C. TANNER, Social Worker
No. Patients, Brooklyn Men 379, Women 630, Total 1,009
No. Patients, Creedmoor..... Men 81, Total 81
Certified capacity, Brooklyn, Men 342, Women 295, Total 637
No. Employees Men 119, Women 74, Total 193
Total acreage of grounds 210
Patients admitted from County of Kings, which comprises the Brook-
lyn State Hospital District.
Accessible from New York by subway to Atlantic Avenue; Flat-
bush Avenue car; transfer Church Avenue to East Forty-second
Street. From Brooklyn Bridge by Fulton Street car ; transfer to
Nostrand Ave. State Hospital east of Kings County Hospital on
Clarkson Avenue.
Hospital Telephone at Brooklyn, Flatbush 4100
Creedmoor branch accessible from New York or Brooklyn by Fulton
Street elevated to City Line ; at City Line take Mineola trolley to
Madison Street, Queens.
Telephone, Creedmoor Branch, Hollis 6326.
Brooklyn Branch Visiting days: Sundays and Wednesdays from
one-thirty p. m. to three-thirty p. m.
Creedmoor Branch Visiting days: At any time convenient to
visitors.
Two out-patient dispensaries for free advice and treatment of
incipient mental conditions, viz. : at the State hospital Saturdays; at
the Long Island College Hospital Fridays at 2 p. m.
* In military service.
io DIRECTORY
Buffalo State Hospital
Buffalo, .... Erie Co.
Date of opening 1880
Board of Managers
PHILIP G. SCH AEFER, President, - 343 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo
Mrs. WALTER PLATT- COOKE, Secretary, 155 Summer St., Buffalo
HOWARD M. WITBECK, - 278 High St., Lockport
GEORGE M. ZIMMERMAN, - - 309 Pine St. , Buff alp
Dr. HARRY H. EBBERTS, . 890 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo
Mrs. MABEL W. POMEROY, 146 Bryant St., Buffalo
Mrs. ELIZABETH D. HAZEL, - 37 Hodge St., Buffalo
Resident Officers
FREDERICK W. PARSONS, M. D., Medical Sup V
WILLIAM W. WRIGHT, M. D., - First Asst. Physician
GEORGE G. ARMSTRONG, M. D., - Senior Asst. Physician
JOSEPH B. BE.TTS, M. D., - Senior Asst. Physician
CHRISTOPHER FLETCHER, M. D., - Senior Asst. Physician
ROBERT KING, M. D., Senior Asst. Physician
HERMAN F. MAY, M. D., - - Senior Asst. Physician
FREDERICK L. WRIGHT, M. D., Senior Asst. Physician
HELENE KUHLMANN, M. D., - Woman Physician
HAROLD C. HAVILAND, M. D., Asst. Physician
(Vacancy) - Asst. Physician
(Vacancy) - Medical Interne
JOHN E. GULP, - - Steward
No. Patients (including paroles) Men 1,085, Women 1,307, Total 2,392
Certified capacity ................ Men 680, Women 1,020, Total 1,700
No. Employees ............. ...... Men 198, Women 178, Total 376
Total acreage of grounds 183
Patients admitted from the following counties, which comprise the
Buffalo State Hospital District: Erie and Niagara.
This hospital is located on Forest avenue, about three and one-half
miles from the principal railway stations, accessible via Elmwood
avenue^Hoyt street or Forest Michigan trolley lines, at the Erie and
New York Central stations, which run directly to the hospital.
Hospita, Lon g Distance
Visiting days: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, two to five p. m.
DIRECTORY
Central Islip State Hospital
Central Islip,
Suffolk Co.
Date of opening February 27, 1896
Board of Managers
JAMES MACGREGOR SMITH, President,
Rev. WILLIAM GARTH, Secretary,
FRANCIS ROGERS,
Mrs. EDWARD EVERETT HICKS,
Mrs. BRADISH G. JOHNSON,
Mrs. ARTHUR F. J. REMY,
Mrs. BERNARD E. POLLAK,
32 Nassau St., New York City
Islip, L. I.
144 East 62d St., New York City
1168 Dean St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Islip, L. I.
19 West 95th St., New York City
53 East yyth St., New York City
Resident Officers
G. A. SMITH, M. D.,
C. M. BuRDicr-M. D.,
(Vacancy)
G. W. MILLS, M. D.,
H. G. GIBSON, M. D.,
C. L. VAUX, M. D.,
*G. C. H. BURNS, M. D.,
T. W. SIMON, M. D.,
A. E. ULLMAN, M. D.,
FRANK HINKLEY, M. D.,
R. G. REED, M. D.,
WILLIAM LEAVITT, M. D.,
D. D. DURGIN, M. D.,
**F. D. STREETER, M. D.,
E. H. ENDE, M. D.,
*W. A. CONLON, M. D.,
W. N. EARNHARDT, M. D.,
*J. F. MCNEILL, M. D.,
BARBARA CURTIS, M. D.,
WM. J. DELANEY, M. D.,
(Vacancy)
(Vacancy)
(Vacancy)
SARA L. SMALLEY, M. D.,
VERNIE E. WOODWARD, M. D.,
HARRY ELKINS, M. D.,
(Vacancy)
(Vacancy)
MORRIS ROSENBLATT, D. D. S.,
* Absent on military duty.
**On leave of absence.
Medical Superintendent
First As st. Physician
First As st. Physician
Clinical Director
- Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
- Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Senior or Asst. Physician
Senior or Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Woman Physician
Woman Physician
Medical Interne
Medical Interne
Medical Interne
Dental Interne
12 DIRECTORY
CENTRAL ISLIP STATE HOSPITAL CONTINUED
W. J. McKEE, - - Steward
W. B. SCHEIBER, - - Assistant Steward
JULIA A. DUFFY, R. N. Principal of Training School
Louis STEMPLE, - . Pharmacist
No. Patients Men 2,916, Women 2,525, Total 5,441
Certified capacity. Men 2,369, Women 1,731, Total 4,100
No. Employees Men 455, Women 172, Total 627
Total acreage of grounds 994
Patients admitted from boroughs of Manhattan, Queens and the
Bronx, and Counties of Nassau and Suffolk, which comprise the Cen-
tral Islip State Hospital District.
Hospital Long Distance Telephone, 18 Centraljslip.
Telegraph, Central Islip, Long Island.
Visiting days: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays and holidays, ten
a. m. to four p. m.
City office : Hall of Records, Room 703, cor. Centre and Chambers
Sts. , New York City Thursdays.
SCHEDULE OF TRAINS
FOR CENTRAL ISLIP WEEK DAYS
Leave N. Y. C. A. M. A. M. p. M. P. M. p. M. p. M. p. M. p. M. p. M.*
Penn. Sta. 8 05 9 59 i 08* 3 oo 4 06 4 58 5 48 6 49 u 44*
Leave L.I. City, 9 42 2 42 4 44 5 45 n 37*
' SUNDAYS FOR CENTRAL ISLIP
Leave N. Y. C. A. M. p. M. p. M.
Penn. Sta., 8 28 i 40 4 15
Leave L. I. City, 9 42 i 27
FROM CENTRAL ISLIP
Leave Central A. M. A. M. A. M. A. M. p. M. p. M. p. M.
Islip, (week days) 5 44 6 36 7 13 9 23 12 58 5 37 6 30
Sundays, 8 50 3 58 5 04 7 27
* Saturdays only.
DIRECTORY 13
Gowanda State Homeopathic Hospital
Collins, Brie Co.
Date of opening August 9, 1898
Board of Managers
WILLIAM F. WIERLING, Esq., President, Mutual Life Building, Buffalo
BERTHA M. BARD, Vice- President, - - Gowanda
CHARLES H. FELTHOUSEN, Secretary, Brisbane Building, Buffalo
DOCIA W. LAW, Collins
HENRY L. MOENCH, - Gowanda
PETER W. NEEFUS, M. D., - - - Rochester
ALICE E. SCHLEY, M. D., Buffalo
Resident Officers
CLARENCE A. POTTER, M. D., - Medical Superintendent
EARL V. GRAY, M. D., - First Asst. Physician
FREDERICK P. SCHENK, M. D., Senior Asst. Physician
HERMAN L. RAYMOND, M. D., - Asst. Physician
ERWIN H. MUDGE, M. D., - Asst. Physician
ANNE E. PERKINS, M. D., . Woman Physician
*ROLLIN V. HADLEY, M. D, - Medical Interne
(Vacancy) Medical Interne
JOSEPH F. SHEA, - Steward
OLIVE A. CARPENTER, - - - Matron
*ADELLE M. PHILLIPS, R. N., - Principal of School of Nursing
No. Patients Men 720, Women 571, Total 1,291
Certified capacity. Men 520, Women 430, Total 950
No. Employees.... Men 100, Women 76, Total 176
Total acreage of grounds 700
Patients admitted from the following counties, which comprise the
Gowanda State Homeopathic Hospital District: Cattaraugus, Chau-
tauqua, Erie and Wyoming; and patients from any part of the State
for whom homeopathic treatment is desired.
Hospital two miles from Gowanda, one mile from Collins on Buffalo
and Jamestown branch of Erie railroad. Accessible from Collins by
automobile 'bus.
Hospital Long Distance Telephone at Gowanda
Bell 31
Visiting days : Everyday excepting Saturdays, Sundays and legal
holidays, from ten to eleven a. m. and one to four p. m.
*Absent on military duty.
DIRECTORY
Hudson River State Hospital
Poughkcepsic,
Dutclicss Co.
Date of of opening, 1871
Board of Managers
FRANK B. LOWN, President,
E. LYMAN BROWN, Secretary, -
Miss CATHERINE A. NEWBOLD,
Miss MYRA H. AVERY, -
WILLIAM B. DINSMORE, -
J. WILSON POUCHER, M. D.,
DANIEL J. GLEASON, -
Resident
WALTER G. RYON, M. D.,
WILLIS E. MERRIMAN, M. D., -
WILLIAM J. CAVANAUGH,M. D.,
HOWARD P. CARPENTER, M. D.,
CALVIN B. WEST, M. D.,
THEODORE W. NEUMANN, M. D.,
WILLIAM J. THOMPSON, M. D.,
(Vacancy)
(Vacancy) -
*PERCY L. DODGE, M. D.,
GERALD R. JAMEISON, M. D.,
ELIZABETH W. DURRSCHMIDT, M. D
CLARENCE W. BARTH, M. D.,
HEXRY L. TRENKLE, M. D.,
(Vacancy)
BLANCHE DENNES, M. D.,
LEONA E. TODD, M. D., -
*LEO R. TIGHE, M. D.,
*DAVID T. BREWSTER, M. D.,
(Vacancy)
MARGARET J. GLANCY, R. N.,
GEORGE R. FINTON,
Sunny Fields, Poughkeepsie
Wappingers Falls
- North Road, Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie
Staatsburg
Poughkeepsie
Millerton
Officers
Medical Superintendent
First. As st. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
,, - Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Woman Physician
Woman Physician
Medical Interne
Medical Interne
Medical Interne
Principal of School of Nursing
- Steward
No. Patients Men 1,519, Women 1,975, Total 3,494
Certified capacity. Men 1,275, Women 1,575, Total 2,850
No. Employees.... Men 339, Women 252, Total 591
Total acreage of grounds 894
*In military service.
DIRECTORY 15
HUDSON RIVER STATE HOSPITAL CONTINUED
Patients admitted from the following counties, which comprise the
Hudson River State Hospital District: Albany, Columbia, Dutchess,
Greene, Putnam, Rensselaer, Washington and Westchester.
The hospital is located two miles north of the New York Central
railway station at Poughkeepsie. It may be reached by trolley cars
(marked Hospital), which run on the hour and half hour from the
corner of Washington and Main Streets directly to the hospital. The
trolley cars connect with the ferry from Highland (West Shore R.
R. ) and with both railroad stations in Poughkeepsie, (New York Cen-
tral and Central New England). Taxicabs may be procured at the
stations.
Local and Long Distance Telephones
Bell Telephone, No. 771-772-773-774
Visiting days: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from ten a. m.
to four p. m.
Visiting is allowed on Sunday in case of urgent need, such as ill-
ness, etc.
i6
DIRECTORY
Kings Park State Hospital
Kings Park,
New York
Date of opening October i, 1896
Board of Managers
CHARLES E. TEALE., President, - 26 Court St., Brooklyn
Rev. JOHN C. YORK, Secretary, 409 Linden St., Brooklyn
J. B. MORRELL, - Northport, Long Island
MATTHEW J. TOBIN, 34 Warren St. , corner Church St. , New York City
ALLIE A. ROGERS, -
REGINA T. SHERWOOD,
ANN W. WHEELER,
- Sayville, Long Island
Glen Cove, Long Island
22 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn
Resident Officers
WM. C. GARVIN, M. D.,
AARON J. ROSANOFF, M. D.,
RUSSELL E. BLAISDELL, M. D.,
WALTER H. SANFORD, M. D.,
CHARLES G. MCGAFFIN, M. D.,
CHARLES S. PARKER, M. D.,
J. H. SHUFFLETON, M. D.,
M. M. GROVER, M. D.,
(Vacancy) .
(Vacancy)
ANNA CRAIG, M. D.,
flNEZ A. BENTLEY, M. D.,
WILLIAM H. HAGENBUCH, M. D.,
HARRY A. STECKEL, M. D.,
THOMAS S. CUSACK, M. D.,
ALFRED T. WOOD, M. D.,
HIRAM G. HUBBELL, M. D.,
CHARLES H. BRUSH, M. D.,
*JOHN V. SWIERAT, M. D.,
(Vacancy)
(Vacancy)
(Vacancy)
(Vacancy)
(Vacancy)
(Vacancy)
. (Vacancy)
EDNA CONDE, D. D. S.,
*Absent on military duty.
t Absent on war relief duty in France
Medical S^lperintendent
First Asst. Physician
First Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Woman Physician
Woman Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physicivn
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Resident Dentist
DIRECTORY 17
KINGS PARK STATE HOSPITAL CONTINUED
IDA M. MARKER, R. N., - Principal of Training School
CHARLES S. PITCHER, .... Steward
No. Patients Men 2,028, Women 2,747, Total 4,775
Certified capacity. Men 1,564, Women 1,936, Total 3,500
No. Employees.... Men 356, Women 341, Total 697
Total acreage of grounds 835
Patients admitted from the following boroughs and counties, which
comprise the Kings Park State Hospital District: Borough of Kings
and counties of Nassau and Suffolk.
Forty-five miles from New York city. Accessible by trains on the
Long Island railroad. Surface and elevated roads from Grand Central
Station, New York, to East 34th Street ferry, connecting with Long
Island City station of the Long Island railroad. Also by subway
from Grand Central Station to Flatbush avenue, Brooklyn, thence by
Longjsland railroad via Jamaica; also Pennsylvania Station, yth Ave.
and 33d Street, New York City, via Jamaica.
The time table is subject to frequent change, but morning trains to
Kings Park leave at about nine and eleven a. m., and returning from
Kings Park leave at about three, four-thirty and six-thirty p. m. Sun-
day trains leave the city at about nine and eleven a. m. and returning
leave Kings Park at about three-fifteen, four-thirty, six-thirty, and
nine p. m.
Visiting days : Wednesdays, Sundays and holidays, nine a. m. to
five p. m.
Hospital Long Distance Telephone, 11 Kings Park.
New York City office, Hall of Records, Room 703, corner of
Centre and Chambers Streets.
Telephone, 4424 Worth
i8 DIRECTORY
Manhattan State Hospital
Ward's Island, New York City
Date of. opening 1905
Board of Managers
ROBERT ABRAHAMS, M. D., President, 336 West 88th St., New York City
GUSTAV SCHOLER, M. D., Secretary, 10 Jumel Terrace, New York City
JACOB KATZ, 315 West 99th St., New York City
JACOB OSHLAG, M. D., 1060 Madison Ave., New York City
MARTIN COHEN, M. D., - i West 85th St., New York City
Mrs. JULIA KEMP WEST,
Hotel Buckingham, soth St. and Fifth Ave., New York City
Mrs. THOMAS HUGHES KELLY,
Hotel Buckingham, soth St. and Fifth Ave., New York City
Resident Officers
MARCUS B. HEYMAN, M. D., - - Medical Superintendent
HERMAN C. EVARTS, M. D., First Asst. Physician (Women's Division)
JOHN T. W. ROWE, M. D., First Asst. Physician (Men's Division)
MORTIMER W. RAYNOR, M. D., - Director of Clinical Psychiatry
D. S. SPELLMAN, M. D., . - Senior Asst. Physician
JOHN R. KNAPP, M. D., - Senior Asst. Physician
*PHILIP SMITH, M. D., - - Senior Asst. Physician
RALPH P. FOLSOM,M. D., - Senior Asst. Physician
ARTHUR M. PHILLIPS, M. D., Senior Asst. Physician
CHESTER WATERMAN, M. D., - Senior Asst. Physician
JAMES P. KELLEHER, M. D., Senior Asst. Physician
^ARTHUR E. SOPER, M. D., - - Senior Asst. Physician
ISAAC FURMAN, M. D., - Senior Asst. Physician
ELIZABETH S. HELLWEG, M. D., - Asst. Physician
MORRIS A. LYONS, M. D., - Asst. Physician.
^WILLIAM MURPHY, M. D., - - Asst. Physician
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STATE OF NEW YORK
HANDBOOK
OF THE
STATE HOSPITAL COMMISSION
HOSPITALS FOR THE INSANE
1919
STATE HOSPITALS PRESS
UTICA, N. Y.
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CONTENTS
PAGE
Directory .......................................................... 3
State Hospital Commission .................................... 3
Purchasing Committee ........................................ * 5
Bureau of Deportation . . ...................................... 5
Psychiatric Institute .......................................... 6
Legal Department ............................. . ............... 6
Retirement Board ............................................. 6
Census, July i ................................................. 7
State hospital system ............... ........................... 7
Civil State hospitals ............... .' ........................... 8
Hospitals for criminal insane .................................. 25
Private licensed institutions ................................... 29
Insanity law ....................................................... 41
Laws relating to insane in institutions ............................ 122
Reciprocal arrangement between New York and Massachusetts. . . 171
Classification of mental diseases ................ '. ................. 173
Dietaries of State hospitals ........................................ 177
Appropriations ................... ; . .............................. 189
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Statistical information. .". *. .1 .t . . .............................. 205
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Capacity of ,Smte .hospitals,., . . v . ... . .**. .......................... 210
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STATE OF NEW YORK
STATE HOSPITAL COMMISSION
COMMISSIONERS
CHARLES W. PILGRIM, M. D., Chairman
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.
ANDREW D. MORGAN
Residence, 88 West Street, ILION, N. Y.
Telephone, 446-J
Office, 16 West Main Street, ILION, N. Y.
Telephone, 83-J.
FREDERICK A. HIGGINS
772 St. Nicholas Ave., NEW YORK CITY
Telephone, 1740 Audubon
ALBANY OFFICE
Rooms 125 and 138 State Capitol
Telephone, Main 5910
EVERETT S. ELWOOD
Residence, 267 W. Lawrence Street
ALBANY
Telephone, West 3574
AUDIT BUREAU
FRED W. KYTE, Auditor
Residence, 450 Western Avenue
ALBANY
Telephone; West 1855-W
t
JOHN H. FLINN, Assistant Auditor
ALBANY
Z. FRANCIS SHAFER, Assistant Auditor
ALBANY
DIRECTORY
BUREAU OF STATISTICS
HORATIO M. POLLOCK, Ph. D.
Statistician and Editor
ALBANY
Telephone, West 215-W
WILLIAM J. NOLAN, A. M.
Assistant Statistician
ALBANY
BUREAU OF TREASURER
LEWIS M. FARRINGTON
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer
ALBANY
COLLECTIONS BUREAU
HERBERT B. GRUBER, Counsel
Residence, 84 Willet Street
ALBANY
Telephone, West 3265-W
INSPECTORS
J. L. VAN DEMARK, M. D.,
Medical Inspector
Residence, 464 Hudson Avenue
ALBANY
Telephone, West 1387
CHARLES B. Dix, M. E.
Inspector of Buildings and Engineering
GLENS FALLS
JOHN T. NORTON
Inspector of Dairy Products
Residence, 3675 Broadway, NEW YORK CITY
Telephone, Audubon 4213
Office, 90 West Broadway, NEW YORK CITY
Telephone, Barclay 4938
JOHN J. RILEY, Inspector
ALBANY
Telephone, West 1828-J
DIRECTORY
PURCHASING COMMITTEE FOR STATE HOSPITALS
Dr. EUGENE H. HOWARD, Chairman,
Superintendent, Rochester State Hospital
Dr. ISHAM G. HARRIS,
Superintendent, Brooklyn State Hospital
Dr. CLARENCE A. POTTER,
Superintendent, Gowada State Homeopathic Hospital
GEORGE P. WATSON,
Steward, Manhattan State Hospital
CHARLES A. MOSHER,
Steward, Utica State Hospital
T. E. McGARR, Executive
/
Room 138 Capitol
Telephone, Main 5910
NEW YORK OFFICE
Hall of Records, Chambers and Centre Streets
NEW YORK CITY
Telephone, Worth 4424
BUREAU OF DEPORTATION
SPENCER L. DA WES, M. D., Medical Examiner
Telephone, Worth 433?
COLLECTIONS BUREAU
R. J. CORCORAN, Special Agent
Telephone, Worth 4424
412799
6 DIRECTORY
PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE
OF THE NEW YORK STATE HOSPITALS
Ward's Island, New York City
GEORGE H. KIRBY, M. D., - Director
CLARENCE O. CHENEY, M. D., - Assistant Director
CHARLES B. DUNLAP, M. D., Chief Associate in Neuropathology
MILTON A. HARRINGTON, M. D., Acting Senior Asst. Physician
*STERNE MORSE, M. D., - Assistant in Serology
*THOMAS J. HELDT, M. D., - Assistant Physician
JOHN T. MACCURDY, M. D., Voluntary Assistant in Psychiatry
MATHILDE L. KOCH, B. S., M. S., Special Assistant in Chemistry
W. R. VAN KOUGHNET, - Secretary
Long Distance Telephone, Harlem 4216
*On leave of absence for military duty.
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
Under recent action by the State Hospital Commission the Attorney-
General of the State of New York, Hon. CHARLES D. NEWTON, now
conducts all legal matters for the State hospitals.
RETIREMENT BOARD
STATE HOSPITAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Hon. EUGENE M. TRAVIS
Hon. CHARLES W. PILGRIM, M. D.
Hon. ANDREW D. MORGAN
CHARLES G. WAGNER, M. D.
MICHAEL F. BRADLEY
Correspondence should* be addressed to Retirement Board, State
Hospital Officers and Employees, care Comptroller, Albany, N. Y.
DIRECTORY
CENSUS JULY 1,1919
Number of patients in civil State hospitals 37,607
Number of patients in Dannemora and Matteawan .... 1,422
Number of patients in private institutions 923
Grand total 39,952
Certified capacity of civil State hospitals 28,997
Certified capacity of Dannemora and Matteawan 1,115
Medical officers in civil State hospitals 145
Medical officers of civil State hospitals in military
service 20
Medical officers in Dannemora and Matteawan 6
Medical officers of Dannemora and Matteawan in
military service 4
Number of employees in civil State hospitals 5,768
Number of employees in Dannemora and Matteawan. 298
STATE HOSPITAL SYSTEM
Admission of Private Patients to State Hospitals
Private patients can be admitted to State hospitals only upon consent of
the medical superintendents. Rates for private patients range from six to
ten dollars per week and if payment is not made in advance a surety com-
pany bond must be provided guaranteeing payment of accounts for main-
enance.
CIVIL
STATE HOSPITALS
DIRECTORY
Bingliamton State Hospital
Bingfliamton,
Date of opening, October 19, 1881
Board of Managers
MERRITT J. CORBETT, President,
HENRY A. STEPHENS, Secretary,
Mrs. KATE M. ELY,
Mrs. ANNIE DEVEREUX MILLS,
BENJAMIN F. WELDEN,
WILLIAM H. HECOX,
J. ARNOT RATHBONE,
Resident Officers
CHARLES G. WAGNER, M. D.,
THEODORE I. TOWNSEND, M. D.,
EDWARD GILLESPIE, M. D.,
WM. J. TIFFANY, M. D.,
J. A. PRITCHARD, M. D.,
R. R. WILLIAMS, M. D.,
C. H. BELLINGER, M. D.,
CHARLES E. &OWE, M. D.,
CARLETON T. BAGLEY, M. D.,
LESTER E. SANFORD, M. D.,*" -
HOWARD M. KENYON, M. D.,
(Vacancy) ...
*WlLLIAM R. WlNNE, M. D.,
^RAYMOND G. BELL, M. D.,
(Vacancy) ...
(Vacancy)
CHAUNCEY B. FRY, D. D, S.,
EDWARD S. GRANEY,
SUSAN L. CARPENTER, R. N.,
Broome Co.
Binghamton
Binghamton
Binghamton
Oneida
Binghamton
Binghamton
Elmira
- Medical Sup^t
First Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Woman Physician
Medical Interne
Medical Interne
Medic a I Interne
Me die a I In terne
Dental Interne
- Steward
Principal School of Nursing
No. Patients Men 1,545, Women 1,248, Total 2,794
Certified capacity. Men 1,355, Women 1,045, Total 2,400
No. Employees.... Men 266, f Women 221, Total 487
Total acreage of grounds 1,363
Patients admitted from the following counties, which comprise the
Binghamton State Hospital District: Broome, Chermmg, Chenango,
Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Otsego, Schoharie and Tioga.
Located on the lines of the Erie; Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western, and Delaware and Hudson railways. Electric cars leave
the corner of Court and Chenango streets every 15 minutes.
j Bell Telephone, No. 453
Hosprtal Long Distance \ ^ Te , e honei No 454
Visiting Days : Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, two to four p. m.
* Absent on military duty.
DIRECTORY 9
Brooklyn State Hospital
Brooklyn, New York
Date of opening, October, 1895
Board of Managers
HUGO HIRSH, President, 33 Montgomery Place, Brooklyn
MICHAEL F. MCGOLDRICK, - 189 Montague St., Brooklyn
Mrs. GRACE WILSON WHITEHALL, Secretary, 438 Quincy St., Brooklyn
CHARLES PARTRIDGE, - 700 Franklin Ave., Brooklyn
Mrs. AGNES DORMAN DRUHAN, 1195 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn
EDWIN H. THATCHER, - - 590 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn
. HERBERT F. GUNNISON - Eagle Office, Brooklyn
Resident Officers
ISHAM G. HARRIS, M. D., - Medical Sup' t
FRANK R. HAVILAND, M. D., - - First Asst. Physician
DAVID CORCORAN, M. D., - - Clinical Director
*ERVING HOLLEY, M. D., - - Senior Asst. Physician
JOSEPH SMITH, M. D., - Senior Asst. Physician
RAYMOND G. WEARNE, M. D., Senior Asst. Physician
(Vacancy) .... Asst. Physician
ANNA M. AGNEW, M. D., - Woman Physician
HARRY JOHNPOLL, M. D., - Medical Interne
LEONARD F. THALNER, M. D., Medi&al Interne
HARRY DRESPEL, D. D. S., - Dental Interne
HELEN V. CLUNE, R. N., - - Principal of Training School
JESSE A. COTTER, - . - Steward
FRANCES C. TANNER, Social Worker
No. Patients, Brooklyn Men 379, Women 630, Total 1,009
No. Patients, Creedmoor..... Men 81, Total 81
Certified capacity, Brooklyn, Men 342, Women 295, Total 637
No. Employees Men 119, Women 74, Total 193
Total acreage of grounds 210
Patients admitted from County of Kings, which comprises the Brook-
lyn State Hospital District.
Accessible from New York by subway to Atlantic Avenue; Flat-
bush Avenue car; transfer Church Avenue to East Forty-second
Street. From Brooklyn Bridge by Fulton Street car ; transfer to
Nostrand Ave. State Hospital east of Kings County Hospital on
Clarkson Avenue.
Hospital Telephone at Brooklyn, Flatbush 4100
Creedmoor branch accessible from New York or Brooklyn by Fulton
Street elevated to City Line ; at City Line take Mineola trolley to
Madison Street, Queens.
Telephone, Creedmoor Branch, Hollis 6326.
Brooklyn Branch Visiting days: Sundays and Wednesdays from
one-thirty p. m. to three-thirty p. m.
Creedmoor Branch Visiting days: At any time convenient to
visitors.
Two out-patient dispensaries for free advice and treatment of
incipient mental conditions, viz. : at the State hospital Saturdays; at
the Long Island College Hospital Fridays at 2 p. m.
* In military service.
io DIRECTORY
Buffalo State Hospital
Buffalo, .... Erie Co.
Date of opening 1880
Board of Managers
PHILIP G. SCH AEFER, President, - 343 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo
Mrs. WALTER PLATT- COOKE, Secretary, 155 Summer St., Buffalo
HOWARD M. WITBECK, - 278 High St., Lockport
GEORGE M. ZIMMERMAN, - - 309 Pine St. , Buff alp
Dr. HARRY H. EBBERTS, . 890 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo
Mrs. MABEL W. POMEROY, 146 Bryant St., Buffalo
Mrs. ELIZABETH D. HAZEL, - 37 Hodge St., Buffalo
Resident Officers
FREDERICK W. PARSONS, M. D., Medical Sup V
WILLIAM W. WRIGHT, M. D., - First Asst. Physician
GEORGE G. ARMSTRONG, M. D., - Senior Asst. Physician
JOSEPH B. BE.TTS, M. D., - Senior Asst. Physician
CHRISTOPHER FLETCHER, M. D., - Senior Asst. Physician
ROBERT KING, M. D., Senior Asst. Physician
HERMAN F. MAY, M. D., - - Senior Asst. Physician
FREDERICK L. WRIGHT, M. D., Senior Asst. Physician
HELENE KUHLMANN, M. D., - Woman Physician
HAROLD C. HAVILAND, M. D., Asst. Physician
(Vacancy) - Asst. Physician
(Vacancy) - Medical Interne
JOHN E. GULP, - - Steward
No. Patients (including paroles) Men 1,085, Women 1,307, Total 2,392
Certified capacity ................ Men 680, Women 1,020, Total 1,700
No. Employees ............. ...... Men 198, Women 178, Total 376
Total acreage of grounds 183
Patients admitted from the following counties, which comprise the
Buffalo State Hospital District: Erie and Niagara.
This hospital is located on Forest avenue, about three and one-half
miles from the principal railway stations, accessible via Elmwood
avenue^Hoyt street or Forest Michigan trolley lines, at the Erie and
New York Central stations, which run directly to the hospital.
Hospita, Lon g Distance
Visiting days: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, two to five p. m.
DIRECTORY
Central Islip State Hospital
Central Islip,
Suffolk Co.
Date of opening February 27, 1896
Board of Managers
JAMES MACGREGOR SMITH, President,
Rev. WILLIAM GARTH, Secretary,
FRANCIS ROGERS,
Mrs. EDWARD EVERETT HICKS,
Mrs. BRADISH G. JOHNSON,
Mrs. ARTHUR F. J. REMY,
Mrs. BERNARD E. POLLAK,
32 Nassau St., New York City
Islip, L. I.
144 East 62d St., New York City
1168 Dean St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Islip, L. I.
19 West 95th St., New York City
53 East yyth St., New York City
Resident Officers
G. A. SMITH, M. D.,
C. M. BuRDicr-M. D.,
(Vacancy)
G. W. MILLS, M. D.,
H. G. GIBSON, M. D.,
C. L. VAUX, M. D.,
*G. C. H. BURNS, M. D.,
T. W. SIMON, M. D.,
A. E. ULLMAN, M. D.,
FRANK HINKLEY, M. D.,
R. G. REED, M. D.,
WILLIAM LEAVITT, M. D.,
D. D. DURGIN, M. D.,
**F. D. STREETER, M. D.,
E. H. ENDE, M. D.,
*W. A. CONLON, M. D.,
W. N. EARNHARDT, M. D.,
*J. F. MCNEILL, M. D.,
BARBARA CURTIS, M. D.,
WM. J. DELANEY, M. D.,
(Vacancy)
(Vacancy)
(Vacancy)
SARA L. SMALLEY, M. D.,
VERNIE E. WOODWARD, M. D.,
HARRY ELKINS, M. D.,
(Vacancy)
(Vacancy)
MORRIS ROSENBLATT, D. D. S.,
* Absent on military duty.
**On leave of absence.
Medical Superintendent
First As st. Physician
First As st. Physician
Clinical Director
- Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
- Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Senior or Asst. Physician
Senior or Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Woman Physician
Woman Physician
Medical Interne
Medical Interne
Medical Interne
Dental Interne
12 DIRECTORY
CENTRAL ISLIP STATE HOSPITAL CONTINUED
W. J. McKEE, - - Steward
W. B. SCHEIBER, - - Assistant Steward
JULIA A. DUFFY, R. N. Principal of Training School
Louis STEMPLE, - . Pharmacist
No. Patients Men 2,916, Women 2,525, Total 5,441
Certified capacity. Men 2,369, Women 1,731, Total 4,100
No. Employees Men 455, Women 172, Total 627
Total acreage of grounds 994
Patients admitted from boroughs of Manhattan, Queens and the
Bronx, and Counties of Nassau and Suffolk, which comprise the Cen-
tral Islip State Hospital District.
Hospital Long Distance Telephone, 18 Centraljslip.
Telegraph, Central Islip, Long Island.
Visiting days: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays and holidays, ten
a. m. to four p. m.
City office : Hall of Records, Room 703, cor. Centre and Chambers
Sts. , New York City Thursdays.
SCHEDULE OF TRAINS
FOR CENTRAL ISLIP WEEK DAYS
Leave N. Y. C. A. M. A. M. p. M. P. M. p. M. p. M. p. M. p. M. p. M.*
Penn. Sta. 8 05 9 59 i 08* 3 oo 4 06 4 58 5 48 6 49 u 44*
Leave L.I. City, 9 42 2 42 4 44 5 45 n 37*
' SUNDAYS FOR CENTRAL ISLIP
Leave N. Y. C. A. M. p. M. p. M.
Penn. Sta., 8 28 i 40 4 15
Leave L. I. City, 9 42 i 27
FROM CENTRAL ISLIP
Leave Central A. M. A. M. A. M. A. M. p. M. p. M. p. M.
Islip, (week days) 5 44 6 36 7 13 9 23 12 58 5 37 6 30
Sundays, 8 50 3 58 5 04 7 27
* Saturdays only.
DIRECTORY 13
Gowanda State Homeopathic Hospital
Collins, Brie Co.
Date of opening August 9, 1898
Board of Managers
WILLIAM F. WIERLING, Esq., President, Mutual Life Building, Buffalo
BERTHA M. BARD, Vice- President, - - Gowanda
CHARLES H. FELTHOUSEN, Secretary, Brisbane Building, Buffalo
DOCIA W. LAW, Collins
HENRY L. MOENCH, - Gowanda
PETER W. NEEFUS, M. D., - - - Rochester
ALICE E. SCHLEY, M. D., Buffalo
Resident Officers
CLARENCE A. POTTER, M. D., - Medical Superintendent
EARL V. GRAY, M. D., - First Asst. Physician
FREDERICK P. SCHENK, M. D., Senior Asst. Physician
HERMAN L. RAYMOND, M. D., - Asst. Physician
ERWIN H. MUDGE, M. D., - Asst. Physician
ANNE E. PERKINS, M. D., . Woman Physician
*ROLLIN V. HADLEY, M. D, - Medical Interne
(Vacancy) Medical Interne
JOSEPH F. SHEA, - Steward
OLIVE A. CARPENTER, - - - Matron
*ADELLE M. PHILLIPS, R. N., - Principal of School of Nursing
No. Patients Men 720, Women 571, Total 1,291
Certified capacity. Men 520, Women 430, Total 950
No. Employees.... Men 100, Women 76, Total 176
Total acreage of grounds 700
Patients admitted from the following counties, which comprise the
Gowanda State Homeopathic Hospital District: Cattaraugus, Chau-
tauqua, Erie and Wyoming; and patients from any part of the State
for whom homeopathic treatment is desired.
Hospital two miles from Gowanda, one mile from Collins on Buffalo
and Jamestown branch of Erie railroad. Accessible from Collins by
automobile 'bus.
Hospital Long Distance Telephone at Gowanda
Bell 31
Visiting days : Everyday excepting Saturdays, Sundays and legal
holidays, from ten to eleven a. m. and one to four p. m.
*Absent on military duty.
DIRECTORY
Hudson River State Hospital
Poughkcepsic,
Dutclicss Co.
Date of of opening, 1871
Board of Managers
FRANK B. LOWN, President,
E. LYMAN BROWN, Secretary, -
Miss CATHERINE A. NEWBOLD,
Miss MYRA H. AVERY, -
WILLIAM B. DINSMORE, -
J. WILSON POUCHER, M. D.,
DANIEL J. GLEASON, -
Resident
WALTER G. RYON, M. D.,
WILLIS E. MERRIMAN, M. D., -
WILLIAM J. CAVANAUGH,M. D.,
HOWARD P. CARPENTER, M. D.,
CALVIN B. WEST, M. D.,
THEODORE W. NEUMANN, M. D.,
WILLIAM J. THOMPSON, M. D.,
(Vacancy)
(Vacancy) -
*PERCY L. DODGE, M. D.,
GERALD R. JAMEISON, M. D.,
ELIZABETH W. DURRSCHMIDT, M. D
CLARENCE W. BARTH, M. D.,
HEXRY L. TRENKLE, M. D.,
(Vacancy)
BLANCHE DENNES, M. D.,
LEONA E. TODD, M. D., -
*LEO R. TIGHE, M. D.,
*DAVID T. BREWSTER, M. D.,
(Vacancy)
MARGARET J. GLANCY, R. N.,
GEORGE R. FINTON,
Sunny Fields, Poughkeepsie
Wappingers Falls
- North Road, Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie
Staatsburg
Poughkeepsie
Millerton
Officers
Medical Superintendent
First. As st. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
,, - Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Woman Physician
Woman Physician
Medical Interne
Medical Interne
Medical Interne
Principal of School of Nursing
- Steward
No. Patients Men 1,519, Women 1,975, Total 3,494
Certified capacity. Men 1,275, Women 1,575, Total 2,850
No. Employees.... Men 339, Women 252, Total 591
Total acreage of grounds 894
*In military service.
DIRECTORY 15
HUDSON RIVER STATE HOSPITAL CONTINUED
Patients admitted from the following counties, which comprise the
Hudson River State Hospital District: Albany, Columbia, Dutchess,
Greene, Putnam, Rensselaer, Washington and Westchester.
The hospital is located two miles north of the New York Central
railway station at Poughkeepsie. It may be reached by trolley cars
(marked Hospital), which run on the hour and half hour from the
corner of Washington and Main Streets directly to the hospital. The
trolley cars connect with the ferry from Highland (West Shore R.
R. ) and with both railroad stations in Poughkeepsie, (New York Cen-
tral and Central New England). Taxicabs may be procured at the
stations.
Local and Long Distance Telephones
Bell Telephone, No. 771-772-773-774
Visiting days: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from ten a. m.
to four p. m.
Visiting is allowed on Sunday in case of urgent need, such as ill-
ness, etc.
i6
DIRECTORY
Kings Park State Hospital
Kings Park,
New York
Date of opening October i, 1896
Board of Managers
CHARLES E. TEALE., President, - 26 Court St., Brooklyn
Rev. JOHN C. YORK, Secretary, 409 Linden St., Brooklyn
J. B. MORRELL, - Northport, Long Island
MATTHEW J. TOBIN, 34 Warren St. , corner Church St. , New York City
ALLIE A. ROGERS, -
REGINA T. SHERWOOD,
ANN W. WHEELER,
- Sayville, Long Island
Glen Cove, Long Island
22 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn
Resident Officers
WM. C. GARVIN, M. D.,
AARON J. ROSANOFF, M. D.,
RUSSELL E. BLAISDELL, M. D.,
WALTER H. SANFORD, M. D.,
CHARLES G. MCGAFFIN, M. D.,
CHARLES S. PARKER, M. D.,
J. H. SHUFFLETON, M. D.,
M. M. GROVER, M. D.,
(Vacancy) .
(Vacancy)
ANNA CRAIG, M. D.,
flNEZ A. BENTLEY, M. D.,
WILLIAM H. HAGENBUCH, M. D.,
HARRY A. STECKEL, M. D.,
THOMAS S. CUSACK, M. D.,
ALFRED T. WOOD, M. D.,
HIRAM G. HUBBELL, M. D.,
CHARLES H. BRUSH, M. D.,
*JOHN V. SWIERAT, M. D.,
(Vacancy)
(Vacancy)
(Vacancy)
(Vacancy)
(Vacancy)
(Vacancy)
. (Vacancy)
EDNA CONDE, D. D. S.,
*Absent on military duty.
t Absent on war relief duty in France
Medical S^lperintendent
First Asst. Physician
First Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Senior Asst. Physician
Woman Physician
Woman Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physicivn
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Asst. Physician
Resident Dentist
DIRECTORY 17
KINGS PARK STATE HOSPITAL CONTINUED
IDA M. MARKER, R. N., - Principal of Training School
CHARLES S. PITCHER, .... Steward
No. Patients Men 2,028, Women 2,747, Total 4,775
Certified capacity. Men 1,564, Women 1,936, Total 3,500
No. Employees.... Men 356, Women 341, Total 697
Total acreage of grounds 835
Patients admitted from the following boroughs and counties, which
comprise the Kings Park State Hospital District: Borough of Kings
and counties of Nassau and Suffolk.
Forty-five miles from New York city. Accessible by trains on the
Long Island railroad. Surface and elevated roads from Grand Central
Station, New York, to East 34th Street ferry, connecting with Long
Island City station of the Long Island railroad. Also by subway
from Grand Central Station to Flatbush avenue, Brooklyn, thence by
Longjsland railroad via Jamaica; also Pennsylvania Station, yth Ave.
and 33d Street, New York City, via Jamaica.
The time table is subject to frequent change, but morning trains to
Kings Park leave at about nine and eleven a. m., and returning from
Kings Park leave at about three, four-thirty and six-thirty p. m. Sun-
day trains leave the city at about nine and eleven a. m. and returning
leave Kings Park at about three-fifteen, four-thirty, six-thirty, and
nine p. m.
Visiting days : Wednesdays, Sundays and holidays, nine a. m. to
five p. m.
Hospital Long Distance Telephone, 11 Kings Park.
New York City office, Hall of Records, Room 703, corner of
Centre and Chambers Streets.
Telephone, 4424 Worth
i8 DIRECTORY
Manhattan State Hospital
Ward's Island, New York City
Date of. opening 1905
Board of Managers
ROBERT ABRAHAMS, M. D., President, 336 West 88th St., New York City
GUSTAV SCHOLER, M. D., Secretary, 10 Jumel Terrace, New York City
JACOB KATZ, 315 West 99th St., New York City
JACOB OSHLAG, M. D., 1060 Madison Ave., New York City
MARTIN COHEN, M. D., - i West 85th St., New York City
Mrs. JULIA KEMP WEST,
Hotel Buckingham, soth St. and Fifth Ave., New York City
Mrs. THOMAS HUGHES KELLY,
Hotel Buckingham, soth St. and Fifth Ave., New York City
Resident Officers
MARCUS B. HEYMAN, M. D., - - Medical Superintendent
HERMAN C. EVARTS, M. D., First Asst. Physician (Women's Division)
JOHN T. W. ROWE, M. D., First Asst. Physician (Men's Division)
MORTIMER W. RAYNOR, M. D., - Director of Clinical Psychiatry
D. S. SPELLMAN, M. D., . - Senior Asst. Physician
JOHN R. KNAPP, M. D., - Senior Asst. Physician
*PHILIP SMITH, M. D., - - Senior Asst. Physician
RALPH P. FOLSOM,M. D., - Senior Asst. Physician
ARTHUR M. PHILLIPS, M. D., Senior Asst. Physician
CHESTER WATERMAN, M. D., - Senior Asst. Physician
JAMES P. KELLEHER, M. D., Senior Asst. Physician
^ARTHUR E. SOPER, M. D., - - Senior Asst. Physician
ISAAC FURMAN, M. D., - Senior Asst. Physician
ELIZABETH S. HELLWEG, M. D., - Asst. Physician
MORRIS A. LYONS, M. D., - Asst. Physician.
^WILLIAM MURPHY, M. D., - - Asst. Physician
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