Scope and Content: In  Massachusetts, the Division of Aid and Relief (Dept. of Public Welfare) and its predecessors, the State Board of Lunacy and Charity (to 1898) and the Division of State Adult Poor (State Board of Charity, 1898-1919), received weekly returns from institutions under their jurisdiction. Among these was the State Almshouse at Tewksbury, opened in 1854, and renamed successively the State Hospital (1900), the State Infirmary (1909), Tewksbury State Hospital and Infirmary (1939), and Tewksbury Hospital (1959).  The almshouse, established as a residence for paupers of the Commonwealth, evolved after closing of other state almshouses in 1872 into an institution for ill or infirm public charges who could not be transferred to the State Workhouse (later State Farm) or otherwise discharged.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Restrictions: Public health hospital/clinic client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 111, s 70. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Spine title varies: State Hospital returns; State Infirmary returns. Lacks returns for 1896, 1909. Formerly classed under (M-Ar)HS6.11: Massachusetts. State Infirmary (Tewksbury, Mass.)
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