Modesto State Hospital
Modesto State Hospital was a public psychiatric hospital in the city of Modesto in Stanislaus County, California, and was established in 1946, opened in late-1947 and closed in 1972.[1] It is the same location of the former Hammond General Hospital (1942–1946), a United States Army hospital during World War II.
| Modesto State Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | Modesto, California, United States |
| Coordinates | 37.662581°N 121.034957°W |
| Organization | |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Speciality | Psychiatry |
| History | |
| Opened | 1947 |
| Closed | 1972 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in California |
History
Modesto State Hospital was purchased from the United States federal government in November 1946 (under statutes 1946, ch. 129).[1] The hospital operated as a temporary state mental hospital and when it opened in late-1947 it took in patients from other overcrowded state hospitals, specifically the mentally ill and the mentally deficient patients.[1][2]
By September 1951 the Hospital started an admissions department and receive new psychiatric patients. In 1951, the hospital had its most patients 2,369, which it maintained until 1963.[3] In 1963, the patient population declined, in 1969 it was announced the hospital would close, and was closed in 1972.[1][4]
This hospital was one of the many state asylums that had sterilization centers.[5]
References
- "Inventory of the Department of Mental Hygiene - Modesto State Hospital Records". The Online Archive of California (OAC), California Digital Library.
- Assembly Bills, Original and Amended. Vol. 8, Volume 57. California Legislature Assembly. 1947.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - Dowd, Katie (2016-06-16). "Historic asylums and sanitariums of Northern California". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
- Weiner, Samuel; Place, Dorothy M.; Ahmed, Paul I. (1972). "A Report On The Closing Of A State Hospital". Administration in Mental Health, Volumes 1972-1975. National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.). Human Sciences Press. pp. 13–20.
- Black, Edwin (November 9, 2003). "Eugenics and the Nazis -- the California connection". SFGate. Retrieved 2021-03-22.