Third Annual Report of the Governors of the Alms House, New York, for the Year 1851 (Classic Reprint)

Third Annual Report of the Governors of the Alms House, New York, for the Year 1851 (Classic Reprint)
Author: New York Governors of the Alms House
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2017-11-19
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780331455120

Excerpt from Third Annual Report of the Governors of the Alms House, New York, for the Year 1851 The rapidly increasing size and population of the city will call for an enlargement of the accommodations in Bellevue Hospital, and of the Nursery Buildings on Randall's Island, within the coming year, and the absolute duty of the Board will not permit either neglect or delay in providing for the growing demands upon them in this behalf. The completion of the Work House Building will relieve the Alms House and the Penitentiary to a considerable extent, and render any ad dition to their size unnecessary for some years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Pestilence, Insanity, and Trees

Pestilence, Insanity, and Trees
Author: John M. Harris Jr.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2023-12-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1003821340

This is the first full-length biography of New York surgeon and social activist Stephen Smith (1823–1922), who was appointed to fifty years of public service by three mayors, seven governors, and two U.S. presidents. The book presents the complex life of Stephen Smith, a consistent figure in the history of public health, mental health, housing reform in New York, and even urban reforestation. Utilizing Smith’s writings, public records, and recently discovered personal correspondence, this research shows how Smith succeeded where others failed. It also acknowledges that Smith was unsuccessful in convincing his fellow professionals to fight for a cabinet level public health department or to resist the rise of custodial care for the mentally impaired. Given Smith’s many accomplishments, the book asks us to consider if what stopped him stops us, highlighting the relevance of Smith’s story to contemporary debates. Pestilence, Insanity, and Trees is a readable and well-documented narrative and a resource for students and scholars, filling gaps in the history of American medicine, public health, mental health, and New York social reform.