74 MARYLAND MANUAL
The Governor, with the consent of the Senate, appoints six, two
bi-ennially for a term of six years from the first day in May. Gov-
ernor, Comptroller and Treasurer are ex-officio members of this
Board. (Ch. 260-1910).
For admission of city patients applications should be made through
Judge Thomas Waxter, Department of Public Welfare, 327 St. Paul
Place, Baltimore, Md.
For admission of county patients, application should be made
through the County Commissioners of the county in which patient is
a resident and on the certificates of two registered physicians who
have practiced five years or more.
BOARD OF MANAGERS OF SPRING GROVE STATE HOSPITAL
Catonsville, Baltimore County
Telephone: 400
Name Postoffice Term Expires
G. Herbert Rice ..................... .......... Catonsville ............ ....1949
J. Sterling Geatty, M.D....................-New Windsor.........-1949
Anton Hagel ...................................Baltimore ........... ...1949
Mrs. Walter E. Perry-.................Bethesda ..........1951
Lester P. Goodhand...... .......... ....Baltimore .... ......1961
Lawrence K. Blucher.................... Baltimore ...................1951
William G. Knapp... .............. ....... Catonsville ............1947
John T. Tucker.................. Baltimore .........1947
Robert J. Spittel— .............. Catonsville ..........1947
Dr. Silas W. Weltmer, Superintendent.
The Governor, with consent of the Senate, appoints nine; three bi-
annually, for a term of six years, from the first Monday in May.
(Bagby Code, Art. 44, Sec. 1.)
This Institution was founded in 1797 and is the third oldest Hospi-
tal of its kind in the United States. It was located on the site now
occupied by the Johns Hopkins Hospital for many years and was
moved to its present location near Catonsville in 1872.
Patients 2,173.
Patients are received upon order of the Department of Public Wel-
fare ..and County Commissioners, accompanied by certificates of two
physicians, who have practiced for five years or more. Police Magis-
trates may also commit patients for a limited period for observation.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
2411 North Charles Street, Baltimore 18
Telephone: UNiversity 4280
Director of Health, Robert H. Riley, M.D.. DR., P.H.
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
Appointed by the Governor:
Name Postoffice Term Expires
Maurice C. Pincoffs, M.D. ....Baltimore ........... ................ 1947
Lloyd M. Richardson, M.D....-Bel Air ........ ........... ............. 1951
A. L. Penniman, Jr... — ......Baltimore............... ............1949
J. W. Bird, M.D. —.. — ...Sandy Spring —.. ......................1951
Thomas S. Cullen, M.D.......Baltimore ..... — .. .............1949
George M. Anderson, D.D.S....Baltimore .... ...... ........... 1947
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