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was established in 1928 and is located in Wicomico County. It pro-
vides for the care of approximately sixty patients.
Staff: 27.

(All Institutions)
Expenditures Appropriation

1949 1950
General funds ..................$ 1,772,598.99 $ 1,907,297.00

Special funds ..................... 27,000.19

Total ........................$ 1,799,594.18 $1,907,297.00

The total appropriation for the four tuberculosis hospitals is ad-
ministered by the Division of Tuberculosis Services and allocated to
each hospital on a basis of need.

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RITCHIE HOSPITAL

Thomas M. Arrington, M.D., Superintendent
Camp Ritchie Telephone: Highfield 226

Ritchie Hospital, located near the summit of the Blue Ridge Moun-
tains, has been in operation since the fall of 1947. It functions under
the Bureau of Medical Services, and in cooperation with the Division
of Hospital Construction and Administration. The hospital is for the
care of indigent, chronic disease patients of the State. The average
population of the hospital is 85.

Expenditures Appropriation

1949 1950
General funds .................................$330,897.71 $444,604.00

Special funds .................................... 3,009.55

$333,907.26 $444,604.00
Staff: 80.

DEER'S HEAD STATE HOSPITAL

J. A. McCallum, M.D., Superintendent
Salisbury

Deer's Head State Hospital is the first unit of three to be construct-
ed for the care of indigent chronic disease patients in Maryland. It
is operated under the supervision of the Division of Hospital Con-
struction and Administration and the Bureau of Medical Services
of the Department of Health. The capacity of the hospital is 300.
Expenditures, 1949 ...................--$ 4,299.73

Appropriation, 1950 .................................................................. 379,109.00

Staff (authorized): 140.

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COUNCIL OF MEDICAL CARE

J. T. Marsh, M.D., Page Jett, M.D., the Medical and
Chirurgical Faculty; R. H. Riley, M.D., Director of the State
Department of Health; J. W. Bird, M.D., State Board of
Health; Alan M. Chesney, M.D., The Johns Hopldns Univer-
sity School of Medicine; John E. Savage, M.D., The Uni-
versity of Maryland School of Medicine; Edwin L. Crosby,
M.D., Maryland-D. G. Hospital Association; J. Milton Patter-