Enoch Pratt Hospital, 1954; Leonard A. A. Siems, 1966;
L. Katheryn Dice, Director of Clinical Services, Baltimore
County Board of Education, 1966; Perry F. Prather, M.D.,
Deputy State Health Officer, Washington County, 1966;
Webster Sewell, M.D., 1967.

The Mental Hygiene Board of Review is composed of the President
of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates, ex-officio,
and nine members appointed by the Governor, with the advice and
consent of the Senate for a term of six years. Of these members, two
must be psychiatrists, one a physician not specializing in psychiatry,
one a psychologist, one an educator, one a psychiatric social worker
and three persons of recognized ability. Of the first persons appointed,
two shall serve for one year, one for two years, two for three years,
one for four years, one for five years and two for six years. The
Board of Review shall visit each of the State controlled Mental insti-
tutions at least twice in each year and shall make a written report
of its findings and recommendations concerning the operations of
the hospitals and the Department of Mental Hygiene to the Governor
and the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene at the close of each calendar
year (Acts 1949, Ch. 685 [16 (f 1, 2)]).

Expenditures Appropriations

1950 1951
General funds $ 77,970.62 $719,871.00
Boarding-out Care 59,629.76 93,163.00

$137,600.37 $813,024.00
Staff: 36.

MENTAL HOSPITALS
CROWNSVILLE STATE HOSPITAL

Jacob Morgenstern, M.D., Superintendent
Crownsville (Anne Arundel County) Telephone: South Shore 2751

Crownsville State Hospital was established in 1910 and opened to
patients in 1911. The hospital provides care for the mentally ill,
mentally retarded and court committed Negro patients from all parts
of the State. The number of patients in the hospital is 1,852. The
number of patients in the Feebleminded Division is 256.

Expenditures, 1950 $1,510,584.06
Appropriation, 1951 .. $1,737,026.00

Staff: 444.

EASTERN SHORE STATE HOSPITAL

Robert G. Blackwelder, M.D., Superintendent

Cambridge (Dorchester County) Telephone: Cambridge 446
The Eastern Shore State Hospital was established by the General
Assembly of 1912 and the first patients admitted in 1915. This hos-