Appointed members:

Robert Felix, M.D., 1960; Trying Taylor,M.D., 1961; Herbert
L. Wynne, 1961; Harold M. Skeels, Ph.D., 1962; Webster
Sewell, M.D., 1963; Regina Slaughter, 1964; R. C. Thomp-
son, 1964; Mrs. Allen Rutherford, 1965

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 six-year terms. 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. The Board of Review visits each
of the institutions in the Department of Mental Hygiene at least twice
in each year and at the close of each calendar year makes a written
report to the Governor and the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene of
its findings and recommendations concerning the operations of the
hospitals and the Department of Mental Hygiene (Code 1957, Art. 59,
sec. 16f).

MENTAL HOSPITALS
CROWNSVILLE STATE HOSPITAL
Charles S. Ward, M.D., Superintendent
Crownsville (Anne Arundel County) Telephone: Victor 9-2751

Crownsville State Hospital, established in 1910, was opened to
patients in 1911. The hospital provides care for mentally ill Negro
patients from all parts of the State. Although initially this hospital
cared for the mentally retarded and the criminally insane, these two
groups will have been transferred to other hospitals in 1960, the
former to Rosewood State Training School and the latter to the Maxi-
mum Security Hospital.

The budget is predicated upon a population of 2375 for 1959 and
2250 for 1960.

Appropriations 1959 1960

General Funds $3,843,822 $3,986,069
Staff: 860.

EASTERN SHORE STATE HOSPITAL
George E. Currier, M.D., Superintendent
Cambridge (Dorchester County) Telephone: Cambridge 2601

The Eastern Shore State Hospital, established by the General As-
sembly of 1912, admitted its first patients in 1915. This hospital pro-
vides for the care of mentally ill white patients who are residents of
the Eastern Shore.

The budget is predicated upon a population of 675 for the fiscal
years 1969 and 1960.

Appropriations 1959 1960

General Funds $1,282,796 $1,366,876
Staff: 274.