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100 MARYLAND MANUAL
pointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of the Secretary
of Health and Mental Hygiene. The Commissioner is responsible for
discharging the functions assigned by the Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene, and for the administration of the Department.
The Commissioner appoints, with the approval of the Secretary
of Health and Mental Hygiene, Superintendents of Spring Grove State
Hospital, Springfield State Hospital, The Eastern Shore State Hos-
pital, Crownsville State Hospital, Rosewood State Hospital, Henryton
State Hospital, The Clifton T. Perkins State Hospital, as well as any
other hospitals or facilities which may come within his administration.
Each Superintendent except the Superintendents of Rosewood and
Henryton State Hospitals must be a trained psychiatrist. The Super-
intendent of Rosewood must be a physician, preferably qualified in
psychiatry or pediatrics and with experience in the field of mental
retardation (Code 1057, 1964 Repl. Vol., 1968 Supp., Art. 59, sec. 19).
Under the provisions of the Maryland Community Mental Health
Services Act of 1966 (Chapter 125, Acts of 1966), the State Com-
missioner of Mental Hygiene, with the approval of the Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene, is empowered to make State grants-in-aid
to further community mental health services. The Act also provides
that he is to supervise and be the administrative head of the pro-
gram. The Act contains provisions for the establishment of local
mental health advisory committees (Code 1957, 1965 Repl. Vol., 1968
Supp., Art. 43, sec. 1J).
Appropriations 1969 1970
General Funds $2,946,932 $5,064,610
Staff: 261.
MENTAL HOSPITALS
CROWNSVILLE STATE HOSPITAL
George McK. Phillips, M.D., Superintendent
Crownsville (Anne Arundel County) 21032 Telephone: Mitchell 7-5200
Crownsville State Hospital, established by Chapter 250, Acts of 1910,
as the Hospital for the Negro Insane of Maryland, was opened to
patients in 1911. It adopted its present name by Chapter 187, Acts of
1912. Chapter 685 of the Acts of 1949 omitted reference to race. The
hospital provides for the care of mentally ill patients from Baltimore
City zones 1, 2, 5, 6, 13, 22, 24, 25, and 31, and Anne Arundel, Charles,
Calvert and St. Mary's Counties. Crownsville is located approximately
eight miles west of Annapolis on Route 178, four miles from Route 3.
The budget is predicated upon a population of 1745 for 1969, and
1620 for 1970.
Appropriations 1969 1970
General Funds $7,182,271 $8,301,311
Staff, 1969: 975; Staff, 1970: 1,023.
EASTERN SHORE STATE HOSPITAL
Harold M. English, M.D., Superintendent
Cambridge (Dorchester County) 21613 Telephone; 228-0800
The Eastern Shore State Hospital, established by Chapter 187, Acts
of 1912, admitted its first patients in 1915. This hospital provides for

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