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86 MARYLAND MANUAL name by Chapter 89, Acts of 1961. The Hospital provides for the care, education, training, and habilitation of mentally retarded children from all parts of the State. The hospital is licensed for 2,643 residents. Appropriations 1973 1974 General Funds ............... $15,743,424 $16,932,748 Special Funds ............... — 18,150 Totals ................ $15,743,424 $16,950,898 Staff: 1973, 1,698; Staff: 1974, 1,583. BALTIMORE CITY HOSPITALS "D" BUILDING Solomon Gladstein, Medical Facility Administrator Third and Fourth Floors Telephones: 5200 Eastern Avenue Administration: 276-0188 Baltimore 21224 Mental Retardation: 276-7000 Psychiatric Screening and Evaluation: 276-7005 A mental retardation unit and a psychiatric screening and evalua- tion unit at the Baltimore City Hospitals "D" Building were created by statute, with both units admitting their first patients in November, 1972. The Mental Retardation Unit, operated by the Mental Retardation Administration, is designed to provide intensive habilitation for physi- cally handicapped, mentally retarded persons between the ages of 3-16 years. The major emphasis of the unit's program is the provision of mobilization training for both nonambulatory and partially ambula- tory retarded individuals. The unit occupies one floor of the Baltimore City Hospitals "D" Building and has a resident capacity of 147. The Psychiatric Screening and Evaluation Unit, operated by the Mental Hygiene Administration, has been established to provide the police and judges of Baltimore City with an appropriate facility to evaluate persons who come to their attention as potentially mentally disordered individuals. Formerly these persons had to be held in jail until a physician could see them. After evaluation, some patients are admitted to the State hospitals, others are referred to community men- tal health service programs, and a small number are returned to the correctional system for trial. When all community mental health serv- ice programs in Baltimore City are fully developed, this unit may no longer be necessary. Appropriations 1973 1974 General Funds ............... $1,308,842 $1,435,174 Staff: 1973, 146; Staff: 1974, 139. MENTAL HYGIENE ADMINISTRATION Bertram Pepper, M.D., Commissioner Irene Hitchman, M.D., Deputy Commissioner 301 West Preston Street, Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-2714 The Administration, formerly the Department of Mental Hygiene, was established by Chapter 685, Acts of 1949 to supersede the Board |
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