tor, the Superintendents of the Crownsville
Hospital Center, the Eastern Shore Hospital
Center, the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Cen-
ter, the Spring Grove Hospital Center, and
the Springfield Hospital Center, as well as
any other hospitals or facilities which may
come within his Administration. Each Su-
perintendent must have such qualifications
as may from time to time be specified by
the Secretary (Code 1957, 1972 Repl, Vol.,
Art. 59, sec. 19).
Under the provisions of the Maryland
Communit Mental Health Services Act of
1966 (Chapter 125, Acts of 1966), the Di-
rector of Mental Hygiene, with the approval
of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hy-
giene, 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 program. The Act contains provisions
for the establishment of local mental health
advisory committees (Code 1957, 1971
Repl. Vol., Art. 43, sec. 1J).
Staff: 1975, 88; 1976, 85; 1977, 85.
CROWNSVILLE HOSPITAL CENTER
George McK. Phillips, M.D., Superintendent
Crownsville (Anne Arundel
County) 21032 Telephone: 987-6200
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. Since 1963, the hospital
has been racially integrated and at present
the patient population is equally balanced
between white and black. The hospital pro-
vides for the care of mentally-ill patients
from Baltimore City 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.
This facility is licensed for 955 patients.
Staff: 1975, 1028; 1976, 944;
1977,931. |
EASTERN SHORE HOSPITAL CENTER
Harold M. English, M.D., Superintendent
Cambridge (Dorchester
County) 21613 Telephone: 228-0800
The Eastern Shore State Hospital, estab-
lished by Chapter 187, Acts of 1912, ad-
mitted its first patients in 1915. This hospital
provides for the care of mentally ill patients,
who are residents of the Eastern Shore ex-
cept Cecil County.
This facility is licensed for 462 patients.
Staff: 1975, 585; 1976, 587;
1977, 580.
CLIFTON T. PERKINS HOSPITAL
CENTER
J. Allan LeBow, MD., Superintendent
Jessup (Howard
County) 20794 Telephone: 792-4022
Clifton T. Perkins State Hospital was
established by Chapter 814, Acts of 1959,
as Maximum Security Hospital. It adopted
its present name in 1960. Designed to pro-
vide active treatment programs within a
setting of maximum security, the hospital is
located midway between Baltimore and
Washington, D.C.
The hospital receives patients who are
referred by the courts of Maryland for pre-
trial psychiatric evaluation and provides a
residential service for individual offenders
who have been found to be "not guilty by
reason of insanity," as well as the hospitali-
zation for inmates of penal institutions who
become mentally ill and require such hos-
pitalization. In addition, the hospital accepts
transfer patients whose illness requires max-
imum security treatment for a period of
time. The hospital is designed for a capacity
of 246.
Staff: 1975, 303; 1976, 306;
1977, 305.
SPRING GROVE HOSPITAL CENTER
John M. Hamilton, M.D., Superintendent
Catonsville (Baltimore
County) 21228 Telephone: 455-7181
The Spring Grove State Hospital, estab-
lished in 1797 as the Maryland Hospital, |
