assigned by the Secretary of Health and Mental
Hygiene and for the direction of the Administra-
tion.

"The Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene
appoints, on the advice of the Director, the
superintendents of the Crownsville Hospital Cen-
ter, the Eastern Shore Hospital Center, the Clifton
T. Perkins Hospital Center, the Spring Grove Hos-
pital Center, and the Springfield Hospital Center,
as well as the superintendents of any other
hospitals or facilities that may come within his ad-
ministration. Each superintendent must have such
qualifications as may from time to time be speci-
fied by the Secretary (Code 1957, Art. 59, sec. 19).

Under the provisions of the Maryland Commu-
nity Mental Health Services Act of 1966 (Chapter
125, Acts of 1966), the Director of Mental Hy-
giene, 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 program. The Act contains provisions for
the establishment of local mental health advisory
committees (Code 1957, Art. 43, sec. IJ).

CROWNSVILLE HOSPITAL CENTER
Vacancy, Superintendent
Crownsville 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, Acts of
1949, omitted reference to race. The hospital
provides 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 Annap-
olis on Route 178, four miles from Route 3. This
facility is licensed for 955 patients.

EASTERN SHORE HOSPITAL CENTER
Harold M. English, M.D„ Superintendent
Cambridge 21613 Telephone: 228-0800

Eastern Shore State Hospital, established by
Chapter 187, Acts of 1912, admitted its first
patients in 1915. This hospital provides for the
care of mentally-ill patients who are residents of
the Eastern Shore except Cecil County. The facili-
ty is licensed for 462 patients.

CLIFTON T. PERKINS HOSPITAL
CENTER

J. Allan LeBow, M.D., Superintendent

P. 0. Box 1000
Dorsey Run Road
Jessup 20794 Telephone: 792-4022

Clifton T. Perkins State Hospital was
established by Chapter 814, Acts of 1959, as
Maximum Security Hospital. It adopted its pres-
ent name in 1960. Designed to provide 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 re-
ferred by the courts of Maryland for pretrial
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 hospitalization for inmates of penal
institutions who become mentally ill and require
such hospitalization. In addition, the hospital
accepts transfer patients whose illness requires
maximum security treatment for a period of
time. The hospital is designed for a capacity of
246.

SPRING GROVE HOSPITAL CENTER
John M. Hamilton, M.D., Superintendent

Wade Avenue
Catonsville 21228 Telephone: 455-7181

Spring Grove State Hospital, established in
1797 as the Maryland Hospital, provides for
the hospitalization of mentally-ill patients from
Baltimore City and Baltimore, Cecil, Harford,
and Prince George's counties. It adopted the
name of Spring Grove by Chapter 187, Acts
of 1912. The facility is licensed for 1,475
patients.

SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL CENTER
Frederick R. Pokrass, M.D., Superintendent
Sykesville 21784 Telephone: 795-2100

Springfield State Hospital, established by Chap-
ter 231, Acts of 1894, opened for patients in
1896, "The hospital provides for the care of men-
tally-ill patients from Baltimore City and
Allegany, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Howard,
Montgomery, and Washington counties. "The facil-
ity is licensed for 2,150 patients.