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New York Asylum For Idiots, Twenty-First Annual Report Of The Trustees
The only drawback to the satisfaction of the officers in the performance of their duties lies in the fact that there is a gradual accumulation of custodial cases, that are out of place in an educational institution. These interfere somewhat with the legitimate purpose for which the asylum was founded....
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Title: New York Asylum For Idiots, Twenty-First Annual Report Of The Trustees
Creator: n/a
Date: January 16, 1872
Format: Annual Report
Source: Steve Taylor Collection
Keywords: Albany, NY; Asylums; Children; Cognitive Disability; Doctors; Economics; Education; Educational Institutions; Government; Government Agencies; Hervey B. Wilbur; Idiocy; Institutions; Labor; Laws & Regulation; Legislation; Medical Professionals; Medicine; Moral Treatment; New York; New York State Asylum For Idiots; Policy; Politics; Public Welfare; Schools; Social Welfare & Communities; Statistics
Topics: Government, Policy & Law; Institutions, Organizations & Corporations; Social Movements & Advocacy