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In a series of articles in 1953, the Courier-Times newspaper described the hospital in detail. At that time there were 2,200 patients; 415 employees, including 200 attendants; and 12 graduate nurses. The patients were housed in 33 wards and Jones was already telling the legislature that the buildings were filled to capacity. There were 13 other buildings in all. Patients were sent there from the eight northwestern counties: Skagit, Whatcom, Snohomish, King, Jefferson, San Juan, Clallam and Island. | In a series of articles in 1953, the Courier-Times newspaper described the hospital in detail. At that time there were 2,200 patients; 415 employees, including 200 attendants; and 12 graduate nurses. The patients were housed in 33 wards and Jones was already telling the legislature that the buildings were filled to capacity. There were 13 other buildings in all. Patients were sent there from the eight northwestern counties: Skagit, Whatcom, Snohomish, King, Jefferson, San Juan, Clallam and Island. | ||
− | Hospital closed in 1973 and now parts of the facility are used for Job Corps & also a Drug Rehab | + | Hospital closed in 1973 and now parts of the facility are used for Job Corps & also a Drug Rehab. |
− | == Images | + | ==Images== |
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file:NorthernStateOpenDay1912-Panorama.jpg | file:NorthernStateOpenDay1912-Panorama.jpg | ||
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==Cemetery== | ==Cemetery== | ||
− | Approximately 1,500 people are buried in the Northern State Cemetery while there is only one tombstone. Since the hospital closed, the | + | Approximately 1,500 people are buried in the Northern State Cemetery while there is only one tombstone. Since the hospital closed in, the blocks that identified the deceased patients by initials only have been removed. Most records pertaining to burials were lost when the hospital closed. |
− | A | + | A crematorium was in use from 1913 to about 1955, after which the hospital contracted with local crematoria and the facility at the hospital was dismantled. When NSH was closed, there were 204 containers of cremated remains stored in the morgue. The morgue attendant had never gotten around to burying them, the unclaimed ashes were buried at Hawthorne cemetery in Mount Vernon. |
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− | When NSH was closed, there were 204 containers of cremated remains stored in the | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
*[http://www.skagitriverjournal.com/NearbyS-W/NSH/NSH1-Intro.html A detailed history of the hospital] | *[http://www.skagitriverjournal.com/NearbyS-W/NSH/NSH1-Intro.html A detailed history of the hospital] | ||
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