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| Length_mile = 160
 
| Length_mile = 160
 
| Length_km = 255
 
| Length_km = 255
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| total_state_population = 12,604,767 (2009 est.)
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| total_state_population = 12,787,209 (2014 est)
 
| total_mh_inpatient_pop = 1,400 (2012)
 
| total_mh_inpatient_pop = 1,400 (2012)
 
| year_past_peak_pop = 1947
 
| year_past_peak_pop = 1947
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* [[Scranton State Hospital]]
 
* [[Scranton State Hospital]]
 
* [[Somerset State Hospital]]
 
* [[Somerset State Hospital]]
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* [[State Hospital for Crippled Children]]
 
* [[Torrance State Hospital]]
 
* [[Torrance State Hospital]]
 
* [[Warren State Hospital]]
 
* [[Warren State Hospital]]
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== Private Sanatoriums for Tuberculosis ==
 
== Private Sanatoriums for Tuberculosis ==
  
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* [[Blue Ridge Mountain Sanitarium]]
 
* [[Eagleville Sanitarium]]
 
* [[Eagleville Sanitarium]]
 
* [[Fern Cliff Sanatorium]]
 
* [[Fern Cliff Sanatorium]]
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* [[Punxsutawney State Hospital]]
 
* [[Punxsutawney State Hospital]]
 
* [[Shamokin State Hospital]]
 
* [[Shamokin State Hospital]]
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== Federal Government Institutions ==
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* [[Valley Forge General Hospital]]
  
 
== Private Insane Hospitals and Sanitariums ==
 
== Private Insane Hospitals and Sanitariums ==
  
 
'''Large Psychiatric Facilities'''
 
'''Large Psychiatric Facilities'''
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* [[Belmont Hospital]]
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* [[Belle Vista Sanatorium]]
 
* [[Brooke Glen Hospital]]
 
* [[Brooke Glen Hospital]]
 
* [[Burn-Brae]]
 
* [[Burn-Brae]]
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* [[Devereaux Foundation]]
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* [[Devereux Foundation]]
 
* [[Episcopal Hospital]]
 
* [[Episcopal Hospital]]
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* [[Fairmount Hospital]]
 
* [[Horsham Clinic]]
 
* [[Horsham Clinic]]
 
* [[Friends Hospital]]
 
* [[Friends Hospital]]
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* [[Saint Francis Hospital for the Insane]]
 
* [[Saint Francis Hospital for the Insane]]
 
* [[U.S. Naval Asylum and Hospital]]
 
* [[U.S. Naval Asylum and Hospital]]
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'''Small Psychiatric Facilities'''
 
'''Small Psychiatric Facilities'''
 
* [[Convalescents Retreat]]
 
* [[Convalescents Retreat]]
 
* [[Crest View Hospital]]
 
* [[Crest View Hospital]]
 
* [[Easton Sanitarium]]
 
* [[Easton Sanitarium]]
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* [[Eugenia Hospital]]
 
* [[Eyrie Sanatorium]]
 
* [[Eyrie Sanatorium]]
 
* [[Gladwyne Colony]]
 
* [[Gladwyne Colony]]
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* [[MCES]]
 
* [[MCES]]
 
* [[Mercer Sanatorium]]
 
* [[Mercer Sanatorium]]
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* [[St. John Vianney Center]]
 
* [[Springbank on the Wissahickon]]
 
* [[Springbank on the Wissahickon]]
 
* [[Stoneyhurst Hospital]]
 
* [[Stoneyhurst Hospital]]
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* [[The Tower House]]
 
* [[The Tower House]]
 
* [[Wood Lea Sanitarium]]
 
* [[Wood Lea Sanitarium]]
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* [[Dermandy Sanatorium]]
  
 
== County/City/District Almshouses==
 
== County/City/District Almshouses==
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* [[Bucks County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Bucks County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Cambria County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Cambria County Almshouse]]
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* [[Carbondale City Poor-House]]
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* [[Carbondale City Poorhouse]]
 
* [[Central Poor District Almshouse]]
 
* [[Central Poor District Almshouse]]
 
* [[Chester County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Chester County Almshouse]]
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* [[Clarion County Home]]
 
* [[Coal Township Poor-House]]
 
* [[Coal Township Poor-House]]
 
* [[Conyngham and Centralia Poor-House]]
 
* [[Conyngham and Centralia Poor-House]]
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* [[Fayette County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Fayette County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Franklin County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Franklin County Almshouse]]
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* [[Germantown Poor-House]]
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* [[Germantown Poorhouse]]
 
* [[Greene County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Greene County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Hillside Farm and Almshouse]]  
 
* [[Hillside Farm and Almshouse]]  
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* Pennsylvania Reform School
 
* Pennsylvania Reform School
 
* Philadelphia House of Refuge
 
* Philadelphia House of Refuge
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* [[Sleighton Farm School]]
  
 
== Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation ==
 
== Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation ==
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* White Deer Run
 
* White Deer Run
  
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== Orphanages ==
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* [[Sleighton School]]
  
 
[[Category:United States of America]]
 
[[Category:United States of America]]

Latest revision as of 10:53, 15 May 2023

Pennsylvania
Flag of Pennsylvania State seal of Pennsylvania
Flag of Pennsylvania Seal of Pennsylvania
Nickname(s): Keystone State; Quaker State;
Coal State; Oil State; State of Independence
Motto(s): Virtue, Liberty and Independence
Map of the United States with Pennsylvania highlighted
General State Information
Capital Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Largest city Philadelphia
Total Square Miles 46,055 sq mi
(119,283 km2)
State Width 280 miles (455 km)
State Length 160 miles (255 km)
Current Population Statistics
Total State Population 12,787,209 (2014 est)
Total Mental Health Population 1,400 (2012)
 - Past Maximum Population 43,383 in 1947
Current Institution Statistics
Total Number Of Institutions 9
 - Public Institutions 7
 - Private Institutions 2
Past Mental Health Institutions Total
Peak Number of Institutions 47 in 1947
 - State Hospitals 24 in 1947
 - State Schools 9 in 1947
 - Private Institutions 4 in 1947


State Hospitals[edit]

State Schools[edit]

Institutions for the Disabled[edit]

  • Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
  • Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind
  • Pennsylvania State Oral School for the Deaf
  • Pennsylvania Working Home for Blind Men
  • Western Pennsylvania Institution of the Deaf and Dumb

State Sanatoriums for Tuberculosis[edit]

Private Sanatoriums for Tuberculosis[edit]

State Hospitals for Miners[edit]

Federal Government Institutions[edit]

Private Insane Hospitals and Sanitariums[edit]

Large Psychiatric Facilities

Small Psychiatric Facilities

County/City/District Almshouses[edit]

Prisons and Juvenile Centers[edit]

  • House of Refuge for Colored Children
  • Pennsylvania Reform School
  • Philadelphia House of Refuge
  • Sleighton Farm School

Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation[edit]

  • Malvern Institute
  • Penn Foundation
  • Livengrin Foundation
  • Keystone Treatment Center
  • Gaudenzia Treatment Center
  • Valley Forge Medical Center
  • White Deer Run

Orphanages[edit]

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