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| − | |Body= | + | |Body= In 1889, the Texas legislature passed a bill establishing a state mental institution to serve Southwest Texas. The new facility was to occupy at least 640 acres and be capable of housing 500 patients. It was to be known as the Southwestern Insane Asylum (not the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum, as it has sometimes been called). A site was selected five miles south of San Antonio, and $200,000 was appropriated for the new hospital. The facility began operation on April 6, 1892, with a capacity of 200 patients. |
| − | + | In the first eight months of operation, the patient population grew to 142. By August 23, 1894, there were 225 patients. Provisions for 300 more patients were authorized when $70,000 was appropriated in 1898, and in 1910, $100,000 was voted for expansion to accommodate an additional 300. This addition consisted of one wing each on the male and female departments and two buildings for the tubercular. The improvements were completed in 1910, and the hospital could then accommodate 1,000 patients. In 1911, another appropriation of $45,000 was given to construct a building for 100 men, providing care to acute cases and all those who require extra attention. By 1912, the facilities could accommodate 1,140, and improvements were valued at $500,000. By 1915, the hospital's capacity was 1,800. In 1917, a psychiatric nursing training school was established. This school, the only one of its kind in the state system, continued with a three-year course until 1942. [[San Antonio State Hospital|Click here for more...]] | |
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Featured Article Of The Week
San Antonio State Hospital
In 1889, the Texas legislature passed a bill establishing a state mental institution to serve Southwest Texas. The new facility was to occupy at least 640 acres and be capable of housing 500 patients. It was to be known as the Southwestern Insane Asylum (not the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum, as it has sometimes been called). A site was selected five miles south of San Antonio, and $200,000 was appropriated for the new hospital. The facility began operation on April 6, 1892, with a capacity of 200 patients.
In the first eight months of operation, the patient population grew to 142. By August 23, 1894, there were 225 patients. Provisions for 300 more patients were authorized when $70,000 was appropriated in 1898, and in 1910, $100,000 was voted for expansion to accommodate an additional 300. This addition consisted of one wing each on the male and female departments and two buildings for the tubercular. The improvements were completed in 1910, and the hospital could then accommodate 1,000 patients. In 1911, another appropriation of $45,000 was given to construct a building for 100 men, providing care to acute cases and all those who require extra attention. By 1912, the facilities could accommodate 1,140, and improvements were valued at $500,000. By 1915, the hospital's capacity was 1,800. In 1917, a psychiatric nursing training school was established. This school, the only one of its kind in the state system, continued with a three-year course until 1942. Click here for more...
