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| − | |Body= | + | |Body= Since 1839, the City of New York had been operating an asylum on Blackwell's Island for the care of the city's insane. At the time, the vast majority of the insane under municipal care were poor immigrants, who were pouring into New York City. As a result, the population of the Blackwell's Island Asylum steadily rose and remained in a perpetual state of overcrowding, providing only custodial care. To combat the rising population, the asylum built a three-story building for violent patients and later expanded it to a three-story building, formerly a workshop for the neighboring workhouse. Finally, a series of one-story pavilions was built; however, by 1868, the asylum had accommodation for only 640 of the 1035 patients under its care. The lack of room for expansion on Blackwell's Island, already home to the city's asylum, Prison, Almshouses, and Workhouse, led the city to look elsewhere. Nearby Ward's Island had been owned by the Department of Emigration since 1847 and was already home to other city institutions. As a result, a site was picked, and the new branch of the asylum was established in 1868, opening to patients on December 12, 1871. [[Manhattan Psychiatric Center|Click here for more...]] |
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Featured Article Of The Week
Manhattan Psychiatric Center
Since 1839, the City of New York had been operating an asylum on Blackwell's Island for the care of the city's insane. At the time, the vast majority of the insane under municipal care were poor immigrants, who were pouring into New York City. As a result, the population of the Blackwell's Island Asylum steadily rose and remained in a perpetual state of overcrowding, providing only custodial care. To combat the rising population, the asylum built a three-story building for violent patients and later expanded it to a three-story building, formerly a workshop for the neighboring workhouse. Finally, a series of one-story pavilions was built; however, by 1868, the asylum had accommodation for only 640 of the 1035 patients under its care. The lack of room for expansion on Blackwell's Island, already home to the city's asylum, Prison, Almshouses, and Workhouse, led the city to look elsewhere. Nearby Ward's Island had been owned by the Department of Emigration since 1847 and was already home to other city institutions. As a result, a site was picked, and the new branch of the asylum was established in 1868, opening to patients on December 12, 1871. Click here for more...
