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Institution Beechworth Mental Hospital (1933 - 1958)

From
1933
Witin Albert Rd, Dingle Rd and Polmear Lane, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia
To
1958
Population
General Psychiatric patients

Details

Numbers of Patients:

1945:
793 male and female patients
1953:
639 male and female patients

1955:
470 female patients
201 male patients

Timeline

 1867 - 1905 Beechworth Lunatic Asylum
       1905 - 1932 Beechworth Hospital for the Insane
             1933 - 1958 Beechworth Mental Hospital
                   1959 - Beechworth Psychiatric Hospital
                          May Day Hills Hospital
                                - 1990s May Day Hills Training Centre

Government Publications

Reports

  • Stoller, Allan, Report on Mental Health Facilites and Needs of Australia, K. W. Arscott, A.J. Arthur Government Printing Office, Canberra, 1955. pp. 71-2; 176. Details