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Institution Asylum for Idiots and Weak-minded Children, Newcastle (1871 - 1914)

From
1871
Watt St, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
To
1914
Population
People with intellectual disability and Psychiatric patients

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Numbers of Patients:

1871:
100 patients


1876:
122 male patients
60 female patients

Timeline

 1871 - 1914 Asylum for Idiots and Weak-minded Children, Newcastle
       1915 - 1969 Watt Street Mental Hospital
             1969 - 1989 Newcastle Psychiatric Centre
                   1989 - James Fletcher Hospital

Government Publications

Reports

  • Inspector General of the Insane report. New South Wales, 1872. Details
  • Inspector of the Insane Annual Report, 1876-77., Journal of the Legislative Council of NSW, Vol. xxvii-Part 1, p. 897, 1876-77. Details
  • Inspector-General of the Insane Annual Report for 1915, (printed 1916), Journal of the Legislative Assembly of NSW, Vol. 2, pp. 893-899., 1915. Details