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Institution Toowoomba Hospital for the Insane (1898 - 1940)

From
1898
Within Tor St, Hogg St, and Mart St, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
To
1940
Website
http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/chims/placeDetail.html?siteId=15928

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Numbers of Patients:

1901:
275 male patients
270 female patients
Source: Qld Annual Report, 1902.

1909:
378 male patients
362 female patients
Source: Qld Annual Report, 1910.

1932:
550 male patients
549 female patients
Source: Qld Annual Report, 1932.

Timeline

 1890 - 1898 Toowoomba Lunatic Asylum
       1898 - 1940 Toowoomba Hospital for the Insane
             1940 - 1963 Toowoomba Mental Hospital
                   1963 - 1970 Toowoomba Special Hospital
                         1970 - Baillie Henderson Hospital

Digital resources

Title
Benevolent Institution at Toowoomba, ca. 1902
Type
Image
Source
Picture Australia. Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.

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