Nineteenth Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of Public Charities of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for 1888; Also the Report of the General Agent and Secretary Statistics, and The Report of the Committee on Lunacy. (Official Document, No. 12.)
Philadelphia: Office of Eastern Executive Committee, 1888. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Item #2338802
Boards rubbed, rear hinge beginning to loosen, ink initials and pencil gift note on front endpaper ('M.F. Kooser, Presented by The Hon. J.L. Pugh').
cxlv, 226 pp. 8vo. Includes color map of 'hospital districts for insane in Pennsylvania,' lithographic plates illustrating hospital exteriors/interiors, and portraits. An early source of statistical information related to jails and penitentiaries, insane asylums, miners' hospitals, immigration, almshouses, and other institutions related to rehabilitation or special needs (e.g., The Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind).
Price: $125.00






