Modesto State Hospital was a public psychiatric hospital in the city of Modesto in
Stanislaus County
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, California, and was established in 1946, opened in late-1947 and closed in 1972.
It is the same location of the former
Hammond General Hospital
Hammond General Hospital, or Hammond Army Hospital, was a large United States Army medical treatment facility during World War II, located in the city of Modesto in Stanislaus County, California, and in operation from 1942 until 1946. The facility ...
(1942–1946), a United States Army hospital during
World War II
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History
Modesto State Hospital was purchased from the United States federal government in November 1946 (under statutes 1946, ch. 129).
The hospital operated as a temporary state mental hospital and when it opened in late-1947 it took in patients from other overcrowded state hospitals, specifically the mentally ill and the mentally deficient patients.
By September 1951 the Hospital started an admissions department and receive new psychiatric patients. In 1951, the hospital had its most patients 2,369, which it maintained until 1963. In 1963, the patient population declined, in 1969 it was announced the hospital would close, and was closed in 1972.
This hospital was one of the many state asylums that had
sterilization centers.
See also
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Eugenics in California
Eugenics in California is a notable part of eugenics in America. As an early leading force in the field of eugenics, California became the third state in the United States to enact a sterilization law. By 1921, California had accounted for 80% ...
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List of hospitals in California
References
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Psychiatric hospitals in California
1946 establishments in California
History of Stanislaus County, California