Index of Annual Reports of the
North Texas Hospital for the Insane

Annual Report 1886 (Year ending 10/31/1886)       D. R. Wallace, M.D., Supt.       Recommend extending wings - foresee necessity       More stock sheds needed       Request change in laws - jury trials       Recommend state appointed Commissioner of Lunacy       Apothecary (T.S. Pyle) replaced by Clark Griffith on Board & other staff changes       Reappointment of 2 Board members (McClung & Shortridge) - terms expired Annual Report 1887 (Third - Year ending 10/31/1887)       D. R. Wallace, M.D., Supt.       Custom for autopsy of all cadavera not claimed upon death continues       Library established - Reavis Library for male side - named in honor of founder       Origin of Ben French Library for female side       Range of buildings containing stable, cow stalls and calf shed destroyed by fire          5/13/87       Steward (W.H. Flowers) resigned - Captain A.C. Alexander appointed June 1       Druggist (Clark Griffith) resigned - S.L. Massengill appointed as temp. replacement       Manager (R.M. McClung) dies - replaced by H.T. Nash  Annual Report 1888 (Fourth - Year ending 10/31/1888)       D. R. Wallace, M.D., Supt.       Wings under construction       Need for additional staff and restraints addressed       Recommendations for changes in the lunacy laws       Requests change in annual report from every year to every two years       Favor creation of office of  Commissioner of Insanity for the State Annual Report 1889 (Fifth - Year ending 10/31/1889)       D. R. Wallace, M.D., Supt.       Arranged to sink an artesian well       Additions in process of construction       (No narrative from Superintendent) Annual Report 1890 (Sixth - Year ending 10/31/1890)       D. R. Wallace, M.D., Supt.       Extension wings completed - one on each side - management received 5/26/1890       Artesian well not completed - work in progress - to depth of 1900 feet       Fire (on 11/24/1889) destroys barn/grain & hay,  produce, cow sheds & stables;          New building erected; silo built and greenhouse erected       Discussion on having female physician staff       Another appeal for changes in law - treatment delayed from jury trial - advocate          judge referral - another change was to move from annual to biennial reports       Favor office of Commissioner of Insanity created       Female physician hired (Dr. Grace Danforth) 6/13/1890 as 2nd Asst Physician       Apothecary (S.L. Massengill) resigned - replaced by W.D. Wheless.       2 Board members (J.S. Griffith & H.T. Nash) resigned  - replaced by Matthew          Cartwright & Judge Green Clark) Annual Report 1891 (Seventh - Year ending 10/31/1891)       John Preston, M.D., Supt.       Infirmary in course of erection       Inadequate water supply - artesian well under construction (2 yrs) @ 2100 feet       Use of restraints decreased unless necessary       Park of 25 acres fenced with pickets - iron gate with stone posts placed at the front          of park entrance - new fence with automatic iron gate built       Water reached by another source (deep well pumps) - provides adequate water Annual Report 1892 (Eighth - Year ending 10/31/1892)       John Preston, M.D., Supt.       Artesian well still under construction - slow process - contracted 1889       Water pumps provide abundance of water       Organized efficient fire company       Dr. F.S. White (1st Assistant Physician) resigned - replaced by Dr. B.F. Church (2nd          Assistant Physician) - Dr. T.B. Bass appointed 2nd physician       Druggist (L. Mackechney) resigned - replaced by J.M. Puckett Annual Report 1893 (Ninth - Year ending 10/31/1893)       John Preston, M.D.,  Supt.       Completion of female infirmary - building detached from main building       New boiler room completed - new barn and crib erected - fire department housing          built Annual Report 1894 (Tenth - Year ending 10/31/1894)       John Preston, M.D., Supt.       Care of epileptics - colonies needed for them       Need for male infirmary       Request recreation hall Annual Report 1895 (Eleventh - Year ending 10/31/1895)       C. M. Rosser, M.D., Supt.       Newspaper clipping only - from Dallas Morning News 12/26/1895       Hospital proper of 4 stores and 2 wings extending from administration building - on          plan known as Kirk-Bride pattern       Mechanical restraints rarely employed       Need for cottages for housing incurables Annual Report 1896 (Twelfth - Year ending 10/31/1896)       C. M. Rosser, M.D., Supt.       Foresee needs for additional State facilities       Need for separate buildings - cottage system for incurables and farm for epileptics       Request infirmary for men       Uniforms adopted - cadet gray for males - combination for female nurses       Changes in personnel and Board Annual Report 1897 (Thirteenth - Year ending 10/31/1897)       D. L. Gaillard, M.D., Supt. -  has replaced Rosser       The male infirmary nearing completion - ready for occupancy by 1/0l/1898       Construction of annex to main building progressing - completed by early summer of           1898 Annual Report 1898 (Fourteenth - Year ending 10/31/1898)       D. L. Gaillard, M.D., Supt.       Male annex completed & accepted by Board 5/25/1898 (C.A. Gill, architect & G.W.          Gonaghey, contractor)       Male infirmary completed and furnished       With male annex completed, need foreseen for female annex in near future       Need for 3rd assistant physician       Board suggestions:  establishing cold storage and ice plant, building of railroad          switch, substitution of the Webster system of steam heating; need for farm &          workshops for epileptics Annual Report 1899 (Fifteenth - Year ending 10/31/1899)       J. T. Wilson, M.D., Supt.       Dr. J.T. Wilson elected as Superintendent February 1899 replacing Dr. Gaillard       Legislature appropriated for erection a female annex and new laundry - both in          construction - laundry began construction 10/15 - location of female annex &          laundry       Present state kitchen erected with original hospital not sufficient in size       Present boiler and engine rooms - remove further from main buildings and           enlarged and rebuilt Annual Report 1900 (Sixteenth - Year ending 10/31/1900)       J.T. Wilson, M.D., Supt. - John S. Turner, M.D., Supt.       Dr. J.T. Wilson resigned July 7 - replaced by Dr. John S. Turner 7/7/00           Dr. Wilson reports from 11/1/99 thru 6/30/00 - then Dr. Turner from 7/1/00 thru           10/31/00       Wilson: Work on new kitchen and new power house progressing                     Suggest erection of hospital for the treatment of acute insane        Turner:  Female annex completed and accepted - location given                      New laundry building with sewing rooms completed and accepted                      New kitchen and bakery completed and accepted                      New power house under construction                      Female infirmary inadequate                      Relocate horse barn - erect new cow barn - need equipped carpenter shop                      Necessity for new boilers                      Request few cottages/housing for consumptives                      Dairy & horse barn inadequate - carpenter shop inadequate; larger building                         to house it, paint shop, morgue, store fire apparatus                      Need for ice house - larger amusement hall                      Need for night nurses in lieu of night watches Annual Report 1901 - (Seventeenth - Year 11/01/1900 - 08/31/01)       John S. Turner, M.D., Supt.       Report for past 10 months due to end of fiscal year being changed by statute.       Boilers & machinery placed in new power house; new boilers installed       Old boiler room converted into cold storage and ice-making plant       Texas Midland RR places a switch opposite the power house to receive freight -          sidetrack named "Eula" and billed as such.       Advocate 2 cottages for isolation of consumptives       Fifteen night nurses added       First Chaplain appointed (Rev. George S. Sexton)       Staff changes       Addendum:  Since report, 2nd Special Session of Legislature approved/funding           requests,  among them being sanitary sewer; carpenter shop & tools; removal/           remodel horse barn; room for morgue/deadhouse; additional assistant physician Annual Report 1902 - (Eighteenth - Year ending 8/31/1902)       John S. Turner, M.D., Supt.       Notes: Contract awarded for female annex 9/11/1899 - building accepted 6/13/1900                   & ready for occupancy 7/18/1900.                   Laundry building with sewing room, completed 7/18/1900                   Kitchen, bake shop and employees quarters completed 9/21/1900                   Power house completed 1/19/1901                   Brick tunnel completed and occupied 1/19/1901, connect power house &                       various shops with main building, carrying water, steam and air lines,                       electric wiring       Tram food track extended (operational 1 mile) and completed       Fountain on front lawn restored       Fire escapes (5) installed       Needs are for female infirmary, 2 cottages for consumptives, enlarged chapel &           amusement hall       Need for institution for children       Establish training school for nurses       Beneficial on male annex and dining room:  female nurse and female attendant       Fourth Assistant Physician added (Dr. Scott Appleby)       Free mail delivery established for hospital by Terrell postoffice on 4/01/1902       Jewish cemetery plat set aside       Changes in personnel Annual Report 1903 - (Nineteenth - Year ending 8/31/1903)       None Annual Report 1904 - (Twentieth - Year ending 8/31/1904)       John S. Turner, M.D., Supt.       New female infirmary erected - cornerstone erected 11/10/1903 - occupied          6/20/1904 - old infirmary torn down       Sanitary sewerage system completed       Operating room work in progress       First class for training school for nurses on 9/1/1903 - details of term, courses, etc -          first organized in any State facility - forerunner - first graduation reception          5/09/1904        Recommends change of name from "The North Texas Hospital for the Insane" to           "The North Texas Hospital"        Need for running railroad switch onto grounds        Continuing use of female nurses on some male wards and dining room of annex        Public trials for lunacy cases abolished by Legislature        Fourth assistant physician (Dr. J.E. Wilson) resigned & replaced by Dr. A.L.           Thomas Annual Report 1905 - (21st - Year ending 8/31/1905)       None Annual Report 1906 - (22nd - Year ending 8/31/1906)       None Annual Report 1907 - (23rd - Year ending 8/31/1907)       None Annual Report 1908 - (24th - Year ending 8/31/1908)       None Annual Report 1909 & 1910 - (25th & 26th - Years from 9/01/1908 - 8/31/1910)       Charles L. Gregory, M.D., Supt.       On 10/17/1908, Female Annex No. 1 almost totally destroyed by fire and           restored       Recommend a 5-member Board with salary be appointed       25th Report:  Fifth Assistant Physician (Dr. R.J. Rowe) resigned - replaced by                            Dr. Paul Sheppard.                            Dr. E.W. Alderson appointed Chaplain 201/1910 for 1 year                            Request staff dentist                            New chapel and amusement hall completed Annual Report 1910 -  (Twenty-Sixth - Year 9/01/09 - 08/31/10)       Charles L. Gregory, M.D., Supt.       Expressed need for Dentist and a home for feeble-minded children Annual Report 1911 - (Twenty-Seventh - Year 9/01/1910 - 8/31/1911)       Dr. Charles L. Gregory, Supt., from 9/01/1910 to 2/03/1911       New Board appointed by Governor - met on 2/03/1911 - appointed Dr. George          F. Powell as Supt.       Water well (longtime supplier) inadequate - deep well under construction       Alternate Chaplain from local churches for one year each Annual Report 1912 - (Twenty-Eighth - Year 9/01/1911 - 8/31/1912)       George F. Powell, M.D., Supt.       Favor proposition to place institutions under State board of control       Favor change in law governing commitment of the insane       Recommend raise in pay for employees & officers Annual Report 1913 & 1914 - (29th & 30th - Years 9/01/1912 - 08/31/14)       George F. Powell, M.D.,  Supt.       29th:  House for night watches and night firemen needed       30th:  (Nothing significant noted) Annual Report 1915 & 1916 - (31st & 32nd - Years 9/01/1914 - 9/01/1916)       George F. Powell, M.D., Supt.       31st:  Erected a building for warehouse       32nd:  (Nothing significant noted) Annual Report 1917 & 1918 - (33rd & 34th - Years 9/01/1916 - 9/01/1918)       George F. Powell, M.D., Supt.       33rd:  (Nothing significant noted)       34th:  Recommend an architect be employed to inspect buildings                Shortage of help - causes being war drafting & low pay not competitive                Need for new laundry building, homes for nurses erected, TB cottages, land                   purchased to the east suitable for garden, orchards & farm colony                Superintendent's residence

• The Terrell State Hospital (aka the North Texas Institute or the Hospital for the Insane)