Hospital Cottages for Children 1913-1918

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Baldwinville, Massachusetts

Records freely available on FamilySearch.org as scanned documents. Transcription by E Childs. More information is available on the original - see the "source" column for link. All cities/towns are presumed to be in Massachusetts unless otherwise specified.

Common abbreviations used in the chart below:

• Imp. or Impr or "I" - Improved
• N.I. or "n. imp." - Not improved
• Com - Committed
• Rec - recovered
• A.H. - Almshouse
• Sch. for F.M. - Massachusetts School for the Feeble Minded, in Waltham
• Monson St. H. or S.H. - Monson State Hospital; sometimes just called "Monson"
• Belchertown - Belchertown State School

Note: Some names appear multiple names. If a patient went home for a visit and returned, they were re-entered in the admissions records.

Admissions 1913-1918

Name	Age	Birthplace	Residence	Disease	Admission	Discharge	Notes	Source
Yacco Maki	11	Gardner	Gardner	Coxalgia	1 Jan 1913	21 Apr 1914	Imp.	[279]
Herbert Watts	7	Charlestown	Charlestown	Epileptic	14 Feb 1913	26 Apr 1913	Imp.	[279]
John W. Reardon Jr.	3	Amesbury	Amesbury	Epileptic	15 Feb 1913	11 Feb 1914	M. imp. Visit conf.	[279]
Mary A. Grady	9	Boston	Boston	Epileptic	17 Feb 1913	27 Nov 1913	Imp.	[279]
Harold H. Hale	5	Kingston, N.Y.	Worcester	Epileptic	22 Feb 1913	22 Sep 1913	M. imp.	[279]
Edna C. Maher	9	Leominster	Leominster	Epileptic	1 Mar 1913	5 Apr 1913	Imp. To her home	[279]
Clarence A. Brooks	3	Milford	Milford	Pott's Disease...	17 Mar 1913	27 Jul 1913	Died - Tuberculous meningitis	[279]
Wilfred Faucher	7	Worcester	Worcester	Epileptic	27 March 1913	23 Jun 1913	M. imp. To his home	[279]
William H. Hawley	5 mos	Baldwinville	Baldwinville	Indigestion, Eczema	1 May 1913	16 Jul 1913	Rec.	[279]
George C. Godfrey	2 mos	Baldwinville	Baldwinville	Malnutrition	7 May 1913	26 Jul 1914	Rec.	[279]
Charlotte McGill	9	No. Grafton	No. Grafton	Epilepsy	21 May 1913	30 May 1914	M. Imp. To her home	[279]
Leon R. Doxsee	6	Boston	Taunton	Epilepsy	22 May 1913	8 Jun 1922	N.I. To Monson State Hosp	[279]
Hazel V. Dow	9	West Buxton, Me	Oldtown, Me	Epileptic	30 May 1913			[280]
Charles Dyke	6	Dorchester	Boston	Epileptic	17 Jun 1913	5 Jan 1919	Status Epilepticus	[280]
Esther Misner	7	Boston	Boston	Epileptic	2 Jul 1913	14 Mar 1916	M.I. Visit conf.	[280]
Emmie P. Bradbury	4	Newfoundland	Allston	Epileptic	8 Jul 1913	6 Jun 1915	Died - Exh. from epilepsy	[280]
Herbert Watts	7	Charlestown	Charlestown	Epilepsy	3 Aug 1913	7 Dec 1923	N.I.	[280]
Mary Miller	8	Russia	Worcester	Epilepsy	8 Aug 1913	27 Dec 1916	Visit conf.	[280]
David Yule	8	Scotland	Springfield	Infantile paralysis	8 Aug 1913	6 May 1924	Imp.	[280]
Charles W. Hunter	7	Brockton	Brockton	Epileptic	10 Aug 1913	8 Jun 1922	N.I. To Monson State Hosp	[280]
Mildred E. Rolf	2 mos	Baldwinville	Baldwinville	Malnutrition...	31 Aug 1913	1 Sep 1913	Died - Malnutrition...	[280]
Paul A. Salo	2	Maynard	Maynard	Tuberculosis of spine	25 Sep 1913	15 Feb 1914	Died - Tuberculosis of spine	[280]
Robert W. Mitchell	7	Bradford	Haverhill	Epileptic	22 Oct 1913	21 Aug 1918	Died - Status Epilepticus	[280]
Leonard B. Tripp Jr.	7	S. Natick	Wellesley Hills	Epileptic	24 Oct 1913	24 Nov 1918	Ret. Jan. 27, 1919	[280]
Annie Saratora	7	Italy	Haverhill	Hip-joint disease	29 Oct 1913	28 Jun 1914	M.I. To her home	[280]
Elizabeth A. Whitman	10	Holden	Worcester	Epileptic	14 Nov 1913	29 Jul 1917	Visit. Imp.	[280]
Sarah W. Cranshaw	9	Boston	Stoughton	Epileptic	23 Feb 1914	11 Aug 1917	Visit. N.I.	[280]
Edward J. Fitzgerald	12	Fitchburg	Fitchburg	Epileptic	14 Mar 1914	22 Apr 1916	Ret. Apr. 29, 1916	[280]
Charles Naguseski	10	Cambridge	E. Cambridge	Epileptic	18 Mar 1914	21 Sep 1917	Imp.	[280]
Raymond K. Neary	7	Ware	Fitchburg	Epileptic	11 Apr 1914	6 Jan 1918	Died	[280]
Lilian M. Engstrom	5	So. Dakota	Leicester	Epileptic	13 Apr 1914	2 Jul 1924	Visit conf.	[280]
Edwin G. Dutra	10	Waverly	Waverly	Epileptic	16 Apr 1914	19 Apr 1916	Died - Nephritis	[280]
J. Vernon Pierce	3	Whitinsville	Whitinsville	Epileptic	18 Apr 1914	4 Aug 1918	Com. to Monson State Hosp	[280]
Walter Erickson	5	Fitchburg	Fitchburg	Epileptic	30 Apr 1914	9 Jun 1920	Visit conf.	[280]
Raymond E. Ballou	10	Wendell	Orange	Epileptic	6 Jan 1916	8 Jun 1922	N.I. To Monson State Hosp	[280]
William Moso	13	Austria, Poland	Northampton	Chorea	26 Jan 1916	5 Apr 1917	Rec...	[280]
Rachel Frances Fisk	3	Southbridge	Southbridge		29 Apr 1916	23 Aug 1919	Observation...To Wrentham State School	[280]
Peter Savoy	6	Gardner	Gardner	Epilepsy	5 Jun 1916	8 Aug 1923	Died	[280]
Albert Rousseau	5	Fitchburg	Fitchburg	Epilepsy	14 Oct 1916	19 May 1925	N.I. Com. to Monson	[280]
John Joseph Doherty	12	Roxbury	Roxbury	Epilepsy	11 Nov 1916	2 Nov 1917	Visit	[280]
Edna Damon	9	Cambridge	Cambridge	Epilepsy	11 May 1917	19 Aug 1917	N. Imp.	[280]
Stella Fralick	8	Lowell	Lowell	Epilepsy	26 May 1917	10 Sep 1917	N. Imp.	[280]
Alice McLaughlin	4	Gleasondale	Gleasondale	Epilepsy	30 Jun 1917	25 May 1922	I[mproved]. Visit conf.	[280]
Frank Fitzsimmons					20 Jul 1917	24 Apr 1922	N.I.	[280]
Pearl H. Corey	4	Northboro	Northboro	Epilepsy	26 Jul 1917	27 Jan 1918	Died	[280]
Ralph Gardner	12	Charlestown	Somerville	Epilepsy	16 Aug 1917	19 Dec 1917	N. Imp. [To] home	[280]
Claude H. Shimeld	5	Smiths [?]	Enfield	Feeble-minded	3 Sep 1917	1 Apr 1918	[To] home	[280]
James D. Queeney	9	Malden	Malden	Epileptic		19 Jun 1922	N.I.	[281]
Roger Addison Howard	9	Rockport	Attleboro	Epileptic	6 Jan 1918	25 Jan 1919	Visit	[281]
Peter J. Johnston	13	England	Fitchburg	Epileptic	19 Mar 1918	6 Apr 1918	To his home	[281]
Jessie Mae Goodwin	4	E. Templeton	E. Templeton	Epileptic	30 Apr 1918	12 May 1918	Visit	[281]
Felice Ventiesco	11	Boston	Chelsea	...Muscular dystrophy	1 May 1918	10 Aug 1923	Died	[281]
Emily Mae Clifford	5	Claremont, N.H.	E. Pepperell	Feeble-minded	16 May 1918	1 Oct 1918	Home with mother	[281]
Leo Casey	7	Lowell	Lowell	Epileptic	1 Jun 1918	2 Nov 1918	Home with father	[281]
James French	11	So. Boston	So. Boston	Muscular atrophy	30 Jun 1918	15 Apr 1922	Died	[281]
Leslie French	11	So. Boston	So. Boston	Muscular atrophy	30 Jun 1918	13 May 1926	Died - Progressive muscular atrophy [etc]	[281]
Dorothy Moor Pettes	5	Worcester	Auburn	Epileptic	6 Jul 1918	11 May 1928	N.I. To Monson	[281]
Mary Rotta	2	Baldwinville	Baldwinville	Genu Valgum	6 Jul 1918	13 Jul 1918	Imp.	[281]
Marion Rich	3		Springfield		12 Aug 1918	4 Oct 1918	Home with grandmother	[281]
Jeanette M. Sykes	15	Fitchburg	Leominster	Chorea	21 Aug 1918	5 Sep 1918	Imp. To Woman's Board	[281]
Camello Poleo	9	Boston	Boston	Epileptic	6 Sep 1918	10 Jan 1919	Home	[281]
Claude H. Shimeld	6	Smiths	Wales	Epilepsy	20 Oct 1918	15 Aug 1920	Home with parents	[281]
John Smallcombe	8	Boston	E. Boston	Epilepsy	7 Nov 1918	6 Dec 1918	Visit	[281]
John Blakely	8	Worcester	Worcester	Psychopathic...	9 Dec 1918	15 Nov 1919		[281]
Loretta Claderara	7	Barre, Vt.	Gardner	Psychopathic...	12 Dec 1918	18 Dec 1918	Home with mother	[281]