Scope and Content Note
The series contains approximately 50 blank medical forms used by custodial institutions for mentally deficient inmates.
All but a few of the forms are from New York institutions; the majority were collected from the the Craig Colony for Epileptics at Sonyea. The forms were gathered by the Commission in its investigation of the care and training of mentally deficient persons in the state. The forms in the series include: applications for admission; personal and family histories; medical and dental examination charts; testing and other school charts; diagnosis forms; institutional reporting forms; death records; and agreemnts between guardians and institutions relating to custody of inmates.
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