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|Body= In 1854, the New Orleans City Council established a "[[New Orleans Insane Asylum|temporary asylum for the indigent insane]]" and gave Recorders of the various districts the power to commit patients to this facility "until provision can be made for their admission into the State asylum at Jackson." Although apparently intended as a stop-gap measure, the New Orleans Insane Asylum continued to admit patients until 1883, when it was closed and the remaining patients were transferred to Jackson.  
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|Body= In 1882 Harris County Commissioners Court ordered an assessment of the feasibility of a Poor Farm and by November 1882 the first [[Harris County Poor Farm]] and County Hospital was opened on land located near White Oak Bayou.  
 
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Revision as of 05:09, 15 May 2022

Featured Image Of The Week

TXharrisco1930entrance.png
In 1882 Harris County Commissioners Court ordered an assessment of the feasibility of a Poor Farm and by November 1882 the first Harris County Poor Farm and County Hospital was opened on land located near White Oak Bayou.
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