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In 1830, only four mental health hospitals were in practice in the U.S., holding just under two hundred people. Rapid growth continued to occur and, in 1880 there were seventy-five public hospitals, treating 36,780 people. The number continued to climb and reached 150,157 people in 1904...
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The number continued to climb and reached 150,157 people in 1904. Small towns and cities became overpopulated with mentally ill homeless. Almshouses or “poor houses” were built to shelter them and keep them from begging for food from others in their communities (Torrey 37- 39)...
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