1900
smallpox cases in Lowell
1901
Massachusetts state law – “Every city in the Commonwealth shall establish within its limits and keep itself constantly provided with one or more isolation hospitals for the reception of persons having smallpox or any other disease dangerous to the public health.” Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts in the Year 1901 (Chap.171, pages 108 - 109)
Diphtheria cases in Lowell
1902
Tuberculosis added to the list of contagious diseases
1906
Tuberculosis camp opens
Massachusetts state law – Chap.365 An act to revise the laws relative to the establishment and maintenance of pest houses by cities and towns.
1907
Massachusetts state law – Chap.183 An act to authorize the state board of health to define what diseases are to be deemed dangerous to the public health.
Massachusetts state law – Chap.480 an act to provide for the compulsory notification and registration of tuberculosis and other diseases dangerous to the public health.
1911
Proposed site - City Farm
Massachusetts state law – Chap.613 An act relative to the maintenance of isolation hospitals by cities and towns.
1913
Proposed site - Pillsbury estate
1918
Hospital opened temporarily for influenza pandemic
1920
Hospital formally opened
1925
Filled to capacity
1927
Investigation of diet
1928
“county may take over”
1929
“Tuberculosis only contagious disease cause in January”
1930
“may lose its state subsidy”
1931
Health Board holds hearing/complaints of patients
1932
Scarlet fever outbreak in Lowell
1934
“a charge of assault”
1936
The Great Flood
1940
Hiss-Y dysentery controversy
1942
Desperate need for nurses
1943
“The help there are poorly paid”
Hospital may close due to shortage of help, high maintenance costs
1945
X-ray machine
1948
Sleeping sickness cases
1949
Excellent results with streptomycin
1950
Repairs and improvements
1952
Name change to Meadowcrest Hospital
1954
Rocky Marciano visits patient at the Meadowcrest Hospital
Massachusetts state law – Chap.538 An act creating facilities for care of the aging.
1955
Massachusetts state law – Chap. 559 An act relative to hospital care for tuberculosis patients.
1958
Farris Memorial Hospital closes
1959
Meadowcrest becomes a model
1960
proposed bill would close Meadowcrest
1961
Massachusetts state law – “An Act Providing for Reorganization of Tuberculosis Care, Treatment and Control in the Commonwealth” to establish programs aimed at controlling and eradicating tuberculosis in the commonwealth.
1962
Meadowcrest to close Jan 1
1963
school plans approved
1964
“the new school to be constructed in Pawtucketville”
