New Hampshire State Hospital

"[3][4] Dinsmore recommended the solution of an institution to house the insane: "To ascertain with as much exactness as practicable, the whole number of the insane within the state, distinguishing paupers from others, the number which have been committed to jail within a given time by authority of court, or by their friends or by others, without the order or sanction of judicial proceedings, and the length of their respective terms of confinement; and to ascertain, in like manner, the actual or probable amount of cost of court and jailers' fees, and expenses of their support and maintenance in cases of confinement.

In 1833, upon the assembly of the next Legislature, Governor Dinsmore brought the issue of an institution up again: "Although your predecessors did not feel prepared to sanction the measures recommended, I have never lost the hope of seeing at an early period zealous cooperation of the several branches of the government with the friends of suffering humanity in promoting a charity so plainly recommended by the principles of our religion and by every consideration of justice and philanthropy.

A resolution was later passed requiring the selected men of several towns to give the Secretary of State the number and condition of the insane in their respective districts.

"[4] At the next session of the Legislature, it was found that less than one-half the voters of the state had expressed any opinion, and the bills as far as received indicated that there was no decided majority in favor of the step.

The Thayer Building was converted into geriatric housing in the 1950s when the population of elderly increased/[1] In 1960, the Philbrook Center was brought to fruition in the name of Dr. Anna L.

[1] Philbrook pioneered adolescent psychiatry and championed the addition of a separate facility for the care of mentally disturbed youths.

Many local politicians reacted to the shooting, including Governor Chris Sununu who said "He [Bradley Haas] will be remembered for his heroism and decades of public service.

"[8] The suspect, who was homeless, was shot and killed by Trooper Nathan Sleight who was assigned to an overtime shift at the hospital at the time.

Although troopers were not routinely assigned to the hospital, the state office complex police, which falls under the New Hampshire Department of Safety was facing critical staffing issues due to low pay and poor benefits.