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This document gives a small summary on occupational therapy and its separate departments. The number of patients is listed as six white males.

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Two pictures of people working inside the factory at an unknown date.

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First mention of the Mattress Factory under "Patients engaged therein" Occupations. However, it lists no patients as actually working there.

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Shows workers a picture of workers in Mattress Factory. States that they are on the payroll. It is unclear if these are patients. They are renovated old mattresses instead of making new ones.

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This annual report explains the Mattress Factory as part of a more simple form of occupational therapy. It names this "industrial therapy".

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Notes moving the mechanical work shops to the valley lying below and easterly from the line of Barnwell street. This matches up with the current location of the Mattress Factory.

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Lists 4 white males as working in the factory. The year before, the first time the building was mentioned, there was an employee working at the factory instead of patients.

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Cost for mattress factory supplies listed as $35. No salary or pay for the patients.

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The functions of the Mattress Factory are only mentioned very briefly now. These activities are still done by workers and they are regarded as Industrial Therapy.

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Lists 9 white male workers. This is the highest number of workers recorded by the annual reports found.
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