Scope and Contents Bloomingdale’s annual reports summarize its activities during the past year. In their earlier form, the reports were printed and folded sheets that summarized Bloomingdale’s expenses and patient statistics. At some point between 1833 and 1842 the annual reports began to be published as staple-bound booklets authored by the physician (later the medical superintendent or medical director) and addressed to the Asylum Committee. These booklets contain narrative descriptions of Bloomingdale’s...