This series contains the annual reports of the Southwestern State Hospital in Thomasville and its affiliate, Bainbridge State Hospital. A typical issue might contain short narrative reports from the following divisions: (1) Personnel Office (2) Community Relations Office (3) Nursing Service and Education (4) Pharmacy (5) Clinics (6) Medical Records (7) Rose Haven (the division for the mentally retarded) (8) Chaplaincy Services (9) Industrial Therapy (10) Music Therapy (11) Psychological Services (12) Recreation Therapy (13) Social Work Services (14) Volunteer Services (15) Accounting (16) Beauty, Barber and His and Her Shop (17) Food Service (18) Library (19) Mail Room (20) Maintenance (21) Security (22) Switchboard. A typical volume also contains rosters of Department and institution personnel, a table of contents and about 50 pages. For annual reports from the same institutions issued after the Georgia government reorganization of 1972, see Record Group 82, Mental Health Division of the Department of Human Resources, Sub-Group 9, Southwestern State Hospital, Series 24.