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Series VPRS 7423
Nominal Register of Patients
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Date Range: Series 1907 - ? 1913
  Series in Custody 1907 - 1913
  Contents 1907 - 1913
Public Access: Open
Location: North Melbourne
Format of Records: Physical
 
Agency which created this SeriesAgency which created this Series
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Date Range Agency Title Agency Number
1907 - 1913 Royal Park (Receiving House 1907-1909; Hospital for the Insane 1909-1934; Mental Hospital 1934-1954; Psychiatric Hospital 1954-ct) VA 2845
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1996 - cont Department of Human Services VA 3970
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  • How to use the Records
    This series has been digitised and is available online. Access to the digitised records is available via the physical records details pages.

    Consult the Consignment Details List and order in the volume. Turn to the alphabetical section covering the surname of the patient and locate the entry for the person of interest.

  • Function / Content
    This series consists of the Nominal Register of Patients at the Royal Park Receiving House. It was maintained separately from the records of the Royal Park Hospital for the Insane. This volume records the name of every patient admitted to the Receiving House between September 1907 and December 1913. Details recorded include:

    the name of patient,
    date of admission,
    date of discharge/transfer/death.

    The function of the Receiving House was to further examine the mental state of those persons who were not certified as insane by two medical practitioners. People were to be retained in the Receiving House for no longer than 7 days while further examinations would take place and it would be determined whether the patient should be committed to the Hospital for the Insane. Alternatively any Justice could order that any person should be conveyed to a Receiving House while further examinations took place.

  • Recordkeeping System
    The entries in the volumes were arranged alphabetically by the patient's surname and then chronologically by the date of admission within the alphabetical listings. Males and females were listed separately.

    Legislation
    Lunacy Act 1903.
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Consignment Number Contents Date Range Public Access No. of Units
P0001 1907 - 1913 Open 1
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    PROVguide059 Mental Health Records

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