NRS-16118 | Index to Admission and Discharge Books [Newcastle Benevolent Hospital (1889- 1939) / Newcastle Western Suburbs Maternity Hospital (1939- )]

The Index was commenced in July, 1899, but includes retrospective entries for the admissions of all inmates of the Benevolent Asylum in residence on the first of that month. The earliest such admission recorded took place on the 29th of September, 1888. The arrangement within each volume is a-order alphabetical, with admission and discharge dates recorded against each patient's name. In or about March, 1926, when some of the letters in the first volume had little or no room left for further entries, a second volume was commenced, but entries continued to be made in the less congested portions of the first volume until July, 1932. For this period, therefore, it is necessary to use both volumes in tandem. The final pages of the second volume include a listing of 106 males and 147 females against numbers of "Form A1." It is conjectured that this may have to do with registration for ration books or identity cards during the Second World War.

该索引始于1899年7月，但包含了同年7月1日当天在慈善收容所（Benevolent Asylum）居住的所有收容者的回溯入院记录。其中最早的入院记录可追溯至1888年9月29日。每卷索引内按字母顺序编排，每位患者姓名旁均记录有入院及出院日期。1926年3月前后，当第一卷中部分字母分类区域已无空间或空间不足无法继续录入时，第二卷开始启用；但直至1932年7月，第一卷中未拥挤的部分仍持续录入信息。因此，在此期间需同时查阅两卷索引。第二卷末尾几页包含一份清单，列出了106名男性与147名女性对应的"A1表格"（Form A1）编号。据推测，这可能与第二次世界大战期间的配给证或身份证登记相关。