VPRS 15840 Index to Patient's Register (GRS 963)

This is Item 4 on the Accession Consignment List. It has been given the control number GH 973. The index provides thepatient's namedate of admissionnumber in patient's registerThe index is a key into the Patient's Register.Recordkeeping SystemThe index is arranged in alphabetical sections according to the patient's family name. The next level of arrangement is annual. Within each year arrangement is chronological by date of admission.Register of Deaths (GRS 964)How to Use the RecordsKnowing the approximate year of admission, consult the volume for the patient's name.Function/ContentThese are items 1 and 2 described on the Accession Consignment List. They have been given the control numbers GH 1000 and GH 1001. The registers date from the beginning of the hospital. They record the following information:patient's namedate of admissiondate of deathnumber in patient's register, ornumber in Benevolent Asylum Register of Inmatesplace where buriedEach alphabetical section includes a category of patients in Intermediate Wards.