VPRS 7690 Nominal Register of Patients

This series contains the nominal register of patients from the Kew Asylum (VA 2840)A Nominal Register was created periodically at the Kew Asylum (from 1905 called Kew Hospital for the Insane and from 1934 called Kew Mental Hospital) to record the names of all patients on the books of the Asylum at a particular time. All patients, either in residence or on trial leave at the time the register was created were included. In addition, new patients were added to the register on admission until such time as an updated register was created. Therefore a patient who was at Kew for several years may appear in more than one register.Details recorded include :- the name of the patient,- date of admission (volumes 1 and 2 give only the year of admission),date of discharge, death or transfer and the institution to which the patient was transferred.- for most entries an admission number is also provided.Relationship with VPRS 7425It is not clear why a second Nominal Register was created to cover the period 1887 to 1906 as an index to patients for these years can be located in VPRS 7690/P1 units 3 and 4. VPRS 7690 does not, however, cover patients at the Children's Cottages.